Telling someone in a larger body to “just eat right and exercise” is like telling someone with depression to “just think happy thoughts”…it doesn’t work like that.

Please stop the fear mongering around “freshman 15.” Of course college kids are likely to gain weight; their bodies are still growing and maturing!

A lot of people need to hear this: Shrinking the size of your body will not cure your body image issues.

There is no good or bad, or right or wrong with intuitive eating. It’s a constant non-judgmental learning journey, which is why it takes practice - it’s a new way of thinking about food. And you can do it!

Do you want to be in a nursing home, stressing about the calories in a piece of cake? The time to get out of the diet cycle is now. And I believe in you.

Weight Stigma (including and especially within the healthcare system) doesn't just kill fat people, it also tries to steal our lives while we are living them. Fat people have the right to live without shame, stigma, bullying, or oppression.

To anyone who needs to hear this: If no one has expressed concern about your eating disorder, the one you know you have, but maybe don’t talk about, your experience is real and valid. I care about you. I believe you. I see you.

This Halloween, remember: • sugar isn’t addictive, although it may feel that way if you’ve tried to restrict it • restricting your children from eating sugar causes MORE problems with their eating • it’s normal to enjoy sweets as part of an overall balanced diet

Food policies are political and decided by government. Healthcare access and rights, insurance policies, and much more are also affected. Food is political. Health is political. So yes, it makes sense to talk about these things and remind folks to vote. That’s all.✌🏽

Even if your health did improve after weight loss, it wasn’t the weight itself that improved your health. It was the healthy habits and behaviors, in which weight loss was a side effect, that improved your health. (i.e. movement, reduced stress, hydration, balanced meals…)

Eating disorder recovery is about learning to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.

We could all take a food lesson from a one year old. My baby doesn’t judge food. He isn’t counting calories. He enjoys most foods, and anything he doesn’t like he declines. He eats when he’s hungry, and he lets me know when he’s had enough. Food is biological, not rule-based.

If your “healthy lifestyle” doesn’t include any fun foods, then it’s just another diet. And it won’t last.

As a Registered Dietitian, my job is to help you pursue health, not thinness. Because the two are not synonymous.

This Simple Salmon Rice Bowl will have you drooling…. instagram.com/reel/Cm_93L1vj…

Food is an important factor of your health but it isn’t the ONLY factor that impacts it either. By creating a healthier relationship with food where you’re not thinking about it all of the time gives you more time to focus on the other important parts of your health too!

In research supported by the NIH, it was shown that 10 weeks of yoga practice markedly reduced PTSD symptoms of patients that didn’t respond to any other treatments. Mindfulness, learning to sit with discomfort, and deep breathing are all helpful tools in ED/trauma recovery.

Eating disorder healing happens on purpose. Countless uncomfortable choices. Countless uncomfortable actions. Countless challenges & wins, just the same. You didn’t choose an eating disorder. And your choices are what will help you heal. You are worthy of healing.

What if dieting for you wasn't just a way to "lose weight", but a way to feel safe? To feel in control? To feel a sense of purpose? To feel a part of community? As a way to distract from emotions?

If you struggle with overeating, chances are that UNDEReating is fueling it.