01/21/2026
What are you complimenting?
Diet culture is so embedded in our society that it often feels invisible.
It’s in the compliments we give.
The goals we celebrate.
The “discipline” we admire.
And sometimes, without realizing it, we are applauding behaviours that are actually symptoms of an eating disorder.
When weight loss is praised without context, when restriction is called “healthy,” when exhaustion is admired as dedication—we may be celebrating someone who is deeply struggling.
This is how disorder becomes normalized.
This is how suffering gets rewarded.
It’s worth pausing and asking ourselves:
What beliefs am I buying into?
What behaviours am I reinforcing?
Who might be paying the cost of these messages?
Awareness is not about blame—it’s about responsibility.
And change begins when we start seeing what we’ve been taught not to question.
Let’s do better. Together.
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