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Why Isabel Foxen Duke left anti-diet coaching & her former political worldview behind... - The F*ck It Diet
Back from the dead! I’ve decided to share this episode to my old anti-diet feed as well as my new podcast “Problematic,” since it has some crossover content… If you wanna find my new stuff, or the video version of this episode, you can find it at carolinedooner.substack.com. If you’re still struggling with your relationship […]
As if Being Fat is the Worst Thing - The F*ck It Diet
Part of my “philosophy” is, that under normal and not-crazy eating habits, the body knows what to do: how to crave food, how to eat food, and how to metabolize food. And for many people, the body also knows “how to not be fat”, without the use of any extra manipulation. Then there is Health […]
What Paleo Taught Me - The F*ck It Diet
I turned to Paleo thinking I was being intuitively led to my health and hormonal balance. I was already pretty steady intuitive-eating-wise, but Paleo sent me back into another obsessed frenzy, nearly a year ago. Looking back now, I get frustrated and sad that I hadn’t learned my lesson from all my other diet fails […]
Who Would You Be - The F*ck It Diet
And as much as disordered eating is physical thing, it is even more a mental thing. If you find yourself very attached the the idea of being _______________ “perfect”, “thin”, “skinny”, “beautiful”, “healthy”, “powerful”, “glowing”, etc. Or if giving over to normal eating is too hard because you feel like in the process you are […]
Let's Talk Body Image - The F*ck It Diet
I have been trying to start writing about Body Image. But every time I start, something stops me. I think it is because I am afraid to sound too lovey- dovey, and I am afraid to alienate male readers when I start talking about women loving themselves. I am also afraid to alienate bigger women […]
The Perfect Diet - The F*ck It Diet
It is very important that you eat a diet based in whole grains and plant food. “Eat Food, Not Too Much, Mostly Plants”. Michael Pollan said that. Lots of Fruits and Vegetables. Also, you need calcium, so drink Milk. Well, it is also very important not to eat too many grains, because a diet high in carbohydrates […]
In Defense of Sugar {Part 1} - The F*ck It Diet
As I have mentioned in a few other posts, I was debilitatingly afraid of what sugar would to do my health for years. It was the main reason I never fully trusted myself to eat intuitively. The taste of sugar sent me into a panic. I thought every small taste of sugar was ruining my body, insulin, […]
Body Freedom: Don't Wait For Thin to Feel Good - The F*ck It Diet
Over the past few years, I have had a few spells of being quite thin. Which was my ultimate goal, lame as that is. But whenever I was thin, I never felt it, and it was never good enough. Even though all times in between when I wasn’t as thin, I dreamt of the wonder the world […]
Margaret Cho and The "Fuck It" Diet - The F*ck It Diet
So looky what I found! Margaret Cho apparently went on The “Fuck It” Diet (just with inverses quotations from mine) 9 years ago! Here is the link to her post here. I don’t know whether she is still on her version of The Fuck It Diet. I hope so. All I know is that she […]
Body Acceptance in Intuitive Eating - The F*ck It Diet
Successful Intuitive Eating employs trusting & listening & letting go. Because of that, part of Intuitive Eating’s success also rests on accepting where you are now and where your body is now. Here is the thing: If you are attempting to eat intuitively, but still horrified and upset by your body, there will be a subconscious […]
In Defense of Dairy - The F*ck It Diet
I’ve heard it all- all the reasons dairy is apparently horrible for you: Not only is it labelled “pus” (thank you, Skinny Bitch book), but it is filled with hormones, spikes insulin, casein is addictive, everyone is lactose intolerant, its a neolithic food, we are adults and don’t need milk, and even the most mainstream and […]
Eating the Smallest Amount Possible - The F*ck It Diet
Eating the smallest amount possible is not only something that dieters try to do, but it reaches even further than that. Culturally, we are so afraid of obesity and fat, as well as villainizing “gluttony”, that en-mas we view food restriction as a virtue. I would guess that even people who are not mentally burdened […]
In Defense of Mindless Eating - The F*ck It Diet
Ok ok ok, sure sure sure — paying attention to what you are eating, and enjoying it, and really tasting your food and feeling for satiation is never a BAD thing, especially when it makes you happy and feel good. But the rules of “mindful eating” or “intuitive eating” are stressful and unhelpful and you […]
Don't Shrink Yourself Away - The F*ck It Diet
Controlling food is a microcosm of the bigger picture: The way we look at our whole lives. We tend to treat food the way we wish we could treat everything. We want to control it, we don’t trust it to work out, and we don’t trust ourselves to make the right decisions. Eating can then […]
How to Start Loving Your Body NOW - The F*ck It Diet
(Other titles this post has had in drafts were: …Still Wanting a Perfect Body and We are Not on This Earth to Be Small) *** Something has clicked in the past few weeks. I am happy to say that what I wanted: Better Body Acceptance, has started to happen, LEGIT. It took me realizing how […]
In Defense of Calories - The F*ck It Diet
The word “calorie” has a negative connotation. In reality the word is very neutral, even positive. Calories are how we have begun to measure the energy in food- which is a potentially harmless concept if it is seen as a positive thing. Calories are our sustenance and life force. It is the energy we consume […]
Intuitive Eating Myth: Perfect Stopping Point - The F*ck It Diet
The idea of intuitive eating is to listen to your internal cues, rather than external rules, to guide what and how much you eat. The hope is that you will listen to your cravings and hunger to determine when to stop eating. As I said in my previous post, I believe the only way to […]
Letting Go of Health Perfectionism - The F*ck It Diet
Stick with me on this one… A few weeks ago I came to a big big life altering decision: I need to let go of my painful desire to be Healthy. And I need to be ok with the idea, and possibility, of never reaching my dream of ultimate health perfection. It may seem like a harmful […]
Show Me The Science - The F*ck It Diet
Free Open Access Journals on Weight, Dieting, and Health (These two link to further studies. Lots to read.) Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm shift. Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss More Resources on Weight Science Unpacking Weight Science Effects of Semi- Starvation Weight-Set Point Important Books on Food and […]
Q & A: How do you eat whatever you want, while dealing with hormone imbalances and insulin resistance? - The F*ck It Diet
I get quite a few questions like the following, and I want to take the time to answer it on my blog! Q: I was just diagnosed with polycystic ovaries, so my hormones are very imbalanced as well. Also, my insulin receptors on my red blood cells are bad, so I’m in a pre-diabetic state–which […]
In Defense of Calories Part II: Calories Aren't Bad For You - The F*ck It Diet
The other night I was having dinner with some old friends I hadn’t seen in a while, and my one friend was eating a lot of butter on his bread. My other friend was making fun of him, and I said: “Well! Butter is good for you!”. She looked at me and said incredulously: “No […]
What is Disordered Eating - The F*ck It Diet
We tend to think there are only a few “eating disorders”: Anorexia (“very, very skinny, eats nothing”). and Bulimia: (“throws up food”). And sometimes there are people who have Exercise Bulimia, too, (“but what even is that? Exercise is always GOOD! Right? So that is probably like… a helpful disorder”). Oh, and all those people with “no […]
The "Healthy Version" of Intuitive Eating - The F*ck It Diet
There is none. THERE IS NO “HEALTHY VERSION OF INTUITIVE EATING”. Don’t do it. It will backfire. Wanna know why? Because what you are really saying is: I am going to try and, like, trust my body. But I, like, can’t ever really trust my body. Obviously, so I’m gonna like fake trust it and, […]
Cravings Don't Need To Be Fought {Sugar Part 2} - The F*ck It Diet
How many times have you heard about “Combatting Sugar Cravings” or “Reducing Carb Cravings” ? I’ve heard vegans supporting each other on “Overcoming Meat cravings” -and Hell! -when I was raw vegan I would read in the community forums people discussing overcoming their evil and addictive “Cooked Food Cravings“. Cooked Food Cravings! Oh the horrors. […]
In Defense of Midnight Snacks - The F*ck It Diet
For as long as I can remember I have been unable to sleep if I’m hungry. I must eat before bed or I won’t fall asleep. In fact, the nights I have tried to sleep with a hunger pang because I convinced myself I was tired enough, I just ended up lying there until I got […]
Why I Don't Do Cardio Anymore - The F*ck It Diet
Treadmills : Movement :: Diets : Eating I have nothing against aerobic activity. Aerobic activities can be very fun: skiing, hiking, swimming, ultimate frisbee… laser tag… whatever. It can be life-affirming, endorphin-releasing and awesome. (And walking! One of my favorite things to do is walking with my iPod. Seriously.) But sustained, extreme cardio for long-term […]
In Defense of Fat - The F*ck It Diet
I like to look at all the dumb diets I’ve gone on and see if I have at least learned anything from the miserable process. Vegetarianism turned me into a fish lover (CRAVED PROTEIN), when before I hated fish. Raw veganism… umm… made me to hate bananas for YEARS after. But on the plus side […]
When Does Real Food Become a Problem? - The F*ck It Diet
There is a paradox in my food belief system. I believe in saying “Fuck You” to the weight loss industry and Diet-Fear-Mongers. But I can’t help but generally like real, whole foods the best. I think they are the best tasting. You can define real foods lots of different ways, but I would define it generally […]
Food is Not Your Weakness - The F*ck It Diet
There was a long time where I believed that my inability to have (robotic) control over food was my biggest weakness. I filed it away as an indisputable fact that: Me + Food = Failure. It didn’t help that my mother also firmly believed this as well about me, and constantly implored me to overcome […]
Q&A: How Can I Accept My Body If I Know I Am More Attractive When I'm Thinner? - The F*ck It Diet
I know I have not posted in a long time! But, there is a good side to that. Posting has always had a therapeutic quality for ME. “What you teach, your learn”…. or something. And eating normally has become such an easy part of my life, that I haven’t been inspired to post as much. […]
In Defense of Emotional Eating - The F*ck It Diet
Emotional Eating is …. bad, right? Even throughout all of my diet-dogma-busting, and coming to realize that sugar, carbs, fat, dairy, gluten, and calories were not the real enemies, it left me assuming that “Emotional Eating” was then the default problem. If food isn’t inherently bad, then why do people run into problems with it? Why do people […]
In Defense of Caffeine and Coffee - The F*ck It Diet
This is more of a personal story than a list of facts, but here it is anyway: From the standpoint of metabolism and adrenal recovery, caffeine is not the most helpful. It can tax the adrenals and spike cortisol making it difficult to completely restore the metabolism. It is also used as a “diet aid”, […]
The Nourishing Mentality Success - The F*ck It Diet
In just this past week I have moved apartments- and started a brand new job (in a brand new field). It has been…. crazy! To say the least! However, throughout all the craziness, I have made sure to commit even more fully to EATING, and eating well. Because this life transition has nearly wiped out all […]
I Can't Believe I Was So Afraid of Sugar - The F*ck It Diet
Seriously. I can’t believe it. Being afraid of carbs was like my religion. And these religious beliefs always ranged from mildly afraid to EXTREMELY afraid. I believed every bad thing I ever read about it. And whenever I ate carbs it was with a heavy, guilty heart. “I just can’t get it together” “I am […]
Welcome - The F*ck It Diet
Alright. “The Fuck It Diet” may have been shocking enough to catch your eye. Maybe you were wondering what I actually mean by it. Or, maybe you have had similar expletive sentiments towards diets and food phobias and weight obsession. Or maybe you will never even read this far because you are highly offendeddddd. But, […]
Everything Is Good For You: Starting to Bust Food Phobias - The F*ck It Diet
Here are some of the common food phobias held by healthy-eating-obsessors, and a short blurb for each explaining why they should not be feared at all. (I am not even getting into the fears of cooked food, or animal products etc…. ) Carbohydrates. Fear: Ohhhh they cause diabetes and weight gain and make your cells resistant to insulin, […]
When Does the Body-Image-Thing Get Better? - The F*ck It Diet
It has been a while since my last post. And while I intend to write more often than this, hopefully once a week, I think I needed time to let everything I was preaching, and trying to practice, sink in for myself before I started writing again. Looking Back: I started this whole Fuck It […]
So What About Emotional Eating? - The F*ck It Diet
If you have read enough of my posts already, you know I don’t believe in diets, I don’t believe in letting food choices stress you out, and I don’t think cravings are demons within that we need to destroy – but instead cravings are wonderful little messages/guides that can lead us to eating what we need. I also […]
Intuitive Eating: How Do I Know What My Body Wants To Eat? - The F*ck It Diet
Intuitive Eating. What is it? First of all it is a BOOK that was written by nutritionists. And it teaches this magical little concept… where the body knows exactly what it wants to eat. And the idea for us, is to redevelop that skill to tap into what the body wants to eat. Tapping in will allow […]
The Key to Stopping When You're Full - The F*ck It Diet
If you read any “mindful eating” advice, it will tell you that the keys to a good relationship with food are: Eat What You Want, When You’re Hungry Stop When You’re Satisfied And I agree. After all, it is logical and natural- and following those guidelines will lead you to health and nourishment. In the […]