Recovering from yo yo dieting and negative body image with Lindsay Heller

Today is a special milestone on The Diet Diaries because for the first time ever, I’m talking with a client.Lindsay and I have been working together since August 2022 and like all of us that are here, Lindsay was a life long yo yo dieter, relying on her size and shape as a main source of happiness in her life, constantly battling negative body image.Every diet was always about getting smaller, believing that a thinner body was better.Here’s what Lindsay shares with us:Haw she has started to make progress with negative body image after constantly trying to lose weight for 20 yearsLindsay’s relationship with exercise and how that intertwined with her food choicesHer extreme mindset around food and how and why Lindsay would swing from one to the otherHow Lindsay used urgency and deadlines to lose weight and what the ultimate outcome wasThe way Weight Watchers distorted Lindsay’s eatingHow Lindsay is trying to break the generational patterns around food, weight and body image with her daughterHow Lindsay’s yo yo dieting mindset and history impacted the medical guidance to go gluten and dairy free AND do intermittent fasting as part of the IVF processWhy food is about joy, love and agency over your body, not just fuel and nutritionWhy these extreme food restrictions inspired Lindsay to reach out for supportThe big mental shifts around food Lindsay made as a result of our work togetherThe number one thing we prioritized to help Lindsay make her diet sustainableHow Lindsay reconciled the weight loss she experienced from the gluten free/dairy free diet with her history of negative body image and disordered eatingThe ways in which coaching positively changed Lindsay’s life after decades of struggling with dieting and negative body imageLindsay wrote this moving op ed detailing her pregnancy losses, IVF experience and her support for abortion as healthcare for women.Connect with JordanaFind me on InstagramSign up for my weekly letter with personal stories and nutrition, body image and mindset tipsSchedule a free discovery call to talk more about working together Listen to more episodes of The Diet Diaries