My friends were complimenting me on my weight loss until they found out I was on a diet… then they started insulting me even though I was obese.
TWENTY years ago, you probably had never heard of the phrase “diet culture”; and counting calories wasn’t thought of as “toxic”—it was fun. Fat-shaming TV shows such as You Are What You Eat and The Biggest Loser UK had millions of viewers, while gossip magazines were full of photos of celebrities’ so-called bikini bodies being… Read More »