Reading: #68: Reinventing Your Body By Finding New F*cks To Give (Oonagh Duncan)

“For fad diets you’re relying on discipline, motivation, and willpower,” says award-winning uber fitness expert, trainer and author (“Healthy As F*ck”) Oonagh Duncan. “But that eats your energy. So you fall off the rails and fall into a f*ck-it spiral. These binge/purge relationships are corrosive to your sense of self.” Oonagh, a former “passionate smoker” and anti-sweat-er, talks to CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour about how to disrupt your habit loop by identifying your triggers and using your guilty pleasures to create new reward cycles (watching the Jerry Springer show got her onto the treadmill the first time.) It all begins with throwing out the clothes that don’t fit. “You think they inspire you,” she says, “but they make you feel like sh*t. You’ve gotta love yourself to get to where you want to be.”