I grew up disconnected from my body and deep in diet culture. I think I went on my first diet was around the age of 8-10 (I will never be able to eat cottage cheese again) and I attended weight watchers shortly after. From such a young age the messages I received were that my body was wrong and it needed to be smaller at whatever costs necessary. I continued to cycle through diet culture as I reached my teens and 20s. In my mid 20s I heard of intuitive eating and finally there was a way out. During this time my body changed a lot and I had a hard time with that because of the narratives I grew up with. Slowly and carefully I worked for many years to undo those false narratives that my body was bad and that certain foods were bad. I realized how damaging it all was and it has taken a lot of compassion for myself to have a better relationship with food and with my body.