3 Ways Diet Culture Destroyed Your Relationship With Your Body (And What to Do to Rebuild It)
Fitness & Sushi
In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, we’re pulling back the curtain on how diet culture broke your relationship with your body — and what you can do to finally heal it. If you’ve ever felt stuck in the cycle of obsession, self-doubt, and body shame, it’s not because you failed. It’s because you were trained to see your body this way. In this episode — “How Diet Culture Destroyed Your Body Relationship (And the 3 Shifts That Heal It)” — you’ll learn: How the message “to feel better about your body, change it” created fear, anxiety, and fragile self-worth Why diet...
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The Truth About Your Ideal Body (Especially After 40)
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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna redefines the “Ideal Body” — not as a goal weight or appearance, but as a reflection of your values, self-care, and life season. After navigating perimenopause, mental health changes, and body shifts, she shares why the Ideal Body is not something you chase — it’s something you allow. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🔶 Why the Ideal Body isn’t about a weight or size — and never was 🔶 The question you’re asking that keeps you trapped in diet culture 🔶 How your Ideal Body evolves through life, and why that’s not a problem...
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5 Shifts to End the Food and Body Battle (Workshop Replay)
Fitness & Sushi
In this special episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna shares the powerful workshop that’s helped hundreds of women finally break free from food obsession, yo-yo dieting, and body shame. If you’ve been stuck in the same cycle for years, these 5 life-changing shifts will show you a new path—one rooted in food freedom, self-trust, and lasting peace. In this replay of her live workshop, 5 Shifts to End the Food & Body Battle, you’ll discover: Why diets keep failing you (and what actually works instead) The #1 mindset shift that ends bingeing and emotional eating How to stop...
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What Your Future Looks Like If Nothing Changes — And If Everything Does
Fitness & Sushi
In this powerful episode of Fitness & Sushi, Deanna walks you through a vivid journey — your past, your present, and the two futures ahead of you. One where nothing changes… and one where you finally break free. This is for the woman who keeps telling herself she’ll “figure it out later.” Because the truth is — waiting has a cost. If you’ve been stuck in a cycle of dieting, shame, and starting over every Monday, this episode is your wake-up call — and your invitation to choose differently. In this episode, you’ll learn: 🔶 How chronic dieting shapes your past, steals...
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You Don’t Have a Weight and Food Problem—You Have a Belief Problem
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In this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing a personal story about how a health flare-up exposed a hidden belief system that was quietly driving me into burnout—and how that same pattern might be playing out in your relationship with food, your body, and exercise. In “You Don’t Have a Food Problem—You Have a Belief Problem,” you’ll learn… 🔶 How your subconscious beliefs are shaping your eating and movement habits 🔶 Why it’s not about willpower—and never has been 🔶 The most common belief traps keeping women stuck in cycles of guilt, burnout, and obsession...
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The Real Midlife Crisis: Healing After Decades in Diet Culture
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In this fiery and emotional episode, Deanna exposes the real midlife crisis — the moment you realize your life has been shaped by lies about food, weight, and worth. If you were raised on diet culture slogans like “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” this is your wake-up call to heal. In this episode — “The Real Midlife Crisis: Healing After Decades in Diet Culture” — you’ll learn: 🔶 The grief no one warns you about when your body ages and you realize everything you were taught was a lie 🔶 How diet culture shaped an entire generation of women to believe their worth...
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Why Body Positivity Never Worked for Me
Fitness & Sushi
Body positivity was never meant to be personal advice — it was a radical social justice movement designed to fight discrimination and injustice. So if you've tried to love your body and still feel stuck in shame, you're not broken — you're just reacting to a message that was never meant to fix you. In this episode, Deanna breaks down: The true origins of the body positivity movement How it got co-opted by brands and influencers Why “just love your body” can feel like toxic positivity What actually works: embodiment, neutrality, and letting go of appearance-based worth Why...
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The Cost of Doing It Alone: When To Get Help
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In this raw and powerful episode, I open up about the hardest lesson I’ve learned as a mother — and how it changed the way I think about investing in support. When I tried to navigate my son’s special education needs by myself, I lost six years of his growth and development. Not because I didn’t care — but because I thought I had to do it all alone. I didn't even know advocates existed. By the time I realized how much help was available, I’d paid for it in time, stress, and missed opportunities. Just like so many women who come into my program, I had to grieve what could have been...
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 5 - Why You Self-Sabotage (and How to Stop)
Fitness & Sushi
In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 5 – “Why You Self-Sabotage (and How to Stop)”, you’ll learn… 🔶 The surprising truth about self-sabotage—and why it’s not about laziness or willpower 🔶 How unmet emotional needs and limiting beliefs are keeping you stuck 🔶 Why changing your food and exercise habits doesn’t stick without mindset work 🔶 How to uncover the deeper patterns that drive...
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[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 4 - Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness
Fitness & Sushi
In this special series of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the live recordings from each day of the Ideal Body Challenge—designed to help you break free from diet culture and finally feel at home in your body. In Day 4 – “Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness”, you’ll learn… 🔶 How body image, confidence, and societal expectations get tangled up with your eating and exercise 🔶 Why obsessing over how you look is sabotaging your long-term consistency 🔶 The subtle ways shame drives your food and fitness behaviors 🔶 How to start seeing yourself as more...
info_outlineIn this episode of Fitness & Sushi, I’m sharing the 10 most overlooked signs that your relationship with food might be more toxic than you realize—and why it’s not your fault. These symptoms are so normalized in diet culture that you’ve probably mistaken them for personality flaws. Let’s shine a light on what’s actually going on.
In this episode – “Top 10 Signs You Have a Poor Relationship With Food (That Have Nothing to Do With Willpower)” – you’ll learn…
🔶 The obsessive thoughts about food you thought were just “normal”
🔶 Why feeling out of control around food is a symptom, not a failure
🔶 How diet culture conditions you to distrust your hunger and fullness cues
🔶 The shame spiral after eating “bad” foods and why it’s so hard to stop
🔶 What saving up calories, secret eating, and starting over every Monday really mean
…and how to finally start untangling your worth from what’s on your plate.
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