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 265 of the Love Food Podcasts.

I'm Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and partner on your

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

those of you who have tried to move away from diets yet just have felt like you can't take

that next step. And that next step may even be the first step. And while you're trying

and take that step, maybe falling down, stumbling, and wondering how you're even going to get

back up again.

This week's episode features a letter from someone who says that they are ready, but not ready.

And it is actually a rebroadcast of an interview that I did with Barbara Bersinger.

And this is an episode that so many of you have said that you learned so much from, you benefited from.

And so I wanted to share it because it's no longer available in the last 100 episodes.

You know, Apple Podcasts only likes to show the last 100. And so since we're over

265 episodes now, you can't get to this one. So I wanted to share with you and all its wisdom.

But before we get to this episode's letter and to hear from our guest, Barbara Bersinger,

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