NWAIS Fall Conference: Power of Language on Perceptions of Food and Body by Amy Sanchez https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4 en-us 2023-09-27 21:20:55 UTC 2023-10-14 16:46:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745540744 My high school swim coach told me my summer goal should be to lose my “muffin top”]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745540744 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745540827 Moment on the lips, lifetime on the lips]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745540827 “Are you going to eat ALL of that?” https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745540864 2023-10-13 17:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745540864 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541114 My 5th grade teacher praising my friend for being “so grown up” when that friend shared she was starting a new diet with her mom. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541114 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541170 “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” ]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541170 Carbs are bad for you if you are trying to loose weight https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541189 2023-10-13 17:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541189 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541191 My coach told me I was “looking fat”]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541191 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541367 Watching my mom cook an amazing meal for the family, but not eat any herself. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541367 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541376 Feeling compelled to over eat when alone]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541376 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541403 Do you play soccer? You have husky legs.]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541403 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541507 Girls are supposed to hold their stomach in]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541507 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541511 Told to finish everything on plate even if I was already full.]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541511 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541514 You have an addictive personality - in response to how much of a snack I was eating]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541514 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541587 Plate of cookies in the faculty lounge—“I’m trying to be “good” today”]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541587 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541604 You are going to have to be more careful when you’re older]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541604 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541747 My nickname in the early days of Boy Scouts was “round kid”]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541747 I was often told as a teenager that I had “such a pretty face” but I would much more attractive if I lost weight. https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541750 2023-10-13 17:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541750 Whole30 and limiting what foods are "good" and what are "bad" https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541793 2023-10-13 17:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541793 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541800 Someone eyeballing my food with judgement and no words]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541800 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541801 “You probably will need to find your costume for the play somewhere else. We don’t have anything here you can wear”]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541801 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541807 He looks great. So thin….]]> 2023-10-13 17:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541807 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541939 Student shared “what’s wrong with wanting to look like the status quo/societies version of beautify?” Lead to discussion about how it’s virtually impossible for some ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745541939 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542000 “You’re so thin” (as a compliment)

]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542000 my dad calling me an “idiot” for trying to measure out what a serving size of cereal actually looked like to understand how much i was actually eating https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542126 2023-10-13 17:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542126 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542142 Good thing you’re going to work off all that food at swim practice. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542142 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542182 Low fat, low sugar, overall less is better. Eating “bad” foods= irresponsibility and weakness. You have poor values if you eat a certain way. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542182 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542200 My mom telling me in middle school that i “wouldn’t be able to eat like that forever” when I ate a foot-long subway sandwich]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542200 I grew up in the 90s when 'non-fat' food was going to be the savior of us all. That has caused a lot of problems for me as an adult to develop a healthy sense of eating. https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542284 2023-10-13 17:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542284 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542311 I was doing lifeguard training and another student asked in front of everybody if i was pregnant knowing very well i wasn’t. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542311 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542336 “I haven’t seen you in so long. You lost some weight. Congrats!”]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542336 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542456 My mom always asking my brother if he wanted seconds or if he was still hungry but never asking my sisters.

People commenting on the food I ate and assigning moral value to the food (ie junk food v healthy or clean food)


]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542456 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542519 You don’t have to finish everything on your plate. You can stop when you are full]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542519 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542533 Helpful: being introduced to the term diet culture ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542533 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542577 Adults in my life would always say “I can’t wear that or dress that way because I’m too _____” ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542577 shawnaw https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542607 My mom asking the doctor at my 12-year-old check up why I had a “pooch” for a stomach.]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542607 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542615 Ayurvedic teaching about the beauty and balance of different body types had been helpful in unlearning and replacing the modern Western obsession with thinness. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542615 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542739 Family member celebrating that she only ate a protein shake and apple for most of the day, yet being happy that she was losing weight]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542739 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542740 Helpful impact - food as a way to connect with new people and friends ]]> 2023-10-13 17:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542740 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542817 The doctor growing up talking about my BMI in detail ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:02 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542817 Having weight loss commented on by others when I have been going through emotionally trying times. https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542864 2023-10-13 17:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542864 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542924 New school lunch catering at the school I work at. Some folks are unhappy with what is being served. They are highlighting specific foods as “junk” and “carcinogens” and demonizing candy. Elementary age, but this type of talk and messaging surrounding food insidious and impacts even our youngest students.]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542924 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542925 I lost weight with disorder eating and was showered with compliments from all angles of life for being thinner. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542925 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542929 Using the word healthy body as a code for thin body]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542929 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542953 A teacher told me that “I’m looking too skinny” and asked in front of my friends “Am I eating?” And I was celebrated for losing 10 pounds from my rowing coach because they wanted a smaller sized coxswain ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745542953 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543123 All outfits describes as looking “flattering” on me]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543123 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543153 Public weighing in PE class. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543153 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543179 You can eat because you exercised]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543179 “Wow! You must be hungry!” https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543199 2023-10-13 17:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543199 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543220 Helpful- Maintenance Phase podcast]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:19 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543220 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543245 positive: my gym did a challenge this january called “back at it” and it focused on gaining strength by fueling our bodies properly. it changed my relationship with food! ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543245 Helpful https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543297 Everything around Intuitive Eating]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543297 we grew up poor and really celebrated having food to eat in general. we generally appreciated food as fuel and ate whatever we had, which i think served me well. https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543333 2023-10-13 17:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543333 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543369 As a teenager, bloated and on my period, my mom asked "does your stomach always look like that?!"]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543369 Helpful https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543402 Books like intuitive eating and concepts like health at every size ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543402 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543473 The main main education I received around dieting was from my mother, who was always bringing me into her fad diets, applying her food rules to me, and then getting upset when I mirrored her bingeing behavior.

I was left with a mindset that I had to find a system and set of strict rules order to be healthy, and that if I ever lost control or indulged I was being universally unhealthy. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543473 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543569 My mom telling me when I was 10 “you’re not skinny anymore” with a frown on her face]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543569 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543637 Feeling good about losing weight even when it came as a result of a mental health crisis]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543637 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543651 The idea of looking at your body as the only one we have and that we should listen to your body. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543651 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543760 Helpful: doing my own healing work as I completed my RD program ]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543760 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543799 Helpful-I like to box. So learning to think about food as a way in which to fuel my body and increase strength.]]> 2023-10-13 17:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543799 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543867 Being told to eat a sandwich ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543867 Helpful: reading What We Don’t Talk About When we Talk About Fat https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543951 2023-10-13 17:43:05 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543951 Harmful https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543966 My grandma used to call my sister "Twiggy". This was an obvious compliment. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543966 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543977 Helpful - my mom never spoke about her body negatively in front of me. I didn’t know people did that until late middle school when everyone was comparing their thighs ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543977 The concepts of nourishment and intuitive eating becoming more commonplace https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543985 2023-10-13 17:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745543985 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544020 Helpful - viewing food as a way to build strong connection to place or people ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544020 Thin = anorexic https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544036 I had a lot of body privilege and was very thin as a teenager. Many people told me that I must be anorexic. I felt a lot of shame for being so thin and desperately wanted to be curvier and heavier. This was helpful for me to see that no one can be satisfied with their bodies in our world ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544036 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544063 Had a teacher who called food “brain power” and made me think about the connection between my mind and food. ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544063 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544106 Growing up being told that I was strong (as a female this was quite empowering) and celebrated for it]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544106 Helpful https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544164 Learning about the history of BMI ]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:21 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544164 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544348 Helpful: Sonya Renee Taylor and radical self-love]]> 2023-10-13 17:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745544348 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745545413 Harmful - going through a eating disorder and being showered with praise for my bodies drastic change  ]]> 2023-10-13 17:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745545413 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745547484 Something helpful: In Japanese culture, there is a saying which basically translates to the benefits of eating when 80% full.]]> 2023-10-13 17:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745547484 Harmful https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745548393 Good foods vs bad foods. Learning about foods that are good to eat and bad to eat and then getting a school lunch that is full of the “bad foods”]]> 2023-10-13 17:47:36 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2745548393 https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2746227295 Helpful
HAES providers (doctors, therapists, dietitians)]]> 2023-10-14 16:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amyhelensanchez/arq6la7q22ul9ok4/wish/2746227295