Let’s be brutally honest: you’ve been lied to. The stories you’ve been fed about how your body “should” look, feel, and function are not only wrong—they’re damaging. It’s time to stop accepting the nonsense, take control, and start living on your terms.
Myth #1: You need to lose weight to be happy.
Let me guess—you’re holding onto the belief that happiness is on the other side of your weight loss. That somehow, being thinner will magically transform your entire life, erase your insecurities, and bring you the confidence you’ve always craved.
Reality check: If you’re not happy with yourself now, weight loss isn’t going to fix it. Your happiness isn’t hiding in a smaller dress size. You can reach your “goal weight” and still feel just as miserable, anxious, and self-critical. The real work is in accepting who you are right now. Once you stop tying your worth to the scale, you’ll realize how much of your joy was being held hostage.
Myth #2: Being “fit” means you’re healthy.
Let’s bust this myth wide open: fitness doesn’t always equal health. Sure, your favorite Instagram fitfluencer might look like the picture of health, but behind the scenes? Overtraining, under-eating, and secretly battling chronic stress. Just because someone has abs doesn’t mean they’re healthy.
True health is about how you feel, not what you look like. It’s about having the energy to get through your day, the mental clarity to enjoy your life, and the freedom to eat a damn meal without obsessing over macros. Stop equating a certain body type with health—it’s time we all saw through that facade.
Myth #3: Dieting is the only way to get a handle on your eating.
This might sting, but it needs to be said: dieting isn’t about control—it’s about punishment. You don’t need another round of restriction, counting, or cutting out entire food groups. Diets are designed to make you feel inadequate and keep you stuck in a vicious cycle of shame and guilt.
The real way to develop a healthy relationship with food? Listen to your body. Trust your hunger, honor your cravings, and stop demonizing food as the enemy. The moment you stop giving power to diets, you’ll discover that you do know how to eat intuitively. You don’t need some outside plan dictating your meals or telling you what’s “allowed.”
Myth #4: Your body is the problem.
Ever feel like your body is betraying you? Like if you could just change it, everything would be perfect? Here’s the truth: your body isn’t the problem. The problem is that you’ve been conditioned to see your body as something that needs to be fixed.
You’re constantly told you’re too much, not enough, or somewhere in between. But what if you stopped buying into that lie? What if, instead of battling your body, you actually partnered with it? Your body has been showing up for you every single day, through all your self-criticism and punishment. It’s time to stop treating it like an enemy and start recognizing it as the badass, resilient vessel that’s been carrying you through life.
Myth #5: You’ll finally be enough when you reach your goal.
Let me say this loud and clear: you are already enough. If your self-worth is tied to some future version of yourself—whether it’s thinner, fitter, more disciplined, or whatever—you’re setting yourself up for a lifetime of disappointment.
Life is happening now, not after you achieve some arbitrary goal. Stop waiting for permission to start living. The moment you decide you’re worthy as you are is the moment you take back your power. You don’t need to change your body to be enough—you already are.
Here’s the bottom line: You’ve been sold a load of myths about your body for far too long. You don’t need to lose weight to be happy, you don’t need to be “fit” to be healthy, and you sure as hell don’t need to diet to be in control.
Your body isn’t broken. It’s not the problem—it never was. The problem is the way you’ve been told to see it. The solution? Stop believing the lies, start respecting the body you’ve got, and live like you deserve joy and freedom today.
Because you do.
