The mistake I made that held me back for years
One of the BIGGEST mistakes I made in terms of weight loss was focusing solely on calories in and calories out. In this day and age, it sounds silly, right? Like, how could our bodies be so simplistic? It’s funny looking back at what I used to eat… Light ‘N Fit yogurt, Fiber One Bars, 100-calorie snack packs. I thought I was being “healthy” because I was eating low-calorie foods, but my body was seriously lacking quality nutrition, and, honestly, I was just filing it with artificial junk. I know I’m not the only one who’s been “tricked” by diet culture into thinking that in order to lose weight and feel good, we must eat low-calorie. And it doesn’t end there! Diet culture also tells us to: Limit carbs Avoid sugar Intermittent fast Drink green juice Load up on protein Give up grains and gluten Go Keto Become vegan Carb cycle Basically, diet culture tells us to do what worked for somebody else, but here’s why this doesn’t work: It forces us to follow someone else’s plan w