Oct 8·edited Oct 8Liked by Gretchen Wallace MS, RD, CD
This is a great piece. I did grow up in a weight neutral home (in the 60s and 70s no less). Dad was a chef and food was our family thing. Mom, Dad, and I were all fat. My brother not. He wasn't a foodie. Still isn't, poor thing. It was only when I went away to college that I was hit with the barrage of body hatred. Me and my fat girlfriends were nicknamed "The Buffalos." Naturally I did what most any teenaged girl would do. I starved myself, ending up in hospital malnourished. Managing my body has taken great effort, even now at 66 years old. There's no end. So thank you, and thanks to my RD for liberating me from the mirror. It's all so damned hard.
It always makes me sad that even if a parent can do everything possible to shield their kids from body shame, the world can still be so cruel! I'm sorry you experienced that and I'm happy you've been on a journey to love yourself and your body again!
This is a great piece. I did grow up in a weight neutral home (in the 60s and 70s no less). Dad was a chef and food was our family thing. Mom, Dad, and I were all fat. My brother not. He wasn't a foodie. Still isn't, poor thing. It was only when I went away to college that I was hit with the barrage of body hatred. Me and my fat girlfriends were nicknamed "The Buffalos." Naturally I did what most any teenaged girl would do. I starved myself, ending up in hospital malnourished. Managing my body has taken great effort, even now at 66 years old. There's no end. So thank you, and thanks to my RD for liberating me from the mirror. It's all so damned hard.
It always makes me sad that even if a parent can do everything possible to shield their kids from body shame, the world can still be so cruel! I'm sorry you experienced that and I'm happy you've been on a journey to love yourself and your body again!