The sexist, oppressive, wishful thinking, and insane reasons why women fight to be thin.

Virgie Tovar is an author, activist and one of the nation’s leading experts and lecturers on fat discrimination and body image. She is the founder of Babecamp, a 4-week online course designed to help those who are ready to break up with diet culture, and started the hashtag campaign #LoseHateNotWeight. Tovar edited the ground-breaking anthology Hot & Heavy: Fierce Fat Girls on Life, Love and Fashion (Seal Press, November 2012). She holds a Master’s degree in Human Sexuality with a focus on the intersections of body size, race and gender. She is a former plus size style writer for BuzzFeed. Virgie has been featured by the New York Times, MTV, Al Jazeera, NPR, Yahoo Health, the San Francisco Chronicle, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan Magazine Online, Bust Magazine, and French language magazine Madame Figaro. She lives in San Francisco and offers workshops and lectures nationwide.

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Find Virgie online at www.virgietovar.com

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Audio from “The Food Freedom Habit” live event. The freedom panel was interviewed by Lydia the Lifestyle Coach. Their real stories of going from decades of eating disorders to complete freedom. How they did it, what fears came up, and how they overcame.

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I chat with Isabel Foxen Duke about being down with deprivation. What happens when you diet, restrict and try to control your food? Does long term weight loss really exist? And how do physical and psychological deprivation impact your ability to control your appearance?

Isabel Foxen Duke is the Creator of Stop Fighting Food — a free video training program for women who want to “stop feeling crazy around food.” After years of trying to overcome emotional eating, binge-eating and chronic weight-cycling through “traditional” and alternative approaches, Isabel discovered some radical new ways to get women over their “food issues” once and for all — not just by shifting the mindsets of individuals, but by challenging the dominant diet culture as a whole.

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Her writing and free guide, How To Not Eat Cake, can be found at www.isabelfoxenduke.com and you can watch her free video training series at ifd.ontraport.com/t?orid=49008&opid=11.

Stop Fighting Food Free Video Series: ifd.ontraport.com/t?orid=49008&opid=11

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