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 174 of the Love Food Podcast.

I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and partner on your food piece journey.

I'm so glad you're here.

Thank you for connecting today.

And I'm wondering, as you're on your food piece journey, what it's like to talk to other people who have not really moved away from diets or who talk about their body in a really disparaging, hurtful way,

or talk about other bodies in a disparaging or hurtful way.

I know for me, it feels really, ugh, it feels, I feel angry,

I feel sad for that person, and sometimes I don't know what to do about it. Even though I've

been working on this for a really long time, I find myself really not knowing how often to speak up, how to speak up,

and I have a letter from someone who's really wondering the same thing. This is someone who has

been recovering from an eating disorder, is training to become a therapist, and doesn't really know what to do when diet talk comes up.

And I'm wondering for you, listener, do you relate? You know, do you have a go-to kind of thing that

you say or always say or do you just ignore it or what do you do? And are you wondering if you're

doing what you're supposed to be doing?

I hope by listening to this episode, it gives you some compassion in that struggle. I know

talking about it with our guests, Kara Harp Street, really helped me to have more compassion

for myself and at the same time helped make me feel a lot more powerful in the times than I do.

So I hope it does the same for you as well.

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