What is Diet Culture and Why We Should Break Free From It with Amanda Hallam

There is more to diet culture than what it looks like on the surface. For many women, there is a real struggle in keeping up with the perfect body image that was either ingrained in us through generations or a pressure we put on ourselves for different reasons. The influence of mass media and social media marketing plants a strong subconscious desire that to be desirable and worthy, one must be within a specific weight range, body shape, or a prescribed look. We tend to measure ourselves through the measuring stick to create the perfect person. But there is no one-size-fits-all standard for health and lifestyle. Over the years, following diet cultures, fitness, and beauty regimens have proven to be tiring and unsustainable. What happens when these norms do not sit well with our body structure and way of life? How do we drop these standards? Can we create our own measuring stick? Can we escape the endless hamster wheel of diet fads, fitness programs, and whatnot? If these don’t seem to work, then what will? Stay tuned and get some tips towards a holistic approach to health and lifestyle that would fit in regardless of what struggles and goals you may have. Click here to listen to this episode: These are some highlights you shouldn’t miss: 01:23 - What breakthrough do people get to have so they can live the life they want? 02:34 - How to change every moment so your life plays out how you want it to. 03:52 - Seeing our reality from the outside so we can change our narrative. 07:00 - Recognizing your real value over the superficial worth ingrained in us as a child 09:47 - Finding the “happy weight” that you can effortlessly maintain. 11:39 - Unraveling the emotional or stress eater in you and finding the joyful movement to sustainably stay fit. 17:29 - The real measure of health and fitness - it’s not on the weighing scale. 21:38 - Loving your body and making peace with it: why it’s a must whatever fitness goals you have. 22:53 - The difference between fullness and satisfaction. 23:30 - The concept of body neutrality: Your body is not you. 27:56 - The body shame culture and why it doesn’t make sense. 30:42- How to break free from body stereotypes. Nobody is at par with the societal standards anyway. 32:57 - The opportunity cost behind chasing the perfect image or the perfect body. 34:14 - Perfect is overrated. Assess who you are following on social media. 36:47 - Gratitude: one simple ingredient that makes life a lot better 38:29- Creating your own measuring stick of happiness and success when it comes to health. 41:28 - How Claudine began to look at weight loss goals differently. Click here to get access to Amanda’s FREE course - 3 Steps to Stop Emotional Eating: Episode Challenge: Amanda’s challenge: Go through your social media and ask yourself if that particular person that you're following is really serving you. And are they representing you? Are they representing something that you want to be? Or, are they just showing you the perfect moments that are fractions of their life, and you have no idea what the behind-the-scenes look like? Claudine’s challenge: A healthy lifestyle may look different for every person. We came from different paths. Our bodies may have undergone different challenges that won’t be what it is right now if not for the rigors of life. Celebrate a win now that you have created your measuring stick. This whole conversation imparts that we can either hand our power over and say, “they have the measuring stick” or “I have the measuring stick to celebrate my wins.” Marc’s challenge: Find a small reason to celebrate, but also remind somebody else to celebrate even the littlest things so that we make it relational and that we don't always have to do it alone. Tag us at @iamclaudine and Marc Anthony at the @btopodcast . About the Guest: Amanda Hallam is a holistic health and lifestyle coach who helps women shake off the burden of diet culture. She spent too many years struggling with multiple eating disorders and hating her body. Now that she's healed her relationship with food, she is on a mission to help other women do the same. She believes in body neutrality and showing your body respect by honoring its needs. She encourages her clients to live more confidently and helps them unlock a whole new level of happiness and freedom that they never knew existed! Follow her @amandalhallam on Instagram and Tiktok, and Facebook. Find out more about Amanda and what she does: Visit Connect with Amanda on socials: Instagram @amandalhallam Facebook Follow the Podcast: Apple Podcast - Spotify - Google Podcasts - Amazon Music - iHeartRadio -

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What is Diet Culture and Why We Should Break Free From It with Amanda Hallam is an episode from Breakthrough the Ordinary by Breakthrough Media LLC.

This episode is 00:42:45 long.

This episode was published on Apr 25, 2022.

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