Speaking Of Hungry

Why do you want to recover from disordered eating? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ For those of us with kids, we worry. We don't want our kids to:

This week I'm replaying an amazing discussion I had one year ago with registered dietitian Glenys Oyston.  She lost weight, kept it off for years, and was considered a true success story. What people didn't realize is she didn't feel successful at all but instead was a full-time food and body obsession. Details on the episode are below. I'll be back next week with a new episode!!!  * * *  I am so excited to bring you this latest episode of Speaking of Hungry! I’ve been listening to the Dietitians Unplugged podcast with Glenys Oyston and Aaron Flores for quite some time now. Recently I was reading Christy Harrison’s Anti-Diet book and Glenys popped up. Then I was listening to the Pursuing Private Practice podcast and Glenys was the guest. I am beyond thrilled that Glenys, a Los Angeles-based anti-diet dietitian, joined me to chat on Speaking of Hungry. I know you’re going to like this one! Glenys joins me and talks about her relentless pursuit of weight loss, how losing weight was never enough, and that keepi

Did you know there are other forms of hunger other than physical hunger? Did you also know there is no reason for us to feel like we're doing something wrong if we eat when we're not physically hungry?  A discussion on hunger came up in my private Facebook support group, the Intuitive Eating and Body Compassion Community. Many times chronic dieters and disordered eaters want to follow intuitive eating "perfectly". They end up fearing that if they are eating when not hungry they must not be listening to their body and doing something wrong.  Check out this week's episode where I explain the different reasons we eat and why eating outside of physical hunger is not necessarily "bad" or "wrong".  Mentioned in this episode: Episode 55: Unapologetic Eating with Alissa Rumsey Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition, by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ***** Need more resources to help with the restrict-binge cycle?  Grab my free workbook: 5 Steps to Ditch Diets!! What will you get in this guide? This is a sample of work I do wi

Are you an adult with ADHD also struggling with disordered eating?  Then you'll want to check out this latest Speaking of Hungry episode! Even if you're a parent of a child with ADHD and food struggles, you can take something away from my conversation with Becca King, the "ADHD Nutritionist".  Becca and I discuss:  Becca's ADHD diagnosis and her past struggles with disordered eating.  The biggest issues Becca's clients with ADHD are struggling with when it comes to their relationship with food and their bodies. How distraction interferes with hunger, fullness, and putting the time and effort into preparing meals and snacks.  ADHD clients dealing with a lack of appetite during the day but when the medication wears off they are ravenous, potentially leading to a binge.  How nutrition information for ADHD is focused on the elimination of certain foods and ingredients, which can ignite feelings of deprivation.  Other reasons ADHD clients may overeat or binge including seeking stimulation, dealing with rejection

Do you binge or overeat and feel out of control?  There are many reasons we binge or overeat. Going on another diet will not help but only add fuel to the fire. In this latest episode of Speaking of Hungry, I talk about: ✨ the top reasons my clients struggle with binge eating, ✨ steps to identify triggers, and plan for when the next one will come along, ✨ what actions we need to take so that we don't turn to food as a coping mechanism when we are not physically hungry. Here are some other episodes you don't want to miss that are related to the topic of binges:  38. Binge Eating Disorder with Jennifer McGurk 18. I Can't Stop Overeating ***** Need more resources to help with the restrict-binge cycle?  Grab my free workbook: 5 Steps to Ditch Diets!! What will you get in this guide? This is a sample of work I do with my private, 1:1 clients. I’ll take you through: #1 - examining your personal history with dieting #2 - reflecting on how diets interfered with your life #3 - how to slowly get rid of dieting tools yo

Are you tired of apologizing for how you eat? For your body shape and size? Is this constant apologizing harming your relationship with food and your body?  Listen to the newest Speaking of Hungry episode where I chat with Alissa Rumsey, a nationally-recognized registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, who is empowering women to reclaim the space to eat and live unapologetically in her new book, Unapologetic Eating.  Alissa and I discuss:  What influenced her to write this book.  The four-step process she uses with clients to get to a place of unapologetic eating.  How she recognizes her journey as a thin, white woman with privilege looks different from those who are oppressed in our society.  How we can get to a place where we are not only eating unapologetically but LIVING without asking permission and needing to justify our decisions. Ways to become empowered and stop worrying about what society expects of us. The act of sitting with discomfort, something we tend to avoid and may turn

Still convinced that your weight is the problem?  A cancer diagnosis several years ago set Maggie out to dig deep into the research and evidence behind weight, nutrition, and health.  Although she is a board-certified physician, she admits that most doctors in medical school get a tiny blip of nutrition education so she needed to do the research herself.  What she found was everything she thought to be true about health, weight, and nutrition was inaccurate and misconstrued by diet culture. She started to question everything she held to be true about weight and health both personally and the way she practiced professionally. In this episode we discuss: The lack of training medical doctors have in nutrition yet weight loss is a widespread recommendation for many health conditions. Other health-promoting behaviors we should be hearing about that have nothing to do with weight. Systems of oppression in healthcare that lead people in a larger body to receive a different level of care compared to those in a small

This week I'm talking about postpartum nutrition. We get so much nutrition information before and during pregnancy. Then we have a baby and we're left to figure it all out on our own. Not only that, but we're also expected to bounce back to business as usual with life, work, and get our bodies back in warp speed time.  Totally unrealistic! And why is no one talking more about postpartum nutrition to support moms in healing and recovery after birth? Why is most of the information out there about dieting to lose the baby weight?  Jaren Soloff, a San Diego-based dietitian and lactation consultant, chats with me about the importance of NOT dieting after giving birth and focusing more on nutrition that nourishes, heals, and revives our bodies. We also chat about her newly released cookbook, The Postnatal Cookbook.  In this episode we discuss: Jaren's personal story connected to intuitive eating and why she works in this space.  When she set out to start writing her cookbook and began to research, she struggled to

Have you been told you need to lose weight for health reasons?  Do you struggle with the idea that your weight is NOT the thing to focus on in order to improve your health?  Did you know there is considerable evidence that focusing on weight and weight loss is associated with a decrease in health? I’m addressing these very issues in this episode of Speaking of Hungry - I was told I need to lose weight for my health. Here’s what I review in this episode to help break down this burning question:  The idea that correlation does not equal causation in weight and health studies.  Other factors we must consider beyond weight loss including weight stigma and weight cycling.  Defining and discussing how weight stigma and weight cycling can contribute to health problems. How weight loss from dieting is not sustainable in the long term for MOST people, so why do we keep prescribing it as a means to improve health? Other behaviors that may be contributing to improved health parameters when weight loss happens.   Health

Does this sound familiar?  You’re slowly giving yourself permission to eat more foods.  You stopped weighing yourself because you know how that number can mess with your head. You can eat a few cookies if you’re craving them, or have the bag hanging out in your pantry for weeks without even thinking about them.  It seems like everything is falling into place … and then …. You have A DAY.  Or not even A DAY… it could be a MOMENT. You catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror.  You see an old picture from when you were smaller. You see a recent picture after your body has gone through some changes. You found an old pair of smaller jeans.  And just like that, your thoughts immediately go back to dieting, restriction, weight loss. NOW WHAT? That's what I'm covering in this episode of Speaking of Hungry! How can we handle weight gain once we stop all the dieting? How can we deal with those moments when suddenly we're not so sure about intuitive eating?  ***** If you love the show, please leave a rating and review

Can you exercise while healing your relationship with food and your body?  It depends.  In this episode, I talk about how exercise plays a role when we're trying to heal from a disordered relationship with food and exercise.  Healing from obsessive exercise will have its ups and downs. It's important to explore your intention behind exercise.  Are you working out because you feel guilty about what you ate?  Are you only doing it for the sake of weight loss and shrinking your body?  Are you chasing after unrealistic expectations and goals? I discuss all the possible scenarios and how you can determine if exercise is helping or hurting your recovery process. I also open up about my own personal experience healing from food restriction and obsessive exercise and how my mindset around working out has changed dramatically. Mentioned in this episode: 48. Body Image with Brianna Campos 49. It's OK to want to lose weight Alison's 1:1 intuitive eating online coaching Schedule a free 20-minute Zoom intro session with A

You want to stop dieting and heal your relationship with food and your body .... BUT... you also wouldn't mind losing some weight.  I totally get it! I have felt the same way. So do most of my clients.  In episode 48 I talked to body image coach Brianna Campos about why we seek out weight loss. We touched a bit on the topic of why it's OK to admit you want weight loss. I wanted to further explore the idea of weight loss. Why do you want to lose weight?  What would you need to do to lose it?  Will this affect you emotionally?  Is your idea of weight loss realistic and sustainable? Have you been down this road before?  Is there something else you need INSTEAD of weight loss?  I dive into all of these questions! Use these questions as journal prompts so you can further explore your desire to lose weight.  So many of us are sick and tired of battling with our bodies. Yet the pull to diet again is very strong. Part of stopping the cycle is figuring out what drives us to constantly pursue weight loss.  * * * * * * 

Happy New Year!  How are you feeling about your body right now?  We are in the full swing of diet culture exploding all around us. The false hope of a "new year, new you". If you are doubting your body right now and feeling the pull of diet culture promises, you don't want to miss this new episode!  I chat with Brianna Campos, AKA @bodyimagewithbri. Briana is a New Jersey-based mental health counselor who built a practice working with clients and professionals on body image.  In this episode we discuss: what it can mean when a person is continuously seeking weight loss; how a definition of health encompasses mental and emotional health, not just a number on a scale; Brianna's experience with needing to find freedom around food in order to experience true health; body trauma, what it is and how we experience it;  body scapegoating, when we place blame on our body for when it is probably something other than our body that is wrong or not right;  why we may be fearful to gain weight. I'm excited to kick off th

Happy Thanksgiving! This Thanksgiving I am asking you to ready yourself. No, you don't need to swap out your favorite Thanksgiving foods with "healthier" versions. You don't need to throw away all your leftovers immediately to be sure you don't eat too much. No, I'm not asking you to plan a post-Thanksgiving detox.  Hell. No.  I am asking you to give yourself permission to eat the holiday foods you love. I talk about why we should allow ourselves to enjoy the holidays and not let diet culture make us feel like sh*t for enjoying it to the fullest. ********* Do you need help making peace with food and stopping the restrict/binge cycle?? Contact me to learn more about my 1:1, private online intuitive eating coaching services.  You can schedule a FREE 20-minute call with me so I can find out what you're struggling with and you can determine if my program is a good fit for you! Need MORE help healing your relationship with food AND exercise? Consider joining my FREE Intuitive Eating & Body Compassion Facebook

Do you buy the candy you hate for trick-or-treaters so you won't be tempted to eat it? Or do you have candy in the house and deny a craving by convincing yourself to eat something "healthier" like an apple or popcorn?  Are you convinced you can't be around candy or you will eat the entire bag?  This episode is all about what happens when we deny a craving. What better time to talk about this than Halloween?? If we have it around and give ourselves permission to eat the very foods we restrict, over time we will desensitize ourselves to these foods. We may find we don't even really like them. Or we may still love them but learn how to fit them into our eating without having a love/hate relationship with them.  Take a listen and learn some tips on how to make peace with your cravings! ********* Do you need help making peace with food and stopping the restrict/binge cycle?? Contact me to learn more about my 1:1, private online intuitive eating coaching services.  You can schedule a FREE 20-minute call with m

Are you a type 1 diabetic balancing between managing your diabetes but also feeling food-deprived? Has your diabetes caused you to restrict foods that you eventually sneak or binge eat? Are you a parent of a type 1 diabetic and don't want your child to feel left out and deprived?  I had a chat with Danielle Bublitz, a registered dietitian who works with type 1 diabetics and uses a non-diet, intuitive eating approach. She can help answer many of your questions around how to listen to your body's food needs and wants while managing your blood sugar. We talk about:  Danielle's personal story being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at a young age.  What led her to take an intuitive eating approach in her nutrition work with type 1 diabetics. How patients come to her wanting to be healthy, which in their eyes meant being a certain weight and eating perfectly. How many of her patients are getting a lot of “NO” in response to foods they can eat and are led to believe they have to cut foods out.  Factors other than foo

Did you have bariatric surgery and want to change your diet mentality? Is it even possible to re-connect with hunger and fullness after bariatric surgery?  These are just a few of the questions I had for Jessi Holden, a HAES-aligned dietitian working with bariatric surgery patients. Some say you can't be a "non-diet" dietitian AND work with both pre- and post-bariatric patients. Listen to this episode with Jessi and I think you'll find that, YES, this most certainly is possible! (Please see a trigger warning note below) We talk about: How she takes her patients from a restrictive diet mindset to an intuitive one without taking away their body autonomy. Jessi's approach with patients who are contemplating bariatric surgery; and no, she never tries to sway a patient in one direction or another! Jessi's work with spinal cord injury patients and the unique challenges they face. The disordered behaviors she finds in both bariatric and spinal cord injury patients. How Jessi works with doctors and other healthcare

How do you manage symptoms of gut troubles while trying to be intuitive and NOT deprive yourself? I'm kicking off Season 3 of the Speaking of Hungry podcast talking about our gut health!! In this episode I'm chatting with Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN, all about non-diet approaches to digestive issues and gastrointestinal (GI) health.  We're talking about irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD - aka, acid reflux), gastroparesis, and Celiac disease. Intuitive eating means not only listening to our body's hunger and satiety signals but also means understanding what foods feel good in our bodies. Our discussions covers: the right way to approach elimination diets to help with gut symptoms but also avoid deprivation in the long run. how we must consider the WHOLE person - stress levels, sleep, exercise, medical issues, medications - and not just food alone.  low-FODMAP diets and why people should not stay in the "elimination" phase longer than

Happy September! Today's episode was inspired by a fellow intuitive eating dietitian, Lauren Sharpe (@loandlemons) who posted on Instagram: "If you have to track every morsel of food you put in your mouth to maintain your weight, that is not a healthy weight for you." Lauren's post really resonated with me because I was DEFINITELY an obsessive food tracker in my disordered days. It started innocently enough with Weight Watchers in my teenage years but exploded into weighing, measuring, and tracking the calories of every single thing I ate.  This led to my body being weight-suppressed, or at a lower weight than what was natural for my body shape and size.  Even though I still fit into the "correct" BMI and weight range on those awful height/weight charts, there were many signals from my body trying to tell me this weight wasn't right. I lost my period for one year on three separate occasions. I was irritable, depressed, and high-strung around food and exercise decisions. I spent WAY too much time planning and

September is just around the corner! September for me is a time for renewal. I usually spend the summer a bit less productive than usual because the weather is warm and the beach is calling. To say this summer has been highly unusual is an understatement.  I live in NY, which shut down in mid-March. My two young boys were home from school, no camp in the summer, and a lot of changes had to happen. As a mom and wife of a husband with a demanding job, I needed to put a lot of things that mattered most to me on pause:  My business, my podcast, my pilates teacher training ... everything took a back seat.  No wonder I started to feel antsy and unfulfilled.  All the things that make me feel energized and purposeful were not being tended to.  And so... out came this short podcast episode! It made me think about all the things we want in life that we push off, say we don't have time for, create excuses to "start later", so forth and so on.  We end up feeling unfulfilled, empty, and directionless. Many times this make