Well, what a ride these last two years have been with the podcast. We open this show with some news that has left a lump in our throat, to say the least! 

This episode is an emotional one and a must-listen, whether you are just discovering us or if you have been here since the beginning. 

Join us as we laugh, cry, and dive into the biggest and most unexpected twists and turns of the topics we’ve covered and the guests who have joined us.

We share the biggest things we have learned along the way, not only about dismantling diet culture but also what we have discovered about ourselves on a personal level. 

We are leaving no stone unturned and we hope you enjoy this very real, raw, and emotional episode.

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Here is our most popular episode from the last 2 years of The Anti-Diet Club Podcast and it's all about transitioning to intuitive eating when you have been dieting for longer than you can remember. 

This episode was our 3rd episode and we were still finding our feet with the podcast back then, but we knew that our listeners needed to have our take on how to move towards intuitive eating in the kindest, most compassionate way. There’s no doubt that dieting keeps a grip on us for a long time and we know it isn’t easy to let go of rules and beliefs that you’ve held onto for most of your life. 

In this episode, we’re talking through the surprising ups and downs of starting an intuitive eating practice. We share our own experiences and some common themes we see coming up in our coaching practices. If you’re transitioning away from diet culture and are wondering why intuitive eating doesn’t feel like plain sailing then join us for this episode to understand more about what you may be experiencing.

Intuitive Eating - Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch 

Discussions in this episode include:

• Moving from diet culture into intuitive eating

• How does diet culture mindset impact our ability to eat intuitively

• Food scarcity/restriction

• Stages of feeling stuck or like it's not ‘working’

• Managing family life around eating intuitively

• Diet recovery stage and body image 

• Why it’s so much more than hunger and fullness 

• Fear foods

• Body trust and attunement 

• Still wanting to lose weight and intuitive eating

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Show notes - Revisited: But I Need to Lose Weight

On this week's revisited episode, we get to number 2 in our most popular episodes. It’s no surprise that our second most popular episode is related to the feeling of needing to lose weight. The idea that our bodies are always too big is the very reason diet culture exists. 

What if you feel that you need to lose weight? Perhaps you feel that it’s ok for others to be in a bigger body but you just can’t accept it for yourself. In this episode, we discuss why it’s hard to simply let go of the desire to lose weight even if you want to pursue an anti-diet path.. 

If you experience discrimination due to your body size, pursuing weight loss can feel like the only way to support yourself. Society often doesn't feel like a safe place to ‘just not focus on your weight’ and we explore why it’s okay to know that diets don’t work but still have a deep down desire to be thinner.

We explain how you may have been convinced that weight loss is the only route to health, but we share with you why health-promoting behaviours have very little to do with weight loss and what you can pursue instead. 

Topics Covered:

• Anti-fat bias

• Medical weight bias

• Beauty ideals

• Body Grief

• Family/Community

• Dieting and weight loss

• Accessing Medical Care/Fertility treatment

• Eating Disorders

• BMI

• Health implications/Mortality rates

• Health-promoting behaviours

Statistics Mentioned in this episode:

Health behaviours in relation to BMI/Morbidity

https://www.jabfm.org/content/25/1/9

Probability of death in relation to BMI

https://www.nature.com/articles/497428a

Follow us on Instagram @theantidietclubpodcast

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Website: www.tamsinbroster.co.uk

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Connect with Gillian McCollum

Website: www.gillianmccollum.com

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Email: hello@gillianmccollum.com