Toxic Relationships with Food and Body (ft. Lvbao) from Good Things Happen

Toxic Relationships with Food and Body (ft. Lvbao)

1 hour 19 minutes Posted Nov 26, 2023 at 6:25 pm.

6-year-old Lvbao got called "fat" by other parents

Dieting was the zeitgeist of middle school

COVID lockdown binge, fast, and repeat

Feeling "mentally fatter" in Asia

Every body has its natural state

Weight dictates my mood from waking up to going to bed

I could finally give up that last bite

Listening to the body: am I hungry or just stressed?

Parents telling us to lose weight over video calls

Fatphobia: why don't you just eat less?

The famine generation cannot comprehend emotional eating

-"I am so fat" -"No you are not, I'm fat!"

The guilty conscious of posting pictures of my body

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绿宝 ⁠(Lvbao)⁠ and I open up about our past struggles with unhealthy eating habits and body image. While we find ourselves in a better place today, the ghosts of our toxic relationships with our bodies and food continue to occupy our minds.

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