Orange Theory Fitness Coach Natasha Houston shares her personal fitness journey
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. It is estimated that 8 million Americans have an eating disorder. These numbers seem bleak, but there is hope and a healthier way to live and love your body.
After years of being a professional gymnast, Natasha Houston found her dream job as an Orange Theory Fitness coach. On the podcast, she shares her story of living with an eating disorder, why she believes it started, and how she is learning to love herself and her body.
Like everything in life, her recovery journey is filled with peaks and valleys. At Youturn Health we know that by talking about our mental health, no matter where we are in the journey, we will reduce stigma and ultimately invite others to raise their hand and ask for help. Thank you, Natasha, for joining our mission, being vulnerable enough to share your story, and making it ok to discuss eating disorders and body image.
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-Eating disorders are serious and sometimes fatal illnesses that cause severe disturbances to a person’s eating behaviors. Obsessions with food, body weight, and shape may also signal an eating disorder. Common eating disorders include binge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, and, less common but very serious, anorexia nervosa.
-Among female high school athletes in aesthetic sports, 41.5% reported disordered eating. They were eight times more likely to incur an injury than athletes in aesthetic sports who did not report disordered eating
-In a study on social media, nearly all girls (95%) say they see the onslaught of negative beauty critiques on social media posts, comments, photos, and videos, and a majority see them at least once a week (72%) and wish social media were a space that empowered body positivity (62%).
-According to Common Sense Media, 41% of teen girls say the use social media to “make themselves look cooler.” Teens feel pressure to look good and cool online, but also feel social media helps their friendships and connections.
-One study of teen girls found that social media users were significantly more likely than non-social media users to have internalized a drive for thinness and to engage in body surveillance.
-Another study found social media use is linked to self-objectification, and using social media for merely 30 minutes a day can change the way you view your own body.
