S/O Body Positive/Anti-Diet Content Creators

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I’m looking for suggestions for body positive, healthy at any size, and anti-diet-culture content creators on social media. My counselor suggested that seeing more of this content (while ruthlessly removing harmful content) might make me feel more supported and surrounded by positive messages.

In another thread, [mention]underwaterrhymes [/mention] posted about Running Fat Chef on Facebook. Does anyone else have any good suggestions on where to find this kind of content? I’m hoping that if I seek out a handful of these content creators, the algorithms will take over and fill my feed with more.

Please only suggest body positive, healthy at any size, and anti-diet-culture content. I don’t need to see what skinny people eat in a day to stay skinny, or workouts to “blast my belly fat.”

[estrellita]

Maintenance Phase, it's one of the few podcasts I listen to! They also post things on social media as the podcast or themselves.

[jinkies]

I am actually in a pretty good loop because I started following mid-size fashion accounts. They are all roughly a size 14, with some 12 and 16 thrown in. They are all focused on just loving the body you are in. Now I just keep getting recommended more like them.

I recommend her a lot and I swear I'm not affiliated, but I love @taryntruly on Instagram.

I also follow:
@life_with_rachel (some of her content is also about leaving the Mormon church, but it's mostly normalizing regular bodies)

@caralynmirand
@shopchicsoul (this is a store, but it's all larger size clothes and models)
@catieli

Oh and @adflorea is a gem. She is one of the backup dancers on the Fitness Marshall on YouTube.

ETA: I might have misunderstood the assignment. None of these are really explicitly about weight/anti-diet. They are just people creating positive content at the size they are, which happens to be the same size I am. I have a tendency to want to hide in baggy clothes or not even try to look fashionable because then I can't be bad at it. I like seeing people looking amazing at the same size that I am. 

[goldengirlz]

On Instagram:

nondiet_trainer
theshirarose
v_solesmith
meganjaynecrabbe
i_weigh
menopause.nutritionist

And then a few clothing brands like Tamara Malas

[eli]

I really like @themirnavator on instagram. She also wrote a book.

[pumpkincat]

Jameela Jamil on instagram may fit this vibe for you. She actively speaks out on diet-culture and talks about how it affects everyone at every size.

And a second vote for Maintenance Phase. It's currently my fave podcast.

[underwaterrhymes]

I love the following on Insta:

TheJuicyBodyGoddess (she focuses on plus-sized fashion and just makes people feel so good about their bodies)

Plus_sized_oudoors (self explanatory)

Erikcavanaugh (in addition to being fat, he’s a gay ballet dancer)

I follow a number of body positive content creators because I feel like I need to do a lot of work breaking down all of the shit my parents and grandparents baked into me about my body and other people’s bodies. It’s so much to unpack.

[underwaterrhymes]

Mar 14, 2023 19:24:38 GMT -5 eli said:

I really like @themirnavator on instagram. She also wrote a book.

Yes! Mirna is great. She is just so at home in her body.

[bsp36]

Zoe Potter @lovezoepotter

[wildrice]

I finally started listening to the Maintenance Phase a couple of weeks ago and I'm addicted. They are really great - entertaining and funny, likeable, and SO interesting when talking about so many aspects of our lives that have been screwed up due to diet culture. So many things I forgot about or didn't think too hard about that are so, so messed up.

This one sounds obvious but on Instagram I follow Lizzo because she's amazing in general but she also is just like a ray of sunshine and positivity, including body positivity.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jessamyn Stanley is great too. I loved this article she wrote and her yoga books are great.

wanderlust.com/journal/what-we-get-wrong-about-body-positivity/

[countthestars]

Meg.Boggs!

[okla]

The first to come to mind is Laura Adlington on Insta. She is a Brit who was a contestant on Bake Off a few years ago. instagram.com/laura.adlington?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

I’love add some others after I scroll tonight when I can’t sleep. 🫠

[mysteriouswife]

Maintenance phase listeners- should I start at the beginning or is this one I came jump in at any point?

[RoxMonster]

On IG:
Midwesterncurves
Maggiemcgill

I also follow a lot of outdoorsy/hiking accounts:
fatWanderBabes
Thickhikerbabe
Fatgirlshiking
Jennybruso/unlikely hikers

[okla]

Mar 14, 2023 22:47:58 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

Maintenance phase listeners- should I start at the beginning or is this one I came jump in at any point?

Jump in wherever, but the BMI and calories episodes are good for background into BS diet culture.

[mysteriouswife]

Mar 14, 2023 23:21:20 GMT -5 okla said:

Mar 14, 2023 22:47:58 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

Maintenance phase listeners- should I start at the beginning or is this one I came jump in at any point?

Jump in wherever, but the BMI and calories episodes are good for background into BS diet culture.

Perfect. I will go bookmark them for tomorrow.

[Jalapeñomel]

Do you use TikTok? If so, I have suggestions for that, and once you’re on TikTok the algorithm will give you lots of good suggestions. However, I also know there’s lots of issues with this platform, so I don’t know if you want them.

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Mar 15, 2023 5:14:33 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Do you use TikTok? If so, I have suggestions for that, and once you’re on TikTok the algorithm will give you lots of good suggestions. However, I also know there’s lots of issues with this platform, so I don’t know if you want them.

I don’t use Tik Tok….too many security briefings have warned me not to!! But I do watch reels on my FB feed like an old person.

[ssmjlm]

Caralyn Mirand (Although she is pregnant at the moment, if that is triggering)
Ashley Dorough - very big on the HAES movement

Maybe Maddy Guitierrez - more make-up and fashion recently

[konapoppy]

She isn’t necessarily posting all about body positivity, but she regularly posts about being 3x, posts clothing, life as plus size and is generally upbeat. I like her 🤷🏻‍♀️
Kristen.cook.kac

Bonniewyrick is a plus size fashion influencer too who embraces her curves

[cuadrado]

On instagram (these are their handles)

Physicians:
maggielandesmd
drjoshuawolrich
thefatdoctor (their account keeps getting reported / deleted)

Dietitians:
find.food.freedom (her tiktok is amazing also)
dietitiananna
diet.culture.rebel
no.food.rules
foodbody.peace
all.bodies.nutrition
bodyhonornutrition
evelyntribole (one of the creators of intuitive eating)

Medical / disease-specific professionals:
bethrosenrd (GI issues)
ADHD.nutritionist
foodfreedomdiabetes
pcos.nutritionist
prediabetes.nutritionist
pcos.therapist

Therapists:
bodyimagewithbri
bodyimage_therapist
colleeenmwerner

Fitness:
nondiet_trainer
meg.boggs
officialdannyshapiro (physical therapy)
mynameisjessamyn (yoga)

Other accounts:
antidietfatty
haes_by_asdah (the formal Health at Every Size account)

[wildrice]

Mar 14, 2023 22:47:58 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

Maintenance phase listeners- should I start at the beginning or is this one I came jump in at any point?

I started at the beginning but they are not related to each other (much) so you can pick what topics interest you if you want. They do sometimes pull in jokes or references to past topics but I don't think it would hurt anything if you didn't know the reference.

[EvieEthelGarland]

I like dieticiananna on insta.

I think your therapist is on to something. I used to get pushed a lot of diet exercise stuff. Once I started actively opted out of those creators, I started getting more puppies and national parks and my mood seems better.

[penguingineer]

Mar 14, 2023 22:47:58 GMT -5 mysteriouswife said:

Maintenance phase listeners- should I start at the beginning or is this one I came jump in at any point?

Jump in. My first episodes were the Rachel Hollis ones, which I actually listened to a second time recently.

Maintenance Phase is awesome! I'm always texting my friends the day a new episode comes out. One of them even has her husband asking "Have you listened yet?"

Another IG follow: authemmie. I first learned about Emily Ho from a Pantsuit Politics episode. She is lovely.

I also follow caralynmirand that someone else mentioned. (ETA: yes @ she is pregnant)

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Mar 15, 2023 16:39:37 GMT -5 EvieEthelGarland said:

I like dieticiananna on insta.

I think your therapist is on to something. I used to get pushed a lot of diet exercise stuff. Once I started actively opted out of those creators, I started getting more puppies and national parks and my mood seems better.

There is so much really bad content out there. Not just harmful but outright untrue. Even though I’ve been trying to remove it, sometimes it creeps back in and I find myself engaging with it before I realize that I do NOT want to see this!!! Puppies and kittens and national parks are awesome. Positive body talk is awesome.

[CallingAllAngels]

Definitely Maintenance Phase. I recommend the Angela Lansbury one in addition to the ones already recommended.

I also like @thenutritiontea on IG. She is a registered dietician who challenges a lot of the things we are taught about food.

[pumpkin]

In addition to some of the others listed, I’m a fan of Martinus Evans on Instagram (@300poundsandrunning).

[steph2008]

Sarah- @thebirdspapaya

She has changed how I feel about myself. I feel like my body is similar to hers and watching her accept herself has been so monumental for me.

[jamie.1022]

@torii.block on Insta