107: When You Feel Discouraged By Exercise Because Of Your Body - Meg Boggs

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Do you feel like your body is in the way of you engaging in the movement, exercise and activities you want to do? Or are you feeling down about what your body used to be able to do that it isn’t able to do now? This episode is for you.

Meg Boggs is in the FYC house and is such a freaking inspiration in the motherhood, workout, and anti-diet culture world. You’ve probably seen her on the ‘gram being her badass, beautiful, and inspiring self, but tune in to today’s episode to hear how Meg went from thinking about ending her life because of diet culture, to proving to herself and others that fitness is for every body.

Tune into episode #107:

In this episode, Meg and I discuss:

  • Meg’s mental health story and why it’s so important

  • Her realization that diet culture and pushing herself to lose weight would kill her

  • How motherhood sparked a turning point in Meg’s life and happiness

  • How she got the courage to walk away from diet culture and the thin body ideal

  • The shift that Meg took in exercise and movement 

  • How to make movement work for you in a way that makes you happy

  • What to do to become more comfortable with how your body moves and what it looks like while exercising

  • Tips to detach yourself from diet-culture mentality when it starts to creep in

  • How Meg manages criticism and negativity on social media

  • Meg’s fertility journey and how she found a doctor who didn’t only focus on her weight

  • Her new book, Fitness for Every Body

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