Say goodbye to the food police and hello to peace. Welcome to the Love Food podcast, hosted by

dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon. This authentically engineered series is in

the form of a love letter welcoming you to reconnect with food. Now pour a cup of coffee or a

margarita and let's begin.

Hi and welcome to episode 171 of the Love Food podcast. I'm Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietician, and partner on your

food piece journey. I am so glad you're here. Thank you for connecting today. How is your

food piece journey going? Are you feeling stuck? I know I talk to many people who have

tried everything to do what they're supposed to do in the beginning and for many, many,

many, many years. It was focusing on the scale and losing weight and eating a certain way

and fixing themselves.

And as they hit diet rock bottom and trying to mend all those years of torturing their body,

I know for many people they feel stuck.

And part of that stuckness is because of the choices that were basically pushed on them

by diet culture and trying to conform.

And I know there's many people listening.

I wonder if it's you who have done everything.

And when I say everything, I mean even doing weight loss surgery.

Before we go on anymore, I want to give a content warning.

The letter we have for today's show includes someone's experience getting weight loss

surgery. I remember hearing Dr. Bacon say that it shouldn't be called weight loss surgery. It should

be called stomach amputation because it's taking a

perfectly normal, healthy organ and taking it out. And I know that there are many love food

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