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...]
How do you know if you have disordered eating?
I’ve recently seen a number of clients for nutrition counseling without an “official” eating disorder diagnosis but something was going on with their food, exercise, and body image. They don’t have a clinical eating disorder but they don’t feel like they have a healthy, “normal” relationship with food. I call this “in between” area … [Read more...]
