Kelsey Miller: How to Give Up Dieting and Get a Life
Episode 90: Kelsey Miller is the author of BIG GIRL: How I Gave Up Dieting & Got A Life, and the Senior Features Writer at Refinery29, the leading digital lifestyle brand for women. She began her career in the film production industry before transitioning to full-time writing, joining Refinery29 in 2012. Soon after, she created The Anti-Diet Project, one of the website's most popular franchises. Kelsey specializes in first-person essays, cultural commentary, humor writing, fitness, food, body image, advice, and feminist issues.In the last three years, she was named one of The Huffington Post’s Body Image Heroes and took top honors at both the Fashion Monitor Journalism Awards and the Digiday Publishing Awards. Her work has been featured in Time, xoJane, Women's Health, and more. She has been featured on Good Morning America, HuffPost Live, and MSNBC.Kelsey graduated from Boston University with a BS in Film & Television and lives in Brooklyn, NY.Show notes:
Get my new book Confessions of a Fitness model HERE
The reason Kelsey decided to write this book
Why she spent most of her life thus far obsessed with dieting and weight loss
The beauty of being able to look back and find some humor in your past relationship with food
Her biggest struggle with writing Big Girl
What her relationship with her mom looks like today
A nickname Kelsey had been given as a kid (and how her mom responded to it)
How Kelsey learned to associate weight loss with her parent's approval
Advice Kelsey has for parents that want to help their kids get healthier
OCD behaviors Kelsey and I have both had as children
Why Kelsey never dated in high school and college
Restaurant math / The Brunch Equation
How she keeps the momentum going with her relationship with food
The importance of mindful eating at least once per day
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