Besides my wedding date and the birth of my children, November 2, 2019 was perhaps one of the most significant dates of my life.

That day was when the "lightbulb" turned on, and I realized how deeply entangled I'd become in the world of high control diet-wellness cults.

I posted this picture more than a decade ago and received excessive praise and adulation from thousands of people.

Today, I’m ashamed of it, because individuals entangled in diet-wellness cults, see bodies only through a lens focused on size, weight, health, beauty, and longevity.

Recently, someone asked me the following question on Instagram: "Should a doctor never advise someone to reduce weight to decrease their risk of sleep apnea, diabetes, pressure on the joints, etc.?"