It's Okay If Your Eating Is Weird Right Now

It’s okay if you’re eating differently than usual right now. It’s okay if you’re eating stuff you wouldn’t normally eat, eating a lot, eating at weird times.

Food can feel like love in times of uncertainty—especially when you’ve previously been deprived.

And truly, food IS love. It’s connection to others, to your culture, to your history—especially when you’re physically far away from loved ones. It’s only human to turn to it for comfort in difficult moments.  

Have compassion for yourself if you’re going through some ups and downs with food right now. It’s completely understandable, and you’re not alone. 

Above all, the priority is getting enough food and doing the best you can to take care of yourself with whatever means you have available. Don’t worry if it’s not perfectly “balanced.”

Take care of yourself and each other, hang in there, and keep up the good work with the social distancing. I know it can be lonely, but you’re doing your part to help save lives and that is truly amazing ❤️

This week on Food Psych, fellow anti-diet dietitian and author Leslie Schilling joins me to discuss how to support kids in eating intuitively and navigating diet-culture messaging. 

We also talk about how privilege can affect different aspects of a person’s life and worldview, how diet culture can show up in our “safe spaces” including schools and churches, the process of writing her book and the changes she hopes to make for the second edition, and so much more. 

Plus, I answer a question about the rhetoric around food/weight and COVID-19. 

Check it out here, and be sure to subscribe to the pod so that you never miss an episode.  

Here’s to holding yourself with compassion,

Christy