As someone who is maintaining a 90 lb weight loss, the best advice I heard was that however you eat to lose weight is how you have to eat to maintain it, really help change my mindset with food. No shortcuts! it took me a little over 2 years to lose that weight which probably sounds so slow to a lot of people, but I have such a healthy mindset with food now. I am 50 now and have been in diet culture since middle school and I hate that it took this long to figure all this out. That girl in that article sounded like me when I was younger.
This reminds me of my mom and auntie's obsession with the keto diet. They lost a lot of weight initially and then struggled to make any more progress. Still struggling with diet culture in their 70s, very sad. Demonizing whole food groups as bad when they are cutting out nutritious foods in reality. Then they went off it and gained everything back. How can someone be that old and have zero clue about basic nutrition principles? This is a common thing.
I think older folks had vastly more exposure to diet culture messaging over a longer period of time and have not had access to the counter messaging that exists because it’s mostly found social media. I find that I often have a lot more to unpack with older clients than younger ones.
You're not wrong about these diet plans being unsustainable over the long-term by design. They cater primarily to people who can't be bothered to learn anything about nutrition science. The level of calorie restriction is too extreme for long-term success. Personally, I think nutrition should be a mandatory course for kids to learn in high school because there are far too many people who believe absolute nonsense. There are also far too many people spreading disinformation. The friend I mentioned in a previous comment who lost 115 pounds educated himself on the subject of nutrition and made up his own diet plan.
Yeah the lack of education and the flood of misinformation are absolutely big issues! I think the pressure to "get results" at a rapid pace also leads people to do some harmful things.
Unfortunately, good advice is a bit boring and difficult to sell. A bit of what you fancy does you good, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, don't overindulge in things like fast food or sweet treats and get a bit of exercise in whatever form you enjoy.
Good luck girl. The carnivores on this platform are cultish in their belief systems. The algorithm puts videos like this in their path and they are relentless. But this dietetics student appreciates your ability to communicate science effectively 😊
As someone who is maintaining a 90 lb weight loss, the best advice I heard was that however you eat to lose weight is how you have to eat to maintain it, really help change my mindset with food. No shortcuts! it took me a little over 2 years to lose that weight which probably sounds so slow to a lot of people, but I have such a healthy mindset with food now. I am 50 now and have been in diet culture since middle school and I hate that it took this long to figure all this out. That girl in that article sounded like me when I was younger.
Exactly! Sustainable weightloss isn’t fast and it isn’t “protocol” based.
You really deserve a much bigger following!
That is so kind of you to say!
This reminds me of my mom and auntie's obsession with the keto diet. They lost a lot of weight initially and then struggled to make any more progress. Still struggling with diet culture in their 70s, very sad. Demonizing whole food groups as bad when they are cutting out nutritious foods in reality. Then they went off it and gained everything back. How can someone be that old and have zero clue about basic nutrition principles? This is a common thing.
I think older folks had vastly more exposure to diet culture messaging over a longer period of time and have not had access to the counter messaging that exists because it’s mostly found social media. I find that I often have a lot more to unpack with older clients than younger ones.
You're not wrong about these diet plans being unsustainable over the long-term by design. They cater primarily to people who can't be bothered to learn anything about nutrition science. The level of calorie restriction is too extreme for long-term success. Personally, I think nutrition should be a mandatory course for kids to learn in high school because there are far too many people who believe absolute nonsense. There are also far too many people spreading disinformation. The friend I mentioned in a previous comment who lost 115 pounds educated himself on the subject of nutrition and made up his own diet plan.
Yeah the lack of education and the flood of misinformation are absolutely big issues! I think the pressure to "get results" at a rapid pace also leads people to do some harmful things.
You're my hero. Please keep making these videos
Thanks so much! I definitely will!
so glad i found your channel!
Aww thank you!
I love how you are casually implying that binge drinking is required to enjoy social situations and sobriety is unsustainable
Unfortunately, good advice is a bit boring and difficult to sell. A bit of what you fancy does you good, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, don't overindulge in things like fast food or sweet treats and get a bit of exercise in whatever form you enjoy.
Exactly this! Real advice is actually simple and sadly not sexy enough to market
excellent video!
Good luck girl. The carnivores on this platform are cultish in their belief systems. The algorithm puts videos like this in their path and they are relentless. But this dietetics student appreciates your ability to communicate science effectively 😊
They are welcome to come at me! It just gives me a boost :)