Aaron & I explore the “Beach Body” message and body image issues so many of us struggle with.  We share some of our own experiences with accepting our bodies and why we advocate for “body neutrality” rather than just “body positivity”.  Lastly, they issue very special challenge that involves embarrassing-yet-hilarious consequences for your hosts…will you be up for it? You […]

It would be just my luck that around the time that I finally gave up dieting and starting eating like a “normal” person (i.e., not feeling crazy around food, actually eating when I was hungry, not binge-eating), that the rest of the world would peak (let’s hope this is the peak) with disordered eating, including […]

Have you been struggling to get to the weight you think you should be?

I was at a party a long time ago when a nice woman asked me what I did. I said I was a dietitian. She beamed and clasped her hands together and said, “Oh, that’s wonderful. Food is such medicine, isn’t it?” I didn’t know how to respond at that moment. Food-as-medicine eating, for me, […]

Are you struggling with learning to eat normally after years of dieting? You’re not alone. And there is a way through this.

I was sick at home a few weeks ago and my appetite (along with my energy, my throat and my good humor) was shot. I didn’t feel like eating anything in particular, but I was still hungry and I knew I needed to put something on my stomach. I did what any sick person with […]