My husband called me today to say his afternoon lesson cancelled. “Let’s take the kids to the beach today,” he said on the phone. I excitedly agreed and started gathering beach (and baby) essentials: swim trunks, towels, diapers, bottles, sunscreen and of course MY bathing suit. As I grabbed my bikini from the drawer and […]
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Enjoy Your Summer Without Worrying About Your Weight
by Lindsey Mazur, RD Around this time every year, we are bombarded with advertisements, television spots and magazine articles about the newest summer diet so we focus on our weight, working out, and attaining the ‘ultimate beach bod’. What if we realized that these ads exist to make us unhappy with our bodies, so advertisers can sell us diet products that keep us in a cycle of gaining and losing weight? But what if we were able to feel good about ourselves right now, be comfortable in our own skin, and take care of our bodies without dieting? Here are a few ways we can focus on enjoying our summer without worrying about our weight: 1. Don’t Diet! Did you know that 95{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of people who lose weight