“In September, Jamie Nadeau, a 32-year-old nutritionist based in Massachusetts, posted a TikTok that went semi-viral. “Is 1,200 calories right for you?” she asked in a voiceover while pointing at a MyFitnessPal screenshot and smiling. “Here’s how you know,” she continued. Then she revealed that 1,200 calories is actually only enough daily nutrition if you’re an “8oish lb dog” or a toddler.“
“Every woman of every generation in my family has attempted this diet, from my 65-year-old mother to my 30-year-old cousins. A 1,200 calorie diet, according to most nutritionists or food experts, is a restrictive, unsustainable, likely unhealthy diet for any adult woman.“
“And while 1,200 calories isn’t necessarily enough for most adult bodies, it’s not like it’s a completely arbitrary number; it came from calculations during the late Victorian period, a measurement of calories in, calories out. That kind of weight loss logic has since largely been debunked — there are so many other factors that come into play with weight loss, from hormones to how processed your food is.“
“Eating 1,200 calories a day wasn’t just about keeping your weight under control, it was also about being patriotic: Diet and Health came out around the end of World War I, and while rationing wasn’t law, for some it was important for Americans not to hoard food “in their own anatomy.”“
““The trouble with that is, once you hit your 1,200, and then you eat cake last thing at night, you’re going to feel really upset with yourself, aren’t you, miserable, like you failed, which is ludicrous,” Foxcroft said. “But the whole diet industry works on that, on that misery and that humiliation because you fail. So then you buy some more diet food or another diet book and you try something else, and you fail again.” For most diets, the failure is the point. For a 1,200-calorie diet, the goal is no different: Try it, crash, and then try it again.“
Idk how to do a readmore despise being on this site for like 9 years so just scroll faster please……. My weight loss chilblains are resolving but now i have an open wound between my toes (i tried to give myself a pedicure the other day but gave up bc I discovered i need that dry skin to keep my blood inside) and ive accidentally Weaned myself off my tricyclic in a failed attempt to normalize my sleep schedule. I no longer think I’m getting cavities and i found new toothbrush uder the sink. Now im nauseous in the middle of the day for no reason so I’m gonna take a nap and probably get a migraine later
I think people always equate the pressure for women to be skinny with the pressure for men to be fit is because everyone falsely assumes skinny = automatically healthy.
This is comparing apples to oranges. On one hand, society encourages men to maintain their health, be fit, and be muscular, while on the other hand, society is encouraging women to hate their bodies to the point of starvation and death.
At this point a study conducted by the University of North Carolina estimated that 75% of women have disordered eating habits and an unhealthy relationship to food.
By age 6, girls especially start to express concerns about their own weight or shape. 40-60% of elementary school girls (ages 6-12) are concerned about their weight or about becoming too fat. This concern endures through life (Smolak, 2011).
From the National Eating Disorder Association:
The rate of development of new cases of eating disorders has been increasing since 1950 (Hudson et al., 2007; Streigel-Moore &Franko, 2003; Wade et al., 2011).
There has been a rise in incidence of anorexia in young women 15-19 in each decade since 1930 (Hoek& van Hoeken, 2003).
The incidence of bulimia in 10-39 year old women TRIPLED between 1988 and 1993 (Hoek& van Hoeken, 2003).Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness.
For females between fifteen to twenty-four years old who suffer from anorexia nervosa, the mortality rate associated with the illness is twelve times higher than the death rate of all other causes of death (Sullivan, 1995).
And for people to compare pressure to work out, to eat healthy and a ton of calories in order to sustain work outs, and to have bodies that are fit, it’s absolutely not the same and a totally disgusting comparison to say that men and women both face equal pressure in regards to appearance.
(via shiningjustfory0u)
which food is this
What You Crave vs What You Need
- Chocolate: Raw nuts/seeds.
- Oily/Fatty Snacks: Kale, leafy greens.
- Soda/Carbonated Drinks: Actual, literal bubbles.
- Chips/Salty Food: Topsoil.
- Cookies: Freudian psychology.
- Sweet Tea: A strong Southern gentleman to take care of you.
- Pasta/Carbs: Pasta/Carbs.
- Ice: The sweet release of death.
pinkcashmommy-deactivated201812 asked: I'm not a hater or discriminating you because of you're weight. I am just a little concerned about your health though. Yeah it's your body and you're right to be body positive but you're health at the end of the day is all that matters. There's nothing wrong with you're body. Just be healthy and keep the body positivity going.
these are the messages that hurt me the most because theyre wrapped up in tenderness and good intentions but are lethally poisoned. it was logic like this said from friends and family that led me to an eating disorder growing up, lead me to hospitalization for related heart problems because i wasnt eating, being unable to conceive because i was so young when messages like these got to me, several suicide attempts, etc. the thinnest i ever was was also the most unhealthy i have ever been. sadly it was also the time i was complimented most
you cannot determine a person’s health by looking at their body. point blank. when most of my friends and family told me how “healthy” i looked from the weight loss, i was fainting, vomiting, shaking, having heart complications and my hair fall out. and all i was getting was positive feedback. let me reiterate that thinness =/= health by any means and EVEN IF IT DID, another person’s health isn’t any of your business anyway! to treat ill people like they are vermin is inherent ableism. to deny someone respect because of illness or disability or “unhealthiness” is ableism
not that i have to defend my lifestyle for my point to be valid, because it is my lifestyle my body and my choices which do not affect anyone else whatsoever, but i am a fit motherfucker!! i bike 5 miles literally every day to get to work, then i work on my feet, running around for 8 hour shifts. i eat a balanced diet and drink 3 liters of water every day. i take vitamins every morning and meditate every night. i dont smoke, i don’t drink often, i don’t do drugs. i am the happiest i have ever been, i have overcome huge debilitations related to my anxiety disorder and depression and i love myself freely and fully. my doctors say i am their favorite patient because i am living exactly how they tell me i should and with a positive outlook to boot. how is this not healthy enough? because there is fat on my body??? no offense, but i will take my doctor’s words over a stranger’s on the internet’s when it comes to my health.
here’s the rule: unless you are their personal medical practitioner, don’t give medical advice! it is unwanted, unwarranted, and crossing boundaries. this particular instance is a great example of why it’s NOT okay because since i am a stranger you had no idea what my background was like; you didn’t know where i’ve been and you didn’t know that i struggled with an eating disorder for years. you simply do not know how words will affect someone. if i had gotten this message a year ago i can 100 percent guarantee i would have relapsed, and that is scary to think about.
luckily, i have grown to accept the validity of my body. i have learned to stop quantifying my existence. i’ve learned that other people’s invasive opinions on my body have nothing to to with me, and everything to do with them. i’ve learned to let go and live and i have NEVER been healthier because of it.
please no one send this person mean asks. im not answering this publicly to drag her, i am just explaining why i wont accept messages like these in the future, and why they are fundamentally wrong. i get so many and while it may seem the noble thing to do, it is not. it’s rude and damaging and presumptuous. have a nice day everyone and pet a bunch of pups for me!!