100 Food Affirmations offers bite-sized pieces of wisdom to help you liberate yourself from restrictive thinking when it comes to food. Food should not be a source of anxiety or shame; food should bring nourishment and joy.
With these affirmations, change your beliefs and thoughts around food, health, and diet culture, and tap back into communication with your body. Develop helpful practices to re-energize and invigorate you, to calm and soothe you, and to provide structure and rhythm. Learn the nuances of having and caring for your body to finally heal and restore your relationship with food.
Each affirmation is accompanied by a prompt, reflection, or extra context to help you along your evolving journey with food.
Christyna Johnson, MS, RDN, LDN is a Dallas-based eating disorder dietitian, public speaker, and podcast host. She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and earned her Master of Science in Nutrition from Texas Woman's University.
For years, Christyna struggled with negative body image, disordered eating patterns, and anxiety. Her weight cycled up and down, and she spent more time exercising than necessary, counted calories to no avail, until she hit rock bottom. Now, her work centers around the intersections of food, race and culture, bodies, and access to treatment.
