One of my favorite steps in Intuitive Eating is "Make Peace With Food". Food peace brings so much joy to your life that may not be in your life right now. Every person will need to make peace with food in their own way. But for a lot of people, that means eating foods that can be "binge foods", "cheat foods", "treats", "off-limits", … [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...]
