Welcome to Food Psych, a weekly podcast about intuitive eating, health at every size, and body liberation.

I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and I'm a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor.

Join me as I talk with interesting people from all walks of life about their relationships with food and their bodies.

Hey there, welcome to episode 120 of Food Psych. I'm your host, Kristi Harrison, and today I'm talking with Lindsey Averall,

a filmmaker, writer, and activist who dedicates her life to ending the hateful relationships people have with her bodies,

and changing the national conversation about body image so that it focuses on the effect the very real issues of bias and systemic prejudice have on people.

Her documentary Fatitude helps illuminate the harsh realities of fat-chaming and size discrimination and shows us how we can help change that.

It's got interviews with so many amazing folks in the fat acceptance and body liberation movements, including many people who've been on this podcast, so I'm so excited to share my conversation with Lindsey about the film and a whole lot more in just a moment.

Today's listener question is from a listener named Claire who writes,

as someone who has recently hit a breaking point and realized that my relationship with food is unhealthy, finding your podcast has been eye-opening and so helpful in at least making me feel like I'm not alone with these struggles.

So thank you for being honest, having great guests, and hosting these discussions.

I struggle with binge eating, but I'm in a smaller body, and I really enjoy working out in physical activity.

I've not been able to figure out what triggers my benches, but do know that people commenting on my body does not help my mental state around food.

I eat X number of calories a day in sweets and don't gain weight, but just because it's not changing my weight doesn't mean I want or need to eat like this.

More often than not, it makes me feel ashamed, guilty, and physically awful, and I'm aware that consuming this much sugar daily could lead to serious health effects.

I went to my doctor after my breaking point on a night where I quote-unquote came to in a pile of candy and cookie wrappers and a serious case of self-hatred.

She told me some very triggering advice, but I insisted that she refer me to a therapist, which I believe is the correct move.

However, I'd be curious to hear what some of the best ways you think are to ride out a food urge.

While I've tried simply giving myself permission to eat what I want, when I want, one piece of chocolate always seems to turn into so many, I feel like I will be physically sick.

Are there some trigger foods that you just never really will be okay around?

So thanks Claire for that great question, and before I answer just my standard disclaimer that these answers are for informational and educational purposes only,

and aren't a substitute for individual medical or mental health advice.

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