Tag: weight loss
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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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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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You don’t need more willpower to lose weight
Dietitian Lucy Carey explains how healing your relationship with food may be the ultimate weight loss hack. Imagine a time when food was simply a part of life. What you ate said nothing about you as a person. It was not a moral choice. Eating was simply guided by hunger and availability. Guilt wasn’t an…
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Mind over meals
Did you know that how you feel about what you eat can change your body’s response to it? Dietitian Lucy Carey dives into this phenomenon with strategies to guide clients from yoyo dieting to intuitive eating. Join the free masterclass for more insights! “It’s just so frustrating because I feel like I’m doing everything right…
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The optimal diet for diabetes
Health professionals always want to know what the best diet is for type 2 diabetes, but dietitian Lucy Carey says they are asking the wrong question. No matter who I talk to — whether it’s a doctor, nurse or health coach — there seems to be one burning question they all ask… What’s the optimal…
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Ozempic: appetite suppressant or eating disorder accelerant?
Is Ozempic the wonder drug we’ve been waiting for? Or is it playing directly into the hands of disordered eating? I’m told the fashion at this year’s Oscars was thin, courtesy of the injectable prescription drug, Ozempic. Ozempic, Wegovy, Trulicity, Victoza… They are all the same class of drug: GLP-1 agonists. Aside from working to…
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Stop saying “listen to your body”
When we’ve spent years ignoring our bodies, intuitive eating doesn’t come quite so intuitively… But there’s a way to get past this. The mouse clicked in a steady rhythm as I flicked through a presentation I’d given to a group of nurses years earlier. It wasn’t very pretty and the images definitely needed updating, but…
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Body neutrality over body positivity
The body positivity movement encourages loving your body, but should you be aiming for body neutrality instead? “I thought doing this all body image work would help me to love my body.” She had been trying so hard, but she still looked in the mirror and saw all of her flaws. “I’m actually not so…
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Are we the biggest losers for watching The Biggest Loser?
Weight loss TV shows were common in the early 2000s. Did these shows plant the seed of diet culture in you when you were growing up? We called it “The Ad Game”. My younger brother and sister and I invented it while watching a weight loss show on TV. (There were quite a few of…
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What’s the difference between an eating disorder and disordered eating?
Disordered eating is not well defined. Dietitian Lucy Carey explains the difference between eating disorders and disordered eating. Eating disorders are basically a disturbance in eating that is so bad and so persistent that it affects physical and mental health. Each kind of eating disorder has a set criteria that need to be met for…