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A woman wants to exercise yet feels so uncomfortable in her larger body. She's too embarrassed for the gym, pools, and classes but she wants to exercise and move her body. She hopes Food can help her find the confidence to go to gym classes and a way to eat with enjoyment again. Can you relate??

I phone a friend, Debra Benfield, to help out Uncomfortable Wanna-Be Gym Rat and she speaks about magic carpets and ways to stay connected to promote health and peace.

Key Points

• During season 2 of My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Julie was Whitney Thore's dietitian. Whitney experienced similar experiences to the letter writer and found her way back to movement in her larger body.
• The letter writer is connected to her body in a health promoting way even though feeling negatively about it...keep connected to that!
• The fear of judgement is powerful and in yoga, in it's most basic sense, is about leaving judgement at the door. Separating what others think about her and what she thinks will be key on and off the mat.
• Weight oppression
• Yoga modifications: start with not add later. Goal is challenge and ease not pain. Downward facing puppy to downward facing dog.
• Our bodies let us know when it is time to move and trust it that is so much better than rules and regulations
• Debra and Julie will be the last people on earth without FitBits...why??

Shownotes:

• My Big Fat Fabulous Life with Whitney Thore. Check it out on TLC!
• The fabulous Debra Benfield RD, RYT and her upcoming retreats
• Curvy Yoga and Anna Guest-Jelly RYT
• My Name is Jessamyn
• This Girl Can (←emphasis Debra's) video: giggling, sweating and diverse bodies. It will make you empowered too!
• Diane Bondy Yoga

Food Peace Syllabus Additions

• Yoga For All by Diane Bondy
• Curvy Loving Kindness meditation

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com. 

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