Body Talk Taking Over Your Friendships?

A couple of Saturdays ago, my hubby and I got up early, grabbed some coffee from our favorite little neighborhood spot, and headed out to hike.

You know me- if there’s one way I like to spend a weekend it’s out in nature!

I usually leave my phone in the car whenever we’re on a trail and end up using his at some point because I have all of these ideas and thoughts that come to me (should probably just bring a notepad now that I’m writing this out…)

But back to the story…

We had about 40ish minutes left on the trail and ended up catching up with this group of women.

Enough distance so that we could stick with our pace and have enough space, but close enough to hear their entire conversation.

My ears perked up when I heard their chat shifting to food/body.

One of the girls talked about how she’d lost 5 lbs going vegetarian…and then gained it back. Then she went full-on vegan and dropped 10 lbs…but then gained it back.

Another girl started talking about her struggles trying to give up dairy. Cutting out alcohol. Going sugar-free.

They talked about their fitness routines- which workouts were the most effective- random tips that they’d picked up from doctors on Instagram…

Their friends who had lost weight.

Their friends who had gained weight.

Comparing and contrasting personal formulas for weight loss, with hints of "body positivity" sprinkled throughout…

We ended the hike and they were STILL going at it.

I finally had to say something to Paul..who of course didn’t pick up on any of this lol.

"You should give them your card", he jokingly mentioned (which I did not).

But it did leave me feeling a little sad. And mad.

Not at the girls of course- I was mad at diet culture….

Constantly perpetuating this petty dialogue between women of manipulating our bodies and spending our precious mental space, time + energy searching for the best way to eat.

What if we stopped talking about food and our bodies with each other? (jaw drop)

Can you just imagine what we’d be able to do in the world??

How we could inspire each other if we didn’t constantly feel plagued by this need to perfect a certain way of eating or a specific size to fit into???

And actually, feel good in our body? At peace with food?

Look- you might know this about me….but maybe not.... I’m a little particular about the women that I take on as clients.

At this point, I can tell almost right away who is going to have major success and the women who are just not ready to do this type of personal work… And that’s absolutely okay. Timing is so incredibly important in this process and everyone is on their own journey.

This is also why I schedule a breakthrough call with anyone who is interested in making a shift towards learning how to repair their relationship with food and embrace intuitive eating.

If you feel like you’re one of these women…driven, ambitious, and really frustrated that these food/body thoughts keep getting in the way of your life-your dreams…

I want to talk to you. This is not a coaching call- this is a conversation for us to get incredibly specific and clear on exactly where you’re struggling right now around food/body and then decide the best way for you to move forward…

So that you can finally release the mental weight of what you "should" be doing to feel healthier and finally learn how to make peace with food.

Another side note- if you’re struggling with emotional eating, food cravings, yo-yo dieting or binge eating….this is my bread + butter. I deeply want to help you get out of this pain because it’s so very close to my heart.

click this link to schedule: (free) food freedom breakthrough call

You can do this.

I mean...talk about showing up for yourself and inspiring others- I’m excited for you- for taking this powerful first step.

xx

Katelyn