Eating Disorder and PCOS Dietitian Services Greensboro, North Carolina
There’s something I want you to know: even if you are feeling unprepared or scared to give up dieting, you are still ready for Food Peace. I will be continuing to write on how to make these next steps and my hope is the writing provides some guardrails along the way. A gentle heads up:…
I have been writing a lot lately about the dangers of diets, how seductive and manipulative they can be, and how diets don’t work. I am wondering if I just heard you say, “But…..” Maybe you are with me on how diets suck the life out of you and food has too much power, “but”…
How did the diet industry aka the weight cycling industry get so powerful? Most products that do not provide long-term results fail to make it in the market place. Imagine if you had a car that drove fine yet after 12 weeks stopped working even after trying to repair it. Would you blame yourself, the…
Am I letting myself go?
1.15.19
Many people ask this question as they consider moving away from diets. Certainly, the act of dieting appears to be a way to take care of one’s health. It also is considered an active way to improve health. Considering the diet research I wrote about last week, we know dieting predicts weight gain AND dieting…
Content warning: Use of those crappy “O” words often used to define health and disparage because citing research. Moving away from diets can feel like a salmon swimming against the stream. Keep in mind: even though the struggle is tough for the fish, they are doing what is innate and true. Opting out of diet…
Last week I wrote about body respect beginning with no longer pursuing weight loss. You may recall I mentioned weight loss is a seductive fantasy. If you’ve been told your whole life your body is unacceptable, I appreciate this first step away from weight loss will feel like a deal breaker. I beg you to…
6 Keys to Food Peace™
12.31.18
“With every diet ending, I failed three times: the diet didn’t work, I’m a quitter, and I’m still fat.” ~A quote from a woman at diet rock bottom Have you been dieting for as long as you can remember and hate your body? Do you feel addicted to food? Do you binge or emotionally eat…
“If diets work for you, why do you keep going on them?” If you are considering making 2019 diet free, let’s gather important intel to help you get through January aka The National Dieting Holiday. When was your first diet? Do you remember how you got the idea to start eating less, focus on weight…
Before you pick out another New Year’s resolution diet, I beg you to reconsider. If diets work, why do you end up on one every year? Diets come from a 60 billion dollar a year industry. Billion. These rich folks tell us we can’t trust ourselves around food, and we need them. Their lists, supplements,…
Holiday pressures lead many of us to rely on mile long to-do lists, with attendant feelings of inferiority rather than attending to self-care. Don’t you just love the warm fuzzy holiday feelings of peace and joy?!? (Sarcasm intended.) Many caregivers feel the month of December is all about providing experiences for everyone else, and typical…
