This is why you’re fat…or why you think you are
I’m sorry I disappeared for a few weeks – sometimes life just demands your undivided attention.
Today I’m bringing you a fascinating posting from Jezebel. Recently the National Eating Disorders Alliance, the Obesity Society, and STOP Obesity Alliance joined forces to host a panel about women and body image/health. Yes, you read that right; experts on anorexia and obesity were searching for common ground. The hypothesis? We tend to focus on weight as a matter of beauty rather than of health, and consequently our relationships with food get totally messed up.
This resonated with me. Even now, though I think that I’m in a fairly good mental place, I find myself skipping the occasional meal or eating something with few calories and even less nutritional value rather than eating nutrient dense foods because I’m worrying about my weight rather than about my health.
What do you think? Does this hypothesis resonate with you? And how do you keep your focus on health rather than on beauty?
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