Will we ever get over the yo-yo diet train?

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode does refer to binge eating and eating disorders at points throughout.

Yo-yo dieting aka the binge-purge cycle is something that has been around for decades and even though it gets rebranded with other descriptions like detoxes or surrounded with phrases like ‘cheat days’ it’s still the same thing. Basically moving from periods of (often extreme) restriction to going all out.

We both feel quite passionate about how detrimental this cycle can be so in this week’s episode we talk in and around this all too familiar pattern. We also address both the physical and mental negative effects it can have as well as the role that culture and society has on pushing the same ‘ideal’ narrative.

This is probably going to resonate with a lot of you and potentially provoke divisive opinions but we want to hear them all so please get in touch.