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Diet culture is a $70 billion industry.

So they know, oh, all these people are at a point now where they're really insecure in their bodies.

They've just eaten probably more than they normally do.

They're feeling like they need to lose weight.

So let's send out all this messaging around new year, new me, start this diet, drop all the weight.

But I think if people, again, take a step back and think, okay, the past five years, I've made the same resolution.

So something's not working.

But I think what so many people do with diets is they blame themselves without realizing, no, it's actually the diet that's failing you.

Hello, welcome back, y'all.

And thank you again, Alex, over at at Booth Tunes on Instagram for that amazing intro music.

I love you.

Thank you so, so, so, so much.

I'm going to continue to thank you forever.

Amen.

I know this is a little sooner than expected.

But honestly, I did not want to hold this episode back any longer. You guys might already know what you're getting into.

This episode is all about diets, diet culture, while they don't work, we're going to bust

through some myths. I had so much fun and also had a couple panic attacks throughout this episode. And I'm so

excited for you guys to hear it. It is the new year. Officially 2020, which is great. And this is

an exciting time of year. It's also a really tough time of year. At the same time, here is where I think we have a really tough time of year at the same time.

Here is where I think we have a really cool opportunity to really dig into self-reflection

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