Brittani Lancaster - Body Positivity, Eating Disorder Recovery, and TikTok Fame!

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Health & Fitness, So Much To Say, Athlete, Taylor Swift, Perfectionist, Eating Disorder, Friendship, Self Help, Self-improvement, Self Care, Athletes, Mental Health, Overcoming Eating Disorders, Body Neutrality, Sports, Education, Body Image, Recovery, Perfectionism, Real Talk

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🗓️ 17 June 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In just one year, Brittani Lancaster has gained over 400,000 TikTok followers who tune in daily for her honest, uplifting, and encouraging videos about body positivity and eating disorder recovery. After battling and overcoming both Anorexia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder in high-school, Brittani found healing and strength on her recovery path which has fueled her advocacy work. She dives deep into her journey, sharing her experiences and offering inspiring insight to anyone struggling with their relationship with food or their body. 3:00-5:25 Her childhood and upbringing. 5:25-10:00 first signs of body image issues. 10:00-19:20 Start of ED and repercussions. 19:20-21:15 Why she was turning to food. 21:15- 26:40 Changing her mindset and beginning steps to recovery. 26:40-31:45 Intuitive eating. 31:45-34:48 having supportive friends and understanding triggers. 34:38-41:37 How Brittani has used tiktok to share her story and make a change in others’ lives. 41:37-44:50 Addressing friends’ unhealthy eating habits. 44:50-48:05 How to turn around a bad day. 48:05-51:12 How to avoid the toxic negativity on TikTok. 51:12-54:00 pressure that comes with an online following. 54:00-57:55 stigmas around getting professional help for disordered eating.

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0:00.0	I made this promise to myself that night when I went to bed and I was like, okay, from
0:05.6	this day forward, you are going to just go hardcore and you are going to try your hardest
0:11.8	to get quote unquote skinny, right?
0:14.9	And you are going to try the hardest like no cheat days, no days off.
0:19.4	Like you are just going to go full send and see if you can achieve this body type that
0:25.0	everyone in your high school has that you hang out with.
0:30.5	Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod.
0:32.9	I'm Victoria Garrick, former D1 athlete and mental health and body and the javakin.
0:38.0	Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, weekly inspiration and the realist
0:42.8	conversation around everything and anything.
0:46.2	Now let's give real.
0:49.7	Hello and welcome back to RealPod.
0:51.7	Thanks for tuning in today.
0:53.0	I am so excited for today's guest.
0:56.2	I know I see that every single week like you guys are probably thinking, okay, she says
0:59.2	that about everyone, but honestly, I'm always getting people that make me excited.
1:03.1	I am always excited.
1:04.4	And thirdly, yes, I truly am so excited and thrilled to be hosting the one and only
1:11.6	Brittany Landcaster.
1:13.5	First, if you're not on TikTok, please get on TikTok.
1:17.1	It's so funny.
1:18.1	It's hilarious.
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