Speaking Of Hungry

This week I'm talking to Philly-area dietitian Heather Rudalavage. She takes a weight-neutral and health-at-every-size approach with her clients to help them achieve their health goals with compassion, empathy and a dash of humor! We are talking about how diets don't work, how to manage stress eating during COVID-19, and how our default reaction to health problems is going on a diet and trying to lose weight. Our conversation includes:  Heather's life growing up and not ever thinking about diets or weight loss.  She became a dietitian and felt like she was "doing something wrong" because she wasn’t fixated on weight loss and food rules like the rest of the world.  Her first moments questioning her body came around the time of her three pregnancies and becoming a mom.  Once she was a mom and questioning her body for the first time ever, her diet attempts never lasted longer than 24 hours.  She started a private practice called Intuitive Nutrition before she knew anything about intuitive eating and the Intuiti