The first of the year always brings energy to weight loss. The gyms get busier. Stores stock diet products and push them in our face. Advertising proliferates.

Now comes the news that Jenny Craig has a new spokeswoman, Carrie Fisher.

This news really hit me hard. It made me very sad.

I wasn’t sad because we’ve got yet another famous face attempting to glamourize temporary weight loss. I wasn’t sad because we are once again NOT TALKING about sustainable change. I wasn’t even sad because we have to watch another public “slim down” and rebound.

The fact that our society spends untold amounts of energy circling the real reasons for our addictive behavior and instead plays bullshit games with destructive dieting is always sad to me.

I was really affected by this because I think Carrie Fisher is a remarkably talented woman.

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