Ep 150 - Post Pandemic Weight Gain Worries

<p>Welcome to this week’s episode of How to Love Your Body.</p> <p>Today we are discussing the worry so many people are having about going back into the world as the pandemic restrictions begin to ease in many places.</p> <p>Firstly, don’t feel guilty if you’re feeling uneasy about getting back into the world because you’ve gained weight, because we’ve all been taught to think this way our whole lives BUT isn’t that horrible, that our society is so fatphobic that we are more worried about surviving a pandemic and being seen instead of celebrating that we made it this far?</p> <p> Regardless, we know that people are worried and we want to support you to get back into the world feeling a little better than you might be feeling right now.</p> <p>You can download our free Post Pandemic Body Image Workbook at <a href='https://thebodylovesociety.com/bit.ly/pandemicworkbook'>bit.ly/pandemicworkbook </a></p> How to Overcome Pandemic Weight Gain Negative Thoughts: #1. Acceptance and appreciation <p> </p> <p>It’s important to appreciate any coping mechanisms you had, saying thank you and moving forward .</p> <p>Don’t try to “fix” anything that you feel needs “fixing” – this never ends well. </p> <p>What you can do is bring yourself back to center and ask yourself, what can I do right now to feel good? What will feel good in my body right now? And just take that next small step. </p> <p>No need to do anything other than the next tiny step to do something that feels good – mentally, physically, and/or emotionally. </p> <p> This is about giving yourself a break – Hello!! We have been in a pandemic for over a year now. This is something that most of us have never experienced. We thought the world was closing for 2 weeks, we would stay at home, and life would go back to normal — and here we are a year later. </p> <p> We have all been in survival mode – so however you got through this past year, it’s nothing to judge. It was what got you through. Nothing is good or bad or right or wrong. It just is – and yo