Cheers to 2020! I hope your new year has been off to a great start. I love this time of year to get organized, be back in my routine, and dream about the future. What I HATE is all the diet commercials on TV and diet products on Instagram. Have you seen them? WW, Atkins, Noom…. Different “weight loss shakes”, gym ads… the list goes on … [Read more...]
Why It’s Okay to Let Kids Eat Halloween Candy (and you too!)
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Costumes, pumpkins, hayrides, and yes… candy! Clients and friends always ask me what I think about Halloween candy for themselves and their kids. Questions like “How much should kids eat?”, “What about all that sugar???”, and my personal favorite… “What do you think about the Switch Witch”? … [Read more...]
No Child Should Ever Be Put On A Diet
We MUST band together and STOP diet companies from creating another generation of dieters. You may have seen the news that Weight Watchers (or newly branded WW) has launched a "healthy eating" app for kids called Kurbo. Don't be confused by the term “healthy eating”- this is a diet in disguise because it focuses on weight loss. There are … [Read more...]
Am I the right dietitian for you?
Last weekend, my world on social media blew up with a ton of conversation between dietitians about the terms “diet” and “anti-diet” and which nutrition philosophy is “right”. Questions were asked by many dietitians including: “How do we really define the word “diet”? Is it always about wanting to lose weight?” “What if … [Read more...]
5 Reasons Why Meal Planning Works (and how to make it work for YOU)
As many of you may know, Elyssa and I are in the middle of creating a nutrition ecourse called the KNOWledgeable Eating Program to teach clients how to KNOW what works for YOU. A few weeks ago, we tested out our material on a group of fabulous women to see what they thought and to get feedback and make changes to our program. Good news … [Read more...]
