03/19/2023
Keto. Intermittent Fasting. Caloric deficit. Macros. Juice Cleanse. Whole30. Paleo...
Which one works the best???
(This pic is of my 1st weightloss journey as an adult, starting my freshman year in college... My roommates and husband can attest that I was the girl who showed up to the movie theater with celery in her purse)
All of them produce short term weightloss. They all have a 95% long term failure rate. Most of them eventually put you in starvation and malnourishment. Most people gain back the weight plus more. (Most people actually know this but the reality of accepting perpetual fatness is too distressing, so they keep trying).
I've done all of these diets by the way, and a few other techniques that I'm too embarrassed to admit at the moment.
What they never told us is that you can permanently damage your metabolism by doing this crap.
In both pictures you will see a perfectly healthy young woman. In both pictures she had perfect metabolic panels and was able to pass a military fitness test (I did airforce ROTC in college, but really struggled to maintain weight/tape so I decided not to enlist).
Only difference between the two was in one she received messages that she was a failure, and in the other everyone ohhed-ahhed and praised her for her weightloss even though she was harming her health to achieve it. She was made to feel like she was somehow superior for having lost the weight.
I'm sorry the world presents extra challenges if you happen to be a woman, an ethnic minority, disabled, q***r, poor, or fat. I'm sorry that healthcare in the US is such a money grab.
I can't change the world, but I can support women loving and caring for themselves and maybe that's enough. I used to think weight was a separate issue from my chosen specialty (women's health/pelvic health) but now I see it's one of the key hallmark piece
