How can we balance a desire for healthy weight with body positivity and positive self acceptance?There’s no point in denying that there has always been a social stigma around people who are of excess weight. It got so bad to the point that even wanting to lose pounds becomes an embarrassing action to take. We see excess weight as something that’s so negative. We take an approach of losing it with hate.Nevertheless, regardless of what the society says, we should remind ourselves that it is only with kindness that we’ll get to live an effective way of losing weight.Find a comfortable place and relax as we all move forward towards accepting both our inner and physical state.Dr. Adrienne Youdim is a board-certified Internist and is the host of the podcast Health Bite. She specializes in medical weight loss and nutrition, and she is aiming to transform the weight loss narrative into one that is both empowering and compassionate – inspiring people to live more physically and emotionally fulfilling lives through evidence-based strategies that actually show results.Through her podcast, Dr. Adrienne debunks all myths in the current weight loss culture and supports people in living the life they deserve as they work on becoming the best version of themselves.In this episode, Dr. Adrienne shares the most effective way of approaching weight loss as she talks about getting into that space of body positivity through self-acceptance, self-compassion, and mindset shifts.What you will learn from this episode:Recognize the rampant presence of body negativity in our society nowadays;Discover the consequences body dissatisfaction brings to people, as well as the benefits of weight loss in various aspects of one’s well being;Understand how important it is for you to approach your weight loss journey with kindness towards oneself “It's not all about weight, it really isn't, but when we change our relationship with food, we change our relationship with ourselves. When we put time for cooking, prepping, we are making a statement that we matter and we are worth the time and the effort that it takes to care for ourselves.”– Dr. Adrienne Youdim Key Takeaways:“Having a goal does not mean that we don't accept ourselves as we are right now. We can have self-acceptance and still strive to do better.” – Dr. Adrienne Youdim“When we can meet ourselves in our moments of imperfection with kindness, with compassion, we are more likely to be able to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and move forward with our goal.” – Dr. Adrienne Youdim“Let's start small, because small changes, when done consistently, result in big impact.” – Dr. Adrienne YoudimMy new book Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From The Inside Out is now available! If you’d like a hardcover, personalized, autographed copy with free shipping, use the code freeship at hungryformore.net.Find more inspiration, join my newsletter, or see my curated collection of supplements and protein bars at dradrienneyoudim.com.Recommended Resource Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss From the Inside Out by Dr. Adrienne Youdim If you love it and you think it is of benefit, please share this podcast with one person that you love. You can also go to dradrienneyoudim.com/podcast if you prefer to get more podcast updates from us.