There’s a version of today’s conversation that stays polite and surface-level…and then there’s the version I decided to record today. I’m talking about the pressure women feel to “fix” their bodies, why so many of us are trying to escape any sense of emotional discomfort, and what it really means when we say a cosmetic procedure “makes me happy.” This one of the most honest episodes I’ve ever recorded—and if you feel called out and uncomfortable, then I’ve done my job. Because complace...
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There’s a version of today’s conversation that stays polite and surface-level…and then there’s the version I decided to record today. I’m talking about the pressure women feel to “fix” their bodies, why so many of us are trying to escape any sense of emotional discomfort, and what it really means when we say a cosmetic procedure “makes me happy.” This one of the most honest episodes I’ve ever recorded—and if you feel called out and uncomfortable, then I’ve done my job. Because complace...
Episode 241: The Biggest Loser documentary: What Netflix missed (and why it matters)
The Diet Diaries
31 minutes
2 months ago
Episode 241: The Biggest Loser documentary: What Netflix missed (and why it matters)
Remember The Biggest Loser? I was obsessed. That show was appointment TV if there ever was such a thing! That show was everywhere in the 2000s—17 (!!) seasons of extreme workouts, starvation diets, and public weigh-ins packaged as “inspiration.” Netflix just released a three-part documentary about it. And while it covered some drama behind the scenes, I was more shocked about what it didn’t cover: The food. Contestants were eating as little as 800 calories a day—yet the show framed it as “h...
The Diet Diaries
There’s a version of today’s conversation that stays polite and surface-level…and then there’s the version I decided to record today. I’m talking about the pressure women feel to “fix” their bodies, why so many of us are trying to escape any sense of emotional discomfort, and what it really means when we say a cosmetic procedure “makes me happy.” This one of the most honest episodes I’ve ever recorded—and if you feel called out and uncomfortable, then I’ve done my job. Because complace...
