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Have you felt judged for your size? Do you alway wonder if that person you haven’t seen in a long time is looking at you now, thinking you “let yourself go” or you don’t care about your health, solely based on how you look? Are you worried that they think you binge or have some sort of emotional eating concern because of your size? Whether or not it's true, these thoughts can make you feel so vulnerable and exposed! It’s made you question your size AND your health - maybe even wondering if “Is obesity an eating disorder?” Is it? The fact that you’ve been taught to ask yourself that question is not only unfair, it’s wrong.  Health is not a size! Nor is disordered eating a size! Perhaps...

Your body has experienced some changes in the last couple of years. You’ve gained some weight, especially over the pandemic, and now you have serious body insecurities.  You’re struggling with trying to accept these changes BUT at the same time, you want to look and feel “put together.” My mother always told me that if I looked put together, society would assume good things about me and treat me with respect. This was especially important to her when I went after jobs, or, went with her to family parties. She wanted me to look the part! Did you hear that growing up, too? I heard this message from a very young age, and it impacted my own sense of body insecurities growing up. ...

When you go out to eat with friends, you are SUPER careful with what you order and you ALWAYS make note of the nearest bathroom. You don’t know which IBS symptom it’ll be today. It’s not just the symptoms you’re worrying about, you have this voice in your head - “Can IBS cause weight loss or will I gain weight?” You can’t help it - you’ve been brought up thinking you had to have a certain body size. At the same time, going on a diet right now feels impossible with all the restrictions you already have with your IBS. Ugh! Your gut’s a mess, you’re not happy with your body and you just want to be happy and healthy like everyone else!  Hi! I’m Melissa! As a registered dietitian and...

All you heard your doctor say was that you have PCOS and high cholesterol and your ears shut off. Your mind is going a mile a minute. Your period has been a little wonky, and you're worried what that would mean for your ability to conceive. You were dismissed at first by your doctors and told to lose weight. You’ve been trying so hard to watch what you're eating and “be better” with your nutrition. Every time you try to diet, it backfires (like it always does). This has left you guilt-ridden and deep into your binge-restrict cycle extremes.  At last, your doctor finally started investigating the causes. Since it’s one of the most common causes of female infertility, your doctors...

Did you go shopping with your mom as a kid and stroll the aisles with her? She picked up a snack and stared at the label, she hung her head, “too many calories”, “not low fat” and put the item back on the shelf. What if she had a nutrition label worksheet for Intuitive Eaters to help guide her choices at the grocery store…instead of the latest diet guide or restrictive app? I bet things would have been a lot less restrictive for your whole family! Instead of the guilt and shame for choosing certain foods, she could feel confident that she made an informed choice for herself, based on her own personal goals. Intuitive Eating is about listening to your body, but we can’t deny that nutrition...