174 - Questions Answered: Weight Loss, Building Body Confidence, and Safeguarding Against Diet Culture

The Dear Body Podcast

In this episode Jessi shares insights around common questions that deserve straight forward answers and where she's changed her mind:

• Why can I know a lot about building a positive body image, yet it still feels so hard?
• How do I lose weight without dieting?
• Do 95% of diets really fail?
• Is pursuing a weight loss goal right (or safe) for me?

She recaps a recent workshop she hosted for her Food Freedom Online Program clients, shares tangible practices for building body confidence, discusses the nuanced difference between dieting and diet culture, and offers advice on how to evaluate if pursuing weight loss is the right choice for you. She also touches on finding the right support for your fitness and fat loss goals, and how to safeguard against falling back into diet culture.

Mentioned in the show:

Ep 169 - Her Story- How Amelia Found Mental AND Body Freedom → In the episode Amelia shares her experience focusing first on healing her relationship with food then pursuing fitness and weight loss goals.

Sohee Lee Carpenter on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soheefit

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Timestamps:

• [3:19] Why does building a positive body image feel so elusive?
• [6:15] Tangibles that can help you build body confidence
• [11:16] Dieting vs diet culture: understanding the *key* differences
• [15:21] “How do I lose weight without dieting?”
• [16:29] Do 95% of diets really fail? Where Jessi has changed her mind
• [20:34] Understanding whether or not pursuing weight loss is right for you
• [25:47] How to safeguard against diet culture relapse!
• [26:43] 6 must-ask questions before hiring a coach, personal trainer, dietitian etc.