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About Lisa Dahl:

Lisa Dahl is a Certified Health and Well-Being Coach specializing in Intuitive Eating, Mindful Eating, and Body Image. In addition, she is also host of the TV show and Podcast, Getting Healthy Without Rules.

Her hallmark emphasis on mindfulness and self-compassion helps women find a successful pathway to whole-body wellness. She supports her clients as they discover “Body Peace & Food Freedom” on their journey to break free from dieting and diet culture. Her clients achieve a higher level of well-being as Lisa guides them through visioning, goal setting, and accountability.

What We Discuss In This Episode:

Diet culture promotes unrealistic beauty standards and negatively impacts body image.

Become the expert on your own needs and desires instead of following external diet rules.

Signs of being negatively affected by diet culture

• Body checking and comparing yourself to others.
• Praising before/after weight loss pictures.
• Most people regain weight, so “after” pictures are often future “before” pictures.
• Envying those who restrict food better.

Ways to challenge diet culture’s influence.

• Become aware of actions, behaviors, and thoughts. Awareness helps regain power.
• Create believable new thoughts to replace negative self-talk.
• Use phrases like “I am learning to appreciate” instead of “I accept” if not yet true.
• Focus on how activities make you feel good, not how many calories they burn.

Body image and age

• Many regret not improving body image and intuitive eating earlier.
• It’s never too late to start. Health is most important, not weight.

Weighing yourself

• Lisa doesn’t weigh clients and suggests throwing the scale out the window.
• Weighing can be triggering, even for a coach. Think about only allowing measuring weight for true medical need.
• You can decline weighing at doctor for non-critical reasons.
• Focus on measuring happiness, anxiety reduction, etc. rather than weight.

Intuitive eating tips

• Ask: “What am I feeling?” and “What do I need?”
• Name emotions beyond “stressed” or “overwhelmed” using emotion app.
• Food is the messenger, not the enemy. Meet needs in other ways too.

Key Takeaways:

1. Lisa shares the ways in which diet culture perpetuates unrealistic beauty standards and contributes to body dissatisfaction.
2. She also shares some common signs that show how someone may be negatively affected by diet culture and struggling with body image issues?
3. How can we challenge and break free from diet culture’s influence on our body image and self-worth?
4. Being aware of negative self-talk and thought patterns is the first step to change.
5. Focus on how activities and behaviors make you feel, not how many calories they burn.
6. Food is a messenger for unmet needs, not the enemy. Learn to meet your needs in other ways too.

Resources from Lisa Dahl:

10 principles of Intuitive Eating: https://www.lisadahlwellness.com/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating-sign-up-lisa-dahl-wellness

App Lisa mentioned, The How We Feel App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/how-we-feel/id1562706384

Schedule a free call with Lisa: https://calendly.com/lisadahlwellness/body-peace-food-freedom-consultation-call

Connect with Lisa Dahl:

Website: https://www.lisadahlwellness.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lisadahlwellness
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisadahlwellness
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lisadahlwellness

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