[Ideal Body Challenge] Day 4 - Why Body Image Issues Keep You Stuck with Food and Fitness
Release Date: 05/08/2025
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info_outlineIn 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 than just a body
🔶 What happened when I asked them to post selfies (cue panic)
…and so much more!
So check out Day 4 and join me for the final day tomorrow. If you haven’t signed up yet, go to https://idealbodychallenge.com to get access to the full experience.
Enjoy!
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