Do you ever feel overwhelmed that maybe you aren’t doing enough or being enough compared to others you are following on social media? Do you ever feel disconnected from being fully honest with your emotions and feelings, fully aware with what you have in life, or fully present with your loved ones? Do you ever feel the constant need to document, record, capture, and share special life moments with others on social media? If you answered yes to some or all of these questions, you are not alone.
If you’re not a morning person like me, you’ll understand how hard morning routines truly are. I cannot tell you how many books, articles, blog posts, etc. that I have read on how to have a “successful start” to my morning. And while most of what is written is good, it wasn’t enough. I still felt empty. I still felt unsatisfied. I still felt like there was something missing to truly set up my day in a way that would help me know I didn’t have to figure everything out on my own….or even check everything off my to-do list. That’s when I discovered that there’s something beautiful that happens when I start each morning in God’s Word.
If you’ve been following my “New Year Without Shame From Diet Culture” blog series, then you know that today is part 3. In part 1, I shared with you 3 ways to improve your well-being without focusing on weight loss, body manipulation, or food restricting. In part 2, I emphasized the importance in finding joy in your physical movement/exercise. In part 3, (today) I will share why it’s important to not engage in diet-talk with yourself or others because let’s be honest, it can be really hard to stand above and resist diet culture. But, I’m here to remind you that you do not have to participate in conversations about diet or weight loss, if you do not want to. Even if others still decide to.
So it’s the beginning of the new year, the holidays have officially wrapped up, and everywhere you go, you hear or see about the latest diet trends that your friends, co-workers, and family members are doing. You may even begin to wonder what diet trend you should try out, because this time will be different. But before you fall into that trap, I want to stop you right there. This time of year can be so hard. It can be especially confusing. If you’ve been struggling with regret, shame, or guilt over the foods you’ve consumed over the past week or even past two months, I want you to give yourself grace. Believe me, I get it. I’ve been there. The shaming, the regret, the guilt, the promising to work out ten times harder to “burn it all off.” But enough is enough.
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