Meagan McDaniel

“diet culture is a set of beliefs that puts thinness, shape and size above all else and equates it with health, success, happiness and moral virtue.”
― Alex Light, You Are Not a Before Picture

“Dreams, they call them. Necessary, they claim. Brave, I think—to venture into the webs of good/bad/evil-tellings each night, alone, guideless.”
― Amber McBride, The Leaving Room

“It’s about changing the way I think. Which sounds so simple, but whether I like to admit it or not, anxiety has become my best friend. It’s a crutch that helps me hobble through life. It’s the brassy bitch at school that I don’t like, but being her BFF makes me popular. Or the school bully that I don’t really want to be around, but being his friend means I don’t get beat up. I don’t know how to be safe without it. We’re buddies. It’s like they say: keep your friends close, your enemies closer.”
― Louise Gornall, Under Rose-Tainted Skies

“Our set point weight is the weight you maintain when you are eating intuitively, honouring your hunger and fullness cues and engaging in joyful movement.”
― Alex Light, You Are Not a Before Picture