Welcome the new year with recovery-focused resolutions that promote wellness and joy. Discover ways to stay true to your journey with BALANCE through pro-recovery resolutions.
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Happy New Year! Diet culture takes advantage of this time when individuals feel they have a fresh start and a new year to look ahead to. It is easy to get swept up in the message that you must push yourself and make changes to have a meaningful year.
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Setting a goal and working towards it can be an empowering feeling. New Year’s resolutions have become a landmark of goal-setting for millions of people in Western culture. However, diet culture has managed to co-opt the meaning of what is meant to be personal, individualized resolutions into toxic, fear-mongering, and often fatphobic messaging.
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The holiday season and New Year brings about many challenges, particularly for those struggling with their relationship with food and body. One of the many challenges is the inevitable bombardment of ads filled with promises on how to start the new year off “right” by going on a “diet.” The multi-billion dollar diet industry has a lot to gain ($$) by slamming you with advertisements for “quick fixes.”
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As we begin 2023, you may feel pressured to set a new year’s resolution. You may have set resolutions in the past that focused on your body size. It’s okay. You know better now. You know that your weight doesn’t need to be the focus of a goal or a ‘new’ you. You don’t even have to set a new year’s resolution if you don’t want to. You are worthy just as you are.
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The beginning of January brings about the potential for inspiring resolutions and goals. But unfortunately, the new year also provides an opportunity for diet culture to influence how people view their bodies and food.
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Navigating New Year's resolutions in eating disorder recovery can be challenging. Learn how to set compassionate, achievable goals.
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Learn how to set empowering New Year’s resolutions in eating disorder recovery and break free from diet culture’s harmful influence.
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While it’s no surprise that the majority of New Year’s resolutions are centered on weight loss and getting “in shape”, these diet culture-fueled intentions can be triggering for individuals who are struggling with an eating disorder or who are at risk of developing an eating disorder. For some, resolutions may conflict with current recovery goals or reinforce negative behaviors that they have been working to overcome. New Year’s resolutions are often difficult to sustain throughout the year and may actually be counterproductive to recovery.
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As we approach the New Year, it is natural to start looking ahead and contemplating your goals, resolutions, and intentions for the upcoming year. While the New Year provides us with a clean slate and a newfound determination to improve ourselves in the months to come, so often New Year’s resolutions are fueled by diet culture and are centered on dieting and weight loss. Consequently, those in eating disorder recovery may encounter a number of challenges when setting New Year’s resolutions.
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Join BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center™ Lead Dietitian Chelsea Cook, RD, CDN, LDN, CEDRD, for a free webinar to explore the most common New Year's resolutions, why they fail, and some alternative resolutions that will benefit your overall health & wellbeing.
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