TikTok's Toxic Diet Culture Needs to be Stopped
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I've been asked to take a look through the diet + weight loss content on TikTok so many times recently. Social media is full of scams and hearsay and I hope this video's a little reminder to show love to anyone online who might be struggling and point them towards qualified voices: Registered Dietitians and Medical Doctors.
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In case it helps, Britain’s NHS shares that 2,223 calories is the average estimated energy requirement for a 13 year old girl. This only increases through adolescence (it’s nearly 2,500 calories for 17 y/o girls) and bear in mind that this is assuming an average level of activity which realistically isn’t going to be that much. Growth and development have significant energy requirements and we shouldn’t just take them as assumed ♥️ I hope it helps, love ya 💛
www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/childrens-health/how-many-calories-do-teenagers-need/
thank you so much for this video!! it was much needed.
Im 14 years old and if i ate 2223 calories a day i would gain alot of weight. I have a trainer and she said that for my age, wieght, and height i (5'3) should be having 1500 a day. Im confused. Can you explain this?
Trainers shouldn’t be giving out individualised nutritional guidance like that sweetie. Your trainer not knowing the remits of what they should be advising on isn’t a good sign to be completely honest, and it’s worrying that it goes against the overwhelmingly common guidance of those who are qualified on this topic (Registered Dietitians) ♥️♥️ I’ll try to make a video for teenagers soon and until then I hope you give your body a little chance to get in the energy it needs so you can be grow and be your best, and if you’re feeling hungry or fatigued then please don’t feel put off from eating by their advice 💛
@@natachaoceane I actually don't work with her anymore (i meant had a trainer) and i am going to an RD next week to figure this all out. Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️
When it comes to the amount that you should eat, I think it is also incredibly important to take note if you are particularly tall or particularly short, as well as the amount of muscle you have. Which is why it is always a good idea to consult a registered dietician
The worst part is when a “skinny” girl does a dance that shows her body or waist the top comment is always “well I’m not eating today”
omg yes it triggers me so much. Even if they're saying it as a joke it still hurts
Very disturbing.
Or “i wanna be skinny”
I see this comment literally everywhere. It's so sad
And like, those same girls blame it on the skinny girl who's just feeling herself, like man it's not skinny people's fault, glorifying being skinny is the problem ugh
This seems like the "Tumblr Thinspo" movement of this generation, and it breaks my heart knowing how much trauma this caused me as a 13-18 year old.. I thought social media was kind of over this but clearly I've just adjusted mine to be able to avoid it. So sad. I really hope young girls see your video and don't fixate on what they see on TikTok.
It's basically that. It's moving from tumblr to tiktok and its rlly sad. This shouldn't spread or be normalized.
Freya Fortune Yes :/
100%. The tumblr thinspo movement ruined my physical and mental health for years, and it took even more years to recover. And I'm still trying to recover from this crap.
CL I agree! I’m still trying to get through it. And even when I do good for weeks, all it takes is one comment or one bad day to make me go into a binge or the opposite! Hang in there 💕
- cupid - sometimes i browse tumblr thinspo so try to trigger myself, but my willpower is just never there. it just makes me feel like shit and i hate it, and i keep seeing similar things on tik tok. people really be calling me lazy for not being able to get a flat stomach; i hate the toxicity and privilege of some parts of tik tok.
You need a podcast. I would listen religiously .
Totally agreed..
yes!! 🙌🙌
Ikr
YESSS PLEASE
yes! she has such a nice voice and accent as well
To be honest, because I have watched this I actually feel semi comfortable in eating food again.
That's amazing! Hope you're doing okay ❤❤
Good. Eating right and staying active is so unbelievably important. I'm happy for you! :)
I’m so proud of you!
so happy for you! hope you're doing well
Well done, I am proud of you. that is such an achievement and a good step in the first direction. you're so kuchen stronger than you know ♡
People really want to be skinny at all cost and such mentality isn’t healthy.
it really isn’t. i’m skinny and i hate it so much :(
Exactly you should be focused on being healthy not how you look. I personally have seen a family member not only only lose a ton of weight but also built muscle and genuinely feel better about themselves because they focused on being healthy and losing weight in a healthy way (while going to the gym of course!) The only time losing weight should be a focus is if it's starting to negatively effect your health (heck I've seen some of my muscular peeps sometimes have to do this cause too much muscle can also negatively effect your health) otherwise using that as the focus leads to crash dieting (which doesn't work, it should be a sustainable healthy lifestyle change.) or having an unhealthy relationship with food.
@@freshgreenjello6431 it is a great sentiment, but pure idealism would not get you far. Many people get into healthy lifestyle for vain reasons, and that is all right.
@@einsof6098 Very true. It's ok as long as people don't go too far or at the very least it isn't the *only* reason.
Guys why wouldn’t I want to be skinny. You see yourself how society treats fat people, you see how the internet treats fat people. It creates toxic positivity around the fact that being fat is ok. It’s all body positivity until you turn off your phone and go to school or the real world where you have no friends and no love life when you try your best to be approachable and even try to make friends. I have lost 30 pounds and I have seen myself how differently fat people get treated differently from skinny people. I could end this off with saying “but all body’s are prefect” but you can believe that all you want it’s just not true.
Tiktok is becoming like pro ana tumblr and I’m very worried
rip thinspo tumblr and myproana.com forums. TBH i think teens today might be more affected than past individuals struggling with EDs since of how tight beauty standards have become since. Before facetune, photoshop was still being exclusive to those that could afford said programs, but also use them properly. Today teens are largely being feed something so exclusive, its almost not real.
@@MargaretTaret almost is being nice; not only Facetune is a thing, but also Snow that retouches videos and even lives in real time... pretty sure none of the people they look up to actually looks like that irl.
pro ana tumblr was aware that they were promoting something unhealthy and that it was a community of mentally ill people, tiktok thinks that this is genuinely healthy okay and that these are perfectly healthy things to do and they aren’t disordered habits at all. i’ve been in online eating disorder communities for the past seven years and while there are some “pro” people, we always know that it’s unhealthy and that we’re suffering from a mental illness. this diet culture trend on tiktok is incredibly dangerous for the obvious reasons but also because none of these people are willing to admit that these are disordered eating habits and that this obsession with weight loss and restriction is unhealthy. the fact that this is normalized is next level insane.
Once I put a disclaimer in the comments of a "what I eat in a day" saying "hey, all my girls out there remember it's ok if u eat more ! Food tastes good ❤️" and someone replied "nothing tastes better than skinny" and truly myself asteem has been low since for ever but that really hurt. I'm 13 :(
And this is "normal " 😔
Being healthy means incorporating healthier food and regular exercise. Not starving yourself for a week and then give up and binge eating
don't aim to be skinny, aim to be healthy.
edit: forget this old comment. Aim to be whatever you want AS LONG as it is healthy.
I’m here trying to gain weight and it’s so hard
exactly
*looks at my restive diet the last 2 months* well...shitz
but i want to lose weight
@@guitaria66636 Don't worry, skinny doesn't mean healthy.
there is a lot of ”i wasnt hungry anyways” ”not gonna eat today” comments that are very triggering. (im recovering from an ed :P)
just me please delete tiktok it’s so toxic. I hope you’re doing great 💗
i agree with the other reply, dont read the comments or delete tik tok. im recovering too and relapsed once i downloaded it. i deleted it recently and im getting better again :)
@just me I challenge you to take one week off of TikTok and Instagram! Those apps can make you feel very insecure about your body.
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Delete the app! I deleted it because of all the skinny girls in bikinis and I feel so much better about myself:)
i was going to skip breakfast today, but i think i'm just gonna eat these avocado toasts i want. thank you for reminding me what's actually important!!
You dropped this 👑. From many stories I heard, skipping meals is HIGHLY not recommended. Keep doing you king or queen!
Skipping breakfast is for lame people
Breakfast is the best meal of the day! All meals are the best meal of the day! Also you got me craving avo toast now 😍😍
I’m never hungry in the morning so I nutribullet veg, berries and protein powder! Can’t go without nutrients just because my body doesn’t “crave” food haha.
Rosemary Louis It's called IF. It's perfectly fine if you eat enough during your eating window.
yessss boo
My sister is at that age where she’s getting into social media and just the other day, she made a comment about dieting. It made me so so sad that she was already thinking about weight and food at such a young age. She should not be thinking like this. EVER. I had her watch your videos and will keep up with her but either way I’m happy there are influencers such as yourself making sure that CORRECT information about food and health is being spread.
Showing Natacha to her was absolutely the best move! Your sister is lucky to have you to lead her to a healthy direction :)
Luckily having a sibling like you to guide her is super protective and can definitely help her have a healthy body image and relationship with food🌸
So true! It's no different, maybe even worse as it's more accessible, than when people who are in their 20's and 30's now grew up looking at magazines promoting dieting and losing weight.
I saw pics of me back in HS (15-17) I thought I was Obese back then. This was before I knew anything about bmi and body shapes so my young foolish self started sticking her finger down her throat after every meal, forced my self to sleep all day bc I didn't want to eat, ate only nuts and fruit for months, even went on a all water diet where you just pound gallons of water to feel full but you pee alot. Its crazy how unhealthy I was and thought it was OK. It's definitely not okay. Now at 23 when I see my cousins who are going through that body image phase I try my best to educate them about healthy eating and habits
You sound like a really loving sister and I am sure having a role model like you looking out for her through the confusion that we all go through at some point will make a huge difference.
All my love and give your sister a hug from me! ♥️
As an eating disorder nurse, this is SO. MUCH. YES!! Social media is literally the FUEL for eating disorder culture.
We stan a queen that crushes exploitative “evidence-based”, “nutritional” bs with actual scientific research
ahh thank you so much Laura, I just managed to add all my papers in the description box for reference (: xxx
Registered Dietitians and Medical Doctors are the only people we should all be listening to when it comes to information on nutrition, which is why I still send my content and programmes to Registered Dietitians for review.
Let’s do everything we can to give them the influence they deserve: who are you favourite RD’s and MD’s creating content online? ♥️
I'll start: Dr. Mike on TH-cam, @r_mcgregor on Instagram, Abbey Sharp on TH-cam and @sarahgracemeck on TikTok are all amazing! 🙌🔥
It’s like 2014 tumblr all over again
Honestly when it comes to fitness science I go to Natacha first because she puts all the studies so I can see for myself. I get skeptical when things aren’t cited because everyone has an agenda nowadays
So true😂😂 literally every video is about TickTock these days....
Natacha Océane you have been my inspiration figure for such a long time now ! And no one could have said it better...
I feel too disappointed with all the barely qualified so called nutritionists online.
Trying hard to stay positive about the fact that i did the right thing with all my years i invested in studying food science and nutrition
Infact taking you as an inspiration, i have just started my youtube channel as well
Thank you so much !!
Much love ❤❤
Every time I see those tiktoks I feel a twinge of familiarity. Then I realize, those girls are eating the same way I ate when I had an eating disorder.
Oh. I hope you are okay♥️ But can we talk about your profile picture?😂😂😂
honestly, im still suffering from anorexia, and it freaks me out to think about eating that much. i hope these girls arent suffering like i am though, i would never wish that upon someone
i have an eating disorder and i was getting a lot better and once i downloaded tik tok i relapsed lol
I'm so glad that I never had tiktok geez, my Ed would have been intensified by 1000
@@katarinavojtekova2067 it's Daniel Radcliffe in Guns Akimbo lol. You can find the full picture just by googling it. thank me later!
Hold on,
the first girl barely eats and she says she isn’t trying to lose weigh, so I imagine the ones who want to lose weight: that would mean they should eat EVEN LESS than her?! That is scary. Social media has so much influence on our life, and sometimes, we don’t even realize it. Even if someone just watches that first video for fun, unconsciously, it will affect his/her’s relationship with food... that’s why I try to watch educational or informative stuff from people who know what they are doing - like Natacha - and avoid watching these types of viral videos that won’t bring anything good to my life...
Especially all these very young girls who even need more calories cause they are still developing and growing, and they deprive their body and possibly mess up their body development during puberty.
@@Culterin its a ashame some people think a heathly diet is eating as little as possible
Culterin exactly! I did this and ended up developing an eating disorder... im still trying to get my body back on track since my bones didnt have enough energy to grow and my metabolism has also slowed due to my thyroid trying to Make me preserve energy.... we need food to grow and we need a healthy balanced diet with the occasional treat and a side of listening to our bodies
Does someone else think that Tiktok starts getting toxic as Tumblr back in the days? I remember very well how this social media made me feel.. having crazy "challenge" days where you weren't eating at all for 1-2 days..
@@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon "having crazy "challenge" days where you weren't eating at all for 1-2 days.." that, in and of itself isn't a problem though. People fast and have been fasting for a long long time. I wouldn't call something like that a crazy challenge. Though if it became a weekly thing then it might not be so good
To all people reading this: wanting to lose weight is not a bad thing but do it with lots of precautions. I was overweight and I decided to change my lifestyle, I lost a good amount of weight but never actually weighted myself because I'm scared of becoming obsessed with numbers like I used to in the past. Now my goal is to work out to get STRONGER not necessarily thinner et to eat BETTER not less. In terms of food I didn't change anything, I just made sure I stopped eating when I was not hungry anymore. I'm not a specialist, and I didn't consult anyone, so I decided to lose weight very simply: eating a bit better but keeping the things that I love even if they are high calories and exercising. Yes the results are slow (multiple month) but they are steady. Please be safe 🙏
im bulking 🥶🥶😤😤😤💪💪
Eat vegetables and healthy stuff and seldom eat junk food but once a day or twice it won't hurt
As a fellow student of science that “evidence-based/research-based” stuff with no citations, references, or scientific research is my BIGGEST problem with so much of the health and wellness market.
Very cool!
FINALLY A FITNESS INFLUENCER WHO IS TALKING ABOUT THIS 🥳
ahh thank you Tessa, I only hope that it can help people know where to get reliable information from ♥️♥️♥️
Tessa Gebert she’s probably one of my favorite fitness influencers, she’s motivating and realistic and plus love her content too!!
Finally someone had the guts to stand up against all that dross. As a teacher I can confirm that a large number of teens are suffering from under-eating, malnutrition and a totally dysfunctional relationship with food. Thank you for raising awareness, Natacha!!
This reminds me of the days where thigh gaps on Tumblr were a thing. I thought we were making so much progress (especially for females) with getting strong and seeing food as fuel. Now it seems like we’re going back to the “get skinny quickly, don’t eat” days.
I agree: for me, the fact that this is still happening means that we never got to the root of the problem in the first place.
Also, I think this is just a subset of everyone and in particular a very young subset who are their own social group and maybe don't have a huge amount of exposure to content about getting strong (like the whole For You point that I mentioned) and so I think it's important to hand over that information where we can.Thank you so much for watching Julia, all my love as always xxxx
Yes this totally made me relate back to how I felt in high school seeing thigh gaps on tumblr!
Omg lol you’re taking me back. I used to be OBSESSED with thigh gaps simply because of tumblr. So unhealthy.
I once obsessed over having a calorie deficit and would sneak a “500-cal workout” when I go over at 10pm just to hit the deficit target. I started having irregular periods and I decided and it wasn’t the way to go. It’s so easy to get pressured and trapped into unhealthy diets and I’m grateful for influencers like you shedding more light into the issue.
I so wish creators like her had been around when I was being fed such ridiculous diets by not just social media but also my mother. I maintained a 500 cal diet with my mom for about 2 months when I was in the 7th grade.
I was obsessed with weighing myself.
I JUST, at 24, am learning how to have a healthy relationship with food to garner the results I want for my body.
Omg! Same! I had the same problem! My periods were so late that I thought I may be pregnant. Lol.
As a dietitian I love that you always highlight our work, experience, and education! You're literally the best 😁
Also there's some dietitians on tiktok and it's sad that a lot of the comments are people saying they're wrong! It's so frustrating with all the misinformation out there.
hey Annette! What you do is so important and requires such a deep understanding of biochemistry and you're so appreciated 🙏 I guess we just need to stand by the science and maintain the standard that contributions must always provide credible research sources. I've done this when being challenged (which is great and I always should be to help me stay on top of emerging research) and it's no surprise that that's usually where the conversation ends and I don't hear back 😂 We don't study for nothing!! All my love always xxx
I am almost done with my education to become a registered dietitan, and I agree with you. There is so much misinformation out there, and a lot of my clients are confused or convinced that what they have read at some blog or article is more true than what science says.
Documentarygirl people these days are more convinced with solutions that give them fast results. Not the ones that’ll last them for Long. Btw not a dietitian or studies it just love reading up on nutrition and fitness stuff
@@richyc.6465 these days? I think you're forgetting the diet industry that has made bank over the last half a century lol. People always skimp out of hard work to get fast results, that's just how people are. Very few have the discipline to carry it through.
@@richyc.6465 I'd say our generation is the luckiest because the ones that do their research actually have the proper information available. Imagine the world 30 years ago, the only people that understood food science were dieticians and doctors and most people followed random diets not knowing how to lose weight.
Im commenting to get the engagement up on this video so that this can reach THE WORLD BABY
you're the best, I don't deserve you 😭😭😭
Same. I wish I could get everyone to watch her videos.😂 Diet culture is really frustrating me
SAMEEEE
As a person who lost all her muscle and all her fat in a matter of months (I got really sick). It really worrys me when girls my age eat so little. I wouldn't want that for anyone.
"Detox tea, which is gonna make her shit it all out anyway" FACT. This is a very important video that a lot of people probably need to see, thank you for looking out for everyone Natacha ! You are so so so appreciated
also ppl who post “what I eat in a day” on TH-cam always put bikinis pic on the thumbnail. It seems like because they have “ideal bodies” so ppl would want to watch the video...
It's all just clickbait
It sucks that it works, tbh. Health doesn’t come with a clothing size attached to it, and being skinny doesn’t make you more or less qualified to give nutrition advice.
@@Aeiouaaaaaaaaa Health DOES sometimes come with a clothing size attached to it. For example; if you’re wearing an XXXXL then you’re unhealthy. Facts only.
this is one reason why i like youtubers like linda sun and annie fang. they do that, but when you watch the video it’s basically just them eating intuitively and healthy. linda sun also does a great job at helping ppl who have fallen into the trap of diet culture. i know that she’s helped me a lot personally
@@lanaahmadi639 As much I love Linda, I do feel she's picked her skinniest bikini photo and uses that for all of them. Like her body doesn't match it in most of her videos
This is why I stick to gay tiktok
Lmao same
Gay and froggie 🥰
@@yourmother8062 indeed 🐸
Anime tiktok ahaha
Sameeee
"I think people can sometimes think of food as its only function being it determining your weight or how much fat you store in your body. But food is literally our fuel" Omg yes thank you natacha I couldn't have said it better. I'm an exercise science major and it's soooo sad to see people think of food/their bodies like the enemy
The one about getting sick to lose weight really irritates me. When I was 19, I had to take prophylactic drugs for a month after being assaulted. Without going into graphic detail, they had some nasty side effects that resulted in me losing at least five pounds. I got down to 103 pounds, which was technically my "goal weight." BUT I could barely eat without feeling sick, had horrible stomach problems the whole month, and had absolutely no energy. It took me MONTHS to get my full strength back. And I still didn't like the way I looked. Plus, once I was healthy, I gained it all back because getting sick isn't a sustainable or healthy way to lose weight.
wow, Im glad your up and healthy again! this is a great insight
I got sick a few years ago which lasted half a year or so before I got better but I could barely eat because I had no appetite and when I did get forced to eat either by myself or people around me (my friends were really good through it all especially my best friend she sat there with me until I ate my whole meal) but I would still throw it up anyways but I wasn’t anorexic I eventually got better though and gained back the weight I lost from not eating but it’s so sad seeing people thinking that’s a healthy way to lose weight. And they think it will keep their weight down too. If your gonna substain that weight you would need to keep eating the diet you had when you were sick which is barely anything.
People think "oh, if i can lose X weight, i'll look like my favorite Ig model" but they always fail to consider that 5 Lbs is not 5 Lbs. It can be 5 Lbs of fat, water, muscle, or a combination of the 3 and all lead to a different end appearance.
Losing weight by getting sick or crash dieting will absolutely not help you lose 5 Lbs of fat while maintaining the muscles that make your favourite Ig model attractive in the first place.
So naturally, you end up not liking the way you look at your goal weight, and then once you've gained all the weight back, you no longer have the motivation to do it sustainably. Or you think you just need to lose even more and end up anorexic.
I physically couldn’t keep any kind of solid/semisolid food down for about 4 weeks when I got really sick a few years ago, and I’m fairly sure my metabolism still hasn’t recovered. It turns out only drinking water and diluted fruit juice is a miserable experience, who knew.
TH-cam keeps recommending me these stupid diet videos where girls are like “my diet is 600 cals a day :)” and young teen girls in the comments are like “wow this is such a healthy diet!!” It’s really upsetting. If you ever try and comment, you’ll get people dog piling on you saying that the diet works and they lost weight. Of course you lost weight eating that little!!! But it’s not sustainable and you’ll learn that REAL quick. Thank you for this video. Social media is scary these days and this is coming from an adult. I’m scared for the young girls and boys that are constantly bombarded with this shit.
I can’t stand tik tok, I keep getting ads for it and no matter how many times I give feedback saying they are irrelevant/repetitive the ads just keep showing.
Good for you totally agree
It literally ruins people
I'm glad you keep giving that feedback, unfortunately, they've probably bought so much ad space which is why you're still seeing it ):
I want to add something: 7:32 this is the reason why I kept on binging though. The entire "eat the cookie and be confident" mindset kept me from addressing why I wanted to eat the cookie in the first place
And my friends kept on encouraging me to "eat what I want" and "you're not fat!" Even though I was balls deep into my binge eating disorder and I was definitely overweight
Same
Girl ur body binge bc it needs something you didn't give. Eat what u wanna eat is based on a nutrition balanced diet, not eat whatever you want in terms of junk food. Best of luck to you, if you feel like obesity is affecting ur confidence or life, go see a nutritionists and adjust ur eating habits bit by bit.
@@manofiron9467 A human body never NEEDS a cookie. Quit spreading lies. I don’t remember the last time I had a cookie...and I’d be fine if I never had one again. Once you give up crap food then you’ll slowly not want it anymore. When I want something sweet I go with strawberries or a sweet potato (with no brown sugar or butter or marshmallow crap added to it). Those things are plenty sweet enough as they are.
@@soonerborn7603 dud I am on ur side!! ??? I am saying that she is not having enogh macro and micro nutritients in her day to day diet which can cause binging. This does NOT mean I am telling her to eat cookies because she NEEDs them at all. You are twisting my words and attacking me without reading things through, you owe me an apology.
@@manofiron9467 Hahahahha! I don’t owe anybody anything. What if I don’t apologize?
I lost 45 lbs and I still could eat my favorite foods. I'm seems like moderation doesn't exist anymore.
It makes me shudder to think how much this would have triggered me when I was a teenager. I’m half relieved that tik tok wasn’t around then, and half sad that it IS out there now and accessible to such a vulnerable audience.
Years ago, this shit was all over tumblr. "Pro-anorexia" blogs were everywhere. Now it seems they've migrated to twitter and tik tok, where the content is even more accessible to a wider audience 😟
churp 🐣 I remember. Luckily (if you can call it that), even tumblr wasn’t really around when I got sick (I’m 31), but I can see the similarities for sure. It’s like tik tok is the new ‘fashion magazines’ in terms of ED perpetuation - not a singular cause, but something that could damn well inspire someone who’s genetically predisposed to start restricting or validate their behaviour if they already are.
YES YES YES. I deleted tik tok because of how these kinds of vids made me feel. Thanks for the accuracy and truth!!
tiktok is literally TOXIC these videos keep coming up to me on my fy page so i was like you know what NO MORE TIKTOK!!
You have to press long on that video and you get a list of things and one of them is ‘not interested’. That way you won’t get such vids anymore
Basically:
Be underweight and anorexic for social media and fake friends *or* be healthy and happy for a life time for yourself
And have real friends who you know in real life 🙂🙂
And what do you consider “healthy”?
@@soonerborn7603 intuitive eating and not restricting. Lots of water. Body movement. Walks, runs, ect.
@@evansummmno2784 Pssshhh....intuitive eating is absolutely stupid. It’s what weak-minded people say to justify eating crap like cookies and cake. “My BLoOd SuGaR feELs LoW, I nEeD sOmeThiNg SWeEt....”. Nonsense. 🙄
@@soonerborn7603 no actually. It helps you not to fall into disordered eating habits. If you restrict, you binge. Everything is good in moderation and balance is key. People who have had eating disorders were weak at one point. They faced their fear of food and they are strong. You dont eat something sweet for low blood sugar, that is for people with diabetes. You eat it because you want it.
A solution would be that the TH-cam algorithm would show this kind of videos to the people that look for « how I lost 10kg in one week » videos
Sad that all these people are kids. I'm 41 years old and only recently feel like I've made peace with food.
So,I was always overweight from my childhood . As I got older I started my periods and they were not regular and I started to gain a lot of weight erratically, I got acne ,developed PCOD and marginal hypothyroidism.
(This was before I started using tiktok)
I was not in a good mental state and always thought WHY ME? I used to compare myself with others a lot and to make the situation worse school was hell. I actually danced pretty well but due to my weight they never even gave me a chance.
Bottom line I was frustrated.
My mom is kind of like a perfectionist . She was really good at sports in her school days and was always fit, but I was the exact opposite . She became really worried when I reached my highest 82kgs at the end of 2018 . So she got me joined at a gym nearby and made me do yoga with her in the morning . At first it was really difficult for me but gradually I started losing weight and it made me very happy . Finally,at the end of 2019 I lost around 20kg , my periods became quite regular , my acne vanished and I started getting compliments .
I owe it all to my mother.
So now the main thing starts:
I started using tiktok and saw these beautiful girls my age who were very popular. Slowly I started to think that I am still not good enough and I started hating myself, although I worked very hard to lose the weight.
I used to think wow they have everything . They are rich , beautiful , popular and are having way more fun than me . I thought my life has nothing , it's useless . I used to envy them a lot and it was taking a toll on my mental health . But then I decided to use my energy somewhere else in something productive . So I uninstalled tiktok and started to focus on my studies and hobbies .
And as a result I scored 98% in my exams and my drawing improved .
I became happy in my body again and replaced social media apps with more useful ones such as quora and Duolingo. I learned 3 languages and now I know that all these outer things don't matter , what matters is that you know your self worth and use your energy on improving yourself rather than wasting time on social media . Now I don't have any social media except youtube of course .
And the funny thing is that now tiktok is banned in our country😂
Sorry if it was too long I just wanted to share my personal experience . And anyone who thinks that you are not good enough always remember nothing is permanent in this world not even your miseries.
*I LOVE YOU 💜*
You are not alone.🤗
Beautiful!!
@@Pedro-S1lva Thanks!
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH ❤️
@@natalia-uv1hh Thank you very much! I'm glad😊
"nothing is permanent in this world, not even your miseries"
thats a powerful line right there
Thank you for this - it is so needed. It feels like Tik Tok is turning into pro-ana Tumblr which is so sad and dangerous to the young, impressionable girls and boys watching. The origin of my eating disorder was deeply rooted in seeing people eat and recommend 800-1200 calories. It made me think that that was normal and necessary when that couldn't be farther from the truth. It breaks my heart that this shit could be influencing so many to go down the horrific path I did 😔
I completely agree with you, the platform doesn't seem like it's looking out for its community at all or even trying to address it which is why I felt obliged to create something. I hope it can help us come together and encourage people to follow those whose message is backed by the science. All my love and thank you so much for sharing your story ♥️♥️♥️
@@natachaoceane I'm so glad that you made this video and I sincerely hope it reaches as many eyes as possible. I cannot even begin to imagine how many could be saved from sliding down the slippery slope of restriction into anorexia if they found you and your (actually scientifically backed) message. So grateful for you always 💚
"seeing people eat and recommend 800-1200 calories. It made me think that that was normal and necessary" so not one time did your parents say anything about you literally starving yourself???
@@wowandrss I, like many with anorexia or other eating disorders, was very good at concealing what I was doing and how much weight I was losing (baggy clothing, eating alone, etc.). But yes, when I literally became skeletal my mother was extremely concerned - my father was quiet dismissive of it being a problem, saying that I looked "fine" (I was 95 lbs at 5'7-8,) though - and forced me to eat which saved my life.
@@norajamieson7257 You're not born into anorexia, as far as I know. The social and environmental factors are for your mom and pops to have on lock-down so you don't get a twisted idea about eating habits. It's on them for the majority of these cases.
Tiktok is turning into pro ana Tumblr and it's so concerning, because I know how harmful those days were, especially to young girls.
Even if some of them are joking, there’s a bit of truth in every joke.
This “food guilt”/disordered eating should be treated as a pandemic because we all know it affects entire generations all over the world and can lead to so many health problems in the long run. We need more accurate and actually helpful advice, just like this video. Thanks for this!!!
For real, this is something that was very strong in the 80s and 90s. My mom and family and some co-workers (40s) that have messed up feelings with food and even with all of the work I've done to feel like food is good or at least neutral, they can make it very hard to just live your life.
This makes me so sad 😔 It reminds me of the old pro-ana / pro-mia blogs where I would go looking for "inspiration" when I was a teen with anorexia. These videos are basically the same only way way more dangerous as they get viral more easily... Thank you for raising awareness about this! ❤️
Yes, I used to be OBSESSED with those sort of blogs on Tumblr. I was so young and easily influenced. 😓 I hope young girls can find this video and not get sucked into all of that!
“burri-ohs” i love your accent
British sure is beautiful, do classy 🥰
I’m confused how do you guys say it then?
Bore ree toes.
Hi everyone :)
I’m a 13 year old girl, and I just wanted to share a bit of a story about my relationship with food.
Ever since I was very young, around 5-6 years old, I thought I needed to be skinny. I would see girls in the books I read or tv shows I watched either telling themselves they needed to watch what they ate, or having someone else tell them so. Stuff like that was always in the back of my mind growing up, although I didn’t really care what I was eating until I was about 10 years old, I still always attempted to work out or exercise in whatever way I could find that I didn’t think took too much effort. I have a specific memory from when I was about 9 years old of my mom walking in on me attempting to do sit-ups, and when she asked what I was doing I replied “swimsuit season is coming up, I need to get in shape” a funny memory, yet gives you a bit of an idea about how I was influenced. It may not seem like a huge deal, but personally I think a nine year old knowing about ‘swimsuit season’ and being determined to be skinny before then because of influence from things such as social media is a bit alarming. Anyways, moving on, eating didn’t become a huge thing I was mindful of until about 11-12. Around that time I developed an eating disorder. I started counting calories and restricting food, which would quite often lead me to binging later on, which would then make me feel guilty. Often times I would sit on the toilet for long periods of time trying to force myself to, well, get all of the food I just binged out. It’s a bit embarrassing but it is what happened. Late last year, I started hanging out with a group of friends who were very toxic, which I didn’t know at the time. They constantly complained about their weight, how ‘fat’ they were, how out of shape they were, yet did nothing healthy about it, leading me to do the same. In fact, most of our days hanging out (which was almost every other day) were spent drinking extra large sodas and chips that we would scrounge our little money together to buy at the gas station. Of course that was very unhealthy, but for a little while the eating disorder thoughts went away. I didn’t think about calories or sugar, I just enjoyed having fun and eating like that all the time. (I wasn’t really allowed to have many sugary foods or drinks growing up, I was raised mostly eating healthy foods, so being able to eat like that every day was a whole new experience for me.) When we entered quarantine, of course I couldn’t go out with them every day anymore, and taking a step back from that life style I realized how unhealthy it was. For a few months tho, I ate mostly the same, feeling terrible about my body but enjoying unhealthy food too much to care. (Here’s where tiktok comes in) A few months in however, I started being exposed to more weight loss trends on tiktok. Of course there was the whole ‘glow up during quarantine’ thing where everyone was obsessed with Chloe ting, but that was perfectly fine. I tried a few of her workouts but could never stick to them 😅. Anyways, from there I started drifting more into purely weight loss tiktok. I started becoming more and more obsessed with fasting and weight loss recipes, stuff like lemon water etc. The eating disorder came back, and I started developing depression very quickly. I would try and go days and days without eating, and if I couldn’t I would feel guilty and ashamed, which often lead to binge eating. I was fed all this false information about weight loss, how I should be in an extreme calorie deficit, how I should stay under 1000 calories per day. That went on for months. I saw no progress in my body of course, and it came to be that whenever I ate anything or drank anything other than water, I would get extremely bloated because it had gotten to a point where my stomach wasn’t used to food. As time progressed, I started to see this more glamorized lifestyle on tiktok. A lifestyle proposed by skinny alt girls who never ate anything, never slept, and did a ton of drugs. I wanted to be like them, I wanted people to idolize me like people idolized them in the comments of their videos. I wanted my ribs to show, I wanted my arms and legs to be only skin and bones. That was at the height of it, about two months ago. I would go far too long without eating, only having monster energy drinks once a day and trying to stay awake all night so I would have big bags under my eyes.
A few weeks ago, I started to realize how bad it was. I wanted to get out of it, I started to crave a far more healthy lifestyle where I was able to work out without passing out, where I could eat three meals a day plus snacks and not get extremely bloated and feel guilty. I started to eat more, buying more vegetables and fruits, experimenting with fun healthy recipes to see what I liked best, starting to become more active, etc. It’s been tough, I still have a lot of eating disorder thoughts, and I still struggle to get over 1500 calories even though I’m eating three filling meals. Now I work out every morning on weekdays, and it’s something I look forward to because I’m proud of myself for being active and I feel good after every workout even if I’m extremely sore. I enjoy making meals, and cooking is becoming more and more of a hobby that I very much enjoy. I have an app that I use to track my calories, carbs, protein, and fat, I try my best to eat foods that are high in all four but I still haven’t found an ideal meal that contains all four. If anyone has any tips for that, it would be nice to hear.
My sleep schedule is still pretty bad (I’m writing this at three in the morning)
But I’m definitely trying to get better.
I’m sorry for writing so much, sometimes it just helps to be open about this stuff to complete strangers online lmao. A note to any girl my age who may be struggling with an eating disorder: your body is perfectly fine. You don’t need to change it for anyone, and if you feel uncomfortable with the way you look now, don’t resort to starving/binge eating. There’s thousands of healthier ways to lose/gain weight, and I guarantee you a healthy lifestyle will be much more fulfilling. You are perfect and beautiful how you are, and you’ll probably regret it in the future if you spend your whole teenage years obsessing over what you look like. Just go have fun, and fight your insecurities with confidence.
If anyone read this far, I applaud you.
My parents told me the exact same thing when I was 10 that I needed to get in shape and that encouraged me even more and if I ate over 1K calories I would feel guilty
thank you so much for sharing this. im so proud of you!! ❤️❤️ I hope you're doing well now, stay safe and healthy
I’m legit crying rn. I’m 13 as well and over the past few months i’ve been going through a journey of becoming healthier. At first it was purely eating well and exercising but after a while I felt a lot of ed thoughts coming in. I try not to think about what I look like and what the numbers are but I can’t help it sometimes. I’m also a dancer so there’s a lot of pressure around staying skinny while still being healthy. Most of my friends are extremely skinny and makes me self-conscious. I really, really don’t want to develop an Ed and I’m trying to keep myself out of that rut but it’s hard. Thank you so much for sharing 🥺
I am so proud of you for pushing through that dangerous lifestyle and changing to a much healthier and fulfilling lifestyle. you are so strong. thank you for sharing your story ♡
Thank you so much for sharing this. I’ve been struggling with Ed thoughts and body dysmorphia since the beginning of 2021 and even tho I haven’t realised it until I read this, I’ve always feel that pressure of been skinny and been all bones and skin. I’m still struggling, but Some days, I can think properly and try to stop thinking about my body and compare myself to others.
no one:
natacha: *buri-OH*
I have words where I just go all cockney 😂
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 I said it
Lol love it
I underate for so many years - destroyed my digestion. I have friends who still undereat and say they don't get why they feel the way they do. We are just so conditioned to think eating as little as possible is the answer
its really wild I also had a time where I restricted my food to the point where I only ate an apple and a salad a day for a whole week. Now I eat somewhat better and I dont understand anymore how I managed to do that. Your psyche is really powerful and can make you do things you could never do in a healthy mindset.
This came up perfectly timed for me. It’s 7am and I was about to go for a herbalife protein shake breakfast which I’ve used to lose weight and I know would have made me hungry within the hour. Glad I watched this. Cooked a healthy breakfast and drank some tea this morning instead. Love your videos & thank you for all your help Natacha ❤️
Herbalife is awful, please do not use it, you did great to nourish your body with food instead💞
If you want a protein shake that is healthy and makes you full for around 4-5 hours, I definitely recommend Whey protein powder. It comes in a lot of flavors too...chocolate, birthday cake, etcetera. Recommend by dietitians and doctors too
Rosemary Louis absolutely seconding this! I mix high quality protein powder with frozen berries and yoghurt in my nutribullet when I don’t have an appetite due to an autoimmune disease. It’s super yummy and healthy
Me watching a video about obese people: silently putting back the cookies
Watch this video: silently taking back the cookies
Never put back the cookies 😠😂😂 workout your body and eat well, check out Coach Greg doucette TH-cam channel
Put the cookies where they belong; in the trash. You wouldn’t want to end up like these girls!
@@soonerborn7603 Your comment is very confusing lol
@@ellis6407 It’s actually not. Maybe if you think REALLY hard you can figure it out. We believe in you.
@@soonerborn7603 Alright, alright. No need to be condescending now.
What I’m confused about is the fact that your comment is contradicting itself. Care to elaborate?
You’re telling them to throw the cookies away but then you’re saying “you wouldn’t want to end up like these girls”, which are literally the types of girls that actually would throw the cookie away for the sake of staying/getting skinny.
Should they throw the cookie away, or should they avoid being like “these girls”?
“Yes it is. Now extra guac” 😂😂☠️☠️
"I believe in you"😂
what does guac mean? guacamole?
Ryoko T yep
This video came at a perfect time for me. When I was at college and in physical classes I would always pack a ton of snacks and a big lunch and I was properly fueling. Now in lockdown, since I'm not as active I'm unintentionally eating less because I wasn't feeling as hungry because I'm not walking around campus or having my long athletic practices, BUT I've gotten to the point where I'm eating too little and I've been feeling very fatigued and lightheaded after my workouts. I'm studying health sciences so I understand the dangers of under eating, so I'm going to be way more conscious about my meals and that I'm fueling properly! Thank you for always advocating for proper fueling and eating enough!
I was looking up how to lose weight while breastfeeding and found an article that recommended to eat less than 1,500 calories a day (big no no) and just take supplements instead of eating.
Omggggg I came across someone recently who said that vegetables were toxic and contained 'no nutrients', and I should just take cod liver oils instead. Deludeddddd
@@sfatlithewise1276 I have a hard time accepting people can be so stupid haha
@@labuenavida3051 unfortunately they can 🤦♀️
I know this is an old comment. But I'm posting this so others in this situation might see it.
Some women cannot lose weight while breastfeeding and your body isn't broken if you don't! I've had 2 kids and as long as I breastfed, I was so hungry and my body held on to every oz of chub I'd gained during my pregnancies. As soon as I stopped, the weight flew off and I got back to my prepregnancy weight within a few months of weaning each time. Hormones are insane. Some women drop weight like crazy while breastfeeding; some hang on to weight while breastfeeding. Neither is bad. You just made a human with your body! Postpartum is just survival, focus on healing and replenishing your nutrient stores.
"What I eat in a day" is a sad topic. Each person has a different body.
But I take inspo for my meals when I don’t know what to cook
It's not sad at all
TikTok has literally become the new Tumblr surrounding weight loss...
Seriously.. i saw one girl have 2 egg whites, half a protien bar, and some veggie soup for dinner and 10 cherry tomatoes.. thats around 200 calories. i eat super healthy have at least double that for my breakfast!
"a salt bae of....." is my new favorite unit of measure
She gives such nurturing and positive vibes, makes me want to have her as my sister so bad.😭❤️
I look up to you so much, Natacha.
-Love from India🇮🇳❤️
One of my favorite easy smoothies of all time:
-frozen strawberries
-frozen bananas
-nesquik strawberry syrup
-little bit of milk
I’m so glad people are speaking out and bringing awareness to this. This incredibly toxic tiktok videos made me slip into a relapse with my disordered eating and I’m doing much better now but can only imagine how damaging this is for younger people
I'm so happy that you're doing better now!
Most ideal person to create a video about this, SOMEONE NEEDED TO DO THIS! These food posts are so toxic, there are so many girls posting tiktoks about eating way too little calories. Thank you for doing this!! Xx
Really needed this today. I've recently spiralled backwards when it comes to my eating habits. I used to watch so many of your videos that focused on the importance of fuelling our bodies responsibly and not under-eating as it can make a terrible impact on our metabolism and overall health. Those videos always motivated me to eat more and take care of my body, and of course remember that it is a-okay to balance nutritional foods with cookies and other delicious treats! But recently I've (for some idiotic reason on my behalf) relapsed into restrictive eating again. This video has reminded me of exactly why I increased my food intake and ate when my body needed it in the first place. I've been wondering why I've been so exhausted all the time and haven't been seeing any progress with my workouts but, alas, this is the reason #welldoneme. Thank you from the bottom of my heart and I'm sure many others! You really are changing so many people's lives with your content ❤
Tik tok diet culture reminds me of 2014 youtube diet culture where everybody thought eating like freelee was ok and healthy for your body
Holy shit that was a wild time on yt lmao
Wow, if I was into TikTok as a teenager, I would have most definitely followed all this bs advice 🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️
girl it's not even your fault when this is everywhere, I wouldn't even blame you the same way that I don't blame the girls ♥️ big hugs!
Everytime I feel like I need to stop eatimg or start eating like dangerously low amounts of food I always watch your videos to show ke that it isn't good
Ikr! Watching her never fails to make me feel good about myself ♡
As Phoebe would say... "STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!"
I’m so glad you’re speaking about this topic! I’ve seen so many people on TikTok eating around 1000 calories a day and doing exercise as well. I’m so glad that someone like you with a huge amount of experience is talking about this since you obviously have reliable knowledge on this topic. Keep up the great work Natacha!! 💖💖
I really really wish I had had your channel two years ago when I fell into a messy relationship with food and fitness. I really really wish I had had this clear information before being sucked into the rabbit hole of toxic diet culture. Thankyou for making these videos, I’m glad I watched them before spiralling down any further. I already know you’ll be like virtually holding my hand as I journey towards a healthy physical and mental health. Much love XoXoXo
I'm studying to be a Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) and I'm so disappointed by that person who said she was a PharmD because I've spent years learning how to critically appraise articles and practicing evidence-based medicine. No, we're not medical doctors, but we fix a lot of doctors' mistakes and we know a lot about patient care, and what she's preaching, does not give us a good name :(
I was shocked too! Like how did she get a degree touting the lemon juice cayenne pepper thing that was a huge fad literally one whole ass decade ago?! Just the fact that she studied really hard for a degree that is full on science and then goes and spouts that fake news just gives me such an icky feeling.
you guys are incredible and do a lot of amazing work with a huge amount of knowledge. I know her low threshold for evidence isn't at all reflective of the rest of Pharma Doctorates, so thank you for everything you do! ♥️🙏
I really do not understand at all. I has been consistency losing 2 pounds a week which is considered healthy weight loss and am at a calorie deceit for my maintenance calories. All the BMR calculators and a lot of social media nutritionists tell me to eat 1,300 calories to lose weight based off the maintenance calories I have and its been working. I am a short 5'3 23 year old women who walks 40 minutes a day. I'm getting frustrated from all the mixed information and do not know what is the truth and what isn't for healthy weight loss. Sure I can get constipated a lot (tmi) but I have not had any other bad side effects. I've lost 15 pounds so far and feel better. I weigh 145 pounds.
I just saw Abby Sharp’s video on this and I was so excited to see you post one as well!! 😍 TikTok is so scary because it’s targeting the people who don’t know any better and I just wish they could be seeing stuff like this instead 😩
i love how you're constantly reminding us that our mental health is just as important as physical one. literally the only you tuber i never get tired of. pure mind, pure heart ❤️ thank you for being the real one, u r the besttt!!
Love that you brought this up❤️ I feel like TikTok can get really toxic. I mean, most social media channels can, but considering how many young users TikTok actually has. Little children are all over it.
I completely lost my shit when you said "Then she is having a detox tea, which is again probably gonna make her shit it all out anyways, so..." thanks for daily brighten up haha! :'D!
i’m so glad i’ve finally embraced that my body is healthy, muscular and glorious, even though i’m not a skinny queen or a six packed body builder
I've been fighting an ED for, like, 7 years now??? Under-eating is so harming. All my organs failed at one point, nearly died there with a heart attack because of low potassium. Please, if you want to diet, get a nutritionist and professional advice.
i hope your doing better now 💛 you’re so strong and brave, you go girl/guy/them 💛⚡️
@@icedlattemuppetlover Thanks! You're such a cutie. I had a relapse during this quarantine, being locked down and stuff makes my head spin and it's no good, but I learned to reach out for help and I'm trying my best. Never doubt about asking for help, we are not a burden. Hope you have a nice day and thank you again 💕
I hope you're doing better! Sending love and my best wishes to you and all of those that are battling this war alongside us ❤❤❤
Hey Natacha! I’ve always heard that “breakfast is the most important meal of the day” because it determines the way your metabolic system is going to work that day... writing it out I realize that probably doesn’t make sense 🤦🏻♀️ but have you ever heard/read anything related to that? Amazing video btw!!
I’ve been under eating and this has really helped me understand. Thank you
@Ava Mason You can do it, I believe in you :)
I LOVE THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS. I feel like tiktok is gonna bring a lot of trouble for teenagers, I know I would've been triggered when I was younger. Keep up the good work girl!
I’m so glad I saw this on my recommend videos, I get really badly affected seeing those videos all over my fyp, I’ve started feeling guilty about eating carbs and I know it’s a toxic culture, this is such a helpful reminder about the dangers of cutting calories so low! Thank you for using your platform in such a great way xx
I’m 13
Never got tik tok
But I’ve learned *a lot* about mental health and physical health this year because of videos like this, it makes me realize everything going on around me I’m becoming more aware of the world in short time and I’m really happy that I have avoided social media for so long to keep my healthy mentality intact
People like you have helped me so much. Now I know that starving myself, skipping meals and drinking water as snacks isn't good for me. I know it sounds stupid and common sense but in that state I was blinded and all I could think was "I need to be skinny the less I eat the skinner I will be." All of my friends are really short, really skinny and have tiny appetites and I guess I just wanted to fit in.
Now I'm definitely better! If your body wants food, GIVE YOUR DAMN BODY FOOD. Starving yourself can slow metabolism and that's not what you want. Remember that everyone is different, everyone's body works in a different way :)
Thanks if you took the time to read this!!
remember,exercising everyday and eating well everyday is the ONLY things that will boost your metabolism, check out Coach Greg doucette here on TH-cam
i hope youre doing good
I found your channel through everybody's favorite screaming doctor Greg Doucette. You're one of the few fitness youtubers I regularly follow because your content is credible, science-based, and extremely relevant in this day and age. I especially love how your videos don't come across as trying too hard to gain views but rather aims to spread credible information while being positive. Of course, being attractive helps with getting views, but even so people will eventually see through that.
I really appreciate all that you're doing for the fitness scene on YT.
Thanks for going against the grain Natacha!
Okay side note but does anyone know what bra brand Natacha is wearing? I've never seen a lobster claw clasp on bra straps before and it looks so cute!
Replying in case someone finds out
I'm so glad you are addressing this. Young girls need role models like yourself, Natacha. You are so well-informed, positive and inspiring. I appreciate you!!!
people are always looking for a quick fix and they believe what ever comes out on social media
I can’t thank you enough for making this. It breaks my heart to see how many (mostly extremely young and impressionable) people are influenced by this content. It is incredibly dangerous and I really hope more people see your video!
honesty, this video was very much needed. im so happy u came to talk about what's actually healthy both physically and mentally for everyone. 💗
thank you so much, that means so much 🙏 I hope you're having an beautiful day so far (: xxx
@@natachaoceane Agreed, This video was a great reminder.. especially with all of the extra time in quarantine I've been spending on social media!
The "doctor" of pharmacy is doctor Mona Vand on TH-cam and most of her videos: recipes, what I eat in a day etc, are just lacking in food in general. There is bogus food combining promoted, basically no protein in most her meals and severely low calories that are being promoted to her hundreds of thousands of subscribers:(
I was just going to say this!
“Its alright to have that opinion...but not everyone should hear it” 👏🏼
YAAAASSS PREACH IT GURL!
Also, take your time to post don't overwork yourself! Loving all your videos lately!❤❤
thank you so much sweetie I really appreciate that 🙏 you're so kind it means so much to me ♥️♥️♥️
I'm also a Vlogger & you're absolutely right. Sometimes things become limit less. 😒
oh my gosh! i was literally thinking about this the other week. i saw a weight loss/diet tik tok compilation video pop up on my recommended. i was genuinely curious (i'm still new to tik tok and what goes on there) so I clicked and a lot of the videos i saw made me so sad. if i weren't in the place that i'm at now, i would've been very triggered and fallen back into my ed related habits and i can imagine that that sort of content would do the same for others. i'm glad you're calling attention to this, it is much needed for many.
I love you and the way you explain things, IT IS LITERALLY THE PERFECT BALANCE between science and reliable information, with the fun and captivating factors.
It wasn't until I wanted to be fit and strong as opposed to just skinny that I've actually stuck with exercise and a healthy diet. The paradigm shift from "I want to look good" to "I want to feel good and be capable" was the thing that really changed me.
I've been overweight since around 8 and technically obese since around 19 (I'm 22 currently). I think I've been struggling with binge eating for years and not realizing it's binging. I would commonly go to a store and get 1 sour candy, 2 chocolate bars, 1 savory snack (like takis or ramen or funyuns) and 1 sweet snack (like cookies) and eat them all in a night while watching a movie, sounds like that one comment from the video. I can't speak for others but for me, that's where the guilt around food comes. I have almost no self control and I can't buy something that's just one serving size (most things arent, they'll come in a bag with like 10 one-serving-sized packages and I'll just open each and eat them). So I have to not get it at all. If it's in the house, I'm scarfing it down. And a lot of people would praise me for eating healthy, while secretly on the way to see them or after seeing them, I'd stop and binge eat in my car. So people around me were like "I dont get it, how are you gaining weight" and I'm sitting there like "👹"
I think fat people and thin(ner) people who arent healthy have a lot of the same problems and shifting from "looking good" to being fit has helped me and I hope it helps others. I want to be able to hike up a mountain, go up stairs without being out of breathe, be able to surf and rock climb, etc.. And I think that you can look at a fat person and be able to say "you arent healthy" but you're not always able to do that with a thin person. If you're putting health and fitness first, I think everything else falls in line.
Thanks for telling your story. Yeah, it's hard to stay motivated to exercise when I only think about wanting to look good, but then when I think about getting strong to protect people, especially with everything in 2020... it makes me not want to give up.
You always know exactly what to say! I know so many people who are struggling so hard with body confidence in quarantine, only made 1000x worse by apps like TikTok. Thank you Natacha!
One of the best weight loss tips is to just drink water. And never focus on being skinny, focus on being *healthy*
As a 13 year old girl, this is why I deleted tiktok and I watch Natacha instead. It is so toxic and it makes me feel bad about myself
im so sorry you feel bad about yourself, just know that you are *beautiful* just the way you are. strive to be healthy, not the twisted beauty standards 💛
Natacha you are such an inspiration girl! As someone who struggled with eating disorders and just bad feelings surrounding food, it is so good that people who have a platform and a big audience speak up. I have been following you for years and also have purchased one of your guides and I am honestly such a big fan of you and what you stand for and represent. We need more role models like you, speaking the truth, and providing young and impressionable people with scientifically based and correct evidence.
Natacha, I can not thank you enough for your videos. You have helped me in SOOO many ways, and I just can NOT thank you enough. If it wasn't for your video, I honestly have no idea where I would be right now. It is very possible that I would still be trapped in the will of my eating disorder. I wasn't even able to admit to myself that I had a problem until watching your story, and realizing I related to everything you were saying. Your videos helped me recover, and just thank you!
I really hope this video reaches out to many, because there are too many girls, including some of my friends, that have been tricked by TikTok's toxic diet culture. Thank you again!! :))
this was such a well put and detailed video. I really like the idea of having highly qualified people on such platforms to eradicate the toxic culture, maybe one day we might reach that stage. stay safe guys