3234: Can I Pursue Weight Loss Too by Stefanie Bonastia with Jessi Kneeland on Mindful Fitness Choices

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🗓️ 24 December 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3234: Stefanie Bonastia compassionately unpacks the hidden tensions between dieting, body image, and true well-being, challenging the idea that weight loss and food freedom can coexist. She offers a powerful reframe: instead of chasing control, we can cultivate lasting health by nurturing peace with food, honoring our bodies, and redefining what “healthy” really means on our own terms. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://jessikneeland.com/post/can-i-pursue-weight-loss-too/ Quotes to ponder: "You can find ways to move your body that feel fun and invigorating, or calming and grounding." "Healing your relationship with food is not the same as losing weight, and in fact they work in opposition to one another." "Our biology has no concept of thinness as a value system, it is simply concerned with survival." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Health Daily. Can I pursue weight loss too by Stephanie Bonastia with
0:06.6	jessie Neelan.com. And I'm your host and narrator, Dr. Neil Malick. Hello, happy middle of the
0:12.0	week Wednesday and welcome back to Optimal Health Daily where I read an article to you every single day
0:18.1	of the year. Now, it's Wednesday and like I do pretty much every Wednesday, I like to give you a single day of the year. Now, it's Wednesday, and like I do pretty much every Wednesday,
0:23.3	I like to give you a little bit of inspiration. So with that, here we go. Quote,
0:29.3	Every accomplishment begins with a decision to try. Edward T. Kelly. Now, today's article from
0:37.2	jessie-neelan.com is actually really similar to how I structure
0:41.7	my Q&A episodes. So what you're going to hear is a question that was asked on Jesse Neelan's site
0:48.1	and responded to by one of the site's contributors, Stephanie Monastia. And so with that, let's get right to today's
0:55.1	post and start optimizing your life. Can I pursue weight loss too by Stephanie Bonastia with jessyneeland.com.
1:08.3	Question. I have struggled with food and weight since I was ten i am twenty seven now and about two years ago
1:15.1	i lost a lot of weight by changing my diet to x and started going to the gym i got kind of obsessed with
1:22.5	it and would stress about not eating perfectly but i was still able to do it. But then I started cheating here and there,
1:29.6	not eating as well as I wanted to. Over the past six months, I have gained all the weight back.
1:35.9	I try to go back to what I was doing before, but after a while, I go right back to my old ways.
1:42.5	I just want to be healthy. My question is, can I heal my relationship
1:47.3	with food while trying to lose weight, but this time in a healthier way? Answer. Thank you for your
1:55.1	question. You are not alone with these thoughts. I hear from people all the time who express
1:59.7	similar circumstances and concerns.
2:02.6	First, I'm sorry that you have spent so much time feeling at odds with food and your body.
2:07.9	We are taught from young ages that we should change our size and shape if it does not conform to media
2:13.4	ideals, and that confidence in health are only accessible to smaller bodies. The pursuit of weight
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