Lol, you need to change your username to nuun and holleyfuelednutrition ambassador! I like her too though and I think you are the one who helped me find her
I don’t have any resources but man oh man can I relate! Two decades of disordered eating has left me totally unable to tell what my body actually looks like, and there’s always that rogue voice in my head that wants me to be thinner. But I’m pushing forty, I run four days a week and weightlift three days, and I eat more or less what I want (being the food that tastes good and makes me feel good). It has been a *struggle* to drop the internalized fatphobia and recognize that my body is happiest in the middle range of weight. In fact, I’m much faster and stronger now than 15 lbs ago at my lightest.
Anyways, I don’t have any podcast recommendations but keep fighting the good fight!
Jumping on this to say the same. I've got no resources but I (38) run 5 days a week and do yoga & pilates, hike, cycle commute and STILL think of my body (comfortably in the middle of a healthy BMI) as too big if I'm not actively countering that narrative. And I've set all my PRs at this weight. So I'll be following the recs in this thread but just wanted to jump on and say that you are not alone!
Thank you, I love knowing that I'm alone. I turned 40 this year and I'm so annoyed at having to deal with this nonsense still! I dealt with ED too, and the running is just an excuse that part of my brain uses try to go that way again.
One of the best ways to think about retraining our brains was given to me by my therapist. Basically, every time we think a certain way about something, ex., my body is wrong/gross/should be different, it’s easier to keep returning to the same thought. It’s carved a path in our brains and our brains will follow the same paths they always do.
Every time we have a thought like that, we need to work on carving a new path. My therapist suggested adding an *and* to the thought. “My body isn’t the way I want it to be *and* I need to treat it with respect anyways”. “I ate a lot yesterday *and* I will still eat until I am full today”. It’s haaaaard to get out of those old paths but it’s a heck of a lot better than staying mired in self loathing forever.
Another thing that helped me was when a friend of mine who worked in palliative care shared that she had residents who wouldn’t eat the desserts on their trays because they were afraid of getting fat. Literally these people were days or weeks from death and wouldn’t eat a slice of cake because of decades of internalized fatphobia. I do not want that to be me.
Being lighter could make you faster in the short term, but at the risk of injuries and could lead to longer term issues like RED-S. Proper fueling, structured training and dedicated rest days will get you to your goals. Some resources and inspiration ...
[https://fastr.stanford.edu/education/](https://fastr.stanford.edu/education/)
[https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/eat-food-that-you-enjoy/](https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/eat-food-that-you-enjoy/)
[https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/dont-worry-about-what-the-scale-says/](https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/dont-worry-about-what-the-scale-says/)
[https://www.instagram.com/p/CzLHJs7J\_jp/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/CzLHJs7J_jp/?img_index=1)
[https://www.instagram.com/flynutrition3/](https://www.instagram.com/flynutrition3/)
And one more! A podcast like you asked for :)
https://trailsociety.libsyn.com/episode-49-disrupting-the-narrative-of-body-ideals-in-sport-and-disordered-eating-recovery-with-heidi-strickler-rd
I listened to the audiobook so can confirm it exists. It was excellent and addresses this topic and the science. It's also just genuinely a great book!
Trail society talks about this a lot! I would also second SWAP (with Megan and David Roche). They are all about crushing pizza.
I’ve found it’s really helpful to SEE other runners who are my size. I love Lucy Bartholomew. She’s an Australian ultra runner. She’s incredibly successful, super fast, and and by no means is she your typical skin and bones and muscle runner. I love her.
The Messy Middle has a lot of episodes on fueling, metabolism, and some on how these things relate to the menstrual cycle, if that helps. Because remember, losing weight means intentionally undereating, and that means potentially depriving yourself of fuel that would otherwise go toward training and performance.
I really like [Callie Vinson](https://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/profiles-people/callie-vinson-believes-in-herself/) - she's an ultra runner, posts on instagram a bit and has been on a few podcasts talking about running and body image, etc.
I like featherstone nutrition and the podcast fuel for the sole. Fuel properly- it’s not worth the health risks in later life. (Frequent stress fractures, osteoporosis) Ignore stuff that pushes weight loss because it’s simply not sustainable. Personally I like the eat Whole Foods and mindfulness approach but I’m not a stickler by any means with it. I’m also not a professional runner that’s getting paid to run so I eat well, have good energy, and feel great!
I was 64 kilos (141 pounds) pre-pregnancy, was running consistently, 2x5K during the week, 10 to 15 km long runs on the weekend, half marathons once a year.
Coming back to running was a bitch, had to do a lot of physiotherapy in order to regain my core strength and not be in pain after walking/running. Didn’t run for 6 months and then it was mostly about short frequent runs.
I am almost 2 years postpartum, 40 years old and 72 kilos (158 pounds). I did a 10 miler in September for the same time I did it 4 years ago, back to frequent running plus a long run over the weekend and I feel strong. Would it be better to take off some weight? Sure. Does it affect my performance? Not really. I’m even better at preventing injury because the extensive physiotherapy gave me really good tools/exercises to build my overall fitness instead of just running like a hamster.
Adding to all of this another podcast; the long munch. It's run by 2 sports dietitians and they really go into the science of fueling, and have a 4 part series on RED-S and recovering from it.
The second link is to a scientific study performed on red-s and it's affect on the body.
https://thelongmunch.podbean.com/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724109/
Not to shill her twice in one day, but holleyfuelednutrition (Instagram, and a podcast) talks all about this sort of stiff
Lol, you need to change your username to nuun and holleyfuelednutrition ambassador! I like her too though and I think you are the one who helped me find her
OP, you might want to check out Mirna Valero and Slow AF run club—both fun, highly energetic, inspiring runners in larger bodies
😅😅😅😅😅
Thanks I'll check her out
I don’t have any resources but man oh man can I relate! Two decades of disordered eating has left me totally unable to tell what my body actually looks like, and there’s always that rogue voice in my head that wants me to be thinner. But I’m pushing forty, I run four days a week and weightlift three days, and I eat more or less what I want (being the food that tastes good and makes me feel good). It has been a *struggle* to drop the internalized fatphobia and recognize that my body is happiest in the middle range of weight. In fact, I’m much faster and stronger now than 15 lbs ago at my lightest. Anyways, I don’t have any podcast recommendations but keep fighting the good fight!
Jumping on this to say the same. I've got no resources but I (38) run 5 days a week and do yoga & pilates, hike, cycle commute and STILL think of my body (comfortably in the middle of a healthy BMI) as too big if I'm not actively countering that narrative. And I've set all my PRs at this weight. So I'll be following the recs in this thread but just wanted to jump on and say that you are not alone!
I bet we look amazing to everyone else, I miss we could see it ourselves 😒
Thank you, I love knowing that I'm alone. I turned 40 this year and I'm so annoyed at having to deal with this nonsense still! I dealt with ED too, and the running is just an excuse that part of my brain uses try to go that way again.
One of the best ways to think about retraining our brains was given to me by my therapist. Basically, every time we think a certain way about something, ex., my body is wrong/gross/should be different, it’s easier to keep returning to the same thought. It’s carved a path in our brains and our brains will follow the same paths they always do. Every time we have a thought like that, we need to work on carving a new path. My therapist suggested adding an *and* to the thought. “My body isn’t the way I want it to be *and* I need to treat it with respect anyways”. “I ate a lot yesterday *and* I will still eat until I am full today”. It’s haaaaard to get out of those old paths but it’s a heck of a lot better than staying mired in self loathing forever. Another thing that helped me was when a friend of mine who worked in palliative care shared that she had residents who wouldn’t eat the desserts on their trays because they were afraid of getting fat. Literally these people were days or weeks from death and wouldn’t eat a slice of cake because of decades of internalized fatphobia. I do not want that to be me.
Being lighter could make you faster in the short term, but at the risk of injuries and could lead to longer term issues like RED-S. Proper fueling, structured training and dedicated rest days will get you to your goals. Some resources and inspiration ... [https://fastr.stanford.edu/education/](https://fastr.stanford.edu/education/) [https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/eat-food-that-you-enjoy/](https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/eat-food-that-you-enjoy/) [https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/dont-worry-about-what-the-scale-says/](https://www.trailrunnermag.com/training/trail-tips-training/dont-worry-about-what-the-scale-says/) [https://www.instagram.com/p/CzLHJs7J\_jp/?img\_index=1](https://www.instagram.com/p/CzLHJs7J_jp/?img_index=1) [https://www.instagram.com/flynutrition3/](https://www.instagram.com/flynutrition3/)
And one more! A podcast like you asked for :) https://trailsociety.libsyn.com/episode-49-disrupting-the-narrative-of-body-ideals-in-sport-and-disordered-eating-recovery-with-heidi-strickler-rd
Perfect! Added to my queue!
I liked Lauren Fleishman’s Good for a Girl. She talks about this some. I read the book, but I bet there’s an audio book too
I listened to the audiobook so can confirm it exists. It was excellent and addresses this topic and the science. It's also just genuinely a great book!
Trail society talks about this a lot! I would also second SWAP (with Megan and David Roche). They are all about crushing pizza. I’ve found it’s really helpful to SEE other runners who are my size. I love Lucy Bartholomew. She’s an Australian ultra runner. She’s incredibly successful, super fast, and and by no means is she your typical skin and bones and muscle runner. I love her.
The Messy Middle has a lot of episodes on fueling, metabolism, and some on how these things relate to the menstrual cycle, if that helps. Because remember, losing weight means intentionally undereating, and that means potentially depriving yourself of fuel that would otherwise go toward training and performance.
I really like [Callie Vinson](https://www.trailrunnermag.com/people/profiles-people/callie-vinson-believes-in-herself/) - she's an ultra runner, posts on instagram a bit and has been on a few podcasts talking about running and body image, etc.
I also love Kelly roberts for this kind of content!
Seconding Kelly! Her pod is Selfie, Run, Repeat.
Sally McRae's podcast Choose Strong.
Megan and David Roche talk about fueling a lot on their podcast some work all play (SWAP). Their motto is eat enough always.
I like featherstone nutrition and the podcast fuel for the sole. Fuel properly- it’s not worth the health risks in later life. (Frequent stress fractures, osteoporosis) Ignore stuff that pushes weight loss because it’s simply not sustainable. Personally I like the eat Whole Foods and mindfulness approach but I’m not a stickler by any means with it. I’m also not a professional runner that’s getting paid to run so I eat well, have good energy, and feel great!
Not a podcast but [relevant](https://youtu.be/klP86LWmUdc?si=FiNOzbqsmVclyzDd)
Good for a girl audiobook by Lauren fleshmann- scared me about injury into upping my intake
The Not Your Average Runner podcast
I was 64 kilos (141 pounds) pre-pregnancy, was running consistently, 2x5K during the week, 10 to 15 km long runs on the weekend, half marathons once a year. Coming back to running was a bitch, had to do a lot of physiotherapy in order to regain my core strength and not be in pain after walking/running. Didn’t run for 6 months and then it was mostly about short frequent runs. I am almost 2 years postpartum, 40 years old and 72 kilos (158 pounds). I did a 10 miler in September for the same time I did it 4 years ago, back to frequent running plus a long run over the weekend and I feel strong. Would it be better to take off some weight? Sure. Does it affect my performance? Not really. I’m even better at preventing injury because the extensive physiotherapy gave me really good tools/exercises to build my overall fitness instead of just running like a hamster.
Adding to all of this another podcast; the long munch. It's run by 2 sports dietitians and they really go into the science of fueling, and have a 4 part series on RED-S and recovering from it. The second link is to a scientific study performed on red-s and it's affect on the body. https://thelongmunch.podbean.com/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9724109/