Your Guide to Diet Culture Bullsh*t

Every single new year, without fail, we are bombarded by ads for fad diets, weight loss supplements, and detox teas. It’s a never-ending toxic cycle that is the sad reality we live in. The diet industry thrives off making you insecure. Health is NOT mutually exclusive with weight loss. I mean, prove me wrong, BUT don’t I think drinking a watered-down version of celery three times a day instead of eating actual food is the epitome of health. I also don’t think drinking a “skinny tea” that glues you to the toilet is beneficial for your health either.

Here’s the hard truth. If you want to become the healthiest version of yourself, it will not happen quickly, and it won’t be easy. People today love convenience. That is why the diet industry makes over $60 billion per year. Let me repeat that $60 BILLION.

Want to hear something even MORE shocking than that? Diets do not lead to permanent weight loss for over 95% of people. I’ll say that one more time for the people in the back….

DIETS DO NOT LEAD TO PERMANENT WEIGHT LOSS FOR OVER 95% OF PEOPLE.

In fact, most people regain even more weight than before starting the diet. This is because these quick fixes are not sustainable. These quick fixes are not only ineffective, but they are unhealthy.

The diet industry is making $60 billion a year with a 95% failure rate.

Our society is obsessed with unrealistic beauty standards, youth, and thinness. The diet industry uses our insecurities against us. They hope to make weight loss our main goal in life.

They have perfected the ability to trap us in the vicious cycle of dieting.

The diet industry forces us to focus on becoming a smaller version of ourselves. Our minds become prisoners to the diet industry. When your focus is losing weight, you don’t realize you’re losing the important things.

A few consequences are repeated cycles of weight loss and weight gain, distractions from personal goals, eating disorders, weakened immune systems, and reduced self-esteem.

Don’t spend the rest of your life trying to be smaller. Don’t be a watered-down version of yourself. Take up space. Learn to accept yourself. Learn that the least interesting thing about you is your body.

You are not going to be on your death bed wishing you were five pounds lighter. You are not going to regret that spontaneous trip with your friends. You are not going to regret buying candy at the movie theatre. You are not going to regret eating your own birthday cake.

You want to know what you will regret—spending the rest of your life at war with your body.