Each One Teach One with Marie Triplett Podcast
Education:Self-Improvement
I don't know a single person that doesn't have some kind of hang-up over their body. Some people suffer from diagnosed body dysmorphia but many more people suffer from poor body image. For whatever reason, we don't see ourselves in the mirror accurately. As a yoga teacher, I witness this all the time.
While teaching I will give students the queue to separate their feet "hips-width distance". Without fail, many students widen their feet well beyond their hips' actual width, to what I can only guess is their mental idea of what their hips size is.
We are a society that is fixated on body size & shape. We go to extreme measures trying to achieve the "ideal" body. Doesn't even matter that the "ideal" body has changed several times over the years and is a moving target.
Yoyo & fad diets, excessive workout routines, pills or supplements, performance-enhancing drugs, waist trainers & Spanx, injections, full mommy makeovers, and eating disorders are just a few ways we push our bodies towards that mental idea of what our body should look like...even with that, we are just scratching the surface when it comes to our obsession with our body size & shape.
I am not throwing shade at anyone that has had a nip/tuck or saying you can't love yourself if you wear Spanx but hopefully pointing out how common it is to want to change your body. It makes sense then, why so many people have a complicated relationship with food.
Anorexia, bulimia, and binge-eating disorder are the most common eating disorders. Other eating disorders include rumination disorder and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder. When life gets crazy we desperately look for things we can control and the food we eat is often one of the few things we feel like we can control. Unfortunately without a healthy support system that "control" can quickly spiral into unhealthy habits.
Unhealthy habits left unchecked spiral into much more severe issues. Eating disorders can harm the heart, digestive system, bones, teeth, and mouth, and lead to other diseases.
I am really hoping this week's guest inspires you to look at your relationship with food and your body. Ask yourself 2 questions- 1. Where did these ideas about what my body should look like come from? and 2. Who benefits from me not loving myself?
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