The nonchalant phrase of “let’s work off ___,” while surely intended as a lighthearted joke, is seriously problematic, according to experts. Here’s why this mentality needs to stop, and how you can feel good in your body instead. ... We should exercise for cardiovascular health, for mental health, for emotional health. She encourages her clients to challenge these connections they and others have made, and move instead toward body and food neutrality. “They exhaust themselves with exercise in anticipation or in reaction to how they’ve eaten during the holidays.

Source: Huffington Post December 20, 2025 17:41 UTC