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Women’s Fitness Expert: What You NEED To Know About Dieting & Exercise | Dr. Stephanie Estima
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Why Women Are Still Given Bad Health Advice
At 3:40 · chapter starts 2:30
Steven asks Dr. Estima what she's ultimately trying to change in the world, and her answer is unequivocal: she wants women to stop being losers — to stop obsessing over losing weight and start focusing on what they have to gain. The metric of worth she targets is the scale, which she reduces to 'a reflection of your relationship with gravity, no more, no less.' She frames the conversation ahead as one for women who've done the 'good girl' things and still don't feel at home in their bodies, and for men who love them. [1] — Dr. Stephanie Estima "I want women to stop being losers. I want them to stop trying to lose all the time. And instead, what I would love for them to do is to shi…" 03:40
Women have been sold a lie: that their worth is the number on a scale. Dr. Estima argues the entire framework needs to flip — away from losing weight and toward gaining muscle, bone density, and connective tissue strength that will carry them through decades of healthy life.