I Was Not Broken and I Am Not Fixed: The Food Is the Problem
My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Wellness, Health, Name My Shadows, Face My Shadows, Fight My Shadows, Understand My Shadows, Reframe My Shadows, Transcend My Shadows, Success, Failure, Epic Struggles, Everyday Actions, Shadow Boxing, Find Your Power, Moderation, Addictive Foods, Pleasure Trap, Eat When Hungry, Misconceptions of Weight, Willpower, Trigger Foods, Physical Process, Food Reactivity, Obesity, Morbid Obesity, Weight Tania Lyon My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Wellness, Health, Name My Shadows, Face My Shadows, Fight My Shadows, Understand My Shadows, Reframe My Shadows, Transcend My Shadows, Success, Failure, Epic Struggles, Everyday Actions, Shadow Boxing, Find Your Power, Moderation, Addictive Foods, Pleasure Trap, Eat When Hungry, Misconceptions of Weight, Willpower, Trigger Foods, Physical Process, Food Reactivity, Obesity, Morbid Obesity, Weight Tania Lyon

I Was Not Broken and I Am Not Fixed: The Food Is the Problem

Moderation Was Never Going to Work: Processed Foods Are the Problem

In mainstream society, there are many misconceptions around weight, weight loss, obesity, and morbid obesity. One of the central misconceptions is that obesity is caused by personal shortcomings.

Understanding the role of processed foods in my weight has helped me see myself and my weight differently. Years and years of failing at moderation taught me that moderation was never going to be the answer.

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Meet My Hunger Drive: A Fact of My Life, Not a Self-Made Stigma
My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Wellness, Health, Food Addiction, Withdrawal, Hunger Drive, Not Broken and Not Fixed, Plant-Based Eating, Stigma, Rise Out of the Shadows Tania Lyon My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Wellness, Health, Food Addiction, Withdrawal, Hunger Drive, Not Broken and Not Fixed, Plant-Based Eating, Stigma, Rise Out of the Shadows Tania Lyon

Meet My Hunger Drive: A Fact of My Life, Not a Self-Made Stigma

Since I first shared my story a few weeks ago, I have received a lot of comments about the stigma around food addiction and disordered eating patterns. 

This stigma runs deep, and I am learning how people of all sizes, shapes, and genetics feel that stigma in different ways. 

Even though I have lost half my weight, I spent most of my life experiencing this stigma silently in an isolated state of obesity or morbid obesity.

I never envisioned breaking my silence to speak about my food addiction – especially as publicly as I am doing now. But, life is full of surprises, and here I am.

I am speaking out because my self-understanding has profoundly shifted.

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