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Is it Possible to Lose Weight without Dieting?
When I decided to become a dietitian, I was curious about how food broke down into nutrients, and how those nutrients were used in our body. I also liked the idea that food, nutrition, and health were themes that everyone could relate to and talk about. It never...
When Will I Finally “Get” Intuitive Eating? 4 Ideas for When You’re Feeling Stuck
At first glance, intuitive eating seems like it should be easy—we hear how it's about letting go of diet and food rules, "eating whatever we want", and how we're all "born intuitive eaters". So it's understandably frustrating when you're weeks, months, or even years...
Weight Gain in Intuitive Eating: 4 Strategies to Cope
Intuitive eating is all about ditching the diet mentality and putting weight loss on the back burner, but given the way that smaller bodies are valued and seen as "healthy" in our culture, it's natural to feel discomfort, judged, or like you're doing something "wrong"...
5 Popular Health At Every Size® (HAES®) Myths Busted
Whether you call it "body positivity," "non-diet," "weight-neutral/inclusive" or Health At Every Size (HAES), the idea of shifting the focus away from weight and towards health has become—I hate to say this, but—trendy. It makes sense—no one wants to see themselves as...
Dietitians Are Key to Unlocking the Potential of Food… Though Not Always in the Ways that You Think
Recently I had a client share with me that she "struggled to understand" my approach to nutrition counselling. At first I thought it's because I don't do weight loss (which I think is probably still a part of it) but when I probed further, she said that it's because...
6 “Conscious Uncouplings” to Make for a Better Relationship with Food & Body
I'm skeptical of Gwyneth Paltrow as much as the next evidence-based practitioner, and I can't help but feel my eyes roll as I type the phrase "conscious uncoupling" (it's actually not a goop original, but a phrase coined by author and family therapist Katherine...
Mindful Eating & Intuitive Eating: What’s the Difference?
Mindful eating and intuitive eating are both approaches used by non-diet and Health At Every Size® dietitians and clinicians, so it isn't surprising that many think that they're one and the same. Although the two complement each other and have significant overlap,...
How to Navigate Triggering Conversations During the Holiday Season
Recently I attended the Break the Freeze workshop put on by fellow ATB X cohort #5 member Empowerment Inc. While the purpose of the workshop was teaching communication and self-defense skills, I immediately saw that a lot of the skills could be applied to navigating...
What Causes Weight Gain?
TW/CW: Almost all of the links included in this post contain fatphobic/weight-centric messaging and/or images, the "o" words, specific calorie/weight numbers, etc. Unfortunately, most weight science is still being conducted with the assumption that higher weights are...
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