This week we talk to Sam, a client of Gillian's whose pursuit of the perfect body led her into years of restrictive diets, an obsession with wellness fads, and a dedication to bodybuilding and completely transforming herself over and over again. After spending decades pursuing thinness and thousands of pounds later she discovered intuitive eating, a path that would lead her directly to Gillian for support. Her story of rebuilding trust with her body and accepting herself as a different size wasn’t straightforward, she admits she was skeptical and thought she would never truly be able to relinquish control of food and tracking numbers, in this episode she shares the pivotal moments that lead her to be able to be around food and be on the side of her body for the first time in her life.
Topics covered
Orthorexia
Bodybuilding
Over-exercising
Weight Watchers
Laxative use
Alternative therapies
Mental health
Fatphobia & anti-fat bias
Weight loss/weight gain
Patriarchy
Food insecurity
Secret eating
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