Opinion Today: Resist the “wellness” shakedown

You put on some weight during lockdown. So what? 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But that’s a tall order for many of us right now, as we continue to juggle Zoom meetings, home-schooling and [late-pandemic ennui](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidl_1P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNC8xOS93ZWxsL21pbmQvY292aWQtbWVudGFsLWhlYWx0aC1sYW5ndWlzaGluZy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjEwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMwMzIyJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTU3Mzc1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgkvXak2DA6JEGUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). “And where there’s insecurity and unhappiness,” [Jennifer Weiner wrote in an essay](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidl_1P0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMS8wNS8wNS9vcGluaW9uL2N1bHR1cmUvZGlldGluZy1jb3ZpZC13ZWlnaHQtbG9zcy5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM5JmVtYz1lZGl0X3R5XzIwMjEwNTA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTMwMzIyJm5sPW9waW5pb24tdG9kYXkmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTU3Mzc1JnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgpgkvXak2DA6JEGUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) this week, “there are companies looking to make money. So here come the weight-loss profiteers, the misery merchants dressed up as purveyors of ‘wellness.’” Weiner’s piece is a call to action: Resist the vultures of diet culture as they descend on your social media feeds, urging you to buy their app, or meal plan, or fiber-laden shakes. It’s normal for bodies to change shape, especially in a year like the one we just had. And as we should all know by now, fad diets don’t work. Of course, that’s not to say that Will Smith or any one of us shouldn’t do what it takes for us to feel healthier. Weiner suggests small, sustainable actions rather than unattainable goals. “Want to add more fruits and vegetables to your diet, or get back to regular workouts? Go for it,” she wrote. “Get outside, now that we can do that again. But you don’t need to enroll in a program, download an app or buy frozen meals to do any of this. “After everything we’ve endured — and as the crisis still rages around the world — each of us should cherish the body that got us through it, rather than punish it for failing to fit into last year’s skinny jeans.” [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-0) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRidl_1P0RsaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NTk3ODUmbGk9VFkmbT1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkNyZwPVRZXzIwMjEwNTA2VwNueXRCCmCS9dqTYMDokQZSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~ Subscriber Exclusive: We Need to Talk About Cancel Culture Tune into our live Times event on Wednesday, May 12 at 7 p.m. Eastern as Trevor Noah joins Times Opinion podcast hosts Kara Swisher, Jane Coaston, Ezra Klein and columnist Farhad Manjoo to debate cancel culture — whether it’s a good thing, a bad thing, or a thing at all. 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