Body-shaming is never justified. #bdd #itssmall #bodyshaming #bodyshamingisnotokay #patriarchy #fyp #foryou #adhominem #edrecovery

If you are looking for a therapist I highly recommend searching for one through Inclusive Therapists or Psychology Today who both have therapist search engines with filters. If you cannot afford a therapist or cannot find one who is available, please check out the National Alliance for E D and Project HEAL for the incredible free resources they provide on a weekly basis. The Alliance has free therapist-led support groups that happen virtually and in-person. You deserve to have help available when you’re struggling. Stay safe out there 🫶🏻

And if you love going to the gym and the community you build there and how it makes your body feel, THAT’S GREAT! I love that for you. I hope everyone finds a way to move that brings them as much joy as the gym brings you. And, that acknowledged, it is never okay to tell people they are going to die or god forbid SHOULD die because they don’t look like you and do the things you do!!!!! Leave other people alone!!!! If you’re a “gym bro” and you feel like this is about you, wear the shoe if it fits! But this isn’t about all people who go to the gym or even about all people who would self-identify as “gym bros.” BUT (!!!!!) if you’re the kind of gym bro who is always fighting about people’s bodies and how they eat in comment sections, yes, this IS about you, and to you I say, “cope harder” (and “stop bullying people,” and, probably, “get help!”)

Being loud AND wrong is embarrassing. CICO has so little basis in reality and I’m so tired of people using it to back up their abuse of Fat people on the internet. If you want to read more or are looking for sources to cite, check out my essay, “Your Body Isn’t a Calculator.” #cico #weightloss #weightlossjouney

Like, PLEASE do not do this. PLEASE do not put yourself at risk of having this conversation. It’s embarrassing. And it should be.

If some tries to be condescending to you this year, it’s fair game to point out how sad it is that they’re trying to do that on a holiday or any day. Embarrassing. Humiliating even.

Do NOT let them get away with it. Call it out. Point out that it is truly humiliating to be treating people that way. It should make THEM feel small when they realize what they’ve done — not you.