The Anti-Diet Workbook by Brandy Minks

Author:Brandy Minks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Published: 2022-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Macy took a little longer to make peace with peanut butter because of her past restriction-and-binge relationship with it. Ultimately, she was able to keep peanut butter in her house and even had some days when she didn’t crave it at all. She felt great that it was no longer a trigger food. Once the restriction was removed and she trusted that she could eat it whenever she wanted, the bingeing ended. Remember, your body is the estranged friend who needs to rebuild trust with you, one bite at a time.

Challenge the food police is questioning the food rules or beliefs about your body that you have internalized. The food police voice tells you to follow diet rules and sends you on a guilt trip for breaking them. Setting an expectation or boundary with yourself and others is the first step to pushing back. Deciding on your boundaries is the easy part; putting them into practice and sticking to them is the hard part. Food policing is essentially shaming, although some people, like April’s father in the next example, do it out of a desire to help.

April’s father worried about his daughter’s eating patterns. April asked for second helpings every evening at dinner. He didn’t think a ten-year-old girl needed that much food, and most nights would tell her no. April watched with jealousy as her fourteen-year-old brother ate second and third helpings.

When they would go out to eat, April’s father would criticize her menu pick and push her to get a salad instead. April would push back and the result was a meal ruined by everyone’s sour mood. The older April got, the more comments she received from her father and eventually her friends. April stopped trusting herself with food because of comments such as, “Don’t you think you should stop now? You’ve had a lot already” or “Are you really going to eat those cookies? If you’re not hungry for an apple, then you shouldn’t be eating at all.”

The comments about her body were demeaning: “You would have a boyfriend if you just lost 15 pounds. You’re getting fat. You need to eat less and exercise more.” April tried dieting on and off for a year before she got serious about slimming her body. She started exercising for multiple hours every day and ate only three to four foods. As the pounds came off, she was praised and complimented. No one thought that she had an eating disorder.

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