In today’s health-conscious world, self weighing is often seen as a crucial step towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle. However, the seemingly harmless act of stepping on the scale can sometimes do more harm than good. let’s first dive into the idea that weight = health. It’s pretty commonplace in the medical world that your weight […]

Navigating the world of nutrition can be challenging, especially when dealing with an eating disorder or in the midst of recovery. Adding to the complexity are the constant influx of fad diets and nutrition trends, many of which promote unhealthy and unrealistic eating habits. One trend gaining traction lately is metabolic confusion – a concept […]

Along with the colorful lights, holiday movies, and festive sugar cookies, we know the holiday stress that can arise related to the abundance of celebrations. This time of year may feel challenging and uncomfortable for all – especially those working through food and body image concerns. In order to maintain recovery while navigating holiday stress, […]

Enjoying the abundance of food centered holiday celebrations can be tough, especially if you’ve struggled with an eating disorder, emotional eating or have gotten caught up in the dieting > restrictive eating cycle before. Any sort of real or perceived overindulgence can lead to feelings of guilt or shame, which can only lead to more stress eating, restricting or unhealthy dieting tactics. So how can we approach the season without getting too caught up in the food?

As humans, eating is an essential part of our experience. It keeps us alive and provides nourishment for the things that mean the most to us.  As non-diet Registered Dietitians we have clients come to us all the time looking for the answers to simply being able to “eat when I’m hungry and stop when […]