Salty Comebacks to Diet and Body Talk at the Table During the Holidays - Part 2

We made it! Well, almost. This week schools are breaking up. Those of us who are lucky enough to get paid time off over the holidays are winding up. And if you’re celebrating Christmas, you’re probably going to start making your way to see family (or they’re on their way to see you) in the next couple of days.

The holidays can be a mixed bag. Great to see people, but peopling can be a lot. Especially if said people have vocal opinions on things like seed oils, ultra processed food or monitoring their blood sugar. Or maybe they want to tell you about a new diet or weight-loss drug they’ve been using and not-so-subtly recommend you should try too. Comments on your body, your kids’ body, what you’re eating or not eating, being ‘good’, being ‘naughty’, pressuring kids to eat, grandmas shaming kids for eating nothing but the chocolate in their selection boxes that they hyped to the high heavens. 

It can be hard to know what to say or do in those moments. And look, there’s lots of very sensible advice out there about setting boundaries and I’ve written some thoughtful pieces using established therapeutic techniques.

How Do You Stop Diet Talk Around Your Kids?

Plus a tool for setting boundaries

Can I Have Another Snack?Laura Thomas

But this is not that.

These are Salty Comebacks to Diet and Body Talk at the Table During the Holidays - part 2.

In case you missed this last year, check out part 1, and listen to me forcing Lucy to read them out loud in our latest All of The Snacks episode.

Salty Comebacks to Diet and Body Talk at the Table During the Holidays

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Can I Have Another Snack?Laura Thomas

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It’s a festive special 🎄

Can I Have Another Snack?Laura Thomas

Alright team, here’s how to respond to unsolicited food and body talk at the table this year:

1. Say ‘I’m just going to add a little bit of happiness in here’ and barrel roll over the table á la Alison Hammond