Shifting your focus away from the scale has profound benefits:

For a long time, the wellness industry and the body positivity movement seemed to be at odds. Wellness was often marketed as a pursuit of perfection—a never-ending cycle of restrictive diets and intense workouts aimed at achieving a specific look. Conversely, body positivity was sometimes misinterpreted as a rejection of health.

Diet culture is a system of beliefs that equates thinness with morality. It tells us that eating a salad is "good" and eating a donut is "bad."

How do we actually move our bodies and nourish ourselves without triggering shame or obsession? It requires a fundamental shift in motivation.