Timmerie chats with fitness expert Sal Di Stefano about a big idea:

👉 We’ve been sold a lie — that we’re never enough. Not skinny enough, not strong enough, not pretty enough. This lie is fueling body dysmorphia, comparison, and even deeper gender confusion.

Timmerie & Sal unpack how women especially are hit hard by this. Social media floods people with filtered, edited, unrealistic bodies, and it's easy to absorb it like, “Ugh, why don’t I look like that?” But guess what? Even the gym is full of “normal” people — those six-pack abs you see online? Sal says they're SUPER rare in real life.

💥 Sal’s antidote is to shift the focus from punishment to care.

Instead of:
❌ “I hate my body, so I’m going to punish myself at the gym.”
❌ “I can’t eat that — I’m on a diet.”

He says:
✅ Focus on strength and performance.
✅ Move and eat like someone you care about.
✅ Exercise as self-care, not self-punishment.

When you come from a place of love, you build habits you actually want to keep.
When you come from self-hate, you rebel hard — binge eating, quitting workouts, or spiraling into more comparison.

Sal also gets super practical:

📱 Fix your social media algorithm. Stop liking, commenting, or even hovering over “perfect” body content. The algorithm thinks that’s what you want — so teach it to feed you more life-giving stuff!

🍽 Avoid over-processed foods. Treat your body like a temple, not a trash bin.

💬 And when it comes to your inner dialogue, watch how you talk to yourself! Don’t feed the “never enough” monster.

Sal'sSpiritual parallel: Just like you can’t live like the world and expect spiritual health, you can’t live on the world’s default setting and expect physical health. Holiness + health = intentional living.

Timmerie wraps it all up with the reminder: we need to have these honest conversations — about media, about fitness, about worth. Because without them, we stay trapped in a cycle of comparison, disassociation, and despair.

✨ BONUS HOPE STORY: Timmerie mentions Oli London, who had over 100 plastic surgeries chasing an impossible image, even planning to transition genders — but walking into a Catholic church saved his life and soul. God’s mercy is bigger than our biggest self-image crisis. 💛

TL;DR: 
💪 Care for your body like it’s loved.
🙅‍♀️ Break up with comparison.
🛐 Lean into God’s truth over the world’s lies.

You got this, friend.

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Timmerie chats with fitness expert Sal Di Stefano about a big idea:
👉 We&rsquo;ve been sold a lie &mdash; that we&rsquo;re never enough. Not skinny enough, not strong enough, not pretty enough. This lie is fueling body dysmorphia, comparison, and even deeper gender confusion.
Timmerie &amp; Sal unpack how women especially are hit hard by this. Social media floods people with filtered, edited, unrealistic bodies, and it's easy to absorb it like, &ldquo;Ugh, why don&rsquo;t I look like that?&rdquo; But guess what? Even the gym is full of &ldquo;normal&rdquo; people &mdash; those six-pack abs you see online? Sal says they're SUPER rare in real life.
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💥 Sal&rsquo;s antidote is to shift the focus from punishment to care.
Instead of: ❌ &ldquo;I hate my body, so I&rsquo;m going to punish myself at the gym.&rdquo; ❌ &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t eat that &mdash; I&rsquo;m on a diet.&rdquo;
He says: ✅ Focus on strength and performance. ✅ Move and eat like someone you care about. ✅ Exercise as self-care, not self-punishment.
When you come from a place of love, you build habits you actually want to keep. When you come from self-hate, you rebel hard &mdash; binge eating, quitting workouts, or spiraling into more comparison.
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Sal also gets super practical:
📱 Fix your social media algorithm. Stop liking, commenting, or even hovering over &ldquo;perfect&rdquo; body content. The algorithm thinks that&rsquo;s what you want &mdash; so teach it to feed you more life-giving stuff!
🍽 Avoid over-processed foods. Treat your body like a temple, not a trash bin.
💬 And when it comes to your inner dialogue, watch how you talk to yourself! Don&rsquo;t feed the &ldquo;never enough&rdquo; monster.
<hr>
Sal's Spiritual parallel: Just like you can&rsquo;t live like the world and expect spiritual health, you can&rsquo;t live on the world&rsquo;s default setting and expect physical health. Holiness + health = intentional living.
<hr>
Timmerie wraps it all up with the reminder: we need to have these honest conversations &mdash; about media, about fitness, about worth. Because without them, we stay trapped in a cycle of comparison, disassociation, and despair.
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✨ BONUS HOPE STORY: Timmerie mentions Oli London, who had over 100 plastic surgeries chasing an impossible image, even planning to transition genders &mdash; but walking into a Catholic church saved his life and soul. God&rsquo;s mercy is bigger than our biggest self-image crisis. 💛
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TL;DR:&nbsp; 💪 Care for your body like it&rsquo;s loved. 🙅&zwj;♀️ Break up with comparison. 🛐 Lean into God&rsquo;s truth over the world&rsquo;s lies.
You got this, friend.
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