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**It’s All Made Up, Anyway**

Everything in life was made up by someone… so why do we let these arbitrary rules stop us from being happy?

Welcome to, “It’s All Made Up, Anyway,” where anything is possible, the rules are made up, and the points don’t matter. My name is Whitney Catalano, a self-sabotage, accountability, and alignment coach, and I’m here to help you heal your shit, discover what you really want, reprogram the fear holding you back, and become the person you’ve always dreamed of being.

Join me as I share my stories, talk to badass guests who went after their dreams, and teach you some things along the way.

Latest Episodes:

#11: Why You Can't Stop Eating Apr 16, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

For the appetizer, Whitney covers the different types of restriction and why you might feel like you can never stop eating. Listen to learn about what you might be doing that can lead to overeating and binge eating. Today’s Main Dish is all about what to do if you’re feeling insecure and self-conscious because ‘shorts weather’ is coming up. Whitney gives a few tips for dealing with your emotions in a healthy way.

In this episode Whitney speaks about:

Shifting from emotional reactions to emotional responses
The different adjustable clothing options that might be a good fit for you
The ethics of clothing brands
Communicating your boundaries with your friends & family in a respectful way
How your body protects you from repeat dieting
Why your body might not trust you
How long it can take your body to feel like it can rely on consistent food
Recognizing when you talk negatively to yourself about food
The damage caused by judging yourself for your own emotions
Allowing yourself to progress at your own pace

Have you learned to be comfortable with your discomfort?

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#10: PCOS & Intuitive Eating Apr 09, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the tenth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

In this week’s episode Whitney speaks with Julie Duffy Dillon, a registered dietitian, eating disorder specialist, and PCOS specialist who partners with people on their journey to food peace. Julie shares her story of going from a weight management dietitian to finding health at every size and embracing body respect and body positivity.

Whitney and Julie discuss:

How did Julie become involved with PCOS?
What exactly is PCOS?
The fluidity of loving your body, and how body respect is a great first step towards it
Why is there so little research done about PCOS?
That you shouldn’t have to torture your body to get the health care you need
What Julie recommends you can do to help yourself if you have PCOS
How misleading the long term research is around PCOS
What are Julie’s experiences with dieting and how has come to understand and tune into her intuition

When you’re ready to start your journey towards intuitive eating and body acceptance, there is a way for you to find peace with food, have less chaos and promote health at the same time.

Learn more from the resources below:

Julie Duffy Dillon is a Registered Dietitian, Eating Disorder Specialist, and Food Behavior Expert partnering with people on their Food Peace journey. She is trained as a mental health counselor and supervises dietitians and other health professionals to use weight inclusive and attuned eating strategies. She owns central North Carolina's group nutrition private practice and premier source of eating disorder treatment and prevention, BirdHouse Nutrition Therapy. Julie also produces and hosts the weekly podcast, Love Food and has an online course to help those affected by PCOS. Learn more at JulieDillonRD.com.

Instagram @FoodPeaceDietitian

JulieDillonRD.com

PCOSandFoodPeace.com

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#9: Why You Feel "Stuck" Apr 02, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the ninth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

Although Whitney mentioned last episode that this would be about binge eating, she wants to talk about something that has been on her mind lately, the feeling of being overwhelmed and stuck. She speaks about a wide range of topics including an emotional letter that a friend gave her, 6 reasons you might be feeling stuck, and the value she got out of an article on polyamorous relationships.

Whitney speaks in more detail about:

The value of talking about your chaotic relationships with food
The parallels between food/diets and performing
Being scared of being judged for the things you judge yourself of
How the real work happens when you unpack your beliefs and stories
Working on your relationship with yourself and the domino effect that can have
Everyone has a different perspective on the world, and on you
Six reasons you might be feeling stuck in your life
Describes what a healthy polyamorous relationship looks like

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#8: Stop Dieting with Lena the Plug Mar 26, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the eighth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

In this episode Whitney speaks with the one and only Lena the Plug. Lena is a YouTuber, social media influencer, sex worker, cam girl, and 2018 Porn Hub Celebrity of the Year. With over 1.4M followers on YouTube and 1.8M on Instagram, Lena wants to be the kind of celebrity she needed when she grew up - one who doesn't promote diet culture.

In this interview, she commits herself to ditching dieting for good and talks about why it took her so long to fully dive into Intuitive Eating. We talk about the pressure she feels as an online sex worker to keep shrinking her body, and why it's so important for her to finally quit the diet/binge cycle. She not only sends an important message to her fans about the reality of dieting, but she also uses this opportunity to give herself advice that she wish she had gotten when she was younger.

During the intro Whitney speaks about

How she has officially gone full time with her business!
Her own journey to the next level of coaching
How she doesn’t want to talk about food or nutrition any more
The things she DOES want to talk about

During the interview Whitney and Lena discuss:

The spectrum of body image issues
The evolution of online sex work
Building strength against the things people say online
Thinking in the long term with diets
Reassessing your motivations around food
Engaging with girls on social media who comment on her photos
Having the moment of clarity that you need help
How has Lena’s relationship with intimacy corelate with food?
The issues surrounding younger girls in the industry
How Lena wants to be the person she needed when she was younger

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Heal your relationship with food and start showing up authentically in your life with my Jumpstart to Food Freedom coaching program at: www.whitneyca

#7: Thinness is Not an Accomplishment with Jude Valentin Mar 19, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

In this episode Whitney goes on a rant about stepping into your power and getting rid of negative thoughts, speaks with a body positive YouTube creator called Mermaid Queen Jude, and touches on an important topic in dating- honesty.

Check out this episode to hear Whitney’s take on:

How little control over body size we have
Learning to stop judging people based on their body size
The important things you should focus on instead of dieting
Doing the things that you enjoy during your one chance at life
Jude’s history and relationship with food
Cultivating a community that wants to learn
The things Jude found helpful along the way
Recognizing if your body positivity is TOTALLY inclusive
Differentiation between body positivity and body liberation
Jude’s perspective on self care
The importance of being honest with your partners
Being open, honest and authentic to yourself with all people

Jude Valentin is a content creator skilled in the disciplines of theatre, photography, and video production. She spends her time on the internet screeching about body positivity and developing communities through art.

Follow Jude:

Instagram

Twitter

YouTube

Mentioned in the Episode: Buy her Thinness is Not An Accomplishment Sweatshirt | Why people are mad about fat girls loving themselves

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Heal your

#6: The F*ck It Diet with Caroline Dooner Mar 12, 2019

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In this episode Whitney speaks with Caroline Dooner about her book, the F*ck it Diet, where she writes and teaches chronic dieters how to heal their relationship with food and weight. They discuss all about how Caroline healed her relationship with food, why she wrote the book, and how this book was exactly what she needed while on her journey with food.

Whitney and Caroline speak about:

How the topic of intuitive eating is very evidence based, that many people are learning about together
Caroline’s past with dieting and diet culture
How the Fuck it Diet became a reality
The timing of Caroline’s dieting and her mom’s diagnosis of Cancer
The parallels between control issues and dieting
The pros & cons of intuitive eating
The level of misery that it sometimes takes to realize what is important
How to learn what your body is saying in real time, and make adjustments
Learning to eat and trust that your hunger is going to be the best for your health
Why Caroline never wants to talk about food again
What does selfcare look like to Caroline?
What role has vulnerability played in Caroline’s life?

Caroline’s first book (titled, The F*ck It Diet, obviously) will be coming out everywhere books are sold on March 26th, and available for pre-order now! You can also download a sneak peak of the book on her website thefckitdiet.com

Follow Caroline! Instagram | Twitter

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#5: Diets Don't Work: My Viral Tweet Mar 05, 2019

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Welcome to the fifth episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, an anti-diet, health at every size registered dietitian who offers online coaching to help you stop dieting, make peace with your body, and take the power back from your inner bully.

In today’s episode, Whitney talks about one of her tweets that went viral and provides some information about the thread inspired by the tweet. Whitney also acknowledges and responds to the criticism and discussion that the tweet brought on.

This episode covers:

The fact that anti-diet isn’t the same as being against medical nutrition therapy
The importance of practicing diets from an evidence-based place
Anecdotes are not research
The risks and side effects of dieting
How information provided by the media is different than the scientific research
Dieting in the pursuit of weight loss does not lead to a better quality of life
Talk about weight stigma and fatphobia and how it is perpetuated in the medical system
What weight stigma is
What the “O word” means and how it came to be classified as a disease
Anti-fat bias found in the medical industry
Empowering you to show your doctor the research around recommending weight loss as a cure-all
The common issues that can be found in dieting research today
Why and how dieting failure is unhealthy

Whitney hopes this empowers you to be ready with evidence if your doctor tries to recommend weight loss. And reminds you to think about the ways you can improve your life without dieting for weight loss. If you want to join the fight, have conversations about these topics and help others understand the issues around fatphobia and weight stigma.

And above all, make the decisions that feel right to you, you are worthy exactly as you are.

Mentioned in the Episode: A Workbook of Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns by Margit I Berman | A Clinician’s Guide to Acceptance-Based Approaches for Weight Concerns by Margit I Berman

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#4: How Powerlifting Changed Her Life with Chrissy King Feb 26, 2019

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This episode is all about creating fitness goals without surrounding yourself with diet culture. Whitney interviews the amazing Chrissy King about the intersection of feminism, race, fitness, and how power lifting saved her life. Stay until the end to hear Whitney’s take on navigating nutrition info on the internet, and how to know what’s right for you.

Chrissy King is a writer, speaker, strength coach, and self-proclaimed truth teller with a passion for intersectional feminism and creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry. She has been featured in SELF, BuzzFeed, Muscle and Fitness, and Livestrong, among others.

She empowers women to stop shrinking, start taking up space, and use their energy to create their specific magic in the world. When she’s not serving her clients by empowering them to create stress-free and sustainable lifestyles and feel confident and empowered in their skin, she spends her time lifting all the weights, reading, traveling, and hanging with friends and family.

Listen as Whitney and Chrissy talk about:

Learning to identify your boundaries
Making sure your goals are aligned with what YOU want
How to strengthen your ability to put your mental and emotional health first
Learning to engage in a fitness community and have fitness goals without falling into diet culture.
Chrissy explains what power lifting is, and how it transformed her
Sharing stories about fitness spaces that felt comfortable, and uncomfortable
How to learn from your mistakes when speaking about these topics
Finding a trainer that doesn’t push diet culture
Fitness should be more about living a life that feels good
Diversity and inclusion 101 class – What inspired it and what is coming in the future
How does Chrissy describe intuition?

Do you feel empowered to listen to what your body is saying? Are you struggling with diet culture after starting your fitness goals? Check out this episode to hear Whitney and Chrissy’s thoughts.

Follow Chrissy: ChrissyKing.com | @IAmChrissyKing | Facebook | Twitter

Mentioned in the Episode: Trainers and Fitness Pros Can't Help People of Color While Remaining Silent About Racism |

#3: 5 Ways to Start Trusting Your Body Feb 19, 2019

Show notes

Welcome to the third episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, a registered dietitian who offers online coaching for intuitive eating, binge eating recovery, body image healing, and radical self-care.

In this episode Whitney talks about how to deal with people who judge you for your eating habits, what it really means to trust your body more than your diet, 5 ways you can start trusting your body today, and why loving yourself and celebrating your body is essential for sexual health.

Listen as Whitney covers topics about:

Importance of setting boundaries with friends and families
What it means to trust your body
We are all born as intuitive eaters
How the diet industry is structured to keep you hooked for life
Tips to help you trust your body

What steps do you take to trust your body more every day?

Mentioned in the Episode: Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski

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#2: Intuitive Eating with co-creator Evelyn Tribole Feb 12, 2019

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Welcome to the second episode of the Trust Your Body Project Podcast! Trust Your Body Project is a podcast and social media movement started on Instagram designed to help you heal, eat, and create space for the things that truly matter. Meet your host, Whitney Catalano, a registered dietitian who offers online coaching for intuitive eating, binge eating recovery, body image healing, and radical self-care.

In this episode, Whitney is joined by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, the co-creator of intuitive eating. Listen as they discuss what intuitive eating is, how it has been changed by different online communities, and how to trust your body.

Whitney and Evelyn speak about:

Evelyn’s past and how she discovered intuitive eating
How weight stigma is causing unnecessary suffering
Connections between eating and self-care
Building trust between you and your body
Celebrating little wins
What it means to prioritize yourself
Violations of intuitive eating being used with weight loss
Learning to live your life intuitively
What self-care means
How do you define intuitive eating?

RESOURCES:

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Learn more about the Food Freedom Jumpstart Program at: www.whitneycatalano.com/food-freedom

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Sources Mentioned:
Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift

About Evelyn Tribole:

Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S is the author of 9 books, with a nutrition counseling practice in Newport Beach, California. She is co-creator of Intuitive Eating, a mind-body health process developed in 1995.

Instagram.com/EvelynTribole

Twitter.com/etribole

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