“It Works Until It Doesn’t”: Under-Eating, Shrinking to Belong, and the Long Game of Taking Care of Your Body with Leslie Schilling, RD (Part Two)

About this episode

In this episode, Abbie Attwood and Leslie Schilling discuss the complexities of under-eating, cultural pressures, and the importance of taking care of one's body.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Today's episode is available in full for paid subscribers. You can upgrade right here . Thank you so much for your support! This is Part 2 of my conversation with Leslie Schilling, and we get into the harder, thornier stuff—the cultural forces that make all of this so difficult to navigate, and the clinical tools Leslie uses to help people find their way through. We cover: — What weight suppression actually means, and why it has nothing to do with body size — The physical toll of even "light" under-eating, and why it can feel like it's working until it suddenly isn't — GLP-1 medications, informed consent, and what most prescribers aren't telling their patients — The way exercise intersects with GLP-1s and why being told to work out more while your hunger cues are suppressed is a problem — Muscle loss, sarcopenia, and why fueling your body matters more as you age — RED-S and why it's not just for elite athletes — "Weaponized compassion" and the way diet culture and the medical system dress up restriction as care — How belonging and community drive so many of our behaviors around food…

People in this episode

Host: Abbie Attwood

Guest: Leslie Schilling

Topics covered

• under-eating
• body image
• cultural forces
• GLP-1 medications
• exercise and hunger cues
• body grief
• diet culture

Keywords

• weight suppression
• sarcopenia
• RED-S
• weaponized compassion
• community and food
• hunger cues
• body change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Full Plate by Abbie Attwood

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