Weight is surface-level; who you are underneath remains the same. Weight loss through shame, extreme restriction, and guilt does not a happy person make. Being in touch with your emotions, healing old trauma, practicing intuitive eating, exploring movement for joy . . . these things can dramatically change your outlook. Yes, they can lead to weight loss, but they can also lead to weight gain. I want to be explicit about this very early on: I’m not demonizing someone’s weight changing, because bodies fluctuate. But I am asking us to look at the intent and the method, and explore if changing our
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