Struggle with all the diet talk around the holidays? You’re not alone! Follow these three suggestions for how to navigate food and body conversations during the holiday season.The holiday season can bring all the feels along with it.It can be a time of joy, gratitude, connection, cheer, and it can bring along grief, anxiety, and frustration.

One minute you’re kicking back on the couch watching the game savoring your pumpkin pie and the next your aunt is going on and on about how she can’t eat dessert because it’s “loaded with sugar” and she’s “watching her weight.” So much for enjoying that pie!  The holidays can be a breeding ground for diet and weight talk.Everyone is so concerned about what they’re eating, how it doesn’t fit their diet, and how they are going to put on weight over the holidays.And everyone likes to vocalize it (likely so that they can judge themselves before others can).

It’s hard to eat in peace when people are talking about how bad they are for taking seconds of stuffing or how they have to start their diet tomorrow.  It can be hard not to internalize it too.Thoughts begin to surface like “well maybe I should start a diet tomorrow too,” “I guess I’m bad for getting a second serving of those mashed potatoes,” “maybe I should’ve skipped the pie too.” Part of the work is building resilience so that you can say “good for you, not for me.” And part of the work is knowing your options for navigating diet ta

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