#53: Fitness, Food, & Body Image: How We Can Un-Complicate That Sh*t with Kira Onysko Jones, Non-Diet Personal Trainer

Let's talk about MOVEMENT (without a side of diet culture). Kira Onysko Jones joins the pod to share her journey with fitness, body image, and her relationship with food. We discuss so much on this one -- from cooking new foods as a part of healing from disordered eating, to Gilmore Girls (just kidding, that was only for a few minutes at the end, I PROMISE). The main topics include: Disordered eating as an athlete, how wellness culture influences fitness goals, the process of releasing body control when it comes to movement, disconnecting food from exercise, finding joyful forms of movement, and making peace with rest. Abbie leaves you with a tip depending on whether you feel resistant or reliant on exercise at this point in your journey. Kira Onysko Jones is a certified personal trainer and holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. She entered the fitness world during the days when skinny-tea promoting influencers and bodybuilders dominated social media. Because of that, she spent several years never feeling satisfied with her appearance, chasing the workout and eating habits of what she thought were her "healthy" role models, and as a result, developed disordered eating habits and a terrible relationship with exercise and her body. She now focuses her career around teaching people how to enjoy exercise without feeling pressured to lose weight, or letting it consume their lives, and how to fight back from the constant messaging online that tells us that our bodies aren't good enough. Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon.  Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast  Find Kira on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiraonysko/  Find Abbie on Instagram: @abbieattwoodwellness  Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com   Studies / research mentioned: Obligatory exercise and eating pathology: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17606231/ Obligatory exercise attitudes and negative affect: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427598/