A Peek Into A Diet Culture Board Meeting

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[fatimasellami]

This is scarily accurate… it’s terrifying how diet culture’s “safe” list keeps getting shorter and shorter

[elmyvip]

Noom caused my disordered eating in only a month of using. Made me feel so awful my mom had to talk me out of it she noticed how bad things were getting.

[trisha.]

I’m so glad to hear someone call out Noom, usually you just hear positives about it but I hated the stoplight!!!!

[tammystiletto]

My fitness pal had me in tears, I was so hungry from the extra activity but it had me seriously under eating. I didn’t tell me to focus on protein, it told me to eat less and that all calories are the same.

[roarwoofwoof]

I love how all the major diets contradict each other 🤣😅

[shakabrah]

Myfitnesspal had me sent down a rabbit hole where i thought i was eating enough but was actually depriving myself to the point where i was underweight, lost my period, and developed hypotension

[alinapritchett]

The food sensitivity tests were a huge vital tool in identifying the foods that have been causing me chronic nausea, diarrhea and stomach pains my whole life. It’s actually improved my relationship with food since I’m not constantly developing new food aversions and can eat without fear of pain.
I have to stay completely away from eggs, chicken / duck, cashews and canola oil/rapeseed, and only eat small amounts of dairy, gluten, wheat, almond and soy. I would not have ever figured that out on my own, but using the sensitive test to guide a food elimination diet helped a lot. I’ve gotten really good at making a bunch of different meals and snacks so my diet is so my diet is varied, and I love that I can eat the same thing 2-3 times for the first time in my life! Woohoo! Life so so much better when your stomach feels neutral. I hadn’t experienced that before this year (and I’m 35 now). I can actually tell when I’m hungry and full for the first time ever too!

[medicalmay]

See the thing about MyFitnessPal is that I understand it’s not for everyone but it really helped me. I was 282lbs at my highest and now I’m down to 265lbs I know it’s not that much but I started not too long ago. Keeping track of my calories and what I eat really helped me avoid mindless eating and let me focus on only eating what I actually need to not feel hungry! I know it’s not for everyone but it’s great for some! I’m on a journey to stop being obese and to help improve my health so different methods for different people! I’m 5’11ft tall if that’s relevant at all.

[lauriann]

Im at the point where I’m in my mid 20s and I’m so angry at diet culture because it made me substitute food for drinking enough all my teenage years . . . now at 24 I’m finally learning to eat when I’m hungry and not to over or under eat //the only thing I would follow when it comes to diets is if you have allergies

[rianaconklin]

All these single food groups diets scare the crap out of me, what happened to eating a normal amount of food groups and just trying to be healthy in a normal way, diet culture really does scare me a bit, thank you for sharing and normalizing healthy eating habits ❤❤

[graceorrison]

Your videos are really helpful. I'm in my 30s and lived with an eating disorder my whole life. You've really helped me with my food relationship. Thanks girl.

[mikamonster]

every short you upload bullies me into developing better eating habits. bless you!

[lolymop]

As someone who grew up in a household with ulcerative crohn's, colitis, celiac, food allergies, lactose intolerance, IBS, etc., I DEFINITELY wouldn't lump food sensitivity in with those. Being in so much pain it feels likke your stomach acid has melted through your gut isn't fun. Watching your brother be in so much pain he can hardly get out of bed for months isn't fun. All the doctor bills. All the health issues. We were legitimately afraid my brother was going to die at one point. It's definitely NOT about weight issues. We all need to be able to function. Not being in immense pain all the time is truly ideal.

[MaviBrielle]

I’m actually doing Noom right now to lose weight, but it helps that now it lets you eat 400 calories of orange food every day, and it makes me feel good about myself. Obvs there have been some rough days with Noom but it has motivational readings and has really helped me.

[wimplo]

Yeah I’m glad someone had to say something about my fitness. Trying to keep a food diary and always been in a deficit really got my anxiety going thinking I’d fall back into an ED. I’ve never been officially diagnosed but had some ED tendencies like food restriction, over exercise, intentionally throwing up my food, and jumping in and out of fad diets. Even when I was my most fit I was not mentally happy with how I looked. I appreciate your hardwork to dispel these issues.

[beatlesfran]

I've personally found Noom to be a useful tool that helped me better understand my eating habits and make healthier choices but I can see it can be problematic if taken too far.

[immafaint]

This is both frightening and brilliant.
I appreciate your creativity. Excellent job 👏🏼👏🏼

[GalaxyMushroom]

I just want to say that I am 15 and you have really helped me I have had problems with food and dieting for longer than I should and when I found your account I was on a calorie deficit until I realized that it was not good for me especially at my age and weight I dropped from 120 to 115 pounds and lost muscle and felt terrible thank you so much

[exeal]

I had this really bad episode of disordered eating and I knew it was getting bad when I would fast without drinking anything, because if I felt thirsty I wouldn’t feel hungry as much 💀💀💀

[MelissaSainz-txvt]

Your videos are helping me make peace with food. Thank you!