Katy: Welcome back to Rebuilding Trust with Your Body. It is Katy here. And in this episode we’re going to talk about what to do when you experience food judgment from your friends and family who don’t understand your approach and why you’re not dieting anymore. They might be seeing you eat things like pizza and breadsticks and they’re wondering if you have just completely given up on yourself and they might express concern about your health.

Maybe they have judgments against them those foods and they don’t allow themselves to eat those foods and so they think you’re being so unhealthy. It can be really tricky to know how to navigate these dynamics because of course you want your friends and your family to understand you and to support you, but you also can’t control what they say or what they do or what they think.

I am going to show you in this episode how to own your truth. Stay in your lane, ways to respond to comments and what to do when you’re bothered by any criticism that you get. Because the last thing that you need when you’re trying to heal your relationship with food is more self doubt.

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Join me in this fight against diet culture and the unrealistic body standards that are placed on us and all of the nonsense out there about diets that ultimately don’t work. While we’re on the topic of nonsense, you know what time it is? We’ve got some wellness Woo to talk about.

Wellness Woo is the stuff that diet and wellness culture tells us to do in the name of health, but it’s really based on pseudoscience, exaggerated claims, or just nonsense. Today’s Wellness Woo is water fasting. Water fasting is this thing that has become very trendy lately, and the idea is that you only drink water and don’t consume any other food or beverage for an extended period of time, anywhere from 24 to 72 hours.

You might have heard about this on social media, and I have had several listeners asking me about it lately because there’s all sorts of claims about the alleged benefits of water fasting. So do any of these claims hold merit? We’re going to talk about it. You know me, I’ll tell you, if they do, we’re going to break down the good, the bad and the ugly here.

The other question besides, you know, is there any truth to this? Is there any merit in it? Is is always, what are the risks? Just because something might have potential benefit doesn’t mean it comes without risk. And we have to ask if the risks are worth the benefits. So the claims that are floating around, there’s all sorts of them.

Um, about water fasting, the ones that are most popular are that it will help you lose weight. Alleged detoxing, which I’ve covered before on Wellness Woo. That’s not a thing. Your body already does that for itself. That’s what your liver and your kidneys and your digestive system do. Uh, supposedly it will lower your risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, all sorts of things.

And then this. The word that gets thrown around a lot that really seems to hook people in is this idea of autophagy, which is cell turnover and cell death. The first thing that you should know about all of these health claims is that studies on humans are very limited, which is a red flag.

The other thing I want us to do before we get into the nitty gritty is let’s back up and ask ourselves if avoiding food, which the food we eat, is breaking down into nutrients that by definition your body needs. That’s what a nutrient is. If some. If it’s not required by your body, it’s not designated as a nutrient.

So a nutrient is something that you have to consume in order to live and be healthy. And food is also breaking down into calories, which your body also has to have for survival, because calories are what fuel your body. If you run out, it’s like running out of gas in your car.

So is withholding something that contains multiple components that we need for our literal survival actually a good idea? And is denying ourselves something that we can’t live without a, uh, health promoting behavior. I want you to think about that for a second. We’re going to come back to that in a moment.

What does the data that exists, which is extremely limited to begin with. Let’s, let’s remember that the data we have, what does it say about the benefits of water fasting? Well, here is an example of a research article that people are drawing these claims from that they’re telling you all about on social media.

So there was a 2013 study. They took 30 adults and they followed a water fast for 24 hours. After that fast, they had, quote, unquote, significantly lower levels of triglycerides in their blood. Which tri. High triglycerides is a risk factor for heart disease. That part’s true. My issue with this study, we’re like, oh my gosh, water fasting lowers your risk of heart disease.

Like, okay, hold on. A 24 hour water fast lowered triglyceride levels in these 30 adults. The first issue I have here is the sample of size was 30 people. That is not very many. When we’re looking for really good, solid gold standard data. This would need to be replicated in thousands and thousands of people.

The other issue, this was a single 24 hour experiment. It’s hard to draw definitive conclusions from something like this. The other thing is we already know that there are several things that will lower your triglycerides and your risk for heart disease at several things that are well documented to do so.

And this extreme behavior of fasting, is it required in order to achieve that result of lower triglycerides? I don’t think so. There are a lot of ways we can lower your triglycerides without putting you through the torture of fasting. So when you’re hearing people make all of these claims about water fasting, you gotta keep in mind that they’re based on studies like this that are far from being rock solid science that we should be altering our behaviors based on these types of small studies.

They, they do serve a purpose within research. They’re meant to inform future research to we test it on a small group and go, is this even worth studying? And then we go, okay, well maybe. And then the studies grow from there. So who knows, in the future maybe there will be better data.

But right now hardly any human studies have been done. There are also a lot of risks that go along with water fasting. And I want to spell these out for you. Rapid weight loss. Which part, uh, of what’s happening if you’re fasting for one to three days, 24 to 72 hours, you are losing a lot of water weight because what your body is doing is breaking down its glycogen stores.

When there’s no food coming in, your body is having to tap into backup sources of to give you blood sugar to deliver energy to your cells. Because if you don’t have blood sugar circulating in your bloodstream 24, 7, you die. So your body is breaking things down to keep your blood sugar going when you’re not eating food to provide that fuel.

So what happens is your body is first going to burn through your glycogen stores, which are in your liver and in your muscles. Glycogen is the stored form of carbohydrate in your body. Carbohydrate is your body’s preferred fuel source. Carbs are not bad. I’m just going to put that plug in there.

What happens when your body stores carbohydrate as glycogen? It stores that glycogen molecule with two water molecules attached. So as every molecule of glycogen is being utilized for your blood sugar, your body is then having to get rid of those two molecules of water that were attached to it.

What are you doing? You are peeing that water out. That looks like weight loss on the scale. So you’re losing some water weight. And, uh, any tissue weight that you’re losing is most likely going to be in the form of muscle first. It is easier for your body to convert that into, again, blood sugar.

So if someone’s experiencing rapid weight loss, that’s dangerous for many reasons. And I could go on and on about that, but rapid weight loss is not good for our body. There are a lot of medical risks that come with it. You are also at risk when you’re doing a water fast of dehydration.

Fun fact. 20 to 30% of your daily fluid intake is coming from food itself. Like if you took all of the food you eat and put it through a dehydrator, it would be all shriveled, right? That’s all the water that just came out of it. So a big chunk of the fluid that you are consuming each day is actually in food and not just beverages.

Another risk that comes with water fasting is low blood pressure. So especially if you are getting dehydrated while you’re doing it, the other thing your body does when you’re not taking in enough calories is it it conserves energy by burning fewer calories by conserving the rate at which, like your heart is pumping, and your blood flow is being shunted to your core instead of your extremities.

So with this, you can develop low blood pressure, which means that it’s very easy for you to pass out, especially when you go from sitting down to standing up. It’s called orthostatic hypotension. Low blood sugar is another very real risk here. And one of the trippy things is that you’ll hear all about, oh, it’s so good for blood sugar.

It depends on the person. But for people who already have blood sugar issues or have diabetes, they are at risk for low blood sugar from this, and that can be very dangerous. You can die from low blood sugar. It is a medical emergency. In some cases, the risk of gout also increases with water fasting because of the increase of uric acid in your system.

And so if you struggle with gout, you know how nightmarish that is. Eating disorders are a risk. We know that any form of restricting and fasting, it can be like igniting a fire, like, we’ve just poured gasoline on it. And sometimes, once that process is set into motion, uh, a person’s eating disorder is just, like, activated.

And we have to take that risk seriously, because eating disorders themselves are very deadly and come with a host of medical complications. Eating disorders. Are the number two highest mortality rate of any mental illness. So eating disorders are in the diagnostic manual, the DSM for mental illnesses. They used to be the number one killer among all mental illness.

But the opioid epidemic took over and took the first spot. Eating disorders are not something that we should be gambling with and messing around with. And for a lot of people, restriction is, is a thing that will accelerate, will exacerbate, will amplify eating disorder behavior. And that eating disorder behavior can be anything from restricting to binging to purging to anything in between.

Another risk is what happens when you start eating again after you have been fasting. It’s called refeeding syndrome. This particularly goes up after the three day mark, which is why we would never recommend somebody fast, period in my, my book. But certainly without medical supervision for longer than 72 hours, because that risk of refeeding syndrome goes up.

And refeeding syndrome is what happens when you start eating again and there’s this big shift in your electrolytes within your body and your electrolytes can get thrown out of whack, which can send your heart into cardiac arrest and you can die from it. It’s rare that it happens, but it can happen.

And this is the scenario that sets it up. When I worked in the hospital as a dietitian, if someone was NPO for greater than 72 hours. So NPO is when you are nothing by mouth. So this might be like literally they’re not eating or drinking, or they might be able to drink water, but they’re not having food.

If they have been in that scenario for over 72 hours, the dietitians at the hospital are get. The person is getting flagged in the system and the dietitian is, is going up there and talking to the doctor and the nurses and saying what’s going on and what’s the plan here?

Because we need to get this person back on food asap. It is dangerous to be without food and to be fasting. And this whole concept of autophagy, uh, you know, this big flowery scientific word that gets thrown around a lot, it basically means cell death. And the idea is that, oh, these like old, you know, decrepit cells are dying off and these new, youthful, wonderful, healthy cells are coming back in their place.

Your cells already do that on their own. We don’t need to be trying to biohack ourselves and speed that up. Your body already has a process for doing that, just like your body always already has a process for detoxifying. I read an Article. It was published in 2023, so relatively recently in the, uh, journal called Nutrition Reviews.

And one of the things that they noted, they went through and reviewed the existing research on water fasting and here was their conclusion. Three to four months after the fast was completed, all metabolic benefits were no longer observed. And that the ability of these water fasts to produce lasting health benefits does not appear to be there.

So people might be like, well, maybe that means that we should do it more often so that the benefits just keep happening and they don’t dissipate. No, I don’t recommend that because let’s keep in mind that when you’re not eating, when you are fasting, when you are restricting, which is what this is, you’re missing out on the nutrition that you need.

When you’re actively not eating for days at a time. You need to be providing your body with those nutrients and the calories that are in food in order for your body to function properly. We need to stop acting like eating is an unnecessary thing that should be avoided whenever possible.

And we need to stop glorifying these various forms of straight up restriction and disordered behavior in the name of health. When it’s not a solid health strategy, it’s not sustainable, and it comes with far more risks than it does benefits. The things that it will allegedly improve for your health are all things that we can address in so many other, safer, more evidence based ways that will still allow you to enjoy a, uh, normal and healthy relationship with food and to be able to go out and live your life fully.

Because that’s the other thing. Do you think that you’re fun to be around when you’ve been fasting for 48 hours? I can barely fast to get my labs drawn. You know, once a year when I do my physical and I do fasting labs, I barely make it to the doctor’s office at 8:00am to get my, my blood drawn without having had my breakfast.

Like when we’re fasting for these prolonged periods of time, we’re not fun, we’re grumpy, we’re hangry. You might reach that point though. Some people are like, no, it doesn’t bother me. I love the high that I get. That that doesn’t mean that your body is thriving. And it becomes very hard to socialize and do things when food is involved, when you’re like, oh, I can’t, I’m fasting right now.

I want you to be able to eat the things you like, to have a healthy relationship with food, to be able to Go out and live life and have fun. And when you’re obsessing over doing things like water fasting, that becomes extremely difficult. So I’m going to leave it at that.

Water fasting is wellness. Woo. Not recommended. If you have an example you want to share, send it my way. You can email me or DM me. All right, that’s enough of that. Let us, let’s move back into today’s main topic, which is navigating food judgment. When your friends and family don’t understand your approach, I want to start off by just really acknowledging and giving a ton of empathy and grace and compassion to the fact that your family and friends might not get it.

I mean, I want you to think back to there was a point in time where you probably didn’t get it. And you would have thought someone talking about not dieting and doing intuitive eating was just, uh, you know, being so nonsensical. We live in a world that continues to glorify dieting, restrictive eating and weight loss at all costs.

I mean, we just talked about water fasting and I’m having to make a case for why that’s not a great idea or a health promoting behavior. You know, our world glorifies things like that, calling it wellness. And so you choosing not to diet and embracing intuitive eating is like swimming upstream.

It goes against the tide of what we’ve been told to do and what we’ve been taught is healthy. So a lot of times your family and friends who are saying things that are kind of against what you’re doing, it’s because they often genuinely believe deep in their soul that dieting is a healthy thing to do.

And so if we are challenging that and suggesting that their way of thinking about it is wrong or incorrect, or that you don’t agree with, might feel to them like we’re challenging and threatening their entire belief system. And what is so interesting, I’ve learned this from being a non diet dietitian that exists on, you know, social media and the Internet, is that if you challenge someone’s deeply held belief system about food, food and eating, it’s like you’re challenging their religion.

It is wild how defensive and how nasty people will get. And so keep that in mind that if someone has a very different way of thinking about this, it’s not your job and it’s probably not going to be helpful for you to imply that they’re wrong. So I would encourage you, we’re going to talk more about this later, but I would encourage you to just keep it about you and yourself, and to very much keep the perspective that they get to think and do and believe what they want to believe and do what they feel is right for them and that is okay, and that you get to do what’s right for you.

So let’s just acknowledge that there’s a lot of reasons they might not get it and that your way of thinking about this might completely buck up against this very deeply held belief system that they have. And it’s probably not going to do you a lot of good to argue with them if they are not ready to hear it.

The other thing is, if your family and friends are expressing concern about how you’re eating, they might think that they’re quote, unquote, helping you because they’re worried about your health. They just care so much. Right. And the problem is that often these health concerns about food and your eating are ultimately code for I want you to lose weight and, and the underlying fat phobia that goes with that.

And sometimes people aren’t even aware that this is what they’re really thinking or implying when they say these things. When they say, I just want you to be healthy. They haven’t oftentimes done enough work to realize that they associate health with weight loss, health with thinness, and ultimately health with restrictive eating.

And so it’s like they don’t comprehend the gravity of what they’re saying. And you, uh, know, I think a lot of people also haven’t done the inner work to realize that. We’ve been taught to believe that losing weight is a healthy thing to do pretty much no matter how we do it, like even if it’s super extreme, unhealthy behavior, that if we, if the end result is that we lost weight, then good for you.

You’re, you’re looking better, you’re, you’re getting yourself healthier and what, you know, it. There’s so much that’s wrong with that, obviously. So when people are expressing concern about how you’re eating or that you’ve gained weight or that you’re not losing weight, uh, they don’t understand that they’re subscribing to and they’re projecting onto you this belief system that you would be healthier and somehow better if you were thinner.

And we’ve got to give them grace that they don’t get that. And some people, you know, maybe don’t deserve the grace, depending on how egregious their fat phobic attitudes are. But I just want you to keep that perspective of it. It is understandable why they don’t get it. And so, you know, I, I want to give Grace where I can.

And then there are some people who are just, you know, there is a lot of problematic thoughts and beliefs that they are attaching to weight and there may need to be some hard boundaries there. Uh, but, you know, just keep that perspective. So let’s think about some scenarios that you might encounter and maybe you have encountered them already when you’re no longer dieting.

So you people might make comments like, oh, you’re eating, that I could never. Or how can you be hungry right now? We just ate. Or you’re taking second helpings, aren’t you full? I’m so stuffed. And these comments, it’s like it’ll just fly out of their mouth without them even thinking about how might that make the other person feel.

And uh, you know, at the same time you’ll probably also encounter situations where people are talking non stop about their diet, about their weight loss journey and, or maybe their body bashing themselves and talking about how they probably should be on a diet. It can be so hard to sit there and listen to that when you’re just like, I’m not doing that anymore.

I don’t want to talk about this, I don’t want to get sucked into it. I’m kind of annoyed, I’m kind of angry, I feel very unseen and, and invalidated. And um, you have to decide, you know, what are your own internal boundaries and what are the boundaries that you might decide to set.

Set externally. So we’re going to get to that in a second. Another common scenario is that at some point. Probably be at a social gathering where people talking about how bad they’re being for eating the food and how they’re gonna have to burn it off the next day at the gym.

And it’s so hard to listen to comments like this and to not feel guilty about what you’re eating when they’re saying how guilty they feel for eating the same food. And when you’re trying not to think that way anymore, it. It’s hard to not feel that way, at least partially, when it’s being said out loud around you.

Your family or friends might also say things to you at some point like, I’m just really worried about your health, or I’m worried that you’re let yourself go. And so that might be if they’re seeing you, like, eating more sweets or if you’ve gained weight. And these types of comments can be really hurtful.

Remember that it’s not your job to evangelize them or to convince them that your. Your way is right. What is your job, though, is to protect your own process and to do what’s right for you. That is where your power lies. So I want to give you some tips on how to handle these moments with compassion and with boundaries.

First things first. Ground yourself. Because reacting without stepping back to, you know, regulate ourselves is often unhelpful in pretty much any scenario where we are emotionally activated. I’m thinking of, like, when I yell at my kids and stuff, like, I would have been better off if I took a deep breath first.

So take a deep breath. Notice what’s coming up for you. If you can. If you need to put your hand over your heart, give yourself that gesture of compassion and remind yourself that your eating is none of anyone else’s business, nor is there eating your business, and that you are healing, you are healing your relationship with food, your relationship with yourself.

Even if they don’t get it, they don’t have to get it. And you, uh, get to decide when to engage in that conversation and when to just let it go. It is okay to not explain intuitive eating every time this topic comes up. Sometimes don’t waste your breath. I would say most often, don’t waste your breath.

There is certainly a time and a place for a thoughtful conversation and, you know, maybe educating somebody or sharing more about your journey, that. That can be a beautiful thing. A lot of times, though, when this is happening in the moment, I just choose to, you know, smile and nod or to not really explain it or to just give a very vague answer.

You can say things like, I’m just focusing on listening to my body more and it’s been really freeing for me. So again, you’re keeping it about yourself and you’re not accusing them of doing anything wrong, but you are also letting them know, like, this is what’s right for me.

This is working for me, and I don’t really need your input on that. You could also just smile and change the subject. Tell yourself, I don’t owe anybody a TED Talk on this. Sometimes gentle boundaries or even firm boundaries are necessary. You might say, I’d rather not talk about diets.

I’m working on having a better relationship with food or, you know, maybe letting them know I know that you care. I am in a really good place with this and I feel so much more at peace now. Again, keeping it focused on you. Don’t attack them and their belief system, because that’s not going to end well.

The next thing I want you to think about is how to build your bubble of support. Because if your friends and family don’t get it, you need people who do. This can be such a lonely journey because it goes against the grain of our entire society. I want you to envision yourself building a force field around you.

And that force field is there to protect your peace and to give you space to work through all of the really hard stuff that comes up. When you are actively choosing not to diet anymore. It’s not easy. It’s hard work. And so you need that force field around you to protect you, uh, from all of this diet culture crap of getting in there and messing with you and derailing your progress.

That force field is things like boundaries. It’s choosing not to engage in diet talk and conversations. It’s choosing not to body bash yourself. It’s choosing not to be clicking on weight loss ads and reading articles about some weird diet thing and about water fasting and things like that. It means protecting your peace and creating the space within which healing can occur for you.

I highly encourage you to find a community of people who get it. And that’s one of the beautiful things about being so socially connected online. There are online groups like my Facebook group. I’ll. I’ll put a plug in there. Intuitive Eating Made Easy. It’s linked in the show notes.

If you are not already inside. What are you even doing? Get in there. It’s amazing. It’s a compassionate, thoughtful, supportive community. So much wisdom. People are always happy to jump in and offer perspectives and feedback and it is not a an aggressive or shamy community at all. I don’t let that happen.

I run a really tight ship, so think about getting in there. Uh, there are also communities online where maybe you go into a coaching program that has a group element. I know sometimes that feels really vulnerable to talk about this stuff in a group of other people, especially basically strangers.

But what I can tell you, having done this work for a very long time, is that a group component to healing is invaluable because you will learn so much from other people. And listening to them talk about their journey, watching them get coached, hearing them talk about implementation, giving and getting feedback to and from each other, it is invaluable.

So if you’ve never done something like that, I want you to think about it because that might be one of the most life changing things that you do. Um, you can think about finding community even through doing things like listening to podcasts like this one, where it reminds you that you’re not alone, that there are other people out there who are thinking this, who are working on this.

And then I want you to find some ways to affirm yourself through daily reminders of your why and keeping your head in the game. So, so that means having daily things in your everyday life that keep you focused on this. So you might always have a book going that’s within the intuitive eating non diet space or something sort of adjacent or supportive to that.

Um, podcasts, social media accounts that you follow so that when you’re scrolling, you’re getting that little infusion of these messages, unfollowing all the diet things, leaving all the diet groups on social media. There’s, uh, tons of workbooks out there that you can do. Attending live trainings. I do live trainings fairly frequently inside my Facebook group, by the way.

Um, and they’re really good. They’re really good. They’re like little mini trainings, always very actionable. You definitely want to get inside there to, to check those out. Um, there’s courses and programs that you can do if you need something a little bit more structured. If you’re like me and you want there to be like, you know, a curriculum and work, worksheets and all the things.

Sticky notes can be really effective. So sticky notes on your mirror or on your computer, uh, monitor or at your desk are just places that you’ll see them throughout the day that might have little reminders or quotes on them. Uh, the wallpaper on your phone, you can make it something that’s intentional that kind of reminds you of this process.

There’s so many creative ways to do this and to make it part of your environment. Okay, I want to share a few what nots, what not to do’s and then we will wrap up. Don’t fall into people pleasing at the expense of your healing. So just because your mom says, yet again, honey, I think you should do Weight Watchers or Keto with me doesn’t mean you should do it just so she’ll get off your back.

Don’t fall into the trap of, you know, jumping on somebody’s bandwagon or buying their weird MLM supplement that allegedly is going to detox you or cause you to lose weight just because you can’t say no to your friend who wants to sell you things. Don’t get into arguments with people who aren’t ready to hear it.

Learn from my mistakes, people. Don’t get into arguments with people who are not ready to hear this message. You will very quickly be able to tell in a conversation if they are open and receptive or not. Don’t waste your energy on it if they’re not. If they want to know more, they can google it themselves or ask you some questions.

But you don’t have to be the one to prove your point that you’re right. Let them think that you’re wrong. It’s fine. Let them remember that intuitive eating is about freedom and it’s not about being good or performing to society’s standards. You get to do it in a way that’s right for you, that supports your health, your emotions, your body, and your relationship with food.

And as we wrap up, I want you to know I am proud of you for doing this brave and countercultural work. Because on the surface, it might seem like it would be easier and more socially acceptable to spend the rest of your life on and off diets. Uh, it would be on the surface because again, that’s what’s normalized in our society and you could bond with people over it.

But what you will come to realize, if you haven’t already, is that the true inner peace and freedom that comes from stepping away from diet culture and unsubscribing to that belief system is immense. And it is so worth it. Don’t give up. I know that it’s hard, especially when your friends and family don’t get it and when they don’t support you.

It is hard when they are constantly making little comments or talking about their own diets, or when someone you live with is on their own diet and you have to watch them and you can’t eat meals together. It’s hard when you see other People getting praised for their so called healthy eating and for their weight loss.

Keep in mind that they’re building a house of cards that is almost guaranteed to crumble when they’re dieting. You are building a rock solid foundation and an unshakable home that you get to exist in. Yours is not a house of cards that’s going to crumble. It’s going to take you longer to build your house, but yours is on a rock solid foundation.

It is going to withstand the challenges that are thrown your way. And your body is that home that you are existing in. Your new relationship with food is that home. And yours is going to be unshakable. You get to design it how you want it to look. And the Intuitive Eating framework is such an incredible way to do that.

I have a few action items for you here on your way out. Number one, if you’re not already inside, get inside my Facebook group. It’s called Intuitive Eating Made Easy. It’s linked in the show notes. Number two, I want you to DM me either on Facebook or Instagram, whatever your preferred platform.

With your biggest takeaway from today’s episode, I want to hear from you what is resonating with you the most and what it was that you needed to hear. And then number three, I want you to share this with a friend or family member who needs to hear it, who is open to hearing it.

If it’s someone who adamantly is not, don’t bother, but someone who you think, um, maybe they’re open and someone who can potentially support you on your journey. And if you’re listening to this because someone that you care about sent it to you, that is such a gift and that is your person.

And you guys are going to be such an immense support for each other. And in case nobody has told you today, you are worthy just as you are. We’ll talk again soon.

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