Weight Gain and the “Thin” Ideal + Overcoming Diet Culture with Erin Christ

We all know that diet culture royally sucks and yet so many of us fall into it. Today’s guest, Erin Christ, has had her fair share of struggles with the thoughts, habits, and beliefs imprinted on us by diet culture. As a recovery advocate on Instagram Erin shares her own experience and journey towards recovery. She works to inspire others to break free of diet culture and fully embrace their life and body. Erin shares her story that involved gaining weight and learning to build a life without the fear, obsession, and mental turmoil of disordered eating.

In this episode we discuss:

• The power of mindset and self talk in recovery
• Affirmations for body image struggles
• Overcoming the “thin” ideal of diet culture
• Facing the fear of weight gain
• Setting boundaries in recovery 
• Facing fear foods + Erin’s list technique
• The “punish” mindset with body struggles
• Giving up the all-or-nothing mindset
• Erin’s path to become an RD

Connect with Erin: @bodybybreakfast

Connect with me: @emilyfeikls and @letsthrivepodcast