Summary: Our thirty-sixth show! Ep. 36: Body Image In this episode, Stacy and Sarah invite George of Civilized Caveman Cooking Creations, Stefani Ruper of Paleo for Women, and Tara of Primal Girl to reflect on their experiences with body transformations. Learn about body dysmorphic disorder, teaching your kids about health choices as opposed to diets, and how to look beyond the excess skin that comes with dramatic weight loss. The Paleo View (TPV), Episode 36: Body Image 0:00 - Introduction 1:19 - News Views And just so you know, ALL episodes can now be downloaded from iTunes! Stacy found a used treadmill desk Our Guests! Stefani Ruper of Paleo for Women, can also be found on the Live. Love. Eat. podcast, her PCOS is highly recommended George Bryant of Civilized Caveman Cooking Creations, author of many e-books, including Caveman Feast Planning to expand upon the Body Transformations panel from Paleo FX to further discuss body image, ideals, transformations in mental health, emotional eating, physical changes George's background Active duty marine for 12 years, just ended due to some injuries Spent 12 months in a wheelchair and 18 months in physical therapy, ballooning him to 257 pounds Dealt with bulimia, fad diets, triathlons, carb rotations, carb loading and binge eating When deployed to Afghanistan two years ago, found paleo and began his journey Has helped him overcome all of his body image issues and develop a healthy relationship with food Stefani's background Was orthorexic and a disordered eater Through her site she deals with issues on both psychological and physiological wellness Lost weight in unhealthy ways following conventional wisdom, and didn't start eating a paleo diet until about a year ago when she adapted eating paleo for nourishment/health and not weight-loss Sarah's history with body image Began struggles with weight in early teen years, by late teens was 265 pounds Found low-carb eating and marathons in her early 20's and lost 100 pounds, but was not happy or healthy Had health crisis in 2002 and was apartment bound for three months Was battling binging, depression and anxiety, and that is when her autoimmune diseases started Wasn't until her first daughter was one that she was able to lose weight again through low-carb Found paleo when her youngest was two Have always had image issues Has now been at a stable weight for a year and a half and gained a healthy understanding for food, but the body image issues are still present Stacy's reflection on body transformations Body dysmorphic disorder, which is very common, is when someone who has gone through a drastic physical transformation is mentally unable to catch up with what has changed visually - you essentially see your old self, or what still needs to be done If you can't see your own reflection, how can you appreciate all that you have done and who you are The shape of our self-love changes over time, and the core of your self-love should be in acceptance and forgiveness Our self-love doesn't correlate with weight-loss, and we need to love our self independent from our looks The first time George got a six-pack he was a person he didn't want to be with an entitled attitude Eventually learned that the six-pack doesn't define him, doesn't make him any better than the guy who doesn't have one, or any worse than the guy who has a better one Stefani's experience with coming into a better body and developing a superiority complex made her relationship with food just as difficult as it had been in the past Giving herself to higher things and dislodging the emphasis that society places on looks alone has moved her in a powerful direction For the entirety of Stacy's life people had treated her badly, and she didn't know that she was being treated that way until people treated her differently for being lower in weight When Stacy realized t
