Anti-Diet Doesn’t Mean Anti-Nutrition
I talk a lot about being anti-diet on my page. I talk about concepts like Intuitive Eating and Mindful Movement. Learning to listen and rebuild trust in yourself and challenging outside diet culture. I talk a lot about loving and accepting yourself for the person you are and what makes you, you so you can be happy NOW instead of always chasing this picture of happiness that you believe will come when you’re at your goal weight.
I’ve gotten a lot of questions and there’s a lot of confusion (and understandably so) about what that all means. We’re flooded with messages every day about how the skinniest and prettiest people are the happiest. That they have seemingly everything in life. That if you follow this plan, if you eat these things, if your body looks this way, you can look and live like them. Things that are supposed to be motivating that actually belittle us.
In comes the anti-diet culture, a movement that stands against the oppressive system that tells us (in sometimes not so obvious ways) that certain body types are “good” and “bad.” It’s the fat phobic comments casually dropped in media. It’s the unwarranted comments made about our bodies. It’s the idea that the way we look dictates our worth. It’s the false narrative that being skinny means you’re healthy and that being larger means you’re unhealthy.
Anti-Diet is Anti…
Worshipping thinness
Promoting weight loss as a means of achieving a higher status
Demonizing foods
Oppressing people who don’t match our “supposed” picture of health
Happiness being tied to weight loss
Anti-Diet Does…
Accept and respect NATURAL size diversity
Focused on increasing wellness-promoting habits and behaviors rather than weight loss
Pursue overall health
Recognize that weight isn’t the prime indicator of health
Being against diet culture does not mean being against health or the pursuit of well-being.
It’s actually quite the opposite.
Being anti-diet means you get to cancel out the outside noise and focus on what health and well-being means for you and your body - without the guilt and shame of outside expectations. You get to learn what your body is trying to tell you will work for it, rather than listen to a one size fits all approach. You get to explore all facets of health indicators, not just weight loss, to FEEL and BE your best. You get to find joy in moving your body in a way that feels good to you, not a way that feels like a punishment or becomes a chore. My job is to help my clients do all that through cultivating the tools to listen, honor, and trust their bodies and understanding how nutrition, movement, recovery and self-care all play a role in their individual health.
If you’re looking for a safe space where you can learn how to let go of dieting for good, enjoy food without guilt, and turn exercise into something you love to do rather than something you “have” to do, submit a client application to get in contact with me! I work with clients virtually all over the world helping those who are frustrated with dieting and want to change their relationship with food and themselves.
Hi, I’m Azul Corajoria, an Integrative Health Coach, Personal Trainer & Yoga Instructor. I support my clients in making step-by-step changes so that they can live a healthy and balanced life. By recognizing the interdependent roles of mindset, nutrition, and movement I educate and hold my clients accountable for achieving their health goals through lifestyle and behavior adjustments with an emphasis on self-care. Together, we navigate the contradictory world of nutrition through intuitive eating, practice mindful movement, and implement small mindset and lifestyle shifts that empower them to be their best selves in the easiest way possible.
