Tag: Dietitian
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Why “Everything in moderation” is the worst nutrition advice you can give
It seems logical and sound, but telling clients to have everything in moderation may actually be the reason they are not making progress Most clients have heard it before and I’m betting you’ve said it (I’ve certainly said it in the past): “Everything in moderation.” It sounds so reasonable. It has this ring of wisdom…
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Being good all day then binge eating at night? Try this
This tried-and-tested binge eating hack will transform the way your clients (and yourself) perceive binge foods “I’m really good for most of the day. It’s the evenings where I lose it. I’ll open a packet and it’s like I can’t stop eating until it’s all gone. I try really hard not to keep those foods…
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Overcoming the fear of weight gain
Many clients struggle with the fear of weight gain if they are not restricting food. Here are some practical steps to overcome this. Many of my clients already know they’re stuck in a disordered eating pattern. Talking it through is helpful for them to pinpoint how the restrict-binge cycle is affecting them, but knowing it…
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3 questions that make your clients question their weight loss goals
Weight loss goals usually aren’t helpful at all. But how can you make your clients realize that? These 3 questions are your new best friend. It happens every day. Your client walks into their initial consultation with you and they say, “I just want to lose weight.” Often it’s a goal they’ve been taught to…
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BMI is broken – and it’s hurting people
BMI is a flawed proxy health measure, but its frequent use can feel out of your control. What can you do to mitigate the harms of BMI? Once upon a time, a woman in her 30s nervously shuffled into her doctor’s office. Her obsession with her weight was at an all-time high and she knew…
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The power of neutral food language
Health professionals have the power to either plant the seed of change, or to reinforce diet culture, with the language they use around food Have you ever caught yourself saying something about food and then low-key regretted it straight away? Maybe you said that chips were your “guilty pleasure”, or that you’d “earned” that slice…
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Screen-free eating, step by step
Screens have become a frequent meal-time companion. But how we break the habit of eating with our phones and move toward mindful eating? Meals as a family are a treasure-trove of health benefits and building connections – a ritual I adore. But there’s one thing that can ruin it for me, and that’s my phone.…
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“I’m not dieting anymore” … Or are you?
Clients may say they’ve given up dieting but they still have a dieting mindset. How do you recognize this and what do you do about it? One of the keys to healing your client’s relationship with food is for them to give up dieting. There’s really no two ways around it. To exit the restrict-binge…
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Why your clients keep ‘failing’ at intuitive eating
You give them all the intuitive eating info but they just eat junk food non-stop then give it all up… Dietitian Lucy Carey explains why So you had a jam-packed first session with a new client, where you downloaded the 10 principles of intuitive eating on to them and really pumped them up for this…
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3 hidden ways diet culture shows up in your practice (and what to do about it)
Diet culture is more weighing clients. Dietitian Lucy Carey reveals the subtle ways diet culture may be lurking in your practice. “Most of the people you’ll see in the clinic will be coming for weight loss,” the tutor told us. We swarmed around him, our new Student Dietitian badges shining with naivety. “We’ll go over…