Find Your Food Voice: Recent Episodes

Julie Duffy Dillon RDN

Clean eating. Low carb. Low fat. Do this not that. Now what? Eating is getting too stuffy and complicated. Throw open your windows to allow a new stream of health, wellness, and peace.

What if you could write a letter to food? Pen to paper, you hash out the love/hate relationship and food’s undeserving power. Details go back years, to your first childhood diet trying to fit in. How you relate to food chronicles many of your life’s ups and downs.

In this letter, you examine your dusty food beliefs and wonder which go in the trash, are for others, and which remain in your heart.

What if you wrote this all down and food wrote you back? This is Love, Food.

Food behavior expert and host, Julie Duffy Dillon is rolling up her sleeves to get to the bottom of what is really healthy. This award-winning dietitian seen on TLC’s My Big Fat Fabulous Life has a secret: food is not your enemy and your body is tired of the constant attacks.

Show topics include:

emotional eating weight concerns binge eating orthorexia body image eating disorders dieting parenting and food healthy eating stress eating food addiction mindful eating non diet approaches

Pull up a chair to your dusty kitchen table and set it for a meal. Ask food to sit alongside you and chat over coffee. Or a margarita. You have some reconnecting to do. In that connection is Love, Food. In that conversation is health and peace.

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Hi there I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian and I was the host of the Find Your Food Voice podcast–aka Love Food for 10 years. We wrapped production of the podcast in April 2026 yet we have left the library of over 400 hundred episodes available for anyone who wants to listen. So you won’t find any new episodes in this feed, I hope you enjoy the archive on topics like intuitive eating, non-diet ways to promote health, diet culture pitfalls and our ways to move through as well as hundreds of guest experts sharing their wisdom. Many episodes also include a letter to food and we know these letters will help you feel a little less alone and help you stop blaming yourself for your complicated relationship with food. Stay connected to my current work at JulieDuffyDillon.com and FindYourFoodVoice.Substack.com. Enjoy the show!

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In this final episode, Julie, Coleen, and Rachel share their reflections on the journey of the podcast, the power of letters to food, and their hopes for ongoing community and healing. They discuss the impact of the show on their lives, the importance of reconnecting with food beyond diet culture, and visions for what’s next.

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Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's Instagram and newsletter/ Coleen's Instagram / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, podcast, intuitive eating, body positivity, diet culture, last episode

Outline:

03:28 - My letter to Food

08:30 - How the podcast impacted the team and me

19:17 - Coleen’s letter to food, highlighting pregnancy, motherhood, and forgiveness

23:35 - Listener leaves us a voice note

25:23 - Rachel’s letter: a journey from hardship to healing through food

29:11 - A listener sent us an email to share

32:28 - Thoughts on what’s next and embracing the unknown

42:01 - One last letter back from Food

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In this episode, Julie Duffy Dillon, Rachel Popik, and Coleen Bremner reflect on the cultural and ethical implications of the long-standing reality TV show America's Next Top Model. They explore how media representations have shaped perceptions of beauty, diversity, and exploitation from the early 2000s to today, emphasizing lessons for viewers and contestants alike.

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, podcast, intuitive eating, body positivity, diet culture, America's next top model, modeling, documentary, 2000s culture

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01:12 - Personal reflections on watching the show then and now

03:00 - Reactions to the Netflix documentary and the show's origins in 2003

04:15 - Memories of aspiring to join the show and perceptions of beauty then

05:40 - The problematic content and how it was received at the time

06:16 - Rachel and Coleen share their experiences as viewers from middle school onwards

08:32 - The shift in awareness around diet culture and diversity in the early 2000s

09:44 - Recognizing the show's role in promoting disordered eating and harmful stereotypes

11:54 - Comments from viewers about casual comments and social influences

13:00 - The exploitative nature of the show and lack of accountability from Tyra Banks

14:50 - Personal stories of contestants like Shandi facing assault and trauma

16:24 - The impact of harmful photo shoots and manipulated narratives

17:11 - The culture of exploitation and the effect on contestants’ careers

19:00 - Reflections on the lack of accountability and the importance of ethical media

21:08 - The breakdown of friendships and personal relationships behind the scenes

23:20 - How beauty standards have been shaped and challenged through the show’s history

25:34 - The evolution of reality TV storytelling and participant protection

27:33 - The loneliness and vulnerability contestants faced during filming

30:00 - Advice to young listeners about media literacy and body positivity

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Julie Duffy Dillon chats with GI dietitian Beth Rosen to explore the complex relationship between food, GI disorders like IBS, and disordered eating patterns. If you've ever felt overwhelmed by conflicting dietary advice or trapped in a cycle of restriction and bingeing, this conversation offers clarity, compassion, and practical strategies for recovery and management.

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Mentioned in this episode: Beth’s Book Gut Goals / Share your FYFV and Love Food experiences for our series ending episode at Info@JulieDillonRD.com / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, podcast, intuitive eating, community, GI, food restriction, emotional cycles, IBS, GI triggers, anti-diet culture, mental health,

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03:14 - Listener letter about GI struggles, food restrictions, and emotional cycles

08:09 - Beth Rosen’s professional background and expertise in GI and disordered eating

08:28 - Connecting with Beth Rosen and her work with GI disorders

09:01 - Exploring conflicting advice and restriction cycles in GI management

09:44 - The frustration of misdiagnosis and the importance of proper testing

12:46 - Understanding IBS diagnosis per Rome criteria

13:04 - Differentiating structural issues and functional disorders

14:24 - Explaining the process of medical testing and results interpretation

14:42 - Approaches after ruling out structural issues

14:45 - The role of diet, stress, sleep in managing IBS

15:12 - Flexibility in food tracking and alternatives

16:12 - Next steps for complex cases and starting over with food reintroduction

17:26 - Recognizing that GI triggers are often non-food factors

17:54 - The impact of stress, sleep, and lifestyle on symptoms

20:38 - The strong link between eating disorders and GI disorders

21:06 - How restriction impacts microbiome and gut-brain connection

22:33 - Support strategies for those with active eating disorders and GI symptoms

22:59 - Prioritizing nourishment before addressing GI triggers

25:46 - Beth Rosen’s upcoming book Gut Goals release details

26:12 - How to connect with Beth Rosen and her professional offerings

27:38 - Reflection on the podcast’s legacy and next steps

28:09 - Listener call for final feedback and stories

28:36 - Food’s letter back to Sick of being Sick

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In this episode, Julie Duffy Dillon, Rachel Popik, and Coleen Bremner unpack the profound influence of the recent Super Bowl ad featuring Mike Tyson, dissecting how it reflects and impacts societal views on weight, health, and shame. They explore the shifting landscape of body positivity, the role of marketing in perpetuating stigma, and ways to find body neutrality and joy amidst cultural backsliding.

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Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's Instagram and newsletter/ Coleen's Instagram / Share your FYFV and Love Food experiences for our series ending episode at Info@JulieDillonRD.com / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack! / If you dare–The Mike Tyson Superbowl Ad / The Social Determinants of Health / Real Women Have Curves / Body Positivity Movement History / Atlanta Child O*esity Campaign

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, podcast, intuitive eating, body positivity, diet culture, GLP-1s, societal trends,

Outline:

00:35 - Reactions to the commercial: outrage, frustration, and body stigma

01:16 - The commercial's focus on ob*sity, inflammatory language, and societal triggers

02:10 - The dangers of fear, shame, and weight stigma on health and mental well-being 03:09 - The commercial's impact: reinforcing dieting culture and social injustice

04:10 - Personal reactions and symbolic interpretations of art and media moments 05:46 - Reflection on historical campaigns and shifts in body positivity movements

06:51 - The pendulum of societal attitudes: from acceptance to regression

07:48 - The marketing strategies behind targeting specific audiences with influential figures

08:45 - The role of harmful stereotypes and celebrity endorsements in perpetuating shame

09:44 - Personal stories of community, representation, and body diversity in art and culture

11:16 - Recognizing the weight of societal shame, aging, and ability themes

12:28 - The significance of community and shared experiences in healing perceptions 13:44 - Critical analysis of Mike Tyson’s role and complicated history in body and violence narratives

15:26 - The intersection of popular culture, politics, and societal trends

16:38 - Historical examples and cyclical patterns in body image ideals

17:37 - The importance of art and media in fostering body acceptance and resistance

19:39 - Personal stories of nourishment, aging, and ability across environments

21:17 - Lessons from history: understanding societal shifts and the hope for change

23:45 - Cultural stigmas around aging and the power of authentic community

26:23 - The collective fatigue and resilience in pushing for body acceptance

28:11 - Technical challenges, reflections, and final thoughts on the cultural landscape

44:46 - The positive moments of body neutrality and fat acceptance in everyday life

45:25 - Insights from Rachel’s experience at a Korean spa and the normalization of nudity

47:44 - Breaking cultural taboos: nudity as a neutral, healing experience

49:43 - Memories of travel, aging bodies, and bodies in community settings

52:36 - The power of strength, ability, and community in redefining what bodies can do

54:34 - The societal obsession with ability, disability, and aging

55:42 - Embracing joy and acceptance in our bodies to counter societal shame

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Julie Duffy Dillon hosts a letter from a listener grappling with body changes, diet struggles, and the grief of aging. Joined by somatic life coach Shanetta McDonald, they explore themes of grief, societal pressures, self-acceptance, and practical tools for embracing body shifts with compassion.

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Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

Mentioned in this episode: Shanetta McDonald website and Instagram / Share your FYFV and Love Food experiences for our series ending episode at Info@JulieDillonRD.com / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, podcast, intuitive eating, community, personal growth, vulnerability, anti-diet culture, mental health, connection, farewell

Outline:

00:00 - Introduction to episode 430 and the letter-sharing format

00:40 - Julie discusses concluding her podcast and the power of shared stories

05:24 - Reading of the listener’s letter about body image, dieting, and aging concerns

09:52 - Introducing guest Shanetta McDonald and her background

10:00 - Shanetta analyzes grief and identity shifts related to body changes

11:53 - The role of societal conditioning and the longing to be seen

13:08 - Personal experiences of aging and body invisibility

15:02 - Somatic approaches: acceptance, storytelling, and grounding

16:18 - Tools for working through feelings: breath, meditation, and patience

18:52 - Challenges of motherhood and societal pressures around dieting

20:16 - The importance of progress, slips, and self-kindness in recovery

21:07 - The significance of community support, accountability, and honesty

22:37 - Practical advice on storytelling, sharing struggles, and support networks

23:42 - Embracing patience, gentleness, and relationship with our bodies

24:52 - Recognizing our ongoing relationship with our bodies as evolving

25:22 - Connecting with Shanetta: website and social links

26:22 - A call for listener stories and reflections on the podcast’s impact

27:25 - Final letter from food

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In this heartfelt episode of Find Your Food Voice, Julie Duffy Dillon, Rachel Popik, and Coleen Bremner share the bittersweet news of the podcast's conclusion after a decade of impactful conversations. They reflect on their personal journeys, the evolution of the podcast, and the importance of community and vulnerability in fostering connection. As they prepare for their final episodes, they invite listeners to participate by sharing their experiences and insights, emphasizing the collective journey of growth and healing.

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Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's Instagram and newsletter/ Coleen's Instagram / Share your FYFV and Love Food experiences for our series ending episode at Info@JulieDillonRD.com / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, podcast, intuitive eating, community, personal growth, vulnerability, anti-diet culture, mental health, connection, farewell

Outline:

00:00 Introduction and Emotional Reflections

01:48 Celebrating 10 Years and Transitioning

06:25 Challenges and Changes in the Podcasting Landscape

07:23 Personal Journeys and Team Dynamics

11:41 Impact of the Podcast on Personal Growth

13:30 The Power of Shared Stories

16:53 Building Community and Connection

21:55 Grounding Practices and Personal Growth

27:26 Embracing Change and Future Directions

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon and guest Erin Phillips discuss the challenges of enjoying food while managing diabetes and PCOS. They explore the emotional impact of these diagnoses, the influence of diet culture, and the importance of building a supportive network. Erin shares valuable resources and insights for navigating these health conditions without succumbing to restrictive diets, emphasizing the need for radical acceptance and self-compassion.

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Mentioned in this episode: Diabetes, Liberated Digital Workbook /Free Resources / Glucose Riot Podcast / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: diabetes, PCOS, eating disorders, diet culture, mental health, nutrition, support system, intuitive eating, healthcare access, food relationships

Outline:

00:00 Introduction

03:59 Dear Food Letter

05:00 Who is Erin?

05:44 The Importance of Healthcare Access

08:36 Navigating a Diabetes Diagnosis

11:47 Resources and Support for Diabetes Management

23:46 Introduction and Invitation to Engage

25:09 Food's Response to the Letter Writer

25:59 Acknowledgments and Closing Remarks

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In this episode, Julie, Rachel Popik and Coleen Bremner explore the concept of utopian thinking in relation to diet culture and community health. They discuss the importance of envisioning a world free from diet culture, emphasizing accessibility, shared humanity, and the need for collective action. The conversation highlights the interconnectedness of various social issues and the role of individual actions in creating a better future. The hosts encourage listeners to think about their own visions for a post-diet culture world and the steps needed to achieve it.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's Instagram and newsletter/ Coleen's Instagram / Love Chub episode / One Million Experiments / GLP-1 and PCOS / Yearly PCOS Lab List / Does PCOS get better after menopause? / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: diet culture, utopian thinking, community, accessibility, body positivity, health, social justice, food equity, individual actions, collective vision

Outline:

00:00 Introduction and Context Setting

06:26 Utopian Thinking and Its Importance

09:13 The Current State of Diet Culture

14:07 Imagining a Post-Diet Culture World

15:16 Accessibility and Power Dynamics

16:52 Community and Shared Humanity

20:19 The Role of Individual Actions

24:08 Collective Vision for Change

27:33 Practical Steps Towards Utopia

33:29 Closing Thoughts and Reflections

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, Julie Duffy Dillon and Deb Benfield explore the complexities of aging, body image, and societal narratives surrounding these themes. They discuss the fear of aging, the impact of ageism, and the importance of body liberation. The conversation also touches on navigating healthcare biases, the significance of community and interdependence in aging, and the privileges that affect how individuals experience aging. Deb shares insights from her upcoming book, 'Unapologetic Aging,' emphasizing the need for a more inclusive conversation about aging that encompasses all bodies and experiences.

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Mentioned in this episode: Unapologetic Aging book /Deb's Substack, Instagram, and Website /Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: aging, body image, ageism, body liberation, healthcare bias, interdependence, community, privilege, self-advocacy, nutrition

Outline:

05:17 Dear Food Letter

06:01 Fear of Aging and Body Image

08:53 Cultural Narratives Around Aging

11:53 The Intersection of Aging and Body Liberation

14:44 Navigating Healthcare and Aging

17:44 Community and Interdependence in Aging

20:50 The Role of Privilege in Aging

23:47 The Importance of Conversations About Aging

26:49 Deb Benfield's Book and Its Impact

41:16 Letter Back From Food

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In this conversation, Julie Duffy Dillon and Heidi Schauster explore the complexities of food relationships, particularly in the context of caregiving and parenting. They discuss the challenges caregivers face in meal preparation, the importance of understanding one's own food voice, and the impact of family dynamics on food choices. The dialogue emphasizes the need for compassion and transparency in parenting, especially regarding food and body image. They also touch on the significance of somatic practices in reconnecting with one's body and needs, and the value of community support in navigating these challenges.

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Mentioned in this episode: Heidi’s website, books, Substack, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok /Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: food, caregiving, nutrition, eating disorders, family dynamics, somatic practices, parenting, food relationships, self-care, community support

Outline:

00:00 Introduction and Context of Caretaking

4:01 This Episode’s Letter

05:20 The Pendulum of Eating Behaviors

08:04 Navigating Food and Family Dynamics

11:13 Understanding Needs and Self-Connection

13:58 Somatic Practices and Body Awareness

17:05 The Journey of Imperfection in Parenting

20:08 The Evolving Nature of Family Meals

33:11 Food’s Letter Back

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In this episode, Julie Duffy Dillon and Bonnie Roney discuss the transition from traditional dieting methods to intuitive eating, emphasizing the importance of self-compassion and community support. They explore the challenges faced by health professionals in balancing client expectations with a weight-inclusive approach, and the emotional journey of embracing change. The conversation highlights the significance of focusing on what is within our control and the necessity of building a supportive community for both clients and practitioners.

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Mentioned in this episode: Bonnie Roney website and instagram and tiktok / Julie on the Diet Culture Rebel podcast / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: intuitive eating, diet culture, health, weight loss, personal trainers, community support, emotional healing, compassion, food relationships, body positivity

Outline:

04:28 This episode’s letter

06:53 About Bonnie Roney

07:46 Answering this Dear Food Letter

09:44 Embracing Change and Finding Support

12:51 Understanding Control in Client Relationships

15:51 Building Community and Emotional Resilience

18:44 Resources for Growth and Healing

21:50 Final Thoughts and Moving Forward

30:44 Food’s Letter Back

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon and guest Jenn Salib Huber discuss the complexities of midlife body changes, the impact of diet culture, and the importance of self-compassion and community support during the transition of menopause and midlife. They explore the emotional aspects of aging, including grief and acceptance, and emphasize the need for a positive relationship with food and body image. Jenn shares insights from her upcoming book, 'Eat to Thrive During Menopause,' which combines intuitive eating principles with practical nutrition advice for women navigating menopause.

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Mentioned in this episode: Eat to Thrive During Menopause book / Jenn Huber website and instagram / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: midlife, body changes, diet culture, grief, acceptance, self-compassion, menopause, nutrition, community, intuitive eating

Outline:

00:00 Introduction and Context of the Letter

04:12 Generational Perspectives on Diet Culture

06:32 The Impact of Diet Culture on Family Dynamics

09:42 Navigating Body Changes in Midlife

12:28 Grief and Acceptance in Aging

15:37 Self-Compassion and Body Appreciation

18:39 Finding Community and Mentorship

21:30 Celebrating Life After Menopause

24:33 Conclusion and Resources

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Julie Duffy Dillon and Vinny Welsby discuss the challenges of breaking free from diet culture and the journey towards body acceptance. They explore the emotional struggles faced by individuals trying to heal their relationship with food, emphasizing the importance of community support, self-compassion, and realistic goal-setting. The conversation highlights the process of unlearning harmful beliefs about dieting and body image, and the significance of acknowledging progress in recovery.

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Mentioned in this episode: Vinny Welsby website / Weight Inclusive Counseling / No Bad Parts book /Protect Yourself fromAnti Fat Bias Instagram post/ Unlearning Anti Fat Biasinstagram post/ Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: anti-diet, diet culture, body acceptance, self-compassion, recovery, community support, unlearning, intuitive eating, weight inclusive care, mental health

Outline:

00:00 Navigating the Anti-Diet Journey

07:20 Embracing Body Acceptance and Family Dynamics

07:42 Reconnecting After Time Apart

09:08 Understanding the Struggles of Change

10:32 The Weight of Societal Expectations

10:34 Escaping the Diet Culture Cult

13:37 The Unlearning Journey

16:34 Compassion and Internal Family Systems

19:36 Fear of Losing Progress

22:15 Community and Support in Recovery

25:24 Unpacking Beliefs and Evidence

28:29 Setting Realistic Goals for Change

30:26 Current Projects and Future Directions

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon and guest Meg Bowman discuss the complex relationship between trauma, dieting, and intuitive eating. They explore how trauma impacts food choices and the importance of understanding the nervous system in the context of eating disorders. The conversation emphasizes the need for safety and connection in food relationships, the significance of finding 'glimmers' of safety in daily life, and the release of Meg's upcoming book, which addresses these themes. The episode provides valuable insights for those struggling with their relationship with food and offers practical steps for navigating the challenges of intuitive eating amidst trauma.

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Mentioned in this episode: Learn more about Meg's book, download companion worksheets, and explore resources / Order This Is Your Body on Trauma / Buy the FYFV Book! / Keep Learning on Substack!

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Keywords: trauma, dieting, intuitive eating, nervous system, nutrition, mental health, food relationships, polyvagal theory, resilience, safety

Outline:

00:00 Introduction

03:54 Listener letter

09:11 Conversation with Meg

10:55 Polyvagal theory and diet culture

16:04 Connecting to your hunger cues

24:40 Adding glimmers to your day

26:28 Meg’s new book

36:51 Goodbye!

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In this episode, Julie, Rachel Popik and Coleen Bremner discuss the Fit for TV documentary based on The Biggest Loser, reflecting on their personal experiences with the show and the impact it had on their views of diet culture. They express disappointment in the documentary's failure to address the deeper issues surrounding weight loss and the harm caused by the show. The conversation emphasizes the need for accountability, kindness, and critical thinking in discussions about body image and health.

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Keywords: Fit for TV, The Biggest Loser, diet culture, body image, weight loss, documentary review, health, mental health, accountability, fat activism

Outline:

00:00 Chips + Dip

05:20 Navigating Personal Challenges and Seeking Support

08:25 The Impact of Diet Culture and Therapy

11:18 Discussion on the Fit for TV Documentary

14:15 Expectations from the Documentary

17:16 Reflections on The Biggest Loser and Its Legacy

22:18 Reflections on Body Image and Cultural Influence

26:18 The Impact of Reality TV on Self-Perception

32:17 Critique of 'The Biggest Loser' Documentary

42:23 Flip the Script

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon and guest Abbie Attwood delve into the complexities of food relationships, particularly in the context of OCD and PCOS. They discuss the impact of diet culture, the trauma associated with restrictive eating, and the importance of self-compassion in the healing process. The conversation emphasizes the need for balance in eating habits and offers practical steps for recovery, highlighting that healing is a journey that takes time and patience.

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Keywords: OCD, PCOS, intuitive eating, diet culture, food relationships, self-compassion, eating disorders, recovery, body image, nutrition

Outline:

0:00 Welcome and Show Summary

Intro

Letter

Start of Interview

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03:49 Understanding the Complexity of Food Relationships

06:12 The Impact of Diet Culture and Trauma

08:12 Navigating OCD and Eating Disorders

09:10 Self-Compassion and Healing Steps

12:03 The Journey Towards Balance and Recovery

15:05 Final Thoughts and Resources

Letter back from food

30:05 Bye!

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Julie, Coleen Bremner, and Rachel Popik explore the concept of 'Love Chub,' a term referring to weight gain in relationships, and challenge the societal norms surrounding body image and self-worth. They discuss personal experiences with body image, the importance of therapy, and the need to embrace change and self-love. The conversation emphasizes the significance of healthy relationships and the impact of societal expectations on personal well-being.

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Keywords: Love Chub, body image, relationships, self-love, societal norms, mental health, therapy, intuitive eating, weight gain, personal growth

Outline:

0:00 Welcome and Show Summary

03:00 Grounding Techniques and Personal Check-ins

07:20 Exploring the Concept of Love Chub

11:54 The Impact of Relationships on Body Image

16:08 Challenging Societal Norms and Expectations

20:22 Flipping the Script on Love Chub

24:07 Embracing Change and Self-Love

28:49 Keep Up With FYFV, PCOS By Subscribig

30:05 Bye!!

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In this episode of Find Your Food Voice, Julie Duffy Dillon and guest Katy Harvey discuss the complexities of binge eating, particularly in the context of betrayal, heartbreak, and significant life transitions. They explore the common feelings of isolation and shame that accompany these struggles, emphasizing the importance of understanding the biological and emotional factors at play. The conversation highlights the impact of diet trauma, the cycle of restriction and bingeing, and the necessity of creating a supportive environment for healing. Listeners are encouraged to recognize their experiences, name their diet trauma, and take actionable steps towards recovery, including establishing regular eating patterns and fostering self-care practices.

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Keywords: binge eating, diet trauma, food relationships, healing, self-care, emotional eating, body image, recovery, nutrition, intuitive eating

Outline:

00:14 Understanding Common Struggles with Bingeing

03:38 The Impact of Life Transitions on Eating Habits

06:12 The Cycle of Restriction and Bingeing

10:58 Healing from Diet Trauma

14:43 The Importance of Regular Eating Patterns

19:52 Navigating Health Conversations Around Bingeing

24:48 Creating a Supportive Nest Time

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Julie Duffy Dillon interviews Becca King, the ADHD nutritionist, discussing the intersection of ADHD, PCOS, and nutrition. They explore various eating styles, the challenges of intuitive eating for those with ADHD, and the importance of understanding practical hunger. The conversation emphasizes the need for personalized approaches to nutrition, acknowledging that what works for one person may not work for another. Becca shares insights from her book, 'How to Eat Well for Adults with ADHD', and offers practical tips for listeners.

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Keywords: ADHD, nutrition, intuitive eating, PCOS, eating disorders, non-diet approach, food relationships, selective eating, binge eating, health

Outline:

00:00 Introduction and Background

00:55 Writing the Book: Personal Insights

02:27 Understanding ADHD and Eating Styles

04:43 The Grazer: Eating for Stimulation

07:30 The Binge-Restrict Cycle

09:44 The Takeout King/Queen: Convenience vs. Health

12:59 Overcoming Takeout Reliance

16:54 Selective Eating: Sensory Sensitivities and Shame

20:42 Understanding Eating Disorders Beyond Childhood

24:44 The Role of Intuitive Eating in ADHD

29:46 Dopamine and Stimulation: Eating for More Than Hunger

34:34 Practical Hunger: Eating for Self-Care

38:51 Embracing Individuality in Eating Habits

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In this episode, Julie, Coleen Bremner, and Rachel Popik delve into Mel Robbins' Let Them Theory, discussing its implications, controversies, and the societal pressures surrounding self-help and fitness. They explore the seductive nature of marketing in the self-help industry, particularly how it mirrors diet culture. The conversation also touches on the importance of personal boundaries, the impact of societal expectations on aging and strength, and the need for a more compassionate approach to movement and self-care. Ultimately, they emphasize the importance of questioning the narratives we encounter and finding ways to protect our emotional well-being.

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Keywords: Mel Robbins, Let Them Theory, self-help, diet culture, emotional freedom, boundaries, movement, aging, self-care, marketing

Outline:

00:00 Introduction to Mel Robbins and the Let Them Theory

06:25 Controversies Surrounding Mel Robbins

09:32 The Impact of Self-Help Culture

12:19 The Hustle Culture and Its Implications

15:21 Physical Fitness and Societal Expectations

18:16 Aging, Ableism, and the Pressure to Perform

21:17 Conclusion: The Duality of Self-Help Theories

24:55 The Importance of Short and Pithy Content

25:25 Understanding the 'Why' Behind Fitness Movements

27:14 Questioning Diet Culture and Its Assumptions

28:28 Recycling Diet Trends and Their Impact

30:30 Flipping the Script on Diet Culture

32:37 Creating a New Narrative Around Food and Movement

34:59 Finding Personal Meaning in Movement

38:23 Protecting Ourselves from Diet Culture

40:59 Practicing Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

43:04 Introducing 'Chips and Dip' for Grounding Practices

48:51 Introduction to the Conversation

49:20 Exploring Non-Diet Approaches to Nutrition

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Julie answers a listener letter and addresses the challenges faced by individuals coming off GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the impact of these medications on health, particularly for those with PCOS and insulin resistance. Julie provides practical advice on preparing for life after GLP-1s, including the implementation of CHIPs (check-in props) to foster a healthier relationship with food. Throughout the conversation, she highlights the significance of compassion and support in the recovery process, while also addressing the long-term effects of GLP-1s on metabolism and body image.

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Keywords: GLP-1, Ozempic, Wegovy, PCOS, insulin resistance, food relationship, recovery, diet culture, health, nutrition

Outline:

00:00 Introduction to GLP-1 and Food Relationships

02:22 Understanding the Letter: A Personal Struggle with Food

05:03 Navigating Life After GLP-1: Strategies and Insights

05:10 Understanding GLP-1 Medications and Their Impact

11:01 Navigating the Transition Off GLP-1s

17:36 The Role of Inositol and Other Supplements

24:10 Managing Changes in Appetite and Food Relationship

30:22 Navigating Dietary Challenges and Embracing Recovery

31:34 Closing Thoughts and Community Support

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Julie and guest Jamie discuss the complexities of food relationships, particularly focusing on the concept of pseudo recovery from eating disorders. They explore how individuals can feel stuck in a state of recovery that doesn't fully address their underlying issues, emphasizing the importance of understanding body image, internal motivations, and the role of dietitians in the recovery process. The conversation highlights the need for awareness, experimentation, and gradual steps towards full recovery, encouraging listeners to embrace their journey and seek support.

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Keywords: food relationships, pseudo recovery, body image, eating disorders, recovery journey, dietitian support, intuitive eating, mental health, self-acceptance, healing

Outline:

00:00 Introduction to Pseudo Recovery

02:47 Understanding Pseudo Recovery

05:23 The Emotional Burden of Pseudo Recovery

06:23 Breaking Free from Pseudo Recovery

07:08 The Role of Dietitians in Recovery

10:16 Steps Towards Full Recovery

13:20 Practical First Steps for Recovery

16:15 The Journey Beyond Pseudo Recovery

19:12 Conclusion and Resources

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Julie Duffy Dillon talks with Wendy Lopez about the intricate relationship between PCOS and diabetes. They explore the implications of insulin resistance, the role of nutrition, and the impact of GLP-1 medications on managing these conditions. The conversation emphasizes the importance of understanding personal health without the stigma of blame, advocating for a balanced approach to diet and lifestyle changes. Wendy shares insights on continuous glucose monitoring and the necessity of supportive healthcare conversations, ultimately encouraging listeners to focus on manageable steps towards better health.

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Keywords: PCOS, diabetes, insulin resistance, nutrition, GLP-1, continuous glucose monitoring, weight management, health care, dietitian, health at every size

Outline:

00:00 Introduction and Connection Between PCOS and Diabetes

00:48 Understanding Insulin Resistance in PCOS

02:15 Navigating Healthcare and Testing for PCOS

04:48 The Impact of Fear on Health Choices

06:50 The Role of Carbohydrates in Managing PCOS

09:41 Exploring GLP-1 Medications and Their Effects

12:45 Navigating the Complexities of PCOS Management

19:00 Conclusion

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Julie, Coleen Bremner, and Rachel Popik celebrate the launch of Julie's book, 'Find Your Food Voice.' They discuss various topics including gentle nutrition, the impact of GLP-1 medications on diet culture, and share insights from the book. The conversation emphasizes the importance of finding one's food voice and navigating away from diet culture, while also addressing the complexities of nutrition and health.

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Keywords: GLP-1, gentle nutrition, diet culture, Find Your Food Voice, intuitive eating, PCOS, insulin resistance, food voice, nutrition therapy, eating disorders

Outline:

00:00 Closing Thoughts on Diet Culture and Representation

03:17 The Rise of GLP-1 Medications and Diet Culture

08:48 Exploring the Highlights of 'Find Your Food Voice'

14:23 Behind the Scenes of Writing the Book

18:40 Challenges and Triumphs in Writing

24:52 Gentle Nutrition and Finding Your Food Voice

31:12 Final Thoughts and Community Engagement

36:19 Introduction to the Podcast and Upcoming Topics

36:50 Acknowledgments and Team Contributions

37:39 Closing Remarks and Future Engagements

37:50 outro

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Julie Duffy Dillon celebrates the launch of her book, 'Find Your Food Voice,' with Rachel Popik and Coleen Bremner, while discussing the intersection of diet culture and representation in musical theater. They delve into the recent controversy surrounding Gigi Hadid's casting in a Hairspray project, exploring the implications of body diversity and the responsibility of media representation.

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, diet culture, Gigi Hadid, musical theater, representation, body diversity, GLP-1s, gentle nutrition

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Julie Duffy Dillon discusses the concept of 'food noise'—the incessant thoughts about food and the compulsion to eat. She explores the roots of food noise, including diet trauma, and offers strategies to manage it effectively. The conversation emphasizes the importance of understanding the psychological aspects of food noise and how to cultivate a healthier relationship with food.

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Keywords: food voice, food noise, emotional eating, food insecurity, cultural foods, nutrition, anti-diet, diversity, health, community, diet trauma

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00:00 Introduction to Food Noise

03:04 Understanding Food Noise

11:18 The Impact of Diet Trauma

19:51 Strategies to Manage Food Noise

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Julie Duffy Dillon, along with guests Coleen Bremner and Rachel Popik, discuss the importance of rejecting diets, the emotional connections we have with food, and the political implications of diet culture in today's society. They celebrate the launch of Julie's new book, which aims to empower individuals to find their food voice and navigate their relationship with food amidst societal pressures. The conversation also touches on food insecurity, the significance of cultural foods, and practical steps listeners can take to develop their food voice.

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Keywords: food voice, diet rejection, emotional eating, food insecurity, cultural foods, nutrition, anti-diet, diversity, health, community

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00:00 Celebrating the Book Launch

05:21 Personal Reflections on Vulnerability

08:18 Key Themes and Insights from the Book

11:11 The Importance of Community and Connection

14:04 Navigating Political and Social Contexts

17:01 Food Security and Access Issues

19:44 Challenging Diet Culture

22:58 Cultural Relevance in Food Choices

25:49 Practical Steps for Finding Your Food Voice

28:33 Encouragement and Support for Listeners

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Julie Duffy Dillon discusses her new book, 'Find Your Food Voice,' and explores the complex relationship individuals have with food, particularly in the context of diet culture. She addresses the cycle of dieting, the emotional and psychological impacts of restrictive eating, and offers insights on how to break free from the diet trap. Through listener letters, she emphasizes the importance of self-acceptance and the journey towards a healthier relationship with food.

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Keywords: Find Your Food Voice, diet culture, intuitive eating, diet trap, food relationship, body image, healing, self-acceptance, food freedom, emotional eating

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00:00 The Struggle with Food and Dieting

07:46 Understanding the Diet Trap

10:15 The Cycle of Dieting and Its Consequences

13:41 Breaking Free from the Diet Trap

16:35 Reflecting on Dieting Experiences

19:23 Finding Peace with Food

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Julie Duffy Dillon and Leah Kern explore the intersection of intuitive eating and cannabis use. They discuss the challenges of binge eating while high, the importance of understanding one's motivations for using cannabis, and practical tips for managing food relationships in altered states. The conversation emphasizes the need for self-compassion and the exploration of new neural pathways in the journey towards a healthier relationship with food.

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Keywords: intuitive eating, cannabis, binge eating, diet culture, food relationship, mindfulness, eating disorders, self-care, nutrition, wellness

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00:00 Introduction to Cannabis and Intuitive Eating

07:27 Personal Journey with Food and Cannabis

10:24 Cultural Perceptions and Food Relationships

13:26 Navigating Eating While High

16:23 Understanding Motivation Behind Cannabis Use

18:55 Insights Gained from Altered States

21:52 Practical Tips for Managing Eating Habits

24:53 Creative Blocks and Finding Flow

27:55 Conclusion and Resources

31:08 Introduction to the Podcast and Upcoming Content

32:25 outro

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Julie Duffy Dillon and Janice Dada discuss the intersection of intuitive eating and diabetes. They explore the misconceptions surrounding diabetes management, the importance of a non-diet approach, and the role of self-care in managing blood sugar levels. Janice shares insights from her book, 'Intuitive Eating for Diabetes,' highlighting the four pillars of intuitive eating and the significance of understanding the root causes of diabetes. The conversation emphasizes the need for a compassionate approach to body image and the importance of recognizing that weight is not the sole factor in diabetes management.

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Keywords: intuitive eating, diabetes, blood sugar, non-diet approach, pre-diabetes, weight cycling, self-care, nutrition, body image, GLP-1

Chapters

00:00 Understanding Diabetes and Intuitive Eating

17:51 Root Causes of Diabetes

24:37 The Four Pillars of Diabetes Management

29:18 The Importance of Rest and Boundaries

30:16 Individualized Treatment Plans

33:01 Understanding GLP-1 Medications

36:46 Body Image and Self-Compassion

41:41 Navigating Carbohydrate Intake in Intuitive Eating

46:15 Navigating Diabetes and Intuitive Eating

46:22 Exploring Cannabis and Intuitive Eating

46:51 Outrohttps://www.instagram.com/socalRD

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In this episode, Julie Duffy Dillon and Lisa Ellis discuss the detrimental effects of labeling foods as 'good' or 'bad'. They explore how these labels contribute to emotional eating, anxiety, and a negative relationship with food. The conversation emphasizes the importance of self-compassion, mindful eating, and practical steps to mend one's relationship with food. Listeners are encouraged to embrace intuitive eating principles and to recognize that all foods can fit into a healthy diet without shame or guilt.

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Mentioned in this episode: Why Did I Just Eat That? By Lisa Ellis / Lisa Ellis' website and Instagram / FYFV Book Preorder / FYFV Survey / FYFV Podcast Tip Jar

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Keywords: food labels, good vs bad food, emotional eating, intuitive eating, self-compassion, food anxiety, diet culture, mindful eating, food relationships, coping mechanisms

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Food Conversations

08:24 The Impact of Food Labels

11:26 Understanding Shame and Food Choices

14:29 Practical Steps for Change

17:24 Resources and Tools for Support

20:11 Conclusion and Key Takeaways

21:20 Understanding Good vs. Bad Foods

21:52 The Importance of Food Relationships

22:14 Upcoming Resources and Future Conversations

22:42 Outro

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, Julie Duffy Dillon, along with Coleen Bremner and Rachel Popik, discuss the concept of anti-diet meal planning. They explore how traditional meal prep often aligns with diet culture and how to reframe it as a form of self-care. The conversation covers practical strategies for grocery shopping, essential pantry staples, and tips for making meal planning easier and more enjoyable. The episode also highlights the upcoming launch of Julie's book, 'Find Your Food Voice', which aims to help listeners reconnect with their innate eating instincts and break free from diet culture.

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Mentioned in this episode: Anti-Diet Meal Prep episode / Can I Enjoy Cooking again episode / Girl Dinner episode / Rachel's Instagram and TikTok / Coleen's Instagram / FYFV Book Preorder / FYFV Survey / FYFV Podcast Tip Jar

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Keywords: meal prep, anti-diet, self-care, grocery shopping, pantry staples, meal planning, diet culture, food voice, nutrition, healthy eating

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Meal Prep and Its Challenges

07:36 Reclaiming Meal Prep: From Diet Culture to Self-Care

10:26 Grocery Shopping Strategies and Routines

12:51 Essential Pantry Staples for Meal Prep

15:40 Practical Tips for Effective Meal Planning

23:24 Exciting News and Conclusion

24:40 Navigating Meal Planning and Self-Care

25:09 Challenging Food Mentalities

25:22 Introducing the Find Your Food Voicebook

25:46 Outro

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Julie Duffy Dillon speaks with dietitian Lauren Anton about the profound body changes and emotional challenges associated with breast cancer treatment and menopause. They discuss the importance of self-compassion, the impact of weight changes, and the mental health struggles that can arise during treatment. Lauren shares her personal journey, including her diagnosis, treatment, and the ways she has navigated body image issues and cravings. The conversation emphasizes the need for support, community, and mindfulness practices to cope with these challenges.

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Keywords: breast cancer, body image, menopause, emotional health, self-compassion, nutrition, weight changes, mental health, support community, intuitive eating

Chapters

00:00 Reconnecting After Years Apart

10:01 Health Scares and Life Changes

12:30 Navigating Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

13:37 Body Image and Self-Perception

15:54 The Impact of Chemo on Daily Life

17:59 Emotional Support During Treatment

19:56 Hormonal Changes and Their Effects

25:13 Navigating Menopause and Its Challenges

27:20 The Impact of Medication on Mental Health

30:04 Body Image and Breast Reconstruction Decisions

36:09 Practicing Self-Compassion and Mindfulness

43:11 Future Plans and Community Engagement

43:53 Introduction to Body Changes and Food Voice

44:21 Pre-ordering the Find Your Food Voice Book

44:46 Outro

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Julie Duffy Dillon explores the complexities of ultra-processed foods, discussing their impact on health and the importance of understanding one's food voice. She emphasizes the need for flexibility, kindness, and nourishment in dietary choices, while also addressing the normalization of emotional eating. The conversation aims to help listeners navigate their relationship with food in a world filled with conflicting messages about nutrition.

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Keywords: ultra-processed foods, nutrition, food voice, emotional eating, diet culture, intuitive eating, health, wellness, food relationships, meal planning

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Ultra-Processed Foods

00:33 Understanding Ultra-Processed Foods

14:09 Navigating Food Voice and Media Influence

22:31 The Role of Emotional Eating and Nourishment

28:25 Outro

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Julie Duffy Dillon celebrates the 400th FYFV episode with Elyse Resch, co-creator of Intuitive Eating. They discuss the importance of intuitive eating as a tool for reconnecting with one's body, the evolution of the intuitive eating framework, and the significance of comfort in eating. The conversation also addresses the challenges faced by individuals with specific health conditions, the impact of societal norms on body image, and the role of stress in eating behaviors. Elyse shares insights on the upcoming resources, including a new workbook and an intuitive eating app, aimed at making intuitive eating more accessible to everyone.

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Mentioned in this episode: FYFV Podcast Tip Jar / Elyse Resch website / Intuitive Eating for Diabetes

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Keywords: Intuitive Eating, Diet Culture, Health at Every Size, Emotional Eating, Social Justice, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Diabetes, PCOS, Menopause

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

11:38 The Evolution of Intuitive Eating

19:26 Intuitive Eating and Social Justice

26:23 Navigating Intuitive Eating with Diabetes and Hormonal Issues

32:25 The Impact of Stress on Eating and Health

42:35 New Developments in Intuitive Eating Resources

46:31 Introduction to the Podcast and Guest

47:57 Outro

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, Julie Duffy Dillon, along with guests Coleen Bremner and Rachel Popik, discuss predicted wellness trends for 2025. They explore the evolving narratives around diet culture, the stigmatization of processed foods, the rise of hormone balancing as a wellness trend, and the implications of GLP-1 medications in weight loss discussions. The conversation emphasizes the importance of community support in navigating these trends and encourages critical consumption of media related to diet culture.

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Mentioned in this episode: FYFV Podcast Tip Jar / Rachel's Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and website / Coleen's Instagram

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Keywords: wellness trends, diet culture, weight loss, processed foods, hormone balancing, GLP-1, community, media consumption

Chapters

00:00 New Year, New Wellness Predictions

07:29 The Return of Weight Watchers

10:28 The Shift Towards Individualism in Diet Culture

13:30 Navigating Body Image and Community Support

16:29 The Stigmatization of Processed Foods

19:26 The Impact of Media on Food Choices

22:23 The Rise of Hormone Balancing Trends

25:17 The Controversy of GLP-1 Medications

28:09 Looking Ahead: Predictions for 2025

32:57 Celebrating Milestones in Podcasting

33:27 Looking Ahead to Future Episodes

33:54 Outro

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, Julie Duffy Dillon discusses the diet red flags for 2025, emphasizing the importance of recognizing the traps of diet culture. She explores the feelings of fear, urgency, and hopefulness that often lead individuals back into dieting, and introduces the concept of the 'food voice' as a means to navigate food choices with kindness and flexibility. The episode aims to empower listeners to make 2025 a year focused on healing their relationship with food rather than succumbing to diet culture.

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Keywords: diet culture, food voice, anti-diet, 2025 diet red flags, nutrition science, healing relationship with food, intuitive eating, body positivity, food choices, diet trap

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Anti-Diet Practices

09:23 Recognizing the Red Flags of Diet Culture

12:29 The Dangers of Urgency in Dieting

14:35 The Illusion of Hopefulness in Dieting

16:47 Understanding Your Food Voice

19:25 The Three Green Flags for Healthy Eating

22:33 Introduction to a Diet-Free Future

23:04 Listener Engagement and Feedback

23:32 Empowerment Through the Find Your Food Voice Book

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Julie Duffy Dillon, Coleen Bremner, and Rachel Popik explore the connections between the musical Wicked and the dieting industry. They discuss how themes of control, propaganda, and personal experiences with dieting are reflected in the narrative of Wicked. The conversation emphasizes the importance of recognizing the influence of societal norms on individual choices and the need for empathy in understanding different body experiences.

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Keywords: Wicked, dieting, diet culture, control, influence, empathy, personal experiences, food voice, health, propaganda

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Wicked and Diet Culture

08:37 Parallels Between Wicked and Dieting

11:16 Propaganda and Acceptance in Diet Culture

13:50 Empathy and Choices in Wicked

16:10 Exploring Connections with Wicked and Dieting

17:40 Closing

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Julie Duffy Dillon, Coleen Bremner, and Rachel Popik discuss the concept of the 'winter arc' and its implications on mental health and self-care. They explore the cultural narratives surrounding wintering, the impact of diet culture, and personal experiences with wintering. The conversation emphasizes the importance of community connection, self-care practices, and creating a cozy environment during the winter months.

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Mentioned in this episode: FYFV Podcast Tip Jar / Stay Doughy Newsletter / Rachel's Instagram and TikTok / Coleen's Instagram / Winter Arc Reddit Thread / Wintering: Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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Keywords: winter arc, wintering, emotional eating, diet culture, self-care, community connection, mental health, seasonal affective disorder, wellness, food voice

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00:00 Introduction to Wintering and the Winter Arc

13:38 Understanding Wintering: A Different Perspective

23:19 Filling Your Cup: Personal Practices for Wintering

30:12 Reflecting on 2024 and Looking Ahead to 2025

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Julie Duffy Dillon interviews therapist Fatema Jivanjee-Shakir about her complex experiences with food during early parenthood. They discuss the emotional challenges of breastfeeding, the impact of food intolerances on both mother and child, and the identity shifts that come with food restrictions. Fatema shares her journey of navigating these challenges, the importance of support systems, and the need for patience and grace during this transitional period. The conversation emphasizes that it's okay to seek help, use formula, and prioritize mental health while caring for a newborn.

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Mentioned in this episode: FYFV Podcast Tip Jar / Fatema Jivanjee-Shakir, LMSW (she/her) website, Instagram, and LinkedIn / Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts book

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Keywords: parenthood, food challenges, breastfeeding, food intolerances, identity, support systems, emotional journey, mental health, parenting advice, nutrition

Chapters

00:00 The Journey of Motherhood: Embracing Change

07:34 The Impact of Food Restrictions on Identity

13:26 Reconnecting with Food: Overcoming Fear and Scarcity

19:14 Embracing Different Paths in Parenting

30:46 Navigating Food Restrictions and Formula Feeding

35:38 The Emotional Journey of Parenting and Nourishment

37:18 Introduction to the Conversation with Fatima

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Julie Duffy Dillon and her team members Rachel Popik and Coleen Bremner discuss the complexities of navigating holiday emotions, especially in the wake of recent events. They explore the importance of community support, self-care strategies, and the need to balance meals and emotions during Thanksgiving. The conversation emphasizes the significance of hydration, grounding practices, and challenging diet culture, while also promoting positive language around food and the impact of our words on others. The episode concludes with a focus on compassion, care, and the importance of rest during the winter season.

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Mentioned in this episode: FYFV Podcast Tip Jar / Rachel's Instagram and TikTok / Coleen's Instagram / Community Fridge Map / Wintering Episode / Wintering: Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times

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Keywords: holiday emotions, community support, self-care, Thanksgiving preparation, diet culture, winter rest, positive language, food joy, compassion, intuitive eating

Chapters

00:00 Post-Election Reflections and Emotional Responses

03:48 Community Engagement and Support Initiatives

06:46 Navigating Grief and Finding Support

09:43 Preparing for the Holiday Season

09:54 Self-Care Strategies for Thanksgiving

15:09 The Importance of Rest and Mindfulness

18:47 Challenging Diet Culture During the Holidays

26:36 Navigating the Holiday Season

26:58 Looking Ahead to Future Discussions

27:12 Closing Thoughts and Call to Action

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Julie Duffy Dillon discusses the complexities of emotional eating, especially in the context of recent events and the upcoming holidays. She emphasizes that using food as a coping mechanism is a strength rather than a weakness, challenging the conventional narrative that promotes rigid eating rules. Julie advocates for embracing emotional eating as a valid response to life's challenges, highlighting the importance of understanding our food voice and the role of food in nurturing our emotions.

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Keywords: emotional eating, coping mechanisms, food voice, intuitive eating, mental health, holidays, food and emotions, self-care, food as comfort, food and society

Chapters

00:00 Emotional Eating and Comfort Food

07:17 The Complexity of Food and Humanity

07:47 Embracing Your Food Voice

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Julie Duffy Dillon and Gina Forster discuss the complex relationship between food, fear, and diabetes. Gina shares her personal journey of overcoming a fear of food and how societal pressures influenced her relationship with eating. They explore the impact of diet culture on parenting and the importance of modeling healthy behaviors for children. The conversation also delves into gestational diabetes, the guilt associated with diabetes diagnoses, and the role of genetics in these conditions. Ultimately, they emphasize the need for self-compassion and understanding in navigating food relationships.

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Keywords: food fear, diabetes, intuitive eating, body image, parenting, gestational diabetes, diet culture, nutrition, health, self-compassion

Chapters

00:00 The Journey of Food and Fear

09:10 Writing and Reflection

12:01 Fears of Parenting and Body Image

16:05 Navigating Comments and Cultural Influences

21:19 Gestational Diabetes and Self-Compassion

27:25 Understanding Diabetes and Guilt

32:36 Modeling Healthy Relationships with Food

40:42 Understanding Fear and Diabetes

40:47 The Role of Food in Our Lives

41:38 Compassionate Relationships with Food

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In this episode, host Julie Duffy Dillon interviews Elizabeth Ayiku, the writer, director, and producer of the film 'Me Little Me.' The conversation delves into the film's themes of representation, the importance of support systems in treatment, and the personal journeys of the characters. Elizabeth shares insights on the audience's reception of the film and the broader implications of its message, emphasizing hope and resilience.

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Keywords: Me Little Me, Elizabeth Ayiku, film, representation, support systems, treatment, hope, resilience, eating disorder recovery

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00:00 Introduction to the Mini Session

02:11 Understanding Sugar in Healthy Eating

02:20 The Importance of Moderation and Variety

04:43 Debunking Glycemic Index Myths

07:04 Curious Nutrition: Listening to Your Body

09:37 Finding Pleasure in Food Choices

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Julie Duffy Dillon discusses the importance of understanding sugar in the context of healthy eating. She emphasizes that one meal or snack does not define overall health and encourages listeners to adopt a perspective that allows for the enjoyment of sugar. Julie explains the concept of glycemic index and its limitations, advocating for a more personalized approach to nutrition through 'curious nutrition.' She concludes by highlighting the role of pleasure in eating and reassures listeners that it's okay to enjoy sugary foods without guilt.

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Keywords: sugar, healthy eating, glycemic index, nutrition, food choices, diet culture, pleasure in eating, blood sugar, curious nutrition, food voice

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00:00 Introduction to the Mini Session

02:11 Understanding Sugar in Healthy Eating

02:20 The Importance of Moderation and Variety

04:43 Debunking Glycemic Index Myths

07:04 Curious Nutrition: Listening to Your Body

09:37 Finding Pleasure in Food Choices

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Julie Duffy Dillon and Coleen Bremner discuss the intersection of Halloween, candy, and diet culture. They share nostalgic memories of Halloween, explore the concept of the Switch Witch, and address the challenges of navigating candy consumption in a healthy way. The conversation also delves into the problematic nature of fatphobic costumes and the need for cultural sensitivity in Halloween celebrations. The episode concludes with reflections on the importance of enjoying food experiences and fostering positive relationships with food.

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Keywords: Halloween, diet culture, candy, memories, Switch Witch, fat phobia, costumes, parenting, food experiences, cultural sensitivity

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00:00 Halloween Memories and Traditions

09:37 The Switch Witch: Navigating Halloween Candy

16:35 Body Image and Halloween Costumes

22:36 Creating Inclusive Halloween Experiences

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Julie Duffy Dillon speaks with Aleta Storch, a registered dietitian and therapist specializing in ADHD nutrition. They discuss the unique challenges faced by individuals with ADHD in their relationship with food, particularly in the context of intuitive eating and recovery. Aleta shares insights on how ADHD affects interoceptive awareness, emotional regulation, and the importance of external reminders for nourishment. The conversation emphasizes the need for tailored approaches to recovery and the value of community support for those navigating these complexities.

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Keywords: ADHD, intuitive eating, recovery, nutrition, interoceptive awareness, body liberation, emotional regulation, diet culture, neurodivergence, food relationships

Chapters

00:00 Understanding ADHD and Recovery

09:26 Challenges in Intuitive Eating for ADHD

12:22 Practical Steps for Recovery

15:30 Developing Interoceptive Awareness

18:27 Building a Supportive Community

22:03 Conclusion

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Julie discusses the complexities of stress eating, particularly in the context of recent events affecting her community in North Carolina. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the roots of stress eating, the healing process, and the necessity of giving oneself permission to cope with food as a means of emotional support. Julie shares insights from her 20 years of experience as a dietitian, offering listeners valuable perspectives on their relationship with food during stressful times.

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Keywords: stress eating, emotional eating, binge eating, coping mechanisms, food relationship, healing, dietitian advice, mental health, nutrition, food voice

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Context of the Episode

04:17 Understanding Stress Eating

05:05 The Impact of Stress on Eating Behaviors

11:03 Healing Through Hindsight and Permission

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Julie discusses the upcoming FNCE conference and addresses the pervasive shame many dietitians feel regarding their complicated relationships with food. She emphasizes the importance of recognizing oppressive systems that contribute to these feelings and encourages listeners to seek support from peers and professionals. Julie shares her three key tips for navigating these challenges and highlights the need for community and understanding in the journey towards recovery.

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Keywords: dietitian, FNCE, food relationship, shame, support, eating disorders, healthcare, mental health, recovery, community

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Dietitian Experience

02:39 Understanding Complicated Relationships with Food

05:05 Naming Oppressive Systems

08:12 The Importance of Seeking Support

10:25 Reclaiming Your Food Voice

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon discusses the complexities of managing insulin and blood sugar levels without resorting to dieting. She emphasizes that individuals with conditions like diabetes do not need to eliminate foods but can instead focus on intuitive eating and other strategies. Julie shares effective tools for balancing blood sugar, including meal timing, ensuring adequate nutrition, and the importance of sleep and boundaries. She also highlights the role of supplements like Inositol and Omega-3 in managing insulin resistance and inflammation.

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Keywords: insulin, blood sugar, intuitive eating, dietitian, health management, supplements, sleep, boundaries, A1C, diabetes

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Insulin and Blood Sugar Management

05:28 Key Tools for Balancing Insulin and Blood Sugar

18:17 The Importance of Sleep and Boundaries

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Julie reviews the book 'Live and Nourished' by Shana Spence. She discusses the book's gentle approach to nutrition, its critique of diet culture, and the importance of intuitive eating while acknowledging its limitations. Julie shares her personal insights and favorite quotes from the book, emphasizing its practical advice for those struggling with their relationship with food.

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Keywords: food relationship, nutrition, intuitive eating, body positivity, PCOS, health, diet culture, book review, Shana Spence, Live and Nourished

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Julie addresses the complexities of dieting, weight management, and the emotional turmoil associated with food relationships. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the dichotomy in how individuals perceive food, the impact of diet trauma, and the need for unconditional permission to eat. Julie introduces the concept of the pendulum to illustrate the chaotic nature of eating behaviors and encourages listeners to explore their own food voices as a means to achieve a healthier relationship with food. Ultimately, she advocates for a shift away from traditional notions of food freedom towards a more nuanced understanding of self-acceptance and joy in eating.

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Keywords: dieting, weight management, food relationships, diet trauma, food freedom, intuitive eating, body image, healthy weight, eating disorders, self-acceptance

Chapters

00:00 The Million Dollar Question: Dieting and Weight Management

02:56 Understanding the Dichotomy of Food Relationships

06:06 The Pendulum of Eating: Control and Chaos

12:00 Diet Trauma: Recognizing the Impact of Restriction

15:02 Exploring Healthy Weight and Body Image

20:47 Food Freedom vs. Food Voice: A New Perspective

24:08 Rekindling Joy in Eating: A Path Forward

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, host Julie Duffy Dillon shares a review of the book 'Thank You More Please' by Lily Womble, which serves as an anti-diet dating resource. Julie reflects on her own dating experiences, the importance of self-advocacy, and how the principles from the book can help individuals navigate dating while rejecting diet culture. She emphasizes the significance of being picky in dating, the concept of 'bless and release,' and the practice of gratitude in relationships. Julie concludes by recommending the book for those looking to date without the pressures of diet culture.

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Keywords: anti-diet, dating, self-advocacy, intuitive eating, PCOS, book review, Lily Womble, self-growth, relationships, gratitude

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Anti-Diet Resources

05:06 The Evolution of Dating Resources

10:28 Personal Journey in Dating and Self-Discovery

12:22 Key Insights from 'Thank You More Please'

18:31 Final Thoughts on Anti-Diet Living and Dating

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In this episode of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, Julie discusses the challenges of dieting and the importance of recognizing one's own food voice. She emphasizes that diets often do not work and encourages listeners to take their time in making decisions about their eating habits. Julie provides tools for managing anxiety related to dieting and reflects on the impact of past dieting experiences. She advocates for a temporary approach to dieting, allowing individuals to experiment with not dieting in the moment, which can lead to healthier long-term habits.

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Keywords: dieting, intuitive eating, food voice, anxiety, diet culture, PCOS, self-care, mental health, eating disorders, wellness

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Dieting and Food Voice

06:00 Navigating Diet Culture and Anxiety

12:14 Reflecting on Past Diets

15:05 The Power of Temporary Decisions

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In this episode, Julie interviews Donetta Floyd, a registered dietitian and diabetes expert, about GLP-1 medications and their impact on diabetes management. They discuss the importance of being informed about the medication's side effects, the need for nutrition education alongside medication use, and the potential changes in appetite when starting or stopping the medication. Donetta emphasizes the importance of preparing for life after medication and maintaining a balanced diet. Listeners are encouraged to seek more information and consider their options before starting GLP-1 medications.

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Keywords: GLP-1 medications, diabetes management, side effects, nutrition education, appetite changes, balanced diet

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:58 GLP Ones and Medication for Diabetes

07:42 Preparation and Informed Consent

08:54 Nutrition Education and Balanced Meals

10:14 Appetite Changes and Managing Diabetes

12:26 Diabetes Group Class and Conclusion

13:25 Outro

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In this conversation, Julie interviews Megan Hadley, a former pharmaceutical sales representative, about GLP-1 receptor agonists and their function in the body. Megan explains that GLP-1 receptor agonists work by increasing levels of GLP-1, a hormone that helps with insulin secretion and delays gastric emptying. She clarifies that these medications do not directly target fat cells and do not cause weight loss by melting fat away. Instead, they reduce appetite and food intake, leading to weight loss. Megan also discusses the potential side effects and challenges of using GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight management.

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Keywords: GLP-1 receptor agonists, pharmaceutical sales, insulin secretion, gastric emptying, weight loss, appetite, food intake, side effects, challenges

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

02:20 Understanding GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

04:14 GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Weight Loss

05:41 The Function of GLP-1 in the Body

07:21 Potential Challenges and Side Effects

08:50 GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Blood Sugar Management

11:19 Conclusion and Where to Find More Information

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Julie sits down with Rachel Popik and Coleen Bremner to discuss navigating systemic medical fatphobia and how to advocate for yourself and set boundaries at the doctor’s office. Rachel shares a recent experience she had with an endocrinologist and how she handled the very harmful interactions she experienced and Coleen discusses how she believes that her weight played a part in how the doctors treated her while she was in labor, giving birth to her daughter.

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Keywords: Weight loss, weight gain, mental health, support, healthcare providers, eating disorders, body liberation, healthcare, medicine, medical system, medical fatphobia, boundary setting, doctor’s appointments

Chapters

00:00 Rachel's Healthcare Experience: Unpacking Fat Phobia

05:20 The Importance of Setting Boundaries

08:21 Socialization of Women and the Guilt of Boundary Setting

11:17 Advocating for Change in the Healthcare System

17:51 Experiences of Fatphobia in Healthcare

20:45 The Need for Education and Awareness in Healthcare

25:35 Navigating Healthcare: Self-Advocacy and Boundaries

28:38 Providing Compassion and Support in Healthcare

36:39 Unpacking Navigating Healthcare

37:38 Exploring GLP-1 for Diabetes Management

38:08 Understanding Weight-Inclusive Care

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In this conversation, Julie chats with Jessie Spence to discuss Jessie's experience with Ozempic. They talk about the side effects, changes in appetite, and the impact on blood sugar levels. They also explore the nuance and controversy surrounding the use of GLP-1 medications for weight loss and diabetes management. Jessie shares their perspective on the intersection of body liberation, diabetes, and medication. They discuss the need for more understanding and support in navigating these complex issues. They talk about the initial excitement of weight loss, the fear of gaining weight back, and the mental health challenges that arose. Jessie emphasizes the importance of support from healthcare providers and the need for a nuanced approach when prescribing these medications. They also highlight the need for education and screening for eating disorders in individuals with larger bodies who may be prescribed GLP-1 medications. Overall, the conversation sheds light on the multifaceted nature of using GLP-1 medications and the need for comprehensive support.

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Keywords: GLP-1 medication, Ozempic, side effects, appetite changes, blood sugar levels, weight loss, diabetes management, body liberation, nuance, controversy, understanding, support, GLP-1 medications, weight loss, weight gain, mental health, support, healthcare providers, eating disorders, body liberation

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Catching Up

04:29 Understanding Ozempic and GLP-1 Drugs

07:24 Long-Term Use and Effects on Appetite

10:21 The Impact on the Brain and Reward Pathways

12:32 Navigating Controversies and Opinions

15:29 The Intersection of Body Autonomy, Diet Culture, and Pharmaceuticals

17:29 Imagining a World Without Diet Culture and Weight Loss Industry

19:27 Concerns and Uncertainties About Ozempic

22:14 The Resurgence of Eating Disorders and Changes in Brain Function

27:49 Lack of Support from Healthcare Providers

30:35 The Dilemma of Weight Loss vs. Diabetes Management

34:27 Educating and Screening for Eating Disorders in Larger-Bodied Individuals

37:38 Addressing the Emotional and Psychological Aspects of Food and Body Image

40:59 Introduction and Gratitude

41:30 Handling the Topic with Care and Compassion

41:58 Upcoming Mini Episodes on GLP Ones

42:27 Farewell Message

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In this mini session, Julie introduces the concept of writing a letter to food as a therapeutic tool to explore and heal one's complicated relationship with food. She explains that writing a letter to food helps to externalize any issues or concerns and allows individuals to connect with their own strengths and experiences. Julie shares her own letter to food, expressing gratitude for the joy and connection that food brings, as well as addressing the harmful effects of dieting and fat phobia. She emphasizes the importance of healing our relationship with food and reconnecting with our innate wisdom.

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Keywords: letter to food, complicated relationship with food, therapeutic tool, externalize issues, connect with strengths, joy of eating, harmful effects of dieting, fat phobia, healing relationship with food, reconnect with innate wisdom

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Mini Session Episodes

08:23 Using Narrative Therapy

13:14 Overcoming Fear and Resistance

15:42 The Power of Food in Joy and Connection

18:37 Healing and Support from Fat Positive Practitioners

20:19 Invitation for Solutions and Healing

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In this episode, Julie sits down with Rachel Popik and Coleen Bremner to catch up on their lives. Coleen shares her experience as a new mom and navigating the challenges of identity and societal expectations. Rachel discusses the launch of her business, Stay Doughy, and the challenges of perfectionism and self-promotion. The conversation highlights the importance of support systems and doing things scared. In this conversation, Julie shares updates on her book writing process and her personal life. She talks about the challenges of meeting her book deadline and the editing process. Julie also discusses her experience with dating after getting divorced and shares her fears and successes in finding love again.

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Keywords: podcast, catch up, updates, new mom, identity, societal expectations, business launch, perfectionism, self-promotion, support systems, book writing, manuscript, deadline, editing, divorce, dating, fear, love

Takeaways

The importance of staying connected and catching up with friends

Navigating the challenges of new motherhood and identity

Overcoming perfectionism and self-doubt in launching a business

The value of having a support system and doing things scared

Meeting deadlines can be challenging, but with determination and support, it is possible to accomplish your goals.

Dating after a divorce can be intimidating, but it is important to stay true to your values and not settle for less than what you deserve.

Society's narratives about aging and relationships are not always accurate, and it is possible to find love and have fulfilling relationships at any age.

It is important to prioritize self-care and enjoy your own company before entering into a new relationship.

Being open to new experiences and embracing differences can lead to personal growth and enriching relationships.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Reunion

06:43 Life Updates: Launching a Business

12:56 Overcoming Perfectionism and Self-Promotion

17:44 The Importance of Support Systems

19:38 Creating Safe Spaces Through Cooking

23:46 Completing the Book Manuscript and Transition to Personal Life Update

26:59 Finding Courage and Joy in Dating After Divorce

31:53 Challenging Societal Narratives Around Aging and Relationships

40:18 Catching Up and Exciting Updates

40:46 Stay Connected and Support

41:15 Access Free Tools and Resources

41:41 Engage on YouTube or Podcast

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This episode explores the concept of a 'food voice' and its distinction from 'food freedom' or 'food peace'. Julie, shares her journey as a dietitian and how she came to reject diets. She introduces the term 'food voice' as an internal system that helps individuals communicate when, how much, and what to eat. The definition of food voice is discussed, emphasizing its flexibility, kindness, and nurturing qualities. Listeners are encouraged to prioritize eating enough and access their unique food voice.

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Keywords: food voice, food freedom, food peace, dietitian, intuitive eating, self-care, hunger, fullness, satisfaction, neurodivergent, permission, flexibility, kindness, nurturing

Takeaways

The concept of a 'food voice' is introduced as an internal system that guides individuals in making choices about when, how much, and what to eat.

The definition of food voice emphasizes its flexibility, kindness, and nurturing qualities.

Accessing and prioritizing one's food voice is essential for developing a healthy and peaceful relationship with food.

Food voice is not limited to hunger and fullness cues and can be accessed through body awareness, thoughts and feelings, or structured self-care techniques.

Everyone, including those who are neurodivergent, deserves support in developing their food voice and finding a peaceful relationship with food.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Food Voice

08:42 Defining Food Voice

09:40 The Foundation of Food Voice

12:39 Accessing and Nurturing Food Voice

15:12 Supporting Neurodivergent Individuals

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In this episode, Julie discusses her journey with the concept of food peace and why she no longer uses that term. She explains that she trademarked the phrase 'food peace' in 2010 and used it to describe her work as a non-diet dietitian. However, she realized that the phrase didn't fully capture the interconnectedness of food and the need for healing and recovery. She now focuses on helping people find their food voice and advocates for a more inclusive and equitable approach to food and body acceptance.

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Keywords: food voice, food freedom, food peace, dietitian, intuitive eating, self-care, hunger, fullness, satisfaction, neurodivergent, permission, flexibility, kindness, nurturing

Takeaways

The concept of a 'food voice' is introduced as an internal system that guides individuals in making choices about when, how much, and what to eat.

The definition of food voice emphasizes its flexibility, kindness, and nurturing qualities.

Accessing and prioritizing one's food voice is essential for developing a healthy and peaceful relationship with food.

Food voice is not limited to hunger and fullness cues and can be accessed through body awareness, thoughts and feelings, or structured self-care techniques.

Everyone, including those who are neurodivergent, deserves support in developing their food voice and finding a peaceful relationship with food.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Food Voice

08:42 Defining Food Voice

09:40 The Foundation of Food Voice

12:39 Accessing and Nurturing Food Voice

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In this episode, Julie discusses the concept of food freedom and its limitations. She emphasizes that food freedom should not only be about individual experiences but also about addressing systemic issues such as food insecurity, poverty, racism, and genocide. Julie encourages listeners to go beyond their own journey and work towards creating a world where everyone can experience food freedom. She also introduces the concept of 'food peace' and hints at exploring it further in the next episode.

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Keywords: food freedom, relationship with food, diets, should-eat script, guilt, weight loss, intuitive eating, non-diet, food insecurity, poverty, racism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, genocide, food peace

Takeaways

Food freedom is about connecting to food without rules and rejecting the guilt associated with certain foods.

Food freedom should not be tied to weight loss and should address systemic issues such as food insecurity and discrimination.

Addressing one's own relationship with food is important, but it should also extend to helping others and creating a world where everyone can experience food freedom.

Julie introduces the concept of 'food peace' and hints at exploring it further in the next episode.

Addressing one's own relationship with food is important, but it should also extend to helping others and creating a world where everyone can experience food freedom.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Food Freedom

01:37 The Definition and Limitations of Food Freedom

06:42 Considering Marginalized Communities in Food Freedom

09:10 Moving Beyond Personal Healing

11:35 Exploring Food Peace

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A quick message from Julie before we go on a short podcast break while she is working on the next round of edits for the upcoming Find Your Food Voice book.

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In this episode, Julie discusses the topic of emotional eating and the importance of giving oneself permission to eat emotionally without judgment. She emphasizes that emotional eating is normal, healthy, and an effective coping mechanism. Julie also explores the connection between the cultural fear of weight gain and racism. Julie highlights the need to practice non-judgmental curiosity and compassion towards oneself when engaging in emotional eating. She concludes by stating that understanding the unmet needs behind emotional eating can help individuals find their food voice.

Keywords: emotional eating, permission, judgment, normal, coping mechanism, cultural fear, weight gain, racism, non-judgmental curiosity, compassion, unmet needs, find your food voice

Takeaways

  • Emotional eating is normal, healthy, and an effective coping mechanism.
  • Shame and judgment around emotional eating come from cultural fear of weight gain tied to racism.
  • Practice non-judgmental curiosity and compassion towards oneself when engaging in emotional eating.
  • Understanding the unmet needs behind emotional eating can help individuals find their food voice.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:51 Exploring Emotional Hunger

03:23 Practicing Non-Judgmental Curiosity and Compassion

04:44 Understanding Unmet Needs and Finding Your Food Voice

05:20 Conclusion

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This episode discusses experiencing a binge after panic hunger. Julie emphasizes that binging or out of control eating experiences are normal and occur as you find your food voice. The episode provides tips for dealing with panic hunger, including practicing self-compassion, allowing yourself to eat, and experimenting with self-care. Julie encourages listeners to view these experiences as valuable data that can inform their relationship with food.

Keywords: binge eating, panic hunger, out of control eating, finding your food voice, self-compassion, self-care

Takeaways

  • Binging or out of control eating experiences are normal and occur as you find your food voice.
  • Panic hunger is a normal response when your body doesn't get enough food or rest.
  • Practice self-compassion and allow yourself to eat during panic hunger.
  • Experiment with self-care and pay attention to your body's needs.
  • View these experiences as valuable data that can inform your relationship with food.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

02:34 Importance of Tough Experiences

04:47 Strategies for Dealing with Panic Hunger

07:07 Using Binge Eating Experiences as Data

08:06 Conclusion

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In this episode, Julie discusses how to not be an almond mom when you had an almond mom yourself. She provides six ways to avoid projecting your own fears onto your children when it comes to food and weight. Julie also talks about the division of food responsibility and how it may not work for everyone. She emphasizes the importance of not categorizing foods as good or bad and teaches kids to be respectful of others' food choices. Lastly, Julie highlights the significance of not commenting on others' bodies and promoting body diversity.

Keywords: almond mom, projection, fears, food and weight, division of food responsibility, categorizing foods, respectful eating, body diversity

Takeaways

  • Do your own work to avoid projecting your own fears onto your children when it comes to food and weight.
  • The division of food responsibility may not work for everyone, and it's okay to prioritize other things.
  • Avoid categorizing foods as good or bad and teach kids to be respectful of others' food choices.
  • Don't comment on others' bodies and promote body diversity.
  • Be mindful of how you talk about bodies, as it influences how kids perceive their own bodies.
  • Continuously educate yourself and seek support to navigate the challenges of raising children in a diet culture.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Almond Mom Series

02:05 Chapter 2: Using Ellen Satter's Food Responsibility Guidelines

03:43 Chapter 4: Avoiding Food Labeling

04:13 Chapter 5: Teaching Respect for Others' Food Choices

04:56 Chapter 6: Promoting Body Diversity and Positive Body Image

05:29 Conclusion and Call to Action

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In this episode, Julie discusses how to mend your relationship with food if you had an 'Almond Mom' who influenced your views on body size and eating. She provides eight recommendations for healing, including using guardrails to make food choices, replacing diet-y thoughts with positive ones, relearning what eating enough means for you, playing with your food, spending time in 'donut land' to repair your relationship with food, prioritizing healing as a health-promoting behavior, and keeping the big picture in mind rather than focusing on individual food choices.

Keywords: Almond Mom, relationship with food, healing, guardrails, diet-y thoughts, eating enough, playing with food, donut land, prioritizing healing, big picture

Takeaways

  • Having an 'Almond Mom' can impact your relationship with food
  • Using guardrails can help make food choices while exploring intuitive eating
  • Replacing diet-y thoughts with positive ones can help mend your relationship with food
  • Relearning what eating enough means for you is important
  • Playing with your food and making a mess can be a fun way to repair your relationship with food
  • Spending time in 'donut land' and eating pleasurable foods can help heal your relationship with food
  • Prioritizing healing and repairing your relationship with food is a health-promoting behavior
  • Keeping the big picture in mind and focusing on overall healing rather than individual food choices is important

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Recap of Part One

01:31 Chapter 1: Mending the Relationship with Food

01:57 Chapter 2: Replacing Dieting Thoughts

03:51 Chapter 3: Relearning Eating Enough

05:27 Chapter 5: Spending Time in 'Donut Land'

07:49 Chapter 6: Prioritizing Healing

09:42 Conclusion and Preview of Part Three

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In this episode, Julie discusses how 'food noise' can be triggered when people start dieting again. She shares the experiences of individuals who have been working on repairing their relationship with food and how they use food noise as a cue to recognize when they are being triggered to diet. She then introduces the term 'almond mom' and explains its origin as a parent or caregiver consumed by the diet trap. Julie identifies five reasons why almond moms can be problematic, including teaching distrust of hunger and fullness, promoting disordered eating, reinforcing body hierarchy, encouraging control of one's body, and prioritizing others' enjoyment of one's body. She concludes by emphasizing the importance of self-compassion and time to repair one's complicated history with food.

Keywords: food noise, dieting, relationship with food, almond mom, diet trap, distrust of hunger and fullness, disordered eating, body hierarchy, control of body, self-compassion

Takeaways

  • Food noise can be triggered when people start dieting again, even after working on repairing their relationship with food.
  • The term 'almond mom' refers to a parent or caregiver consumed by the diet trap, who teaches diet mantras and promotes disordered eating.
  • Almond moms can be problematic because they teach distrust of hunger and fullness, reinforce body hierarchy, encourage control of one's body, and prioritize others' enjoyment of one's body.
  • Repairing one's complicated history with food requires self-compassion and time.
  • It is important to prioritize one's own well-being and not focus on changing one's body for others' approval.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to the Almond Mom Series

02:48 The Problem with 'Almond Moms'

04:40 Distrust of Hunger and Fullness

06:34 Reinforcing Body Image Hierarchies

07:18 The Control of Body for Societal Approval

08:15 Repairing a Complicated History with Food

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What is the solution to food noise? Turns out it's easier than you might think. The key is eating enough and giving oneself permission to eat. Julie also discusses guardrails that you can implement to help you on this journey to reduce food noise and establish a healthier relationship with food.

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Mentioned in this episode: FVFV: Food Noise part 1 / FYVF: Food Noise part 2

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Are GLP-1s the cure for food noise or are they just a repeat of previous drugs that promised the same? Julie urges listeners to do thorough research on all of the risks of these drugs before taking them. Subscribe so you don't miss part three, coming soon!

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Food noise, a trendy new name for a concept long researched, has blown up on social media these days, but what really is food noise and is it just a normal reaction to environmental stressors and deeper unmet needs. Subscribe so you don't miss part two, coming soon!

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Listen in for the four and final part of a minisode series discussing the recent Washington Post article "As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push 'anti-diet' advice. In this fourth installment, Julie shares why it's problematic that the article focuses solely on individual's food choices and neglects examining systems of oppression and social determinants of health that impact weight and health. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss out episodes!

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FYFV Series: Are anti-diet dietitians ignoring health and killing us softly?

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  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4

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Listen in for part three of a minisode series discussing the recent Washington Post article "As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push 'anti-diet' advice. In this third installment, Julie shares why the article's argument that Big Food's recent marketing tactics around diet culture are more complicated than you might think. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss out on part four!

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Listen in for part two of a minisode series discussing the recent Washington Post article "As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push 'anti-diet' advice. In this second installment, Julie shares why the article's argument that weight gain is proof that anti-diet movement doesn't work. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss out on part three!

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Listen in for part one of a minisode series discussing the recent Washington Post article "As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push 'anti-diet' advice. In this first part, Julie shares her initial reactions to the article. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast so you don't miss out on part two!

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This week, Julie interviews Adina Silverman and Carolyn Karoll, who are also committed to eradicating weight stigma, and are co-authors of an upcoming book called Eating Disorder Group Therapy, a Collaborative Approach. Adina and Carolyn share why adding group therapy to your healing process can help your complicated history of food and how to get started on that journey.

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This week, Julie interviews Judy Simon, award winning registered dietitian nutritionist who specializes in reproductive health, about her upcoming book, Getting to Baby: A Food-First Fertility Plan to Improve Your Odds and Shorten Your Time to Pregnancy. This rich conversation covers everything from the importance of adding in nutritious food, and not restricting, especially when trying to get pregnant to advocating for yourself at the doctor when in a higher weight body.

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This week, Julie is joined by FYFV resident anti diet chef, Rachel Popik, to talk about playing with food. Yup, you heard that right, how playing with food can help you heal your relationship with food. From learning to find joy in letting ice cream drip down your hands, to using cookbooks to find exciting new things to try in the kitchen, let your inner child out and reconnect to how fun food can be.

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Have you ever quit a diet to then be seduced by some program or regimen that promised you change, community, or safety? Listen in to hear Julie's advice to a listener question for avoiding these diet culture side monsters.

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This week Julie chats with Dacy Gillepsie, weight inclusive personal stylist, about how your personal style and shopping for clothing can be an alternative entry point to learning to live a diet free lifestyle. They get into finding a personal style while your body is changing, dressing professionally in a plus size body, and all things thrifting.

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Mentioned in this episode: Mindful Closet website / Dacy Gillepsie on TikTok and Instagram / Unflattering Substack / Cake Plus Size / Artemis / Curve Conscious / The Plus Bus Boutique

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Want your voice to be including in Julie's upcoming Find Your Food Voice book? Listen in to hear about how to write a Dear Food letter to possibly be included in the book!

Julie is looking for Dear Food letters about: early stages of working with a dietitian or therapist; being new to living a diet free life; experiencing oppression while finding your food voice; feelings that come up while trying to reject diets; connecting with health while trying to recover from diet culture; and diet culture related trauma

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Mentioned in this episode: Dear Food Letter Guidelines / Submit your Dear Food letter

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Time for another listener question! Listen in for Julie's 6 recommendations on how to not get sucked back into dieting when it seems like everyone around you is talking about their current fad diet.

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Mentioned in this episode: Legalize Emotional Eating / Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community

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Join Julie, Rachel, and Coleen as they talk through the very unglamorous start to the New Year they are having and how they interact with the idea of new year's resolutions without being sucked back into diet culture.

This episode is also Coleen's last before her maternity leave, and she poses the question to the team, as well as listeners, "what family traditions do you have that you love and cherish?"

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As we enter January, what we at Find Your Food Voice call, International Dieting Month, join Julie for a guided meditation and reflection exercise to help you get through this month and all the diet BS that comes along with it.

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Mentioned in this episode: Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun L Harrison / Your Body is Not an Apology by Sonia Renee Taylor / Fearing the Black Body by Dr. Sabrina Strings / Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey

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Welcome to the FYFV wintering minisode series! Join Julie as she gives you a pep talk about how to survive the upcoming onslaught of diet and weight loss talks as New Year resolution season approaches.

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Mentioned in this episode: Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun L Harrison / Your Body is Not an Apology by Sonia Renee Taylor / Fearing the Black Body by Dr. Sabrina Strings / Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Welcome to the FYFV wintering minisode series! Join Rachel as she talks through how to still enjoy baking around the holiday season, while also healing from diet culture.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's TikTok and Instagram

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Welcome to the FYFV wintering minisode series! Join Coleen for some tips and tricks on how to balance enjoying the holiday season, and times with friends and family, while also taking care of yourself.

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Mentioned in this episode: Coleen's Instagram

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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It's time for another Diet Culture IRL. This month Julie and Coleen discuss the rollercoaster that can be the holidays, especially while trying to navigate your relationship with food.

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Mentioned in this episode: Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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This week Julie answers her most commonly asked question: what is the deal with insulin and A1C? Are they the same thing? How do you test for them?

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With the holiday season upon us, Julie sits down with the FYFV team, Rachel and Coleen, to talk about ways to cope with, and prioritize your health and mental wellbeing while being around family. Setting boundaries, mindfulness, and quippy comebacks all help the team make it through the holidays.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's TikTok and Instagram / Coleen's Instagram /Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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This week, we have another letter from a listener who has struggled with body image and disordered eating for her entire life and is just looking for control. Julie talks through food as comfort, healing generational trauma around eating, and some scripts to help the listener find a place of peace and safety with food.

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If you spend any time on social media, you've probably come across the girl dinner trend. Rachel and Coleen join Julie to break down the trend and talk about both the possible harmful and empowering ramifications of the girl dinner trend.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's TikTok and Instagram / Coleen's Instagram /Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community / NBC- TikTok trend ‘girl dinner’ faces backlash / Please don't gender my dinner

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Note: Information in this podcast does not replace advice from your individual health care providers.

It’s time for the much awaited episode on GLP-1s like Ozempic and Wegovy. Julie walks through the mechanics of how GLP-1s work, the research that has been done on the drugs, known size effects and resources so you can take a deeper dive.

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Mentioned in this episode: Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community / Laura Burns - My Ozempic Experience

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This week, Coleen and Julie sit down to discuss plus size pregnancy, and all the ups and downs that come along with it.

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Mentioned in this episode: Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community / Plus Size Birth instagram / Fat and Pregnant instagram / Fat and Pregnant book / Mia O'Malley instagram

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Have you ever been seduced to diet by a social media post claiming a few quick trauma releasing exercises will help you drop the weight? Julie answers a listener question, debunks these social media claims, and discusses inflammation’s role in the body.

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This week’s letter to food is from a listener who was reminded of her love of food while watching her daughter joyfully eating meatballs, which had been buried by years of restricting and engaging in diet culture.

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Mentioned in this episode: Submit your letter to Food / Past listener letters / Chelsea Levy's website / Jen Jackson's website / Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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The FYFV team chats about some life changes and what the most important supports have been to help move through this season of change.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's TikTok and Instagram / Coleen's Instagram / Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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In this week's Diet Culture IRL segment, Julie and Coleen discuss the news of Lisa Marie Presley's cause of death and all of the unspoken and minimized side effects and risks of weight loss surgery.

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Julie answers a listener question. Was I better off in diet culture? Was I healthier? Was my chronic condition more manageable then? Listen for the assurance that no matter how seductive diet culture is, you're much better off without it.

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Does diet culture ever feel like a constant noise you can't turn off? If so, you're not alone. Julie walks you through a some guided imagery to help you find your food voice and quite that nagging diet culture noise.

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It's that time of the year again - back to school and with that comes packing school lunches! Tune in to hear about Julie's dream utopia where kids are able to find their food voice and aren't shamed or rewarded for the foods they eat at lunch.

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Mentioned in this episode: The Feeding Doctor Katja Rowell’s work / Dr Rowell's school lunch cards / School lunch blog / Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Join Julie in the Circle Community

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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Content warning: Listener letter includes reference to their lived experience of going to the doctor and using clinical words that can be stigmatizing to many people like the O word.

Today’s letter writer feels like they lost control of their food journey when hit with health diagnosis. Does this resonate with you? Julie speaks to trusting your intuition, how diets don't work in the long term, and how rejecting diet culture is a way to prioritize your health.

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Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS Power Free Roadmap / PCOS Power Course / 6 Keys To Food Peace

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It’s our season NINE premiere! Buckle in for some amazing (and bittersweet!) updates on our team, Julie life updates, and a super duper exciting announcement about something coming your way soon. Big things are on the way for the FYFV corner of the world - you don’t want to miss it!

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Mentioned in this episode: Internal Family Systems / Follow Julie for co-working sessions on TikTok / Circle Community

Food Voice resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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For this minisode, PCOS Power Community Manager Rachel Popik chats about how foraging and learning about where her food comes from helped her on her journey to find her food voice.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel's Instagram / Rachel's TikTok / @blackforager on Instagram / @alexisnicole on TikTok / @lindablackelk on Instagram / @lindablackelk on TikTok / Sam Thayer’s Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Of Eastern and Central North America / Leda Meredith’s Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Beach Plums to Wineberries / iNaturalist app / Seek app

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week, Coleen Bremner leads us through a soothing meditation to give you some comfort and ground you on your food voice journey. Listen when you need a moment to care for yourself.

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Mentioned in this episode: Coleen Bremner

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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If you're a bookworm, this minisode is for you! Yeli talks us through three books she's recently read and loved that have amazing fat main characters.

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Mentioned in this episode: Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado / Spoiler Alert by Olivia Dade / Electric Idol by Katee Robert

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week, Julie walks us through the things she's learned about how to help kids find their food voice. Listen for more on how to be intentional with your words, navigating perfectionism, and considering eating rules.

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Mentioned in this episode: Ellyn Satter

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Tune in this week for some behind-the-scenes details from Coleen, Rachel, and Yeli, the Find Your Food Voice & PCOS Power team. Learn more about how the podcast lands in your feeds and what goes into running the PCOS Power course.

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Mentioned in this episode: Yeli's Instagram / Coleen's Instagram / Rachel's Instagram / Rachel's TikTok

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week's minisode is all about how Julie quit her old job and how it led her to start her private practice and help people heal their relationship with food. She walks us through where she started after grad school, the big cry, and the aftermath.

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Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Rachel hosts this week's minisode to tell us about how she found her food voice. Listen for more about how she began to reject diets, learn about fat liberation, and reclaim cooking.

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Mentioned in this episode: She's All Fat / Rachel's Instagram / Rachel's TikTok

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Coleen joins us for our minisode this week to chat through her journey to finding her food voice. She walks us through her history with dieting, her first steps to finding #bodypositivity, and more.

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Mentioned in this episode: Intuitive Eating / Coleen's Instagram

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week, we're introducing our minisodes! For the next couple of months we'll be dropping short episodes in your feeds for a quick listen on the go. To kick us off, Yeli Cruz is talking about how she found her food voice, leaning on body liberation, and how her relationship to food has changed.

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Mentioned in this episode: She's All Fat

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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In this week's Diet Culture IRL segment, we're changing things up a bit - Julie and Coleen discuss current wins, small victories, and forward movement in the fight for equity for folks in larger bodies.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Open House  / New York City to ban discrimination based on weight / Why These Women Are Proudly Embracing Their Bodies In The Midst of Toxic Diet Culture / B'way Body Positivity Project / Kimmie Singh

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week's episode is about unpacking our own experiences of diet culture and how that prepares the children in our lives to deal with their own body image and experiences. Listen for five things to consider teaching your child to help them navigate their relationships with food.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Open House 

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week's meditation is for anyone whose relationship with food needs some attention and tending to in a kind, loving, soft way. We hope this opens a door for you into healing in whatever way makes sense for you today.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Open House / Dr. Barbara Birsinger

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Julie and Rachel sit down today to unpack the conversation around Gwyneth Paltrow's most recent promotion of her dieting habits, and how it relates to the ideas of abundance, scarcity, and who actually gets access to food. Listen for more on community fridges, food access, and some related next steps as you break up with diet culture.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Open House / ChangeX Fridge Finder and Starter guide / Freedge Finder and Starter guide / Ellyn Satter Food Hierarchy of Needs

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week's episode is a meditation for anyone who is going through a time of change. Whether you're leaving home for the first time, getting married, or getting a new job, these life transitions are the times when diet culture can easily slip in. Listen to this when you need some grounding affirmation.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Open House /

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Today's letter is one where someone feels like they have lost control of their food journey and dieting cycle. Julie speaks to trusting your intuition, leaning away from dieting, and undoing the diet fantasy by cultivating your food voice.

Content warning: this episode discusses specific examples of disordered eating behaviors. Please take care of yourself.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Open House /

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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In this episode's Diet Culture IRL, Julie and Coleen discuss a 2023 piece of journalism that frames "skipping meals" as a simple solution to save money. Listen as they unpack the way that our cultural discussion about breakfast mirrors the ways that diet culture seeps into our society.

Content warning: this episode contains discussions of eating disorders and specific examples of medical fatphobia. Please take care of yourself.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Mini-Course / Wall Street Journal article (Please proceed with caution!) / Bored Panda critique article

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week, Julie and Rachel chat about reclaiming meal prep. What if meal prepping was not a rigid way of thinking about food? What if it was a part of self-care and helping your future self be nourished? Listen for more on taking meal prep back from diet culture and using it to care for yourself.

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Mentioned in this episode: Carb Cravings Mini-Course / Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook / Julia Turshen

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Julie and Coleen sit down for an episode of Diet Culture IRL where they discuss and unpack the harm in the American Academy of Pediatrics' new guidelines on (cue eye roll) "treating" higher-weight children.

Content warning: this episode really dives into a LOT of medical fatphobia (ugh), including specific examples of medical fatphobia against children. Please take care of yourselves!

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Mentioned in this episode: AAP Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With [O-Word] / The Daily episode on AAP guidelines / Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison / Lisa Du Breuil / FEDUP / What do new pediatric '[O-Word]' guidelines really mean for kids? by Carrie Dennett / Jessica Setnik

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey!

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Julie responds to a listener letter from someone who has celiac disease and is feeling exhausted and isolated. This episode is for anyone who has felt tired while carrying the burden of navigating eating, but also for all of us to better take care of our communities and loved ones. Listen for more on how we need to rally together to make eating more accessible to everyone.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Carb Cravings Webinar / Intuitive Eating

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Yeli and Julie sit down together and chat about The Body Is Not An Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor. We're talking about radical self-love, how healing yourself can also heal your community, and fighting back against systems of oppression.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Power Freebies / The Body Is Not An Apology / Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Strings / Deb Benfield

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This episode is for anyone who's called themselves a "food addict" or ever wondered if they are one. Listen if you want to move towards a relationship with food that is more calm and less tumultuous.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Power Freebies

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey!

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This week, Julie unpacks a letter from someone who is experiencing some changes in their eating disorder recovery and is really scared about losing their support system. Julie gives us a dose of compassion, advice on how to move forward, and some affirmation. Always remember: YOU are the one who is doing the work. Listen for more.

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Mentioned in this episode: Use coupon code "podcast" for 20% off of PCOS Power 

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Join us for a Diet Culture IRL episode on the most common day of the year for ditching your New Year's resolutions. Listen as Julie and Coleen unpack how diet culture seeps into our new year, and how to start letting it go.

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Mentioned in this episode: Use coupon code "podcast" for 20% off of PCOS Power / January 17th 2023 PCOS Power Cravings Mini Training & Open House / Workplace Wellness episode of Maintenance Phase

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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In this episode, Julie receives a letter from a listener who is 65 years old and still struggling to accept their body and not judge others. Listen for more on how to start repairing the judgment, releasing our shame, and mending our relationships with ourselves and others.

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Mentioned in this episode: Use coupon code "podcast" for 20% off of PCOS Power / 6 Keys to Food Peace / Intuitive Eating / Deb Benfield / Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey!

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Before we take off for the holidays, Julie has a meditation for you as we move into a time that can be difficult to navigate. Whether it's because of family, holidays, or the diet industry that you're struggling this season, take a moment to ground yourself with us.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Power / The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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It's another Diet Culture IRL with Julie and Coleen! Listen to this episode for their thoughts on new years resolutions and the MOST diet-y time of the year. Coleen gives us some great steps to move away from the diet industry this new year, and kick "new year, new you" to the curb.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Power 

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This week, Julie and Yeli are chatting about wintering, resting, and other ways that they care for themselves around this season. Listen for a dose of compassion, unpacking self-care, and unconditional permission to rest.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Power Waitlist / Wintering by Katherine May / Nedra Glover Tawwab

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Julie is sitting down for a solo episode this week! She unpacks a letter from a listener who has always seen food as an enemy and has always had a fraught relationship with it. Julie talks about food as a mirror into our lives, and how to take a step forward.

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Mentioned in this episode: PCOS Power Waitlist /

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Julie is joined this week by Fatema Jinvanjee-Shakir, eating disorder clinician, writer, and speaker. Fatema writes a letter to her body where she generously unpacks colorism and her body image. Listen for a dose of compassion for the past and gratitude for the present.

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Mentioned in this episode: Your PCOS Second Opinion / Conason Psychological Services / Fatema's website / Fatema's Instagram / Fatema's TikTok

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This Diet Culture IRL segment is a continuation of last week's episode - Coleen Bremner joins us to chat about going to the doctor, having to advocate for yourself, and how medical fatphobia can lead so many folks to avoid appointments altogether. Listen for a dose of care and compassion.

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Mentioned in this episode: Join our email list! / Your Second Opinion PCOS Toolkit / Top 10 Reasons Why the BMI is Bogus (NPR) / Debunking the BMI (Center for Body Trust) / The BMI is Bullshit on (everydayfeminism.com) / Why BMI is a flawed measure of body fat, explained by an eloquent 14-year-old (Vox) / A new study just totally debunked the BMI scale as a measure of health (Hello Giggles) / There's a Dangerous Racial Bias in the Body Mass Index (Newsweek) / The Body Mass Index on Maintenance Phase

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Julie talks about some tools that may help you talk about your needs at the doctor's office. Medical fatphobia and medical racism are REAL, and this is for anyone who feels intimidated or harmed by medical professionals and needs to bring some armor.

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Mentioned in this episode: Join our email list! / Your Second Opinion PCOS Toolkit/

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It's book review time! Julie and Yeli are sitting down today to chat about Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh. Lots of good stuff here about eating and pleasure, the political complexities of food, and permission to eat. Enjoy!

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Mentioned in this episode: Join our email list! / Eat Up! by Ruby Tandoh / Dr. Steven Bratman

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Welcome to our celebration! It is our 300th episode, and Julie has written her very own letter to food where she shares what she's learned, the growth we've made, and where we hope to go.

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Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Content Warning: unchecked anti-fat bias discussed. Please take care of yourself.

Note: Since the release of this episode, Taylor Swift has changed her video on Youtube and Apple Music and removed this scene.

Quick bonus episode sans editing discussing Taylor Swift's use of the word fat on a scale in her Anti-Hero music video. Coleen Bremner and Julie chat about implications, harm it can cause, reactions, and next steps.

What do you think about the video and TS's use of the word fat? What did we leave out of our discussion? Let us know at info@JulieDillonRD.com

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  • CW: unchecked anti-fat bias Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero music video on youtube: https://youtu.be/b1kbLwvqugk
  • Victoria (she/they) @FatFabFeminist on Instagram
  • Coleen (she/her) @AbraudAbroad on Instagram
  • Julie (she/her) @FoodVoiceRD on TikTok

Food Voice resources:* Find Your Food Voice blog * PCOS Roadmap * PCOS Power Course * Food Peace Syllabus * 6 Keys To Food Peace * My PCOS Manifesto

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Content warning: this episode discusses specific examples of fatphobia and struggling to access spaces as a fat person. Please take care.

Have you ever experienced being denied access due to your size? Coleen joins us this week to walk us through an experience where she was denied access to an experience that she loved, and how she processed it afterwards. Hint: your body is not - and never is - the problem.

Mentioned in this episode: Get a discount at Élan Healthcare with code PCOSPOWER / Molly Goodman's Instagram

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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We receive SO many questions about supplements and PCOS, and today's episode is a special treat. Julie answers the most common questions she receives, and gives you a run-down of all the amazing things you can access when you join PCOS Power!

Mentioned in this episode: Get a discount at Élan Healthcare with code PCOSPOWER / Beth Rosen

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Deb Benfield joins us today to chat about aging and the lack of body diversity in the pro-aging movement. She writes a letter to her own body and unpacks it with us. Listen for more insight on diet culture seductions while aging and busting its myths.

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Mentioned in this episode: Get a discount at Élan Healthcare with code PCOSPOWER / efftheiragingstandards on Instagram / Deb's group coaching / Deb's Instagram

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Content warning: this episode discusses disordered eating behaviours. Take care.

Do you miss the feeling of joy when eating and cooking your favorite meal? This week, we unpack a letter from someone who wants to fall back in love with cooking. We're joined by Rachel Popik, anti-diet chef and community manager of the PCOS Power Forward community.

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Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Have you ever come across a coaching program or course that markets itself as anti-diet, but you're not quite sure about it? We get so many folks trying to sell their programs and tools - here are the seven diet seductions in disguise that Julie identifies (aka, the seven red flags to look out for)!

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Mentioned in this episode: Maintenance Phase episode about the BMI /

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Coleen joins us for this diet culture IRL where we unpack diet rock bottom. You may have heard us use that term several times on the podcast, and we are chatting about what it means to us, and what it can mean within the larger diet culture system.

Mentioned in this episode: Coleen's Instagram / Laura Burns / Bad Fattie Podcast / Intuitive Eating book

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Content warning: In this episode, we discuss a letter from someone who is unpacking their own anti-fat bias. Please take care of yourself.

Johanna Kandel joins us this week to address a letter from someone who is in recovery, trying to heal their relationship and habits around food, but also struggling to unpack their own judgment of others and their fear of gaining weight. Listen for thoughts on holding space for your hard feelings, unlearning internal messages, and more.

Mentioned in this episode: Dare to Love Yourself Virtual Summit / National Alliance for Eating Disorders / National Alliance for Eating Disorders on Instagram / Johanna's Instagram

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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This week, Julie sits down with H. Coakley and unpacks H.'s letter about their journey and relationship with their body. Listen in for more on gender fluidity and non-conformity, recovery, and finding stillness.

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Mentioned in this episode: H.'s Instagram / Pando Wellness

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The Food Voice Book Club presents our official review of If The Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy! Listen to Julie and Yeli chat all about Cinderella retellings, the ways this book is subtle yet radical, and clothing as an accessibility issue.

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Mentioned in this episode: If The Shoe Fits by Julie Murphy / Yeli's book podcast

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This week, Julie sits down with Becca King to chat about the relationship between food and ADHD. Join us as we unpack Becca's letter to food and explore the complexities of intuitive eating, food "freedom", and how to honor your hunger as an ADHD-er.

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Mentioned in this episode: Becca King's website / Becca's Instagram

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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We're back! Welcome to season seven of Find Your Food Voice. This episode, we unpack a letter from a listener who is wondering if food freedom is possible, and mourning a past filled with positive food experiences. Listen for more on how diet culture teaches us these untrue food rules, and how to heal from the trauma.

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Mentioned in this episode: Maintenance Phase Podcast / Scary Hunger blog post

Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto

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Season 7 of Find Your Food Voice--formerly The Love Food Podcast--starts now!

Expect nuanced conversations about our complicated relationship with food. Unpack intuitive eating, body positivity, non diet approaches, and road blocks along the way.

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This episode is for those of you who just feel exhausted with food. Whether that's having to navigate diet culture, endlessly prepare food for the family, or recover from an eating disorder, food is complicated. It can be messy. Join us as we sift through these feelings with a letter from a listener.

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie's on the Boob Sweat podcast Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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Have you ever tried to access ways to help your complicated relationship with food, but found you just were kept out for whatever reason? This week, Lara Minges sits down with us to talk about her letter to her body, disability education, and community.

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Mentioned in this episode: Lara's website / Adios Barbie / Roxane Gay Disability resources: Books about disability culture, history, and experience / Disability videos by disabled people / Robyn Lambird / #DisabilityTooWhite presentation Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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Julie and Yeli chat about Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation by Dalia Kinsey. Listen for thoughts on food as an entry point to body liberation, unconditional permission to eat, and more.

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Mentioned in this episode: Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey / Dalia Kinsey's website / Decolonization is Not a Metaphor article / Intuitive Eating / Anti-Diet / Belly of the Beast / The Body is Not an Apology / Fearing the Black Body Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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What do you do when you're living in a household with people who are knee-deep in diet culture? This week, Kimmie Singh joins Julie to chat about setting boundaries, honoring your inner child, and leaning into playfulness.

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Mentioned in this episode: Kimmie's Instagram / Kimmie's website Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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This episode is for those of you who are feeling overwhelmed with moving away from diets or recovering from your eating disorder. The world hasn't recovered from its own eating disorder yet. So how are you supposed to recover from yours? Join me and Daralyse Lyons for our conversation about working towards freedom and acknowledging the whirlwind.

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Mentioned in this episode: Daralyse's website / Daralyse's Twitter / Daralyse's Instagram / Demystifying Diversity Podcast / Demystifying Diversity Instagram / Demystifying Diversity episode about body diversity / Daralyse's other FYFV episode Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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This week, Coleen talks us through an experience where the world was inaccessible to her body, how she felt, and how it could have gone differently. Listen in for thoughts about how the world is inaccessible to larger bodies, and what can be done to make a shift.

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Mentioned in this episode: Coleen's Instagram / Lindley Ashline / Laura Burns Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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This week, we are chatting with Jessie Spence, a counselor, supervisor, certified personal trainer, and parent with a love for body liberation and trans-affirming work. Listen to our conversation about parenting, the diet culture swirl, and pop tarts.

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Mentioned in this episode: Jessie's website / How to Raise an Intuitive Eater Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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In this episode, Julie and Yeli discuss Weightless by Maggie McGill! Tune in to hear their thoughts and reflections on exercise trauma, neutral movement, the relationship to diet culture, and more.

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Mentioned in this episode: Weightless by Maggie McGill / Maggie's website / Maggie's Instagram Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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In this episode, we are celebrating Coleen's birthday! Join us for this installation of Diet Culture IRL - we do a deep dive into aging, self-acceptance, and giving yourself permission to do what feels right for YOU as you get older.

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Mentioned in this episode: Coleen's Instagram / Coleen's previous FYFV ep Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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In this episode, we receive a letter from someone who is pregnant and looking for some wisdom around gestational diabetes. We sit down with McKenzie Caldwell to chat about undoing the shame around pregnancies and diabetes. We also talk about giving yourself permission to trust your body and lean into your own intuition.

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Mentioned in this episode: McKenzie Caldwell's Instagram / McKenzie's Course & Community / McKenzie's Youtube Channel / McKenzie's Blog / McKenzie's TikTok Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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In this episode, Yeli and Julie talk about Belly of the Beast by Da'Shaun L. Harrison. They discuss dismantling the systems that oppress fat Black people, the downsides to health at every size, and the ways that anti-fatness and anti-Blackness manifest into fatphobia and police brutality.

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Mentioned in this episode: Belly of the Beast / She's All Fat Episode: Revisiting HAES / She's All Fat Episode: Desirability & Insecurity / Da'Shaun's Instagram / Yeli's Bookstagram Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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Are you someone with PCOS who's been told that you have to diet to manage your symptoms? Have you been struggling with yo-yo dieting for years and years, feeling hopeless and worried that you're doing it all wrong? Do you feel like you're ALMOST ready to ditch diets, but you're not quite sure? In this episode, I talk through a letter from someone who's in your shoes. Listen for a super big dose of compassion and some steps to take moving forward.

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Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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In this week's episode of Find Your Food Voice, Julie shares her thoughts about what we need to do to rid the world of eating disorders. Coleen also joins us for the first Diet Culture IRL, where she talks about being bigger than your partner and breaks down how diet culture tries to dictate what relationships should look like.

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Mentioned in this episode: Coleen's FYFV Episode / Coleen's Instagram / Marilyn Wann / Aubrey Gordon / Maintenance Phase Podcast Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to info@juliedillonrd.com.

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Meet Coleen! Coleen is our wonderful customer service coordinator and professional hype master. In this episode, we give you a little intro to Coleen's journey through body acceptance and fighting diet culture. Stay tuned for more of Coleen in future episodes for one of our newest segments, Diet Culture IRL.

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Mentioned in this episode: Coleen's Instagram / Yeli's FYFV Episode / Call Your Girlfriend x She's All Fat / Intuitive Eating / Fearing the Black Body Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Intuitive eating and anti-diet approaches to life are for EVERYONE, including folks who have chronic illnesses like PCOS and others. In this episode, Julie talks about the misconceptions around chronic illness and intuitive eating. Plus, Yeli joins us for a little book club chat where we talk about Get A Life, Chloe Brown!

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Mentioned in this episode: Yeli's Bookstagram / Yeli's Twitter / Get A Life, Chloe Brown / Yeli's Dear Food letter episode / Laura Burns / Anna Sweeney Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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We get to meet Yeli! Yeli is the Production Assistant for the podcast and will be featured in future episodes of Find Your Food Voice - in this episode, I asked her to write her own letter to food. Yeli and I sit down as we chat about body positivity vs. body liberation, finding comfort in food, and what it feels like when your connection to food shifts unexpectedly.

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Mentioned in this episode: Yeli's Instagram / Yeli's Twitter Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Welcome to the season six premiere of the Find Your Food Voice podcast! We are officially inviting you to the anti-diet conversation because YOU have a voice that is crucial to ending diet culture. Join Julie Duffy Dillon as she walks you through what "food voice" means and what changes you can expect in future episodes. Let's rally together and end diet culture one step at a time.

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Mentioned in this episode: Should Eat Script blog post / Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Six years ago, Love Food was being born. I was sweating bullets the first time I published an episode mostly because I was so scared to use my voice. But I really wanted to help you feel less alone on your Food Peace Journey so I did it anyway! Thank you for helping me to grow. In this season finale, I share the hits and misses I have made over the years recording this show. I announce changes to expect in 2022. Thank you for joining me so far and looking forward to continue to grow together in Season 6!

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Mentioned in this episode: Dapy Levy's Love Food Podcast Episode Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Are you ready to ditch diet culture and embrace recovery, but unsure of where to start? In this week's episode, we sit down with Hannah Howard to chat about finding community, picturing recovery, and nourishing your relationship to food.

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Mentioned in this episode: Hannah Howard's website / Feast / Plenty / Hannah's Instagram / Hannah's Twitter Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Content warning: this episode discusses sexual assault and specific eating disorder behaviours. Please take care of yourself!

Are you someone who wants to know the "why"? Why did I turn to this certain coping mechanism? Why do I feel this way? Why is food peace so hard? In this episode, Liz Brinkman and I discuss the connections between trauma, eating disorder recovery, and diet culture - we also explore aloneness, connection, and how to put recovery into practice.

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Mentioned in this episode: A Place to Land / Liz Brinkman's Instagram / Liz's website Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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We are rebroadcasting some of our older episodes of Love Food for a few weeks while we prepare and perfect the NEW PCOS + Food Peace Course. Please enjoy!

How do you navigate a fatphobic world without support? This episode’s letter writer just started college and recovering from an eating disorder. And it is hard! College campuses can be a hub for overexercise, bad body talk, and diets. Listen as I chat with Ayana Habtemariam from Truly Real Nutrition about ways to navigate this part of your Food Peace journey.

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Mentioned in this episode: Ayana Habtemariam's website / Ayana's Instagram Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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We are rebroadcasting some of our older episodes of Love Food for a few weeks while we prepare and perfect the NEW PCOS + Food Peace Course. Please enjoy!

I encourage you to have unconditional permission to eat what you want when you want. And it is time to acknowledge the big huge unacknowledged boulder of a barrier: financial privilege. We explore a letter from someone with limited access to food, and guest expert Lori Short-Zamudio from the Nourished Circle podcast helps us understand why food is elitist.

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Mentioned in this episode: The Nourished Circle Podcast / Lori Short Zambudio / Lori's Instagram / Lori's Twitter Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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We are rebroadcasting some of our older episodes of Love Food for a few weeks while we prepare and perfect the NEW PCOS + Food Peace Course. Please enjoy!

Let's dive into this old Love Food podcast episode and the complex experience of raising children while trying to walk the Food Peace journey. Does the question "What's for dinner?" feel like nails on the chalkboard? Pull up a chair and let's talk through this again with special guest Rachel Goodman from the More Than What You Eat Podcast.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachel Goodman / More Than What You Eat Podcast / Rachel's free course / Rachel's Instagram Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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We are rebroadcasting some of our older episodes of Love Food for a few weeks while we prepare and perfect the NEW PCOS + Food Peace Course. Hope you enjoy!

Are you ready to ditch diets…yet not ready? Does the thought of another diet seem intolerable, yet so does losing control? Does it feel like you will be just letting yourself go? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast that dishes on just that with special guest Barbara Birsinger.

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Mentioned in this episode: Barbara Birsinger / Intuitive Eating (aff) / Eating disorder dietitians Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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This week, we read a letter from a listener who has been through so much trauma and pain in their food journey. How can someone model a positive relationship with food for their family when it's so hard to feel at peace with eating? In this episode, Julie talks about prioritizing healing, choosing a different fight, and how centering yourself also helps those around you.

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto / Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology / Enter to win a 6-month supply of Ovofolic! If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by the PCOS + Food Peace Course! Find out more at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. This episode of The Love Food Podcast is also brought to you by Ovofolic, a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Thank you for supporting the Love Food Podcast!

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This episode is for all of us who were once theatre kids, or anybody who's ever felt like they had to change their bodies to fit in. Join Julie and Lindley Ashline as they read a letter from a listener and chat about grief, anger, and how to channel those feelings into something positive and change-making.

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto / Lindley's weekly Body Liberation Guide / Lindley's Instagram / Lindley's Facebook Page / Lindley's Twitter / Lindley's website / Enter to win a 6-month supply of Ovofolic! If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by the PCOS + Food Peace Course! Find out more at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. This episode of The Love Food Podcast is also brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Thank you for supporting the Love Food Podcast!

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Join us this week for a deep dive into the things I want to see changing in PCOS care. That's right - we're busting down the walls that diet culture and the health care industry have put up. Listen to learn more about the issues in health care, what needs to change, and some ways we can improve PCOS care for all.

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto / Enter to win a 6-month supply of Ovofolic! If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by the PCOS + Food Peace Course! Find out more at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. This episode of The Love Food Podcast is also brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Thank you for supporting the Love Food Podcast!

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This episode is for anyone wondering when the food peace journey will FINALLY feel organized and tidy. Do you feel like eating is a constant tug of war? If you can relate to that, grab a cup of coffee, tea, or your margarita, and join us for thirty minutes as we explore food peace.

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / Landwhale by Jes Baker If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Welcome to this week's episode of the Love Food podcast! We're exploring the top three reasons why your diet is failing. Whether you're someone who's just started dieting or has been trying to diet your whole life, we're talking about the harm diets cause and why they're not working for you. Hint: it's not your fault!

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by the PCOS + Food Peace Course! Find out more at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. This episode of The Love Food Podcast is also brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Use this link to check out Ovofolic to get 15% off (aff) ElanHealthcare.ca/discount/FOODPEACE or use coupon code FoodPeace at check out!

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This week, we read a letter from a listener who is feeling incredibly frustrated and tired with the food peace and intuitive eating journey. What do you do when you have hit a wall with IE, nothing is working, and you don't know where else to go? Alyssa and Julie chat about slowing down, stepping away from all the IE pressure, and small things you can do to reconnect with your body.

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Mentioned in this episode: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / Beth Rosen / Alyssa's Instagram / Alyssa's Website / Alyssa's Podcast / Alyssa's FB page / Colleen Christensen / Tianna Smith / Visit our blog to learn about the Golden Shield method! If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by the PCOS + Food Peace Course! Find out more at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. This episode of The Love Food Podcast is also brought to you by Ovofolic, a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Use this link to check out Ovofolic to get 15% off (aff) ElanHealthcare.ca/discount/FOODPEACE or use coupon code FoodPeace at check out!

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We received a letter from a listener who is struggling with their past trauma and is scared of the idea of diet-free PCOS management. Listen now to explore the idea of forgiving and holding space for our past selves - also, trust in your past experience telling you that diets don't work!

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Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey!

This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by the PCOS + Food Peace Course! Find out more at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. This episode of The Love Food Podcast is also brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Use this link to check out Ovofolic to get 15% off (aff) ElanHealthcare.ca/discount/FOODPEACE or use coupon code FoodPeace at check out!

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In this episode of the Love Food podcast, we sat down with Jenna Doak from Body Positive Fitness! We answer a letter from a listener who is struggling through body changes during the pandemic and prescribe one big dose of compassion and care.

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Mentioned in this episode: Body Positive Fitness Website / BoPo Fitness Instagram / BoPo Fitness TikTok / BoPo Fitness Facebook / BoPo Fitness Facebook Group / BoPo Fitness Twitter / Intuitive Eating book / Evelyn Tribole Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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This episode of the Love Food podcast is a little different! We received a letter from a listener who has been working on food peace for fifteen years(!) and is sending you (and Food) their gratitude and encouragement. Listen as Julie responds to this listener's letter and walks us through some lessons to be learned from food peace.

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In this episode of the Love Food podcast, we are joined by Brittany Modell from the Food Therapy podcast! We answer a letter from a listener who is unsure about how to navigate their relationship with alcohol while also practicing intuitive eating.

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Mentioned in this episode: Brittany's website / Food Therapy Podcast / Brittany's Instagram Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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In this episode of the Love Food podcast, we sit down with Marie-Pier Pitre-D'Iorio from the Balanced Dietitian podcast! We chat about a letter from a listener who is a self-described food "addict" and talk about letting go of control, giving yourself unconditional permission to pursue food freedom, and why food "addiction" may not be what you think it is.

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Mentioned in this episode: Marie-Pier's Instagram / Marie-Pier's website + group program Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto If you're curious about what it looks like to stop pursuing weight loss, click here for some fabulous freebies that will help guide you in your journey! Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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In this BONUS episode of Love Food, we are switching it up (again)! Instead of answering one of your letters, Julie is sharing three ways that rejecting diets through intuitive eating goes hand-in-hand with PCOS. Grab your cup of coffee or a margarita - you can listen here now.

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In this special episode of Love Food, we are switching it up! Instead of answering one of your letters, Julie is sharing her knowledge and thoughts about intuitive eating. If you're someone who has tried and struggled to adopt intuitive eating as a practice, or if you're curious about what it means, this ep is perfect for you! Grab your cup of coffee or a margarita - you can listen here now.

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Mentioned in this episode: Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology / Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology Workbook Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Are you getting tired and impatient as you are mending your relationship with food? Dylan Murphy from the Food Freedom podcast joins us today to give us some steps towards rewriting the narratives that we have learned about our bodies. We also explore how to reshape our food peace journey into something sustainable. Grab your cup of coffee, or a margarita - you can listen here now.

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Mentioned in this episode: Food Freedom Podcast / Dylan Murphy / The Next Right Thing (Podcast) / The Next Right Thing (Book) / Free Method Nutrition / Free Method Academy Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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You dove into your food peace journey, and you've learned how to deal with the diet culture chatter. Now what? What do we do when the people we love are not there with us? In this episode of the Love Food podcast, our host Julie Duffy Dillon walks us through how to reshape our perspective towards our families and friends who have not found their food peace. Grab your cup of coffee, or a margarita - you can listen here now.

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Did you use to have a comforting relationship with food until diet culture told you that it was all wrong? What happens when we feel betrayed by the comfort of food? In this episode of the Love, Food podcast, our host Julie Duffy Dillon walks us through how shifting our mindset towards community and radical change can help us with our individual food practices. You can listen here now.

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Mentioned in this episode: Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology / Sabrina Strings' Fearing The Black Body Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Use this link to check out Ovofolic to get 15% off (aff) ElanHealthcare.ca/discount/FOODPEACE or use coupon code FoodPeace at check out!

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What were you told about living with your aging changing body? Did you get the message that change is wrong? Or a failure? What would it be like to learn more often that an aging body is supposed to be changing? Kimberly Dark is a sociologist and author of Fat, Pretty and Soon to be Old as well as the upcoming Damaged Like Me. She has so much insight into this part of the Food Peace Journey. You can listen here now.

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Mentioned in this episode: Kimberly Dark's website / Damaged Like Me / Kimberly's Facebook page / Kimberly's Twitter / Kimberly's Instagram / Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Use this link to check out Ovofolic to get 15% off (aff) ElanHealthcare.ca/discount/FOODPEACE or use coupon code FoodPeace at check out!

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Have you been doing the steps to move away from your eating disorder, trying to beat Diet Culture off with a stick, yet wonder if you will ever make it? Committed to recovery yet wonder if you'll always be flailing? Pull up a chair and take a break. Katie Barbero, author of Fed Up: An Illustrated Guide to Food Freedom, has some insight. Listen here now.

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Mentioned in this episode: Katie Barbaro's website / Fed Up: An Illustrated Guide to Food Freedom / Katie's Instagram / Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by Ovofolic--a new way trusted way to get Inositol to help with PCOS. Use this link to check out Ovofolic to get 15% off (aff) ElanHealthcare.ca/discount/FOODPEACE or use coupon code FoodPeace at check out!

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Are you trying to break the dieting cycle within your family yet don't have the foggiest idea on how to make that happen....so you just pretend it is all ok?! How do you teach your kids how to relate to food without passing on the disordered eating burden and body hate? The latest Love Food podcast episode explores just that with The Thriving Mum Podcast host Unyime Oguta.

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How do you continue to fight diet culture when someone in your family lives with diabetes? Is rejecting diets hurting them? Does this diagnosis mean food must now be managed rather than met with curiosity? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast with guest expert Rachael Hartley, author of Gentle Nutrition.

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Mentioned in this episode: Rachael Hartley / Gentle Nutrition / Rachael's Instagram / Rachael's Twitter Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by my PCOS + Food Peace Course. Grab the details at PCOSandFoodPeace.com Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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How many of you have moved from controlling food to letting it be? What if controlling food was a part of your life's work--literally AND figuratively? This latest Love Food Podcast is a bit different. We get to hear from Daph Levy (she/they) an anti-diet eating-disorder recovery mentor, fat activist, and video media producer based in Boston, MA. They submitted a Dear Food letter and Julie invited them on to explore next steps. Listen to hear Daph's words of support and wisdom!

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How long have you been trying to recover from your eating disorder? This episode is for those of you have tried everything and wondering if recovering is possible. When a complicated relationship with food includes trauma, loneliness, and pain recovery may seem out of reach. Listen to this latest Love Food Podcast episode with guest expert Daralyse Lyons. She's an activist, actor, and advocate and host of the Demystifying Diversity Podcast.

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Mentioned in this episode: Demystifying Diversity Podcast / Daralyse Lyons' website / Daralyse's book / Daralyse's Instagram / Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by my PCOS + Food Peace Course. Grab the details at PCOSandFoodPeace.com. Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Demystifying Diversity: Embracing our Shared Humanity

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Moving away from diets and its recovery often includes body changes. Unfortunately, Food Peace proof is often misinterpreted to mean weight loss. What if weight gain was/is how your body recovers from diet culture? What if anti-fat bias is blocking you from food freedom? Listen on ways through with guest experts Ali Eberhardt and Hannah Robinson from the Let's Eat Cake Podcast.

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Mentioned in this episode: Let Us Eat Cake Podcast / Eat Cake Pod Instagram / Brianna Campos on Let Us Eat Cake / Let Us Eat Cake website Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by my PCOS + Food Peace Course. Grab the details at PCOSandFoodPeace.com Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Everyone is welcome on the Food Peace Journey, and when I say everyone, I include those of you with diabetes. Public opinion likes to eliminate intuitive eating with a diabetes diagnosis, yet what if moving away from diets promotes health and better blood sugars? Listen up for this week's episode from someone just diagnosed with diabetes.

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Ever feel like you are doing this Food Peace Journey incorrectly? With every binge you may connect with despair and failure. What if your journey was proof of your bravery? What if you gently reconsidered your judgement with curiosity? What then? Guest expert Fiona Sutherland, author of the new book, Vitamin A to Z, dishes on ways to move through.

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The journey can feel isolating at times so communicating with your partner, family, and friends will support your path toward Food Peace. But how does one do this? You're in for a treat: guest expert and therapist Ashlee Bennett, author of the upcoming book, The Art of Body Acceptance, shares her insight.

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The Art of Body Acceptance: Strengthen Your Relationship with Yourself Through Therapeutic Creative Exercises

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This episode is for those of you who have been on your Food Peace Journey for awhile. You've shifted the morality of health and radically rejected diets. But, there's a but. Do you find yourself yearning for your smaller body and wonder how all of that desire fits? Let's examine how your brain is processing all this with guest expert Stephanie Dodier.

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Mentioned in this episode: Conquer and Thrive Program / Going Beyond the Food Podcast Roadmap / Stephanie's Non-Diet Mentorship Program / Stephanie's Non-Diet Intake Form / Stephanie's Instagram Food peace resources: Julie Dillon RD blog / PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap / PCOS + Food Peace Course / Food Peace Syllabus / 6 Keys To Food Peace / My PCOS Manifesto This episode of The Love Food Podcast is brought to you by my PCOS + Food Peace Course. Grab the details at PCOSandFoodPeace.com Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Do you describe yourself as a food addict? Frustrated with your food obsession? I have made this Love Food Podcast episode for you. Let's unravel what is going on, sift through what you need, and make new connections.

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Dear Food,

I know exactly when our journey began. I had an anonormally skinny ballerina body and had gained a few pounds over the summer. I knew what I had to do. My parents always did diets so I figured it was just a part of growing up. Little did I know that losing those few pounds would lead to a horrible relationship with you and an unhealthy amount of weight gain. I used to not think about you. When I was bored, you weren’t the first one I went to. You were fuel not an addiction. Never in a million years would I have thought I would be where I am now. I have drifted so far and our relationship is so weak. I hate you but love you at the same time. You control me and I cannot contain myself around you. I’m addicted. You control my thoughts and take up my whole life. The more I pull away, the more I am attracted to you. I’m not sure why I go to you. Maybe it’s my low self-esteem, or my body image issues, or my constant want and need to look like society’s beauty standards. I feel that you are an escape I have to run from my toxic thoughts about my body because no one else cares. I feel like I cannot even continue my daily life because of the hold you have on me. I hate myself because of you but I can’t stop going back to you. I’ve tried to limit you but our relationship seems to get worse and worse. You were enjoyable, now I dread you. I’m fearful of what you will do to me. I’m fearful of how far I will go with you. You used to be a natural instinct that didn’t matter to me, now I can’t go five minutes without wanting you or thinking about how you ruin me. I guess the truth is…you aren’t the problem. Its me. I abuse you. I hate myself so I become overwhelmed and run to you. I’m not sure why I go to you. It seems counterproductive, but I’m in hopes of finding out why you have such a hold on me. I am guilty after going to you. I am humiliated, even if no one else knows. All I want is a healthy relationship with you and my body so I can move on with my life.

Sincerely, a girl who needs help

Show Notes: * Julie Dillon RD blog * The PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap * The PCOS + Food Peace Course * Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus. * 6 Keys To Food Peace * Healthy Bodies Curriculum by Kathy Kater LCSW * Submit your Dear Food letter here or https://forms.gle/pepKRGPC8JbHLHHn8 * Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian * Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Rejecting diets in a body that doesn’t feel acceptable is exponentially hard. How do you access the world, find clothes that fit AND reject diets? We hope this episode featuring Nic McDermid gives you the compassion you deserve and the fuel you crave.

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Dear Food,

Dear food,

You have been a big part of my life for more than 50 years, comforting me in pain , sharing life successes with me . I grew to love and hate you as a child and adolescent, and my struggles with restricting you have continued throughout my life. I have tried to control you to have a smaller body and yet it has never been maintainable as I have always eaten more of you to end up at a higher weight and larger clothing size. The last 2-3 years the up and down body size roller coaster we have been on has slowed down and this body that I have now has been more or less the same size , but I am not happy with it and still long to walk into a clothing store and find a variety of clothes that fit me.

Instead I hate shopping and always end up eating more of you or comfort versions of you to stop the pain and shame I feel not being able to find clothes that fit. It doesn’t help to live in Spain as I find larger sized clothing is even harder to find. I have gained and lost the same number of lbs over and over but always come back to this weight, and body size, and I still deal with choices of you daily . I must eat too much of you which I think contributes to my maintaining this larger body and yet the portions of you and the exercise I do should add up to having a smaller body.

This year I found the intuitive eating book and am working through the workbook. I am also finding more and more health at any size websites and support groups. I am learning to stop eating when I am full and I am not binging anymore for years now, and I exercise regularly . For my 61 years I am in pretty good shape but I just struggle with finding clothes I feel comfortable in and wish for a smaller sized body , and not the hard to find size that I wear now.

I also feel that the aches and pains I have daily with this body would be less with a smaller body and I would have more energy, and my doctors have told me repeatedly to drop weight every time I go to an appointment . I am having knee replacement surgery soon and this body size concerns me.

Anyway Food, I seem to be stuck here and not sure how to work with you so I can lower my body size, I don’t have visions anymore of being a super model or an unrealistic size. I just want to be able to buy clothes easier and feel better in what I wear, and have a healthier body image.

I am not obsessed with your details and watching your calories anymore or tracking you as I have been for years but instead trying to eat just enough of you, enjoying your taste and not restricting myself . I know I need you to give me nutrients and keep me alive, so this relationship is lifelong,

I would just like to find a balance with you and this larger body I have.

love

Still Dreaming to be Smaller

Show Notes: * Julie Dillon RD blog * The PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap * The PCOS + Food Peace Course * Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus. * 6 Keys To Food Peace * Nic MicDermid on Instagram * Submit your Dear Food letter here or https://forms.gle/pepKRGPC8JbHLHHn8 * Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian * Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Are you getting a message that weight gain means you are doing it wrong? Diets preach weight loss for health and then tell us that if their rules don’t work it is on us not them. You are not a failure if or when you gain weight. If you struggle with moving away from diets and need more insight to fuel your Food Peace Journey, you are in the right place.

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Dear Food,

For probably my entire entire life I have used as a scapegoat to avoid my divided and toxic family life, my fear of relationships and men, and the excuse as to why I can't keep the weight off.

After my brother passed unexpectedly this year and after mindless eating to numb the pain of his absence I seeked out some help from a therapist. I am still in therapy and I was able to unblock myself with the numbness. This is where you came in Food. I was no longer using you as a source of comfort anymore. Alongside this journey I decided to read the Intuitive

Eating book that Julie Duffy Dillon put on her must reads syllabus section. I read it slowly and realized even more that you don't really bring me that source of comfort anymore or really the satisfaction. In fact I had face so much without you in just a matter of 3 months. I had to face the reality that my brother is no longer here, that I used you to numb myself to the point where I didn't know what I was feeling, and that I fed myself the wrong foods to keep myself fat so men would leave me alone. I say this because when I have been at a lighter weight I did not feel comfortable at all with the attention. I felt vulnerable in my new body. Fat is all I have ever known. I was a wallflower and invisible to men. Once I wasn't I was back at the binging and the weight crept up, although on a conscious level I was so upset about this.

I know all of this sounds crazy but I had such a huge insight in such a short amount of time. I began to take care of myself, but I am really struggling with something: PCOS. I really want to build a strong and healthy relationship with my body. My body is completely out of balance because I feel it at a cellular level. Because I had gained almost 15 lbs from the loss of my brother my PCOS symptoms came back. I don't weigh myself anymore but I do want to lose some weight so I can get off medication and re-stabilize my hormones. I just feel like all the information out there about nutrition and PCOS is so contradictory. I don't know where to start. I find myself getting into diet mentality and I fight myself mentally constantly, especially lately. I don't feel at peace and this concerns me. I have stopped exercising because of this mental stress too.

I ask you Food, what am I really supposed to do? Am I supposed to be ok with the fact that maybe my PCOS Is always going to wreck havoc on my health? Am I supposed to be ok with being large and constantly fighting to stabilize my hormones. I'm only 26, and I am so fatigued. I really don't care what the scale says anymore, what I want to know is: what exactly am I supposed to do? I honor my hunger but I noticed some days I barely eat. I logically do not think this is ok since I have PCOS. Idk if I can trust my body fully because of the PCOS. Instead of going around in circles, does intuitive eating really work for PCOS? Are carbs really what is making my hormones insane or gain a few extra pounds? I just feel so lost. I want to get out of this. I want to heal my body and my soul. I want to heal my PCOS naturally and I want to be ok with you Food. I just hate how healing PCOS equates to weight loss. I think this may be the issue. I just feel like I am always going to lose when it comes to PCOS.

Sincerely,

Lost Cyster.

Show Notes: * Julie Dillon RD blog * The PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap * The PCOS + Food Peace Course * Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus. * 6 Keys To Food Peace * Submit your Dear Food letter here or https://forms.gle/pepKRGPC8JbHLHHn8 * Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian * Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Dear Food, My relationship with you has changed so much over the years and I am grateful for that.We do have a positive relationship now, most of the time. I enjoy you, I savor you, I appreciate you and give gratitude. I don’t need to count calories or think of how much exercise needs to be done to rid you from my body. But, I still use you as a drug and that angers and frustrates me. You have calmed me for years when I didn’t have any other tools. But I am tired of not having other tools. I am tired of turning to food to deal with life’s daily stressors. I am ready to give you up and learn new life skills, but I feel stuck. I fall into entrenched patterns of using food to push away any discomfort, whether big or small. I know it makes me unhappy and doesn’t solve my problem. But I don’t believe that any other strategy will work as well. I am so convinced that nothing will work as well as you, that I don’t even try other skills. Sure, I have used other strategies from time to time, but I always fall back to food. I get so tired of the suggestions “got take a walk, read a book, take a shower” to avoid emotional eating. How does anyone do that at work? I can’t leave a meeting or stop working with students to do that. Anyway, you can see how frustrated it makes me that I still turn to you, but I feel so stuck sometimes. You can calm me so quickly; bites of chocolate or extra servings of pretzels eaten so fast – and I am calmed… When stressed, I eat way more than I need. But you don’t make me happy in the long run. Sure, I feel good for a few seconds, but then I feel blah, physically and mentally. Once again, asking myself “why did I do that again?” “why did I eat more than I needed?” The cycle continues, eating too much, having an upset stomach, feeling bad about it, telling myself I screwed up, tight pants and on and on…. How can I end this? How can I stop this cycle of using food as a drug? How can I stop eating emotionally? I am fed up!! Please help.

Show Notes: * Julie Dillon RD blog * The PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap * The PCOS + Food Peace Course * Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus. * 6 Keys To Food Peace * Dr. Barbara Birsinger on Love Food Podcast Episode 157 * Submit your Dear Food letter here or https://forms.gle/pepKRGPC8JbHLHHn8 * Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian * Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Many chronic health conditions are invisible and include multiple medications to manage. For many, these medications are life saving, life giving, and lead to weight gain. Do you try to eat less yet the food cravings worsen? We hope this episode gives you more options. Listen as guest expert Alissa Rumsey, author of Unapologetic Eating, explores way to care for yourself leading with self-care rather than self-control.

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Dear Food,

You are awesome. You're simultaneously one of my favorite hobbies, and life-giving sustenance. I love to cook, and to eat. You fill me with pleasure, comfort, and joy when I successfully cook a new recipe. I have to admit, food, you and I are quite a pair. We make awesome things together. Unfortunately, though, we have a serious problem. I have a rare and serious congenital health condition called Panhypopituitarism. I know, it's a mouthful. It took me a long time to learn how to pronounce it properly. Anyway, with this condition comes so many complications... Hypothyroidism, adrenal insufficiency, adult growth hormone deficiency and so many other hormonal deficiencies, I would literally die if I didn't take replacements for all of them.

My medications are mandatory... and they have nasty side effects. My thyroid medication, growth hormone injections, and birth control I have to take in order to have a menstrual cycle all cause me to gain weight. The steroids I take for my adrenal insufficiency cause me to crave salt and other terribly delicious junk, and it really increases my appetite to maddening levels. To put things into perspective there, this medication is often given to chemo patients so they will have an appetite. I take 40mg daily.

I really started packing on the pounds worse and worse a couple years ago. I tried to go on an exercise regimen to control my weight, but an unfortunate part of my diagnosis includes exercise intolerance, meaning I can't do vigorous workouts at all, and even light exercise causes me to get weak and shaky after only a few minutes of activity. I can pretty much only walk, do yoga, and simple aerobics and pilates. Because I can't work out sufficiently enough to lose weight, I had to do something terrible, food. I had to start seriously restricting my time with you. I pretty much starved myself on a tight portion-control diet for a while, and that inevitably failed after I had a particularly nasty craving that led to a disheartening binge. I decided to ask my endocrinologist what I should do. He agreed that my weight increase was worrisome and instructed me to go on a XYZ calorie a day diet. He also helped me get into contact with a very nice nutritionist who helped educate me on healthier choices and how to count calories. It's been hard, but I've stuck with it so far. Unfortunately, I still tend to overeat and go over my calorie budget often enough that it's really starting to make me worry I could binge again.

What are we going to do, food? I try my hardest. I enjoy cooking at home and making delicious meals, going for healthier options. I've fallen in love with Zucchini lasagna, rather than the noodle-based original. Substitutions like this are great, and a lot of fun to experiment with, but I still crave the nasty junk food. Do you know what I ate last week? Mac n Cheetos from Burger King. That's what. I felt so guilty afterwards, but damn if it wasn't delicious. Help me out here, food. What can I do to learn to ignore these cravings and put the health of my body first? I'm in a race against my medications, trying to at least maintain my current weight. I'm afraid this diet is going to fail like the others, but I can't afford not to diet... or can I?

What should I do?

Much love,

Forced to diet

Show Notes: * Julie Dillon RD blog * The PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap * The PCOS + Food Peace Course * Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus. * 6 Keys To Food Peace * Alissa Rumsey's website AlissaRumseyRD.com * Unapologetic Eating www.alissarumsey.com/book * Alissa on Instagram - www.instagram.com/alissarumseyRD * Alissa on Facebook - www.facebook.com/alissarumseyRD * Submit your Dear Food letter here or https://forms.gle/pepKRGPC8JbHLHHn8 * Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian * Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Welcome to International Dieting Month. Let's Rally together to withstand the pressure from Diet Culture. This episode's letter connects the dots on the pressure to diet, lose weight, and control oneself. Content Warning: this letter describes eating disorder behaviors linked to Bulimia.

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Dear Food
Dear food,
or really, dear me
for we are nothing without one another.
Together we have navigated rocky terrain,
a tumultuous relationship
full of more fear than love.
I have needed you,
hated you,
and in that
needed and hated myself.
I have blamed you,
restricted you
binged you
earned you
burned you
enjoyed you
hidden you
purged you.
My Self is tied to you
closely and painfully.
But as I have arrived
at my 23rd year
most of the previous 22 spent focusing far too much on you,
I am unravelling
some of the tangled web we exist in together
and realizing
it is not your fault, food.
Ant it is not mine either.
It feels cliché to say
but I have seen the truth.
It’s society that has created all of this.
It’s all lies
mirrors and smoke
illusions to suck away happiness and freedom
and, most importantly, money and power.
It’s the patriarchy and capitalism
two systems of oppressive power
that taught me to worry about you
about us
about my size and shape

and the effect that you have on those parts of me.
So young I felt for the first time like I took up too much space
with this body of mine.
That I needed to shrink
so I could fit into tiny little premade boxes.
So young I cut you out
I forgot the pleasure you could bring me.
I thought only of numbers,
trying to get you as small as possible
so I could be that way as well.
The rush that success brought is tempting even now,
but I have learned since the first time
that trying to make yourself smaller
is a process doomed to fail.
That in fact our bodies try to protect us
by making us take up even more space after.
Because our bodies don’t believe the lies.
Our innate wisdom
sees through the smoke and mirrors.
And if only I was better at balancing my body and my mind
I would also be able to see the truth.
Instead, I still look in the mirror
and hear the voices of the systems
whispering their poison.
So insidious they are that I yearn
to listen to them
to try again to shrink.
But I won’t,
not anymore.
Because after years of finding myself with my fingers down my throat,
after years of having the most abusive relationship with you, food,
I’ve decided to save my own life.
I am unlearning the lies.
I am shouldering a lifetime of clearing away
the darkness that has been put into my mind.
Because I realized that
even when my body is not
what the world tells me it should be,
I feel lighter
When I can just see you, food,
As a friend.

SHOWNOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • The PCOS + Food Peace Free Roadmap
  • The PCOS + Food Peace Course
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Submit your Dear Food letter here or https://forms.gle/pepKRGPC8JbHLHHn8
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Dear Food:

After a lifetime of eating, bingeing, and restricting, I finally felt like I needed to shift the way we exist in the world together. I've loved you, feared you, needed you, and abused you. We were in need of couples therapy. Luckily, I found a great podcast that was all about you! After binge listening to the Love Food Podcast, I was inspired to explore intuitive eating. For the last month, I've immersed myself into the intuitive eating/body positive culture by reading and investigating different books, blogs, etc. What I learned felt right, and I started to implement the tenets of intuitive eating. We had a great two week honeymoon, where I wasn't anxious about dining out and I allowed myself to eat what I truly craved. I was also vigilant about stopping before I got too full. It was pretty amazing to learn how little I actually needed to feel satisfied. Things were going great until I did something stupid. I stepped on the scale. Yes, I know the experts said you can't diet and practice intuitive eating at the same time. But, my old compulsion got the best of me. So I weighed myself and it turns out I lost a few pounds. Almost effortlessly. And that's where I derailed. Since finding out I've lost some weight, I've been bingeing and restricting again! It's the same thing I would do when I used to diet. Lose a little, and then eat my way back up the scale. What am I doing??? I can't seem to find the intuitive path again. Every day I try, but end up bingeing by the end of the day. How did I get here again? I was feeling so empowered and free just a couple of weeks ago, and now I'm feeling defeated and fat all over again. I somehow turned intuitive eating into another diet gone wrong. Food, I want to get us on the right path again but I'm not sure how.
Love, Intuitive Saboteur SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole on Love Food
  • PCOS Body Liberation
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
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So you weighed yourself and well, shit, all the rainbows and unicorns from your Intuitive Eating Honeymoon are in the crapper. What the hell happened? Just getting on the scale, seeing a scale, or thinking of stepping on a scale is enough for your brain to connect with your Dieting Trauma. Let's pull up a chair and sift through this on the latest Love Food Podcast episode.

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Dear Food:

After a lifetime of eating, bingeing, and restricting, I finally felt like I needed to shift the way we exist in the world together. I've loved you, feared you, needed you, and abused you. We were in need of couples therapy. Luckily, I found a great podcast that was all about you! After binge listening to the Love Food Podcast, I was inspired to explore intuitive eating. For the last month, I've immersed myself into the intuitive eating/body positive culture by reading and investigating different books, blogs, etc. What I learned felt right, and I started to implement the tenets of intuitive eating. We had a great two week honeymoon, where I wasn't anxious about dining out and I allowed myself to eat what I truly craved. I was also vigilant about stopping before I got too full. It was pretty amazing to learn how little I actually needed to feel satisfied. Things were going great until I did something stupid. I stepped on the scale. Yes, I know the experts said you can't diet and practice intuitive eating at the same time. But, my old compulsion got the best of me. So I weighed myself and it turns out I lost a few pounds. Almost effortlessly. And that's where I derailed. Since finding out I've lost some weight, I've been bingeing and restricting again! It's the same thing I would do when I used to diet. Lose a little, and then eat my way back up the scale. What am I doing??? I can't seem to find the intuitive path again. Every day I try, but end up bingeing by the end of the day. How did I get here again? I was feeling so empowered and free just a couple of weeks ago, and now I'm feeling defeated and fat all over again. I somehow turned intuitive eating into another diet gone wrong. Food, I want to get us on the right path again but I'm not sure how.
Love, Intuitive Saboteur SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole on Love Food
  • Fearing the Black Body by Dr. Sabrina Strings
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Have you been walking your Food Peace Journey™️ for awhile singing anti-diet praises yet suffer in secret? Do you call yourself body positive yet find yourself fantasizing about losing weight? This is an isolating space yet you are not alone. We have options to explore. Listen as guest expert Kirsten Ackerman describes ways to navigate this part of your Food Peace Journey.

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Dear Food:

I feel like an imposter with you and with intuitive eating. I feel that I'm not truly anti-diet, truly in recovery for binge eating and anorexia, or that I am really past all the dieting. My relationship with you has been unstable since I was five. I remember being highly aware of my body at such a young age and knowing I was larger than everyone. So I started to diet. And the dieting cycle didn't stop until two years ago when I found intuitive eating. I've worked so hard to unlearn my internalized fatphobia and diet culture that was ingrained in me from such a young age. But everyday I feel like I'm faking it. I tell myself that I don't want to be skinny, but I do. I tell myself I dont want to diet anymore, but I do. I tell myself that calories and carbs count isn't important, but I find myself still glancing at the nutrition facts on food labels. What if I'm not meant for intuitive eating? What if dieting is the only way I can manage my PCOS and my weight? And even as I say this to you, food, I know it's not the truth. I know that dieting is a short term solution and that it will do more harm than good. But sometimes working against the system is so difficult. I constantly have coworkers, friends, and family that are so deep into diet culture that it's easy to get sucked back into it.
And then of course there's the PCOS. There is so much misinformation about how to manage my symptoms with PCOS and much of the time it's diet related. I want to be fully free with you, food. I want to truly feel free from diet culture and know that I am a good person, regardless of the food I consume. But it's so tough. I know that nutritious foods feel so good in my body and that less nutritious foods exacerbate my PCOS symptoms. And in my mind that means I can only eat "healthy" and that I can't have ice cream if I want it. That the moment I eat something, it will make or break my PCOS management skills. That I will do too much damage that can't be undone. So what do I do, food? How do I feel free with you? Because I am an imposter, a sham, and I'm afraid that someone will realize that I'm not as anti-diet as I make myself out to be.
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  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Kirsten Ackerman
  • Kirsten Ackerman on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theintuitive_rd/
  • Kirsten Ackerman's book The Intuitive Eating Plan
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Dear Food:

I've been struggling with you for almost my entire life. When I was little I remember watching my Dad go on diet after diet and rigidly refusing to go up a pant size. It looked so miserable but I also wanted to be like him. I also knew (from what my parents had told me) that I was getting fat. So when I was 8, I went on my first diet and began counting calories. Later, around age 15, I began to reject dieting and wanted to relax and eat what I wanted. This made my parents uncomfortable and eventually they began to mandate that I diet and exercise. I began to sneak you up to my bedroom and eat you in the middle of the night. I was riddled with shame, guilt, and self-hatred. Even when I was outside of my parent's control, I carried their voices of judgment with me and continued dieting throughout most of my adult life.
Now I'm 31 and I've tried so hard to redefine my relationship with you and my body. I've seen a counselor and nutritionist who come from an intuitive eating approach. I was fortunate enough to be part of a 10-week intuitive eating group and I loved it! But a job change caused me to move away from those resources and now I feel stuck. I'm heavier than I've ever been in my entire life and I'm so ashamed of my body. I don't even recognize myself when I look in the mirror. While the dream of being smaller is still tempting, the thought of dieting repulses me. I know dieting isn't the answer, but I can't seem to get the hang of intuitive eating. I feel like I'm making zero progress on my journey to food peace.
Often I still feel like that rebellious teenager who would overeat (whether it made her feel good or not) just to spite her parents. I still want to lose weight but I know that intuitive eating isn't suppose to be about that. How do I stop the incessant desire to be smaller when it's been a part of my life for so long?
I'm also feeling scared because sometimes listening to my body and choosing to stop eating when I'm full/satisfied or not eat something because my inner wisdom is telling me that I don't truly want it reminds me of the rules and restrictions I lived under for so long. Intellectually I know that responding to my body and inner wisdom is different than dieting. But emotionally they sometimes feel the same. Eventually I end up still engaging in rebellious eating even though I'm not sure what/who I'm rebelling against. Then I feel like I've fallen off track and give up and shame takes over. I know this is a diet mentality but I can't seem to shake it! I'm not sure how to interrupt this cycle and stop thinking of intuitive eating through this dieting lens. I want to move forward in my food and body peace journey but I'm not sure how to get past this hurtle. I just want to find peace with you and my body but I'm not sure what the next step should be.
Love,
Stuck In The Cycle SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole
  • Intuitive Eating peer-to-peer support
  • Intuitive Eating workbook
  • Intuitive Eating 4th edition
  • Evelyn Tribole on Instagram
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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We are concluding the PCOS podcast series with a letter from someone moving along their Food Peace Journey in a different body. Things feel different--they can't cross their legs and breathe differently. Therapist and fashion blogger Shira Rosenbluth joins as a guest expert to share her clinical wisdom and lived experience in her own recovery--both that will give you insight on your path.

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Dear Food:

I’ve been a listener to this podcast for a while now and it has been a helpful resource as I’ve worked on my own recovery from bingeing and restricting along with repairing my own body image. This year I began teaching at a new school and a teacher on my team has been a big trigger for me. She’s a former gymnast/power lifter and she often talks about her body and fat people in a really disparaging way. It started in the beginning of the year when she wouldn’t eat meals. Then it continued as she would talk about how disgusting she thought her body was. This year she had a miscarriage and later shared her PCOS diagnosis with me and how frustrating it is for her that she gains weight so easily.
Since quarantine has begun she’s been heavily into weight loss and has dropped 25lbs in the 3 months we’ve been in quarantine. I unfollowed her on social media but I still have to attend video calls with her where she tends to bring up her weight loss and about how disgusting she was before in her already thin body. I mentioned my concern to work friends that have worked with her before, and it sounds like she’s lost weight really rapidly before using diet pills and not eating consistently. They did not seem as concerned as I was.
I recognize that I cannot change anything she does, and truthfully I consider her a friend outside of this issue. We’re all on a team together so it would be far more difficult to not get along with her. That said, being around her and having to do video calls with her where all she talks about is weight loss and dieting (even after I’ve asked her not to) has been really triggering for me.
At this point, I don’t think she’d be receptive to anything I have to say especially because I do have a fat body and I’m worried she’s going to only hear my concerns as jealousy of her thinness. At one point i asked her to not send me her weight loss updates anymore and she gave me a not so sincere sorry.
How can I continue my own journey of recovery while I have to be in close contact with someone who hasn’t even begun to realize they might have a problem? Over the summer I can hopefully take a break but I’m still worried about maintaining the friendship I have with my team while also trying to avoid her? I see an eating disorder dietitian and I used to work with an eating disorder therapist, but this has been a new problem.
I know I don’t need to be thin to be healthy. I’m really proud of the healthy relationship I’ve built with food and permission and I have made strides in finding non-weight related motivation to consistently exercise. I just worry continued exposure to her fat phobia and rapid weight loss will cause me to spiral back only focusing on losing weight.
Thanks for reading.
Sincerely,
Don’t Want to Go Back SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • PCOS + Keto blog post which includes details discussed including the research.
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Shira's Eating Disorder Recovery Group
  • Shira Rosenbluth psychotherapy practice and fashion blog
  • Shira's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theshirarose/
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • PCOS Body Liberation Community
  • PCOS Body Liberation on Instagram: Instagram.com/PCOSBodyLiberation
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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We see you exhausted trying to swim upstream against diet culture. Do you work or live with someone who is hard core into dieting and just won't shut up about it? Have you told them to stop and they keep at it anyway? We made this episode for you. Join this latest episode of the Love Food Podcast with guest expert Laura Burns. We want you to keep swimming!

This episode of the Love Food Podcast is brought to you by The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast by Robyn Goldberg.

It is likely you have a close friend, client or loved one who is currently struggling with an eating disorder. Do you feel lost in a deluge of information? Are you unsure who to trust? Let this book be your guide.

Written by an expert with over twenty years of experience in the field of eating disorders, this book will give you the facts in a friendly and easy to read format. Get to know what you are dealing with and how it is taking a toll on your body and quality of life. Get rid of the myths “diet culture” has had you believe. Find out where to go and who to turn to for expert and compassionate care, maximizing your potential for recovery. A useful, inviting and all inclusive guide to eating disorders.

Also be sure to tune in to The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast, an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders. This podcast is for clients, clinicians and anyone who wants to be able to support someone who is struggling.

Grab your free download here.

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Dear Food:

I’ve been a listener to this podcast for a while now and it has been a helpful resource as I’ve worked on my own recovery from bingeing and restricting along with repairing my own body image. This year I began teaching at a new school and a teacher on my team has been a big trigger for me. She’s a former gymnast/power lifter and she often talks about her body and fat people in a really disparaging way. It started in the beginning of the year when she wouldn’t eat meals. Then it continued as she would talk about how disgusting she thought her body was. This year she had a miscarriage and later shared her PCOS diagnosis with me and how frustrating it is for her that she gains weight so easily.
Since quarantine has begun she’s been heavily into weight loss and has dropped 25lbs in the 3 months we’ve been in quarantine. I unfollowed her on social media but I still have to attend video calls with her where she tends to bring up her weight loss and about how disgusting she was before in her already thin body. I mentioned my concern to work friends that have worked with her before, and it sounds like she’s lost weight really rapidly before using diet pills and not eating consistently. They did not seem as concerned as I was.
I recognize that I cannot change anything she does, and truthfully I consider her a friend outside of this issue. We’re all on a team together so it would be far more difficult to not get along with her. That said, being around her and having to do video calls with her where all she talks about is weight loss and dieting (even after I’ve asked her not to) has been really triggering for me.
At this point, I don’t think she’d be receptive to anything I have to say especially because I do have a fat body and I’m worried she’s going to only hear my concerns as jealousy of her thinness. At one point i asked her to not send me her weight loss updates anymore and she gave me a not so sincere sorry.
How can I continue my own journey of recovery while I have to be in close contact with someone who hasn’t even begun to realize they might have a problem? Over the summer I can hopefully take a break but I’m still worried about maintaining the friendship I have with my team while also trying to avoid her? I see an eating disorder dietitian and I used to work with an eating disorder therapist, but this has been a new problem.
I know I don’t need to be thin to be healthy. I’m really proud of the healthy relationship I’ve built with food and permission and I have made strides in finding non-weight related motivation to consistently exercise. I just worry continued exposure to her fat phobia and rapid weight loss will cause me to spiral back only focusing on losing weight.
Thanks for reading.
Sincerely,
Don’t Want to Go Back SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • PCOS + Keto blog post which includes details discussed including the research.
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Laura Burn's webpage: RadicalBodyLove.com
  • PCOS Body Liberation Community
  • Laura on Instagram: Instagram.com/RadicalBodyLove
  • Laura on Patreon: Patreon.com/RadicalBodyLove
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • PCOS Body Liberation Community
  • PCOS Body Liberation on Instagram: Instagram.com/PCOSBodyLiberation
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Are you coming to terms with the fact that diets don't work for most people--yourself included? And yet every cell in your body feels repulsed with the idea of body acceptance? If you've been riding that diet roller coaster for as long as you can remember and want OFF you have come to the right place. Join us as we learn from guest expert Nina Mills who has new insight to get you on solid ground.

This episode of the Love Food Podcast is brought to you by The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast by Robyn Goldberg.

It is likely you have a close friend, client or loved one who is currently struggling with an eating disorder. Do you feel lost in a deluge of information? Are you unsure who to trust? Let this book be your guide.

Written by an expert with over twenty years of experience in the field of eating disorders, this book will give you the facts in a friendly and easy to read format. Get to know what you are dealing with and how it is taking a toll on your body and quality of life. Get rid of the myths “diet culture” has had you believe. Find out where to go and who to turn to for expert and compassionate care, maximizing your potential for recovery. A useful, inviting and all inclusive guide to eating disorders.

Also be sure to tune in to The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast, an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders. This podcast is for clients, clinicians and anyone who wants to be able to support someone who is struggling.

Grab your free download here.

NEW PODCAST ALERT

Be sure to check out, support, and SUBSCRIBE to the Demystifying Diversity Podcast with hosts Daralyse Lyons and AnnaMarie Jones. The trailer has me hooked and can't wait to hear more. I have a feeling you'll love this podcast too.

Dear Food:

You and I have had a difficult relationship for a very long time. I am only 21 years old, in the middle of working hard to be successful in my college career and other life goals, but I can't ignore my fear and addiction to you that has always followed me like a creeping shadow. I was unhappy with my body from an early age; I recall looking back in my diary and complaining about my size (I was a healthy weight at that time) when I was 7; even back then I attributed my problems to you, though I continued to look forward to the junk food I was allowed to consume at parties or weekend restaurant trips. Puberty hit me like a truck and I grew too quickly, gaining stretch marks all over my thighs, hips and breasts. I blamed you for that too. As a teen I gradually started putting on the weight, and suffering from mysterious little things that I just thought were a part of being a growing woman. My periods were irregular and heavy; I had borderline high cholesterol and was diagnosed with prediabetes in high school. I had such low energy and craved a nap every single day. I suffered from terrible panic disorder and depression, and was put on medication that I continue to take for almost 6 years now. My acne was so bad that it made my skin itchy and red, and I spent over eight years trying what I have totaled to be at least 10 different topical and medicinal treatments for my problems. Eventually my dermatologist's assistant (a woman) suggested I had PCOS. I did the blood work and consulted with my gynecologist; turns out they were right. I got the news of my diagnosis over phone call. I was immediately put on birth control to manage my periods, with a promise that none of these medications would affect my steadily rising weight. I sought out the help of my GP multiple times with what to do about my weight gain and other symptoms. I thought I would find a woman who understood what was wrong and how to help me. What I found was someone who just agreed to whatever I suggested I try for myself, whether it be meds, diets, or somewhat suspicious natural treatments that I was so desperate to trust that I tried them anyway. Needless to say Food, you and I both know none of it worked. I tried restricting my consumption of you to only about 1000 calories a day, for almost two months. I tried intermittent fasting. I hit the gym hard 4-5 times a week, following the instructions of other women online who said they "cured" their PCOS. I tried quitting my birth control even if it meant painful periods. I have even had my family involved in helping me; my sister-in-law recommended the keto diet and running as much as possible; my brother helped me meal plan for weeks. My weight has stayed the highest it's been. I am miserable at parties; seeing my skinny friends eat pizza and chips and soda while still staying slim makes me so upset I want to peel myself out of my own skin if it means I don't have to be in this body. If I enjoy even a little bit of you I feel immediately riddled with guilt and shame. If I indulge a little bit I use it as an excuse to indulge a lot. Then I beat myself up, cry myself to sleep, and get up and hit the diet hard again. I have finally admitted to myself that none of these diets are working, and it isn't my fault or necessarily yours either. PCOS was not something I got by eating one too many Oreos at sleepovers as a kid; it was genetic, something out of my control. The thing is though, even though part of me knows this to be true, I still hate my body, and I hate what you do to it. I hate that I feel like I can't escape your influence. And I hate that I hate the way that I am. Will our relationship ever improve? Will I ever find the right combination of you that benefits my body the most? Will I be able to realize the difference between dieting or a final lifestyle change? And lastly, will I ever be happy with you around? Sincerely, -Struggling for Life SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Get on Nina Mill's course wait list here: https://feelgoodeating.com.au/wait-list
  • Josée Sovinsky’s food addiction round up of resources: https://www.joseesovinskynutrition.com/blog/food-addiction-resources-july2018
  • Learn more about Nina Mill's work: https://feelgoodeating.com.au
  • PCOS + Keto blog post which includes details discussed including the research.
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • PCOS Body Liberation Community
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Who hasn't heard of Keto? Wonder if it is the right option for you? Many people with PCOS or another chronic condition like diabetes, migraines, or knee pain are encouraged to give Keto a try. This is not a harmless recommendation. This week's listener letter teases apart what Intuitive Eating means for her after years of Keto. Wonder what to do next? Listen up for more. Want to dive deep into the research and discussion? Click here for my blog post on PCOS + Keto.

This episode of the Love Food Podcast is brought to you by The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast by Robyn Goldberg.

It is likely you have a close friend, client or loved one who is currently struggling with an eating disorder. Do you feel lost in a deluge of information? Are you unsure who to trust? Let this book be your guide.

Written by an expert with over twenty years of experience in the field of eating disorders, this book will give you the facts in a friendly and easy to read format. Get to know what you are dealing with and how it is taking a toll on your body and quality of life. Get rid of the myths “diet culture” has had you believe. Find out where to go and who to turn to for expert and compassionate care, maximizing your potential for recovery. A useful, inviting and all inclusive guide to eating disorders.

Also be sure to tune in to The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast, an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders. This podcast is for clients, clinicians and anyone who wants to be able to support someone who is struggling.

Grab your free download here.

NEW PODCAST ALERT

Be sure to check out, support, and SUBSCRIBE to the Demystifying Diversity Podcast with hosts Daralyse Lyons and AnnaMarie Jones. The trailer has me hooked and can't wait to hear more. I have a feeling you'll love this podcast too.

Dear Food:

After four years of eating keto to manage my PCOS and prevent diabetes, I have started trying intuitive eating, but am honestly a little skeptical that it will work for my situation. One year into keto, I quit counting carbs and have been eating somewhat intuitively since then, even enjoying a full-sugar treat a few times a year (not without consequences to my physical and mental health, but balance, right?) I don’t worry about my weight, and in fact got rid of my scale last year and don’t miss it.

Keto was all about health for me. In fact, when I saw a new doctor a few months ago, she said I had probably gotten rid of my PCOS by cutting out sugar and I felt pretty good about that. I know it’s not possible to completely get rid of PCOS, but I know I did something right, because I started having a regular cycle for the first time in my life two years ago, thanks to keto and intermittent fasting. I don’t want to undo that and go back to where I was.

This is why I am approaching intuitive eating with a bit of hesitation, while wanting to be free from “food rules” and not think about food so much. If I could go back to eating how I did 7 years ago without suffering adverse health effects, that would be amazing, but maybe that’s not possible because bodies and metabolisms change.

I’ve tried eating fruit, beans, and rice in the past week. All of them messed with my blood sugar and made me feel like crap. Do I have to accept the fact that I just can’t get along with a whole category of you, namely grains and sugar, that those are just off-limits for me for the majority of the time? When I think of intuitive eating, I think of “all foods fit”, so I’m feeling a bit confused and stuck. I want to be healthy but I also want us to get along.

Frustrated Foodie

SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • PCOS + Keto blog post which includes details discussed including the research.
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • The Eating Disorder Trap book and podcast
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • PCOS Body Liberation Community
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help. Connect every Tuesday to hear a listener letter describe their woes in a Dear Food letter. Julie Duffy Dillon--seasoned dietitian and food behavior expert--sifts through the letter and sometimes features guests with exceptional insight. Each episode concludes with Food writing back to help you focus on permission, healing, and compassion.

This podcast is not about dieting. It is not about how to lose weight. It combines 20 years of Health at Every Size informed nutrition counseling into a new way that is unapologetically anti-diet and fat positive.

Find out more at JulieDillonRD.com

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As we finish up Season 4, consider what parts of your Food Peace Journey™️ you can unravel and which are not your burden to carry. We must Rally together to free all bodies and no matter what, no one can take away the steps you have taken on your Food Peace Journey so far. Listen to this latest episode and stick around to the end for a special announcement!

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

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Dear Wonderful, Delightful, Complicated Food:

We’ve had a long relationship of valleys and peaks, and after a long time, I finally feel like we are at a pleasant plateau. I’m no longer caught up in the very restrictive behaviors of anorexia that I experienced when I struggled to control other aspects of my life. I recognize that sometimes, my body needs more of you, and I am usually able to eat without feeling overwhelmed by grief and negative thoughts. My husband is kind, loving, and better than anything I thought possible.
And yet, I am very aware that plateaus have boundaries, and I am afraid that in this case, the boundary is a cliff, mostly related to aging. I have almost always been in a fat body, but about seven years ago, through severe restriction, I was small enough to shop in straight-sized stores for the first time since I was a freshman in high school. As nice as the compliments were, I was harming myself, and my relationship with you. While my therapist was outstanding in helping me build the strength to leave an abusive situation, he encouraged my weight loss.
Leaving abuse meant a new career, and while I never planned to be in healthcare, that is where I find myself. I work in long-term care, and every day, I listen to the fatphobic opinions of the medical community. In the last five years, I have regained all the weight I lost, and more. At work, I am always the fattest person in the room. I try to tune out water cooler discussions of their personal diets, but when we discuss patient health, I am overwhelmed. Two patients can have generally equal diagnoses, symptoms, and test results, but if one is fat, their situation is blamed on their weight, and pain is nearly always reduced to “if they would lose X pounds, they wouldn’t be in pain.” I have also had some health setbacks in these recent years. I am now disabled and experience chronic pain. I was finally diagnosed with PCOS after 26 years since my first period, and I had to stop the medication that helped regulate it because of potentially deadly side effects. I know that because of PCOS, my food needs are different from others, and that I experience hunger, fullness, and cravings differently.
Food, I am afraid that when I am older and need more medical care, they will not be able to see past the numbers on the scale. I am afraid that if I ever need residential health care, my nutrition needs will not be met because I will be served the same thing as everyone else, on their schedules, according to rules made by bureaucrats. We have worked so hard to get to this place, and I am afraid that the medical community is going to destroy that. I fear that they will not care if restriction makes my hair fall out again as long as my waist gets smaller.
Please help me find ways to stay on good terms with you while advocating for myself within a fatphobic system.

Sincerely, Allied Health Worker in Need of an Ally

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • PCOS Body Liberation Community–launches July 6th!
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Christina Johnson RDN website and Instagram
  • Shira Rosenbluth LCSW website and Instagram
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Enticed by those slick new wellness products? Attracted to the hopefulness that comes from the idea that you can be happier in your body if just smaller? Recovering from diet culture and/or an eating disorder is so much tougher because the world hasn't yet. Guest expert Robyn Goldberg, author of highly recommended book, The Eating Disorder Trap, weighs in on ways to move forward on your Food Peace Journey.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

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Here's this episode's Dear Food letter:

``` Dear Food,
Where do I begin? I hate you. I love you. You nourish me, yet you cause me feelings of utter guilt and shame. Do I soundcrazy yet? I have been struggling with an eating disorder for over ten years. It started out innocent-as it always does!Just wanted to lose a few pounds here and there. But then the weight loss became addicting. Consume less? Move more? Theweight melted off. Okay, I thought. This is working. Years down the road I am faced with a number of health problems. Electrolyte imbalances, the bones of an 80 year old woman (I am 27), weakening of my heart muscle, low potassium, and oh did I mention the depression and anxiety? With all of these consequences of my eating disorder, I found myself pushed into saying enough is enough. So, I went to treatment. I left there feeling great. Then I relapsed. I went back to treatment. Here I am weight restored, relatively "healthy" besides the issues I can't reverse. I follow my meal plan every day, listen to my body, eat when I'm hungry, don't over exercise. It is literally a full time job committing to recovery, food. So you can imagine my frustration with the world when I am all of a sudden being bombarded by the latest diet trends EVERYWHERE I LOOK. Wrap yourself skinny! Drink this superfood shake! Don't eat that processed crap! Join my fitness accountability group! Do I need to go on? What is happening? I've spent years in treatment trying to develop a healthy relationship with you food. Trying to let it sink in that you are not BAD. That it's all about balance and getting the nutrients you need to feel your best and yeah, that also means not denying myself a cookie or a damn muffin when I feel like it. I've been trying to be okay with eating how I truly WANT. Not how others think I should. But I can only take so much of this diet stuff. I can't have a conversation with someone, log into my Facebook, go to a coffee shop without calories, weight loss, or some new "get skinny quick"'scheme being thrown into my face. The problem is, the logical part of me who wants to stay in recovery knows that these schemes are bullshit. But the eating disorder loves this. It loves to just kind of tap me on the shoulder sometimes and say "hey..why don't you just order those shakes? It could be a healthy replacement for lunch if you're on the go." Or "hey you really don't get enough exercise these days, why don't you just order that new insane fitness program everyone is raving about?"

My question is, food, how in the world am
I expected to stay on track to a healthy, balanced life when everywhere I turn there is a tempting reason for me to go back to my old ways? I know that trying one of these diets, cleanses, programs will only restrict what I am "allowed" to eat, thus ruining all of the progress I've made. BUT IT IS SO HARD, FOOD!! Are these people right? Are there foods I need to stay away from? It's so hard not to be tempted or convinced when I am feeling so vulnerable. Would trying any of these programs hurt me or can I do it in a way that is healthy?
-Tired (but tempted) of the diet industry

SHOW NOTES:

``` * Julie Dillon RD blog * Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus. * Robyn Goldberg's website * The Eating Disorder Trap by Robyn Goldberg (aff) * Robyn Goldberg on Instagram and Twitter * The 8 Keys to Eating Disorder Recovery by Carolyn Costin (aff) * Eating Disorders: Nutrition Therapy in the Recovery Process by Reiff and Reiff (aff) * Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website * Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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Ever list all the things you hate about food? The constant shame, the obsessive thoughts, the pervasive self-doubt, AND you need to eat everyday?? Diet culture gives food a confusing power differential that wedges between us and life. Pull up a chair and hear from guest expert Alex Raymond in this latest Love Food Podcast episode.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

10 Things I Hate About Our Relationship.

  1. I hate the attractional pull you have on me no matter my emotional state— happy, sad, scared, anxious, lonely— and how much energy it takes to resist that pull. It’s easy to give in but then you repeatedly tell me how weak I am for giving in! If I do manage to walk away, you leave me feeling drained by all the effort, thoughts, negotiations, and willpower required of me to be strong and walk away.
  2. I hate how insecure you make me feel when I am around you. The feeling of self-doubt during the analyzing process, checking to see if what I want to eat and what I have available to eat are within my macro allocation goals. I can’t make up my own mind about what to eat anymore!! Some days, I just shut down completely and would rather eat nothing and fast for the day.
  3. I hate how you make me feel like I am a let down when I do not track your macros and micros and water and fiber constantly, routinely, every single day. Just turn your judgmental eyes away and I am happy to ignore your judgments and ignore this situation.
  4. I hate how you make me think that my body is being deprived of nutrition. You tell me “I need more” and “get 2 to have one as a backup” when grocery shopping. I have not been in a state of needing to portion my food to prevent starvation. I do have a pantry, fridge, 2 freezers, and storage room full of nutritious foods. Yet still, you speak to me in ways that say “it is still not enough”.
  5. I hate how, out of nowhere, you carry the delicious smells of good food, both sweets and savories. This constant tease of my senses triggers my thoughts and actions into downward spirals. Yet again, another opportunity for you to lure me into the depths of desire in my senses and leave both my body and mind feeling like I am a complete and utter failure.
  6. I hate how you have deeply ingrained an unspoken rule of following the ‘clean plate club’. Yet, my family did not even follow this rule! Where did you even sneak this idea into my thought patterns?! Is your influence so powerful that I see and hear your voice coming out of my friends’ eyes in their homes? I don’t want to be rude, so I eat it all!
  7. I hate how I rationalize my mind to accept the portion of treat I have allotted myself. Indulging in a purposeful and intentional allocation of a treat. You, with the deprivation mindset, then counter with “Why not have 2 pieces instead of 1? It’s only a small amount more. You can exercise it off later today.” And then I agree. But that’s not the worst of this situation. It’s the downward spiral of thinking that “I’ve completely gone off the rails today, so why not have another cookie or two or three and some wine?” I want balance and positive lifestyle habits and you are holding me back from forming these more positive habits!
  8. I hate how you are always the center of attention in all conversations and meetups with friends, coworkers, neighbors, and family. Coffee to start our work day? Potluck for teacher conferences? Unlimited drinks at the neighbor’s holiday party? You say, “bring a healthy item for everyone to share” then when I arrive, your Cheshire Cat smile comes out and you whisper, “well, now that we’re here, you must try the meatballs and the cheese ball and the stuffed dates!”
  9. I hate how ashamed you make me feel when I am expressing my needs and desires to loved ones in regard to food. My satiety is not the same as anyone else. My cravings are not like anyone else’s. Yet I feel judged and ashamed when expressing my truth to others. So I hide. And hide food. Sneak eating food. Not only is this affecting my relationship with you, but also my relationship with money. I am also hiding purchases in my finances. Oh, you’ve taught me too well.
  10. Most of all, I truly hate how you leave me utterly speechless at all-inclusive resorts when traveling out of the country! I can eat to my heart’s (and mind’s) content and drink unlimited adult and non-adult beverages and return home a week later weighing LESS than when I left?! Feeling HAPPIER and LIGHTER?! Seriously! This leaves me to wonder, “do YOU take your vacation from harassing my thoughts every time I plan and go on MY vacation out of the United States?” Why must you harass me at home? When can you cut me a break at home? Why don’t you take a vacation and I will stay at home reading by the fireplace?

SHOW NOTES:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Alex Raymond's website
  • Alex Raymond's resources
  • The Happiness Trap book (aff)
  • Lauren Newman on the Love Food Podcast
  • Alex Raymond on Instagram
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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Have you found anti-diet hashtags like intuitive eating, fat positivity, non-diet, and Health at Every Size yet wonder if they can fit for you with diabetes? Yes. You. Can. Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast episode with guest expert Amee Severson.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

We’ve had a really rocky relationship. I’ve avoided you like the plague since I was nine. And, I only indulged when I felt faint, but ended up eating everything in the pantry. Then, after college, I was surprised to learn that you were not problem. I’m sorry I ran away for so many years. I was/am fat, and the world told me you were the problem. So, things have been good lately. But, now, I have diabetes. Between the diabetes, PCOS, and being visibly fat, I feel overwhelmed. My previous ED recovery work feels worthless. I don’t know how to engage with you and not hate you like before. I want to continue healing us. How do I eat intuitively, be fat positive, and manage my diabetes without succumbing to diet culture? Let’s be friends again. Scared and confused Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Amee Severson's website
  • Amee on Instagram: @Amee_RD
  • Amee on Twitter: @AmeeSeverson
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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Looking for the right way to eat and exercise for your diabetes? Know this: there is no one right way to do diabetes self-care. Glenys Oyston is our guest on this Love Food Podcast episode and during the month of May we are focusing on anti-diet diabetes conversations. Join us!

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

I can't stop snacking, and eating fast food. I have diabetes, and need to make better choices. Lately I'm in a heavy food eating, which leads me to be sleepy and inactive. My diabetes dietitian focuses on counting carbs, and I haven't counted carbs in years. I've given up and given in to the cravings. I've gained weight, watched my blood pressure rise, and my eyes fill with sadness when I look in the mirror and wonder how much over X pounds is on my 5ft frame. I actually feel afraid for my heart and all the extra work it has to do now while my weight continues to rise. There have been times when I actually enjoyed drinking "green drinks," and having my brain and body feel healthy. Grilling out, experimenting with recipes, yoga, swimming, and such. I know my food choices today make my vision blurry, blood sugar high, and cause me to make not so good decisions because my brain isn't as clear when I "exercise and eat right. " I want a strong body again. I want to find joy in a walk or kayaking or fitting comfortable in a booth having brunch with friends. How do I get back to that? How do I get back to wanting the healthy choices, the joy in experimenting with fruits, vegetables, protein, and fats in recipes? How with limited insurance and temporary employment do I find a good dietitian? Right now I feel like you food have won. You are keeping me hostage in a body that isn't strong, and makes me physically uncomfortable, and feeds my diabetes instead of my spirit. Lost my way & afraid for my life... Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Glenys Oyston's website: DareToNotDiet.com
  • Check out the Facebook groups mentioned: NonDieting Diabetics and Diet Talk Free For Diabetes and Insulin Issues
  • Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Diabetes (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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How do you continue to move toward Food Peace while diagnosed with a medical condition??? Are you one of the many torn with making peace with food while hearing LOUD recommendations to restrict certain foods or pursue weight loss? We want help. Listen to latest Love Food Podcast episode featuring dietitian Lauren Newman.

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       This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

    Do you own a social justice informed business? Are you a fat positive business owner? I would like to give you the first opportunity to advertise on the Love Food Podcast. Check out the details here: JulieDillonRD.com/LoveFoodSponsor     **This episode's Dear Food letter:**       Deer food,       It feels like we're stuck in a power struggle, and there's not much peace available in a power struggle.       I work really hard to pay attention to what I need, name it, and get it for my body. It took a long time to get here, with a restrictive eating disorder, PCOS and diabetes diagnosis and treatments (including Food Peace!), and an infinifat body (US32+). I'm proud of what I've learned to do for myself.

But you're always whispering about the sort of lessons I got when I was diagnosed with diabetes, and then when I was pregnant. You whisper threats of death from medical staff and family alike. You whisper about carb counting. You whisper threats of losing my kidneys because I probably need insulin instead of expensive non-insulin drugs that affect my appetite (and apparently not my blood sugar).
You whisper that there's no way to get enough calories for your body if you restrict carbs. You whisper that there's no way to eat that would make each of my physical health issues better. You whisper so much about carb counting as the only way to live with you. It gets echoed everywhere.
I keep thinking if the power struggle could stop - for real - it would be such a relief. We could be together without one of us pulling on the other. We could have fun, we could forget what others might say about us.

     I know I can't quit you. I need you. How can I get you to stop repeating the threats that people say? Is it really possible for us to work together?        Right now, even with all the knowledge I have, it still feels like I have to choose between ways to be sick.

Love,
Torn

       **Show Notes:**

      * Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Be sure to follow Lauren Newman on Instagram @GoFeedYourself_
  • Lauren's website
  • Lauren's Diabetes Downloads
  • Lauren's Diabetes and Disordered Eating Recovery Support Group
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.
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How long have you been in the cycle of binge eating and self-loathing? This episode's letter writer describes constant guilt and shame as she tries move away from binge eating and manage her diabetes. Do you feel addicted to food and struggle to manage your blood sugar? This episode is made for you.

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Dear Food,

I can't remember the last time you and I were together and I didn't feel guilty. I'm 42 now and that makes me feel really sad.
Until recently, I hadn't really weighed the consequences of what withholding and restricting you or what binging with you was doing to my body and ultimately my soul. Years ago, in a group therapy session that I hated going to, I listened to an alcoholic describe what he did with alcohol. After work, he would binge drink beer until he passed out, only to wake up and do it all over again the next night. That's what I did with food.
About six months ago, I was diagnosed with diabetes. I burst out crying in my doctors office. She told me gently that it wasn't my fault, but I don't believe her. I have done so many horrible, shameful things with food.
When I was 17, I went to my family doctor with an article from Cosmo that described PCOS. "I have this!" I told him confidently. He laughed me off. After much pushing and shoving, horrible internal ultrasounds, humiliating facial hair and losing the hair on the top of my head, I was diagnosed at 23.
When I received the diagnosis, I got on the scale and then the nurse took my pulse. "Ahh, an athlete, your pulse is so low." I smiled and nodded. I was in the midst of a full blown eating disorder and living on Diet Coke, cigarettes and melba toast. For seven years I restricted my food intake - no one knew. I was praised for my appearance, and "willpower". I really wanted to die.
After a big break up and a big move to a new city and grad school, things began to change. I stopped working out around the clock. I started to eat three meals a day, and snacks on top of that.. Suddenly, food became such a comfort. It helped with the stress of work and studying. It helped with the loneliness and confusion I was feeling. Feeling stuffed felt better than falling in love.
For ten years I cycled through the binging and self-loathing. I gained weight, I got depressed, I was put on anti-depressants, I gained more weight, I got more depressed. Sometimes I wonder if the sugar shock I would give myself mimicked the same dopamine surge of my medication. For a long time, I put myself on a roller coaster ride of hormones and sugar crashes, sugar comas, heartburn, indigestion, anxiety attacks, and deep depressions. Food has been the constant in my life.
So here we are, lots of years later, trying earnestly to understand why I binge eat and how to stop it. Doctors have sent me to nutritionists who has described how important portion control is. It makes me feel angry. I feel so ashamed. I can't tell anyone I'm diabetic. If I eat keto, my blood sugars stabilize, but nothing about keto feels good to me. I am so jealous of people who can eat in balance and harmony and not in the extremes. I don't know how to do it.
I don't know how to feed myself without hurting or denying myself. I don't know what feels good anymore. I'd like to address my diabetes through my food because I believe it is the source of the issue. I wish my doctors had given me a blood meter when I was prediabetic, so I could have started the learning process then. I wish there was more information about the emotional side of PCOS and more research into emotional eating. I'm trying to see this as a message my body is sending me. How can I listen now with kind ears and compassion?

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Food is fuel and so much more. It is ok that food connects us to those warm fuzzy things in life--friends, family, pleasure, and humanity. Want to make this step on your Food Peace Journey™? Listen here now to the latest Love Food Podcast episode featuring guest expert Elizabeth Armstrong @PCOStherapist.

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  • Why it is possible for YOU (yes, YOU) to accept your body and feel more confident in who you are.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,
You have, and always will be, such a big part of life and identity. Growing up in an Indian household, you were everything - we would spend hours preparing delicious meals to eat and share with other people. My mum was an exceptional cook who loved nothing more than to research recipes to try out on me and her friends. Food, you are there in so many of my best childhood memories - going out for ice cream sundaes on the weekend, discovering the magic of baking, and making cheese toast as a midnight snack with my dad.
But now, at the age of 36, having battled with weight for as long as I can remember, and trying to figure out my PCOS, I realise that our relationship is really complicated. While you have brought me so much joy, you also come with a ton of fear and anxiety for me. I remember calorie counting with my mum in my early teens, being praised for controlling what I ate, and family members commenting on my body whether I had lost or gained weight. Food, I have starved myself of you so many times, and this always results in me punishing myself through binging and exercising. I'm tired of weight loss taking up so much of my headspace. I'm working really hard to get some neutrality on all of this but sometimes, even just noticing a shirt doesn't button up right anymore can set about a heap of negative thoughts.
From
Working really hard

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Be sure to follow Elizabeth Armstrong on Instagram: @PCOSTherapist
  • Elizabeth's website: PCOStherapy.com
  • Julie's episode on Don't Salt My Game with a PCOS deep dive: People with PCOS can totally eat birthday cake.
  • Weight inclusive PCOS care from Laura Thomas
  • Hunger So Wide and So Deep
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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We recorded this episode before COVID-19 changed our perspectives on so many things. We believe the info is still relevant and hope it brings you peace in this time of uncertainty.

Most people with a complicated relationship with food are at diet rock bottom yet what if you have never dieted? Sometimes a person may not have dieted yet has experiences with food insecurity that will have a similar effect. This is a valid place on the Food Peace Journey™. Let's discuss Intuitive Eating tools to aid your recovery with guest expert Veronica Garnett @DiasporadicalKitchen on Instagram.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Deer food,
I’ve struggled with you pretty much all of my life. I never dieted but I have always been a rebel. I hid food, snook it, or just ate too much in general. At least it’s what other people would call too much. I’m also visually impaired. Dieting just seems ridiculous to me especially since I couldn’t read calories or other food label information. Of course I could’ve had someone read it to me but I could never see myself giving up sweets. or even cutting back. I don’t like fast food. One of the stereotypes of fat people or people in larger bodies is that they eat too much fast food. This wasn’t true for me. My mom loved cooking when she had time but she rarely did. She worked a lot. When she would cook most of the food would go to waste because my brother, sister, and stepdad always wanted fast food. If my mom is at work and there wasn’t any money to be used on fast food my stepdad would cook something but no sides. It never felt enough. Now I can eat chicken with out the side and it’s no big deal but that then I always wanted my mom’s good side dishes. We were also pretty poor. Food insecurity was hard. They were also times were my stepdad sister and sometimes my brother would leave and not tell me. Most the time it would be to go to pick my mom up from work but sometimes it would be to go to other places. If my mom wasn’t with them and they would stop and get food during those times they were either forget about me or get me something that I didn’t wind up liking. I’m kind of a picky eater. My mom would remember to always make sure it was something I liked if they would stop and get fast food. I also went to the Maryland school for the blind during weekdays starting through my fifth grade year. It was pretty good there because there was always good food around or at least I would have peanut butter and bread to make a sandwich. I was disappointed that there were less snacks but at least there were some and I wouldn’t feel like I would have to eat them quick to keep them from being on within the next day or two because of my brothers friends Who would come over. Speaking of my brother, he also bullied me about my weight. That’s when most of the rebellion really amped up. There is a lot more in my childhood and young adult life that led to a bad relationship with food such as the times when I helped my friend out with food when she lost her food stamp card and we live together but they didn’t help me when they found it. I was stuck eating just mashed potatoes and crackers during those times. I digress though for the sake of time.
Just a few months ago I found out about Intuit is eating and health at every size. I came to it because of a book that was recommended to me to deal with the triggering conversations that were happening about my weight. One of those triggering conversations was with my uncle Tom who is one of the nicest and most beautiful people but he still caught up in diet culture because doesn’t want me to diet but he does want me to cut my portions back and he expects that I lose weight. I know the main reason is because he’s afraid of losing me because I’m the only one he trusts. My question to food is how can I begin to incorporate these things when I’ve never really dieted. How do I keep myself from trying to prove to him and others that I am becoming healthier? How do I fit in to these new paradigms? Also, how can I introduce people to these new paradigms when I’m not very articulate with when it comes to remembering definitions and statistics that will prove that these new ways of doing things are valid?
Yours truly:
Partially blind fat friend

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Be sure to follow Veronica Garnett on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter and soon YouTube @DiasporadicalKitchen
  • @ReclaimingOurPlate on IG and @ReclaimOurPlate on Twitter--HAES aligned black RD collective
  • The Body Keeps the Score
  • Hunger So Wide and So Deep
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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A Hunger So Wide And So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems
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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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I still remember the first time I called a therapist to ask for help. These moments are painful yet so brave. Are you wanting to make peace with food yet stuck on your own? Or, are you meeting with a therapist yet needing more intensive treatment? How do you know what is the best next step? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast for ideas to help you decide.

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Dear Food,
My wish every single morning is to just have one day...one day where I do not eat you, enjoy you, and then panic and get rid of you. It has been 6 years and I have not gone one day without engaging in X behaviors. I am tired. I am sick. I am 36 years old and have no friends, no children of my own, and also have almost no hope that I will be able to stop this terrible cycle. I have osteoporosis, low potassium, anemia, dental problems, low vitamin d, a damaged retina, and many other medical complications from what I do with you everyday. It’s so weird. I love you- flavor, texture, the artistry of flavor combinations, the creativity...but I am terrified of you too. Terrified of what effect you will have on my body...terrified that I will love you so much, that I won’t be able to stop...terrified because I am using you as a distraction to stop thinking about extensive childhood trauma. I am 36 and our relationship is no longer so helpful. I use you for the wrong reasons...I wish I could use you for nourishment and not as a means of unhealthy coping. I am faced with the need to attend treatment but I am so scared. We have to meet 6 times a day. We have to sit together and just “be.” I have to use you to help heal me even though currently I hate me. You will be my medicine and hopefully we can become true friends.
I am faced with the decision, Food. Do I go? Do I hope that together we can work through this? Can we do it? Do I even matter enough to try?
I do know that I can’t keep doing this Food. I just can’t. I need to hear from you that you will be there for me in the right ways. That I can learn to exist with you in a healthy way. I am so ashamed, lonely, and really just desperate to have a new relationship with you. I just need a little hope, a little reassurance that things will get better. I can’t see a way out out of this now, but hopefully with your promise that this is possible, I can be more things than I am now.
I can be strong. I can be recovered. I can be a mother. I can be a friend. I live instead of just existing. I can be proud.
Sincerely, Wanting Something More

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Have you heard that we need to eat more veggies, herbs, and stock up on Essential Oils while surviving this pandemic? Don't believe the Wellness Diet hype. The number one thing you can do right now--social distance, wash your hands, and NOT diet.

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Mary wrote in: What is triggering me right now and threatening to cause me to grab hold of the "wellness" diet again (which led to orthorexia for me) are the emails, newsletter, posts, about how important it is to eat healthfully right now. For instance, up the "super greens" like kale and chard and lettuces and fruits and veggies. This is a catch 22. On the one had we are being told to eat fresh fruits and veggies and greens and on the other hand we are told to avoid people, to self-isolate. I can't keep my greens longer than a few days nor do I have a garden or live in an area that has fruits and vegetables available at outside markets all year long, so the only way to get the is to do what they say not to do: go to grocery stores. I know I can just unsubscribe and not read, but there is a tiny part of me that is saying, "but what if they are right" and the HAES and intuitive eating people are wrong? Again, another part of my disordered eating thinking.
Thank you!
Mary

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Julie on Instagram: @FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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Have you been feeling more anxious, fearful, powerless? Me too. You don't have to ignore these feelings because they can inform you and me. You are already braver then you think. I hope this episode helps you feel more powerful for the weeks ahead.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Julie on Instagram: @FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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Do you feel possessed at times with the chaos that a binge brings? Have you tried everything to change your eating behavior yet feel addicted?? This episode's letter writer is from a concerned family member worried about their parent's on and off relationship with food. I have a feel you can relate. Listen here now to hear all the details and a way through.

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Dear Food,

I know you and I still have work to do, but I'm writing today to talk to you about your relationship with my dad (hope you don't mind!). He knows so much about you, and he's tried so many diets and plans, but he just can't stick with eating in a healthy way. He's had a number of health problems related to his weight and diet, and has to take about a dozen prescription pills a day to address his GI issues. He says he wants to change, and wants to take better care of himself - but for years now, he and our family have watched helplessly as the motivation wanes after a week or two, disappears for months, and then shows back up full-force. It's been exhausting for everyone to see this cycle over and over again. He even has the self-awareness to see what works for him, what doesn't, why he might be giving up, what psycho-emotional factors are at play - but all that self-reflection doesn't turn into action (and he knows that, too!) He's even joked that he feels "possessed" when he binges on sugar and snacks, or that his brain and his tongue aren't communicating, and that "it's time to go back on that plan again."He and the rest of us thought that after he had to be hospitalized for the GI issue, it would be enough motivation - but he went back to old habits quickly. We've tried cooking together, affirmations, journaling, listing all the great things that will come with healthy eating. He's seen nutritionists and psychologists, he's tried meditating and going to the gym. But even with the support, motivation, experts, and health care professionals, he hasn't been able to make the changes and progress he wants. Now, his first grandchild is on the way. We love him, we don't want to be intrusive - he's asked for us to help. But we feel powerless, and defeated that we can't help. Food - is it time for him (and us?) to work with a professional? How do we know where to start, and what kind of specialist to look for? He hasn't been diagnosed with an eating disorder - will he need a doctor referral? Will this be another expense and ray of hope that goes nowhere? He wants to heal, and we want to see him love himself as much as we love him.

Love, Concerned Daughter

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Beth Rosen--Julie's recommended GI HAES RD.
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Have you been feeling more anxious, fearful, powerless? Me too. I am curious about how this is affecting our relationship with food. I hope this gives you pause and comfort on the road ahead.

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  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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What is it like to eat with others on your Food Peace™ journey? How do you experience the talk about bodies or exercise or where to go to lunch? Do you find yourself comparing yourself to other people and feeling like a failure in comparison? Is this keeping you stuck? Let's discuss in this week's Love Food Podcast with guest Renee Hamati @SensiblyYou on Instagram.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I have struggled to write this letter for a while now as I couldn’t really think of a good way to organize what went all wrong over the past couple of years.

You and I are definitely on better terms by now and I am glad about that. Yet more often than I want to, my past keeps creeping up the back of my head again.

Let me take you back a little, to a time when food had been effortless and easy, enjoyable and pleasurable. I remember that I have always loved you and didn’t really think of any part of you as good or bad. I loved chocolate as much as I loved my broccoli. I had no hard time stopping whenever I was full nor did I give myself a hard time when I overate on occasion. I just shrugged it off and moved on.

I have always been slim since I was a kid and to be honest, I never worried about how my body looked. I loved it for being able to move, to dance, to breathe.

For a little further explanation of the following let me tell you that I have 2 sisters. A twin and an older sister.

We spent much time together as 3 even though my older sister has always been busy with being a good student. Nonetheless we had a good relationship … until over time she grew distant and cold, irritated for seemingly no reason. We noticed her eating behavior changing. Long story short, everything ended with her being so deep into Anorexia that she had to be force-fed in the recovery clinic. Even after her stay in the clinic, she struggled for years and her eating behavior did not change as much with the difference of her maintaining a weight that wouldn’t get her medical treatment again.

I thought this time had been shocking enough to our family and really tore a hole that lingered like a dark cloud and you should know better but then I noticed my twin starting with a similar eating behavior. She developed a fully grown bulimic disorder. Needless to say that this shook our family to the very core. The atmosphere was filled with distrust, control, unspoken fear and questions over questions. I started to ask myself how something so pleasurable and beautiful could have so much power over a human being, especially in the obvious face of the damage an eating disorder could cause.

It has been years from now since my twin developed her eating disorder and even though things are not as extreme anymore in terms of purging, I often find her resorting to these old patterns whenever things are getting emotionally difficult and straining. She does not starve herself anymore but her control mechanisms shifted into quite an unhealthy relationship to workouts, tracking and rigid rules.

This was by the time we started to go to University in the same city. I never really noticed that I had gained quite some weight until I saw her figure changing to a very lean and muscular build and me being rather curvy in comparison. Not that I cared by the time, I was still happy with myself but wanted to spend more time with her as she was elbows deep into working out and eating clean. So one of the only ways to reconnect with her was working out together. It worked! We spent much more time together and I also noticed myself changing in the process. It was nice to see my body getting leaner and I wanted to “support” the process by changing my – admittedly not very healthy – eating habits that came with university.

I slowly became obsessed with calories, how many I could eat, how much I needed to work out, which foods were good and which foods weren’t. I felt so ashamed of myself when I discovered how seemingly “unhealthy” I had been eating when all I really did was enjoying good food whenever I wanted.

I started to demonize certain foods, restricted and cut out sugars, junk-food and even eventually certain food groups like carbs. Hell, I was so afraid to have rice with any of my other foods because in my eyes it was way too calorific.

I lost much weight until I was at my desired size but what price did I pay?

I missed out on so much fun as I didn’t allow myself to indulge in delicious foods on social events, I annoyed everyone around me with my clean eating, it severely affected my relationship and friendships, took so much of my time and energy until I felt run-down and so so exhausted.

I started to discover intuitive eating and was fascinated with it from the very beginning although it was hard for me to let go of my old diet behavior.

I now have a better relationship with you and occasionally feel like this could really work but then I see my sister (we live together) munching on her salad or not eating until 3 in the afternoon. I see her freaking out over not being able to go to the gym or doing heavy HIIT for hours because she allowed herself to enjoy a night out the night before. And suddenly the cookie in my hand feels like it would add up 100 pounds to my hips, just like I thought back then. She has a very muscular build by now and gets a ton of compliments for it and sometimes if I am honest I feel jealous of it and wonder if it is wrong to have a softer body.

I really try to not let food dictate my life anymore but I cannot help myself when a disordered eating behavior is so very close to you, emotionally and physically. How can I manage to get rid of the little voice telling me that I am not beautiful if I am not muscular like her? How can I better set boundaries for myself in terms of her eating behavior and mine? How do I deal with the struggle of my body gaining weight and me still finding myself desiring to lose it again as I have always been slim and somehow cannot deal with the thought of gaining more.

I really wanna move away from food thoughts dictating my day and my still present diet mentality. I want to focus on loving myself and doing what I love. Still, it is so hard sometimes …

Please help me reconnect with you in a healthy way.

Love,

Confused and frustrated

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Be sure to follow Renee Hamati on Instagram @SensiblyYou
  • Joyn Movement Classes for Everybody
  • Follow these Instagram Hashtags--#bodyneutrality #fatacceptance #haes #haesig #infinifirst #intuitiveeating #intuitiveeatingofficial
  • HAESCommunity.org
  • HAES Principles
  • HAES Fact Sheet
  • HAES Expert Guidelines
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitian near you.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.
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Does anti-diet mean anti-health? Does intuitive eating mean letting go of health? Moving away from diets is not neglecting the evidence, it is using it. It's time to dive into how rejecting diets reunites us with health and dignified care.

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Dear Food,

My ideas surrounding you have always been related to health. Growing up in a larger body, with a mother who was a physician, had me constantly aware and ashamed of myself. For me, you were always supposed to be something I was conscious of. My own doctor would show me where I was on the growth curve, and constantly telling me that my BMI was unhealthy. These experiences were ingrained in me from a very early age. I was told "you burn more calories sitting up rather than laying down" when watching TV and only provided with "healthy" snacks, snacks that I never wanted. I was told to ignore my cravings and, instead, eat a handful of almonds. My mom and I were always dieting together, for the sake of "health". This quest for health led me to nursing school, hoping to be able to heal my sickness and the sickness of others. This is when I was subconsciously introduced to medicalized fatphobia. The nutrition class I had to take encouraged us to count calories in and count calories out. This only encouraged my obsessive weight loss behavior, getting to a point where I was regularly consuming less than X calories a day and obsessively exercising X days a week. Now that I am in school to become a midwife and also pursuing food peace through intuitive eating, I am much more aware and disturbed by the medicalized fatphobia that I am supposed to take part in. Learning the formula for "ideal body weight" (a real thing that was taught to me in one of my classes), I am "supposed" to be X lbs, a weight I have NEVER reached even with my days of severe restriction. I am learning how to make sure the pregnant people I take care of aren't gaining "too much weight" during their pregnancy and also how a lot of contraceptives are not designed for people in larger bodies. I desperately want to be a practitioner that lives outside the medicalized fatphobia, but I am worried that if I do, I will be shunned by my coworkers and superiors as a bad provider. I'm not sure how to reconcile my understanding of chronic health conditions that are supposedly related to larger bodies and also my desire to follow Health At Every Size principles.
Love,

Everyday Fighter of the System

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Weight stigma
  • Weight cycling
  • Social determinants of health
  • Rally--Food Peace™ principle
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.
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Do you notice how much bonding happens over diet talk and body bashing? Do you already feel different and rejecting diets makes you feel even more out of place? Guest expert Rachel Millner says, "Community is important" and reminds us to "keep focusing on what we are pursuing: freedom." Listen to more on the latest Love Food Podcast episode.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,
Hello! I’m so glad we’ve spent some time over the past few years working on our relationship. I grew up in a household with a severly anorexic sister and an eating disordered mom, where you were considered dangerous, addictive, and a symbol of weakness. Though I love my family deeply and in so many ways, before I went to college, I became very fed up with two ideas in particular they used to police me: first, that I must appear feminine, and second, that I must be thin so I can be “healthy” and attractive. Before I left home, and even more after, I experimented with violating both these rules. Years later, I am learning that they are related in ways I never realized. From my family and society in general, I learned that being thin, talking about restriction, and obsessing over appearances are cornerstones of conventional femininity. So much of what the women in my extended family do together revolves around appearances. On vacation, we go on hikes where we don’t even talk because we don’t want to slow our heart rates for the exercise-tracking watches (I’m the only one without one), and connect and catch up doing hair, makeup, or going to the nail salon, where inevitably boyfriends or the pursuit of them are the thing everyone from the extended family considers common ground for conversation. I don’t relate to so much of this. I consider myself pretty femine, but being gay and avoiding diet culture seem to isolate me. Doing both of them at the same time just compounds this effect: not only am I not traditionally feminine because I’m not straight, I try not to compensate for it by constantly maintaining the southern-charm appearance that my family values so much.

It’s hard, though, food. I feel like such an outsider, and dating women who are thinner than me just makes it harder. My last girlfriend and my current girlfriend are both naturally very thin, and the inner voice that wants to compare my weight and looks to others’ is even louder when the person I’m looking at is a romatic partner. I’m very open about this with women I date, and my girlfriend says she loves me at my exact size (I’m so lucky), but I can’t help but feel jealous. One thing that helped was having sex with women of my own size. I think being queer gives me the unique opportunity to value my own body because I can see a woman who looks like me and think, “she’s about my weight, and I think she’s gorgeous!” Lately, this just isn’t enough for me though. It’s exhausting having to prove my femininity to myself and my family all the time. It’s exhausting having to prove that my weight is okay to myself and my family all the time. I’m a woman with a body that I use to feed, move, and connect - shouldn’t that be enough? I know it should be, but I can’t help but feel shame every time I eat a dessert, and I know it’s damaging our relationship, food. I love my girlfriend so much, but her thinness and genuine innate love of vegetables make me feel comparatively shitty to the point where I am emotionally eating, which just makes me feel worse. I really want to continue along the path to peace with you, food, and I hope someday I can eat and love without fear.

Love,

Here, queer, and full of food fear

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Rachel Millner
  • Instagram mentions: @Shooglet, @The_Queer_Counselor, @SamDylanFinch, @DecolonizingFitness
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.
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Do you have an awareness on why you have a complicated relationship with food yet can't seem to make it right? Do you eat to feel comfort and can't seem to find another way? Do you eat to escape responsibility or reality and worry that you will never stop bingeing? How and why eat is more complicated than it appears. Pull up a chair and listen to our guest expert Christyna Johnson from @EncouragingNutrition.

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Dear Food,

This is a much needed conversation... I know exactly when our story started to get a little... complicated.

It all started a little bit more than a year ago, I was only 14 (yes, right now I am just 15 and a half ). I know exactly why it started: I compared myself to one girl in my class... She was a gymnast, and really muscular. I was just getting to high school and I admired her body. I've always been considered as a "skinny girl", but at the time I started hating my thighs (by the way, I still do...). That same year, I started being more active and I thought that my thighs needed to be slimmer.

Then, I started to do some research on my own by listening to podcasts, watching youtube videos, reading... I did abs every mornings.
I also decided that I wanted to eat "healthy" and I thought that I had to reduce you Food a little bit... I didn't starve myself, I was too scared and too aware for this, but I had some "rules": no bread, no dairy, no dessert everyday, no snacks.

At the same period of time, I lost my period, to this day we (doctors, my mother and I) still don't know what caused it because I didn't lose a lot of weight, just X kilos.

I didn't restrict but something else started: bingeing. And here is my problem, sweetie. I found, and I still do, get so much comfort through you. I was thinking about you all the time, even in holidays, in school, wherever. It gets a little better when I am busy but I still love you so much...

Now, I am much more aware about nutrition, especially gentle nutrition... I eat when I am hungry but sometimes, and it is still very often, I just don't want to stop eating. And I know exactly why: when I am with you, this is my break from school, or a moment with a friend and family and I don't want to get back to reality and to face my "responsibilities" (as a 15 years old teenager, of course). That's why I binge on you. To be honest, I have only felt a few times the real feeling of "I cannot stop eating": I couldn't do anything and I would eat and eat and eat (processed sweet food that I usually don't eat) and then feel so bloated, having heart palpitations and being mentally down. I really don't know how to heal from bingeing on you... The most stupid thing in all of that is that I know why I binge on you and I am aware a lot of things about nutrition but I feel so trapped.. I know you don't want to hurt me but I don't know how to behave with you.

With love, hope it will get better between us

(I apologize by advance if there are some mistakes: I am french :))

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Christyna Johnson on Instagram: @EncouragingNutrition
  • Christyna Johnson's podcast: Intuitive Eating for the Culture <--her episode on Gentle Nutrition is OUTSTANDING.
  • Christyna Johnson's website: EncouragingDietitian.com
  • French speaking Intuitive Eating information: https://www.instagram.com/elyanec_/
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.
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So you want to make peace with food while dieting and you hear I am against you because of it. I am against not diet culture, not you. Please listen to my letter to you, Dieter.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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What if what you've learned about PCOS and weight loss is not true? What if the pursuit of weight loss is not a good solution to promoting health? What if you don't have be smaller to feel better with PCOS? Let's chat about PCOS and weight. I hope it helps you have more informed consent along your PCOS and Food Peace journey.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Jeanes, Y. M., Reeves, S., Gibson, E. L., Piggott, C., May, V. A., & Hart, K. H. (2017). Binge eating behaviours and food cravings in women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Appetite, 109(Supplement C), 24–32.
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Have you been told your body is wrong? Recovering into a body that looks different from those you see in your profession? This week's letter features a higher weight person with aspirations to be on stage, TV, or film. How do you recover while navigating rejection? Listen up as we chat with therapist Shira Rosenbluth about ways to keep moving forward.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

After being at war with you for as long as I can remember I feel like I'm finally starting to make peace with you. Sometimes my relationship with you is friendly but distant and you're not really on my mind which is honestly something I never thought would happen. After being bulimic for 10 years I must say I'm impressed. When I was 16 years old I had a doctor who diagnosed me with PCOS and who didn't believe me when I said I was bulimic and just told me to stop eating carbs. He blamed you for my problem, food. I now realize that you are not the reason I have PCOS and weight loss to cure this condition is basically an exercise in futility. I don't find myself binging on carbs anymore as a form of protest. I no longer find myself turning to you to spite that doctor. I have a loving partner after being convinced nobody would love me because of my body size and I've been with this person for 3 years. He has helped me really become comfortable with my sexuality especially when we are told that people in larger bodies do not deserve to have sex or even be sexy in general. This is huge to me.

However, Food, there is one hangup I still have that I feel like you're stopping me from being able to truly make peace with you. I have wanted to be a model and an actress since I was a little girl. Most of the people who know me will tell you that I talked of little else and that I enjoy being in the limelight and I enjoy being the center of attention. Although the entertainment industry has gotten a lot better in the last 10 years especially as the body positive movement has gotten more mainstream, it is still very difficult being a larger woman in this industry. I have had terrible interactions with photographers while I've been trying to build up my portfolio and I was rejected from a fashion show I really wanted to do because my waist size was too big. I ended up making XXX for the first time in years after I got rejected from this show. I am no fool, Food. If you don't fit the clothes or the costumes, you don't work. How can I still make peace with you and make peace with my body and still hold on to my dream of being a star?

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Shira Rosenbluth's therapy website
  • Shira's Body Positive Fashion blog
  • Shira's Instagram handle: @TheShiraRose
  • Broadway Body Positivity Project on Instagram: @BroadwayBoPo
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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If your New Year resolution did NOT include diets you may be feeling a bit down. Many people tell me that a few weeks after moving away from diets they fear the worst: letting themselves go. I am here to tell you something different. Listen to this latest After the Letters Project episode in your Love Food feed now.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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How do you navigate a fat phobic world without support? This episode's letter writer just started college and recovering from an eating disorder. And it is hard! College campus can be a hub for overexercise, bad body talk, and diets. Listen as I chat with Ayana Habtemariam from Truly Real Nutrition about ways to navigate this part of your Food Peace journey.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I have battled with you for almost three years now. This weekend actually marks one year of choosing recovery. Choosing to fight Anorexia Nervosa was the best decision I have made, but I did not realize it was going to be so hard and long. I was a senior in high school when I began recovery, but I knew no matter what I HAD to go to college. My parents talked about me taking a gap year in between high school and college to focus on my relationship with you, but that is not the usual in my small town. Thankfully, I am in college now at a university just down the road from my house. I thought my battle with you would be completely over once I left home, but honestly it has just gotten worse. Living on my own means making my own meals and keeping myself accountable. Diet culture is so loud here; I feel like I find you to be a part of every single conversation. It makes me feel hopeless in such a challenging and lonely environment. The school gym is just steps from my dorm—I usually find myself there after a bad meal with you or a hard exam. Why do you attack specifically college students? College is already difficult and adding fear of food and fatphobia makes it even harder. I know it is not just me too that has this struggle, but no one speaks out about it. I am at a loss of how to keep motivation and pushing forward in such a challenging community.

Sincerely,

Confused College Freshman

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Ayana Habtemariam website TrulyRealNutrition.com
  • Ayana's Instagram handle: @TheTrillRD
  • Black HAES aligned collective from Ayana and Veronica Garnett: ReclaimingOutPlate.org
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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New to Intuitive Eating? Welcome. Together we can help you move away from diets, diet culture, body hate, and the myth of the thin ideal. Intuitive eating is exciting AND scary. Avoid these pitfalls while cultivating other concepts described in this latest Love Food podcast episode.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating (aff) by Tribole and Resch
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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What's the harm with focusing on eating clean? Notice the tension it brings. Has it been the gateway for you to feel out of control with food? There is another way! Listen to this latest Love Food Podcast episode to find a new way to relate to food and your body.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I've been obsessed with clean food in the past and always distinguish between "bad food and good food" Because of that I found myself in a binge and purge cycle all of the time. Now I have lost my control I gained XX in 5 months, and I feel anxiety, depression, I feel body dysmorphia. I'm sick with all of this. People around me don't understand and don't support me.

No support makes it so hard to recover and I don't know how and what I should do to recover. I have watched and read everything about eating disorders but they don't tell me specifically what to do.
I hope that you can help me to figure this out.

Sincerely,

Stuck and no where to go

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
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Many choose a word to focus on each year. What if we did that to help us steer our ship away from diet culture? I offer 6 options in a sea of many. Let me know what word you choose!

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Christy Harrison on Love Food Podcast
  • Anti-Diet Book by Christy Harrison (aff)
  • Fearing the Black Body by Sabrina Sings (aff)
  • 6 Keys To Food Peace
  • Julie on Instagram: Instagram.com/FoodPeaceDietitian
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia
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The road to Food Peace is not all rainbows and butterflies. Most will experience rejection, body hate, and complicated ways of eating. If you come from that place and journeying toward intuitive eating, you may crave more control in the process. I made this week's Love Food Podcast episode just for you.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

Our relationship has been complicated since before I can remember. I’ve been overweight my entire life and you have always been the one i put the blame on. I was very young when i was told you were bad for me. I knew to stay away from carbs and sweets before i went to grade school. My mother lived for diet culture. Every month it was a new diet and I was always forced to participate. The diets never worked. I couldn’t stay away from you. Although i knew i was overweight i never wanted to admit it. I was ashamed of the word fat. After my dad passed away our bond grew closer. We were now best friends. You were there for the tears and you were there for the laughs. I used you as my crutch to get me out of a dark place. After a year i realized that we needed a break. My clothes were tighter, i went up pant sizes, and the pictures from spring fling made me want to vomit. I didnt want to be the fat girl any more. At 16 years old i just wanted to fit in. So I lost Xlbs, i joined the dance team, and the cheer squad. I was still overweight but i felt good about myself and all of the new friends i made. I managed to keep the Xlbs off for 2 years until I graduated. That’s when i started working and could start to feed myself. I ate fast food every night after work. I loved it. I had never been able to experience this. As a child i rarely got fast food because our family was always on a diet. I couldn’t control myself. Sometimes I’d get fast food multiple times a day. Before i knew it the Xlbs were back. I managed to not gain anymore weight for about 4 years. Then i married my husband and my relationship with food went sour. I gained Xlbs over the first year i was married. I remember hearing the doctor say my weight and i almost fell to the floor. How could this happen? Ive been overeating for years and i never gained anything. I knew a change needed to happen. But how? I started dieting. I would spend hours planning meals and snacks for the week but that grew tiresome fast. I figured I’d try keto everyone raves about how easy it is. It didnt matter what diet i did i always managed to overeat to the point of being sick. I heard about intuitive eating from a friend at the gym and she suggested i Look into it. Once again i find myself binging on unhealthy snacks. I’ve been desperately trying to rebuild a healthy relationship with food but some how i always find myself in the fridge eating until my stomach cant handle anymore. I’m lost and confused. I am frustrated and desperate to get control of my life again.

Sincerely,

Desperate For Help

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Fiona Willer's Weight Science podcast
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Taking those first steps away from diet culture? Baby steps in place to reject the thin ideal? Exploring Intuitive Eating this New Year? We have been longing for the day that you are ready. I hope these words fuel your journey ahead.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to get latest Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Real Simple article on Intuitive Eating
  • Debra Benfield with Body In Mind Nutrition
  • Christy Harrison on Love Food Ep 190
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Do you value sustainability? Vegan? Concerned about the agricultural impact on the environment? What if you want to improve the environment and have your food choices reflect that? Pull up a chair and let's chat. This episode of Love Food features guest expert Christy Harrison, author of the newly released Anti-Diet.

This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I've been in recovery from anorexia and orthorexia for over 6 months now and have been feeling so much better! Digestive issues I've expereinced for years have finally cleared up, and I love the way my body feels when I am nourishing it and giving it what it wants. Nevertheless, I struggle with the ways my food choices impact the environment. For a long time, while fully enmeshed in my eating disorder, I set out to live without electricity and try to grow all my own food--anything I did buy had to be something that I could concivibly produce in my area. This was a lot of rules and Ed loved it. During times when I fell short of vision and ate imported foods, I was ashamed, and during times when I succeeded I felt superior to others who lacked the discipline to care for the Earth the way I did. All and all I was unhealthy and isolated.

Now in my recovery, I no longer have such high standards. I try to live simply but give myself the joy of buying foods and now use electricity to do some of the things I love and carea about. I've also become involved in environmental activism. In the climate justice sphere, veganism is often touted as a major step one can take for the Earth. Inspite of this, I know deep down that eating animal products can be done in a way that it in balance with Earth and my body. I also know that the more time I spend obsessing on food, the less energy I have for this activism I care so much about!

But it is hard food, hard to be among people who claim that there is a moral imperative to eat in a certain way. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever be able to find food peace while also believing certain foods are better for the environment and others aren't. How can I have food peace when I feel my dietary choices are something I need to defend? How can I have food peace when a part of me knows that entire way we live now, including how we get our food, isn't in balance with the Earth?

Sincerely,

Letter writer

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Christy Harrison's website
  • Food Psych podcast
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating

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Let's Rally!!! I so appreciate the support you have given me over the last 4 years! And, I encourage you support along side me the voices that have helped me understand the nuance of diet culture. This bonus Love Food podcast episode shares 4 resources from important fat positive voices. Support them financially to help them be compensated for their labor and bring more people to the table.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Ashley Serya
  • Ilya Parker from Decolonizing Fitness
  • The Body Love Box and Representation Matters by Lindley Ashline
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Food Peace™ is political, radical, and important. I've made mistakes and I am ready to plow ahead. Are you ready to stand up against diet culture with me? Listen now to my Dear Diets letter, and get fired up with me!

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Episode's Key Points:

  • To close out 2019, I'm going to be reading a letter written by me, straight to diets.
  • It's time to dismantle diet culture, and I need your help. Send me your Dear, Food letter for next season to lovefoodpodcast@gmail.com. I'm looking forward to hearing them!
  • Don't forget to subscribe to the show, and leave a rating and review. It's so important to leave a rating and review, as it helps people who are struggling with their relationship with food and body to find the podcast.
  • “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” - Namoi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
  • We should all be raising our children as feminists.
  • Food IS political, and dieting IS political. We HAVE to talk about politics and feminism if we hope to dismantle diet culture and the patriarchy for good.
  • Diets have condemned certain body sizes, and they have distracted all of us from experiencing true joy in our lives and with food. Diets keep us from experiencing connection and joy with others! Diets tell us we aren't worthy of love until we're the "right" size. But none of the things diets tell us are true.
  • Diet culture pretends to be about health, and even has begun to feel like a religion. Diets have gone way too far.
  • Diets predict weight gain and eating disorders!
  • People who oppose diets, and the damage that they do, are coming together. The next generation of psychologists, dietitians, and health professionals will take diet culture down!!
  • We need to teach health professionals about weight bias and weight stigma. It's harmful to our health, even more-so than eating that french fry.
  • Diets are sneaky manipulators, so smart that sometimes we don't even know we're being manipulated.
  • It's time to engage in our politics, understand our privilege, and stand up to diet and body oppression. It's time for us all to feel more at home in our own skin, and to end the normalization of diets and fatphobia. See you in 2020!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 1
  • The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
  • Fiona Sutherland of the Mindful Dietitian
  • Deb Burgard
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 84 with Isabel Foxen Duke
  • Kelly Diels
  • Rupi Kaur
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian

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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Female Beauty Are Used Against Women

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I am tired of hearing shaming language about movement (aka exercise) that promotes torture, displaces rest, and punishes prioritizing life connections. Wondering how to frame your relationship with exercise over the holidays? I have a bonus Love Food episode today just for you.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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What happens when 6 anti-diet podcasters walk into a room to hash out all the ins and outs of developing and running a show that is counter-cultural? It moves mountains with its power! It was a honor to be on this panel hosted by Heather Caplan RD, host of RD Real Talk. Listen to the live recording now in your Love Food feed.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Food Psych podcast
  • Anti-Diet book (aff)
  • Food Heaven Podcast
  • RD Real Talk
  • Body Kindness book (aff) and podcast
  • Intuitive Eating book (aff) and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating
Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again
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Turn on every morning talk show or favorite online magazine, and diet culture is trying to rob us of our holiday connections with holiday recipe swaps or tricks to "stay on track." I don't want to be on that track and I know you don't either! How do you get through the holidays without getting distracted by sneaky twisted diets? How do you continue your Food Peace journey as everyone is gearing up for National Dieting Month (aka January)? Listen to this bonus Love Food Podcast and I hope it fuels you to stay true to you.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Let's count the number of diets you've tried to manage PCOS. Don't forget to include all the lifestyle changes, gym memberships, meal cards, diet supplements, and healthy eating plans. If you are like most people with PCOS, you've tried way more times than can be counted! That is YOUR evidence that diets aren't going to give you what you need to promote long term health and healing. What can you do instead? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast episode that is a re-broadcast of a chat I did with Rachel Goodman from the More Than What You Eat podcast.

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Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • After the Letters Project info
  • Rachel Goodman
  • More Than What You Eat Podcast
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Let's fill your Food Peace toolbox for the holidays. This episode sifts through grounding and disconnecting tools to have on standby. Remember, disconnection is your superpower, not something to be ashamed of. Listen here now for more.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • After the Letters Project info
  • Meredith Noble's Instagram list
  • Debra Benfield
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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A listener question that is so important that I take 5 episodes to answer it! When you feel that jab that leads to bad body thoughts, remember you don't need to be fixed. Practice this one thing when you feel that jab! Get a peak behind what you get by being a part of the After The Letters Project by listening now for free in your Love Food feed.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • After the Letters Project info
  • Respect within the Food Peace framework
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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I have a BONUS episode just for you! How do you make sense of your Food Peace journey when desiring a weight change? How do you put them together. One word: don't. Get a peak behind what you get by being a part of the After The Letters Project by listening now for free in your Love Food feed.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • After the Letters Project info
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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All foods fit. Make peace with all foods. YEEEES. Here's the only but: how do you continue to heal your relationship with foods when certain foods make you feel literally like sh*t? This is a tough subject and important for many of you. Listen to the latest Love Food podcast for options to sift through on your Food Peace journey.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I wish we had become friends sooner because just this year I'm realizing how good it truly feels to be on the same team.My mother hated and feared you, yo-yo-ing from diet to diet. Though I know she tried to insulate me from this, and always told me I was beautiful, her hatred of her body was palpable. The first time I remember thinking “I’m fat” was the first day of fourth grade. From there on out, I restricted. I declared myself a vegan in seventh grade, which happened to coincide with puberty. I associated the new attention from boys with my sudden weight loss, a correlation I still struggle with. I continued restricting my eating and obsessively exercising throughout highschool. When college came, I realized drunken nights out presented an opportunity to X; I could eat pizza or Oreos and then X and blame the alcohol. Gradually bulimia crept into my sober life, too, and I began purging regularly, any time I ate outside of my rigid framework.

My therapist at the time introduced me to intuitive eating and HAES. I remember laughing out loud through hopeless tears when she told me; it literally felt like a joke. I regained weight my first year out of college and I was miserable. I tried to mentally prepare myself for another grueling six months or a year of restriction and exercise to get back down to my goal weight, and I found I just didn't have it in me. I started eating and moving intuitively in earnest that year. It's now been two years and I finally feel free to eat whatever I want. I exercise regularly and I'm stronger than I've ever been. But now I have a new problem.

My body doesn't actually get along with all types of you, food. My stomach is very sensitive and I'm very, very lactose intolerant. When I eat dairy products, my digestive system seems to collapse. I have terrible stomach pain and horrible gas and diarrhea for days. Fried foods seem to do the same-- they run through me and leave me embarrassed and in pain. After years of harming my esophagus with stomach acid from throwing up, oily or spicy food gives me terrible acid reflux. Yet the past couple of years, I have continued eating these foods because they are delicious and I feel free to eat them for the first time in my life. When I try to restrict my dairy intake, I feel like I'm back in eighth grade, eating vegan. When I'm out with friends and everyone but me is eating pizza or fried street food, I feel like I'm back in college, afraid to touch "bad foods" and denying myself the simple pleasures that I so deeply feared to partake in.

How do I move forward? My goal for this year is to try to sink even more deeply into intuitive eating, and to simultaneously find a way to respect the boundaries of what my body can and cannot process. I don't want to be constantly dealing with stomach pain, or trying to hold in gas and having to rush to the bathroom at a moment's notice. What do I do if I want to keep healing but many of the fear foods I've worked so hard to reintegrate actually wreak havoc on my body? I’m scared if I put ANY hard and fast rules in place it will feel like a new chapter in restriction and will become a slippery slope. Is there a way to restrict for foods that are incompatible with my digestive health while maintaining a clear intuitive eating mindset?

Yours,

Trapped between extremes

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Beth Rosen's website (this is Julie's go-to IBS expert): GoodnessGraciousLiving.com
  • Intuitive Eating book and website
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Do you remember when you learned that false truth that something is wrong with your body?? That is a trauma and makes recovering from dieting disorders and eating disorders so darn tough. Let's rally together to make this cultural shift. Listen to the latest Love Food podcast to find out more.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

My relationship with you has not always been like this. For the majority of my life, I loved you, but at the same time, I did not pay much attention to you. I ate what was on my plate, never denied a piece of cake, and never even thought of the idea of dieting.
But, as most nice things do, this eventually came to an end, thanks to a boy in my class. This boy said instead of strawberry shortcake, people should call me strawberry fatcake, and the entire class laughed. As you can imagine, eighth grade me was mortified, and I decided not to eat for three days. I realized this was not healthy, my mom ensured me that I was, in fact, not fat, and that if she was concerned about my health, she would take me to a doctor, so I eventually returned to my old ways.
Then, I entered my freshman year of high school, surrounded by girls I thought to be much more prettier and skinnier than me. So, around Christmas, with the help of lovely diet pages on instagram, I decided to lose weight. I cut down on calories slowly and slowly, and eventually decided that 800 was about my max intake per day.
Fast forward to July, 60 pounds lighter and a diagnosis of anorexia. And I just have to say, that recovery is the hardest thing in the world. I feel like I am always eating, and I am beyond scared to eat when I am not hungry or to gain weight. It is pretty miserable, food, and I just want to forget about you!
But, the real reason that I am writing you, is that I feel like there is no way I will ever enjoy you again. How will you not make me shake at the thought of you? What if I like you too much and get fat again? How will I eat the same food again and not get fat? My goodness, the list goes on! I just need your help food, I need to know you won’t hurt me again.

Sincerely,

wanting but scared to recover

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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How many months, years, or decades have you experienced this complicated relationship with food? How long has it been so extreme with dieting, bingeing, or overexercising?? Not only is this tough on your body physically yet it is getting in the way with living YOUR life. Pull up a chair and let's chat over this week's letter along side guest expert Chris Sandel from the Real Health Radio podcast.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,
I binged on you last night. I abused you. I attended a family gathering during the day and wasn't able to control you, and felt like I "blew it", and that was just the beginning. I lost complete control and spent the night making trips to the kitchen. The leftovers from the party didn't stand a chance.

Food, I'm stuck in a cycle between restricting you, bingeing on you, and then compensating by intense exercise, and of course, more restriction. And I know, I know.... I know that the restriction is the culprit here. If I wasn't restricting, then I wouldn't be bingeing, right? And the exercise that feels like my penance is totally an addiction now : I push myself to walk about X miles a day, and on top of that, I do high-resistance, high-intensity exercise every day. Sometime I cancel plans and miss out on life just so I can exercise. It's become completely abusive. I'm driving my body into the ground. I haven't had my period in a year and my body is screaming for relief.

Food, I spent the first twenty years of my life free from these worries. I didn't have control, body, or exercise "issues" when I was a teenager. It wasn't until I experienced the loss of a parent when I turned twenty that I began to control you as a way of dealing with emotions. I spent most of my twenties entangled in a toxic relationship with you, Food. I loved you and feared you at the same time. And Exercise, you were both my savior and a sadistic overseer.

When I turned 28 I began a relationship with the man who is still currently my partner and this all changed. The relationship became my new focal point, for better or worse. Food, I completely stopped thinking about you. I ate intuitively, didn't obsess over you, and didn't find the need to over-exercise. It was wonderful. My body's weight self-regulated and I thought I was free! I enjoyed this freedom for four care-free years. But then Food, we had a baby. The stress of parenting became overwhelming and I found absolute comfort in controlling you, in measuring you and calculating you. That was far "easier" than the stress of parenting and you became a distraction. You distracted me from dealing with my emotions.
Food, I have a beautiful two year old daughter and I don't want her to absorb these problems. I want her to be free, to feel beautiful in her body, and to trust herself. I worry that she will see me abusing my body with exercise and bingeing and restriction.

I want the cycle to end. But here's the thing, Food. The cycle has become a big, tangled ball of yarn and I can't work my way out of the mess. But, I know I have to make a cut somewhere, just so the whole thing can finally unravel. And so here's my question : Where do I make the incision? Do I start to cut out the exercise that I know is making me so hungry, or do I cut my losses and stop controlling my food intake?

And that's the other problem, Food. My intake. I don't even know what to eat or how to eat anymore. All I know is total control or total abandon.
Please Food, tell me how to stop obsessing over you and tell me how to learn to let go.
Sincerely,
Tangled

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Chris Sandel website
  • Real Health Radio Podcast
  • Find an Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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I encourage you to have unconditional permission to eat what you want, when you want. And, it is time to acknowledge the big huge unacknowledged bolder of a barrier: financial privilege. We explore a letter from someone without access to food and guest expert Lori Short-Zamudio from the Nourished Circle podcast helps us understand why food is elitist.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

You and I have the pretty typical binge/emotional eating disordered relationship that is talked about often in the Health At Every Size and Intuitive Eating world. With the help of resources like Julie Duffy Dillon and the Love, Food podcast, I am slowly working on improving our relationship. There are still things I loathe about you, part of which we’ll get to in a second, but I have optimism and hope for our future together.

Today, I want to ask you about some of your relatives, which NEVER get talked about, especially in resources and books outside of actually working with a nutritionist. Generally, when looking at intuitive eating I’m encouraged to think a lot about your siblings body positivity and intuitive movement (aka exercise). But you have some OTHER relatives that I really want to talk about too. I want to ask you about your siblings Money and Housing. I know you are only food, but you can’t deny that you are related to money and housing, no matter how many times I hear the protest that you and I can have a good relationship on any budget and that it doesn’t matter how small the kitchen counter is, I can still cook on it.

I’ve worked so hard recently to get to a really good place with you- really trying to listen to and honour my body and hunger and not place judgment on you, food. Today, I had eaten a home made packed lunch until comfortably satisfied, and as the day went on I began thinking not unhappily about what I would have for dinner. I felt like I wanted to treat myself- I didn’t have to go to work tomorrow, I had been stressed and working hard all week, and I wanted to eat something that would put a smile on my face. My thoughts turned to the burger restaurant in my neighborhood. It was exactly what I wanted. I hadn’t been there in weeks, the staff are friendly and welcoming, and it’s actually a nice way to wrap up a day. I started to look forward to going, and working on thinking about eating you neutrally and with joy, food. I had Julie’s voice in my mind saying “dieting or restriction of any kind always leads to a binge of some sort later on” and I didn’t want to restrict or stop myself from going or feel bad about going in any way. So I went. And it felt great.... until I got the bill.

I had to go into debt on an already precarious credit card, food, to eat you. I had perfectly good groceries sitting at home I could have eaten, but that’s not what I /wanted/, and I deserved to have a treat. I felt just as deep guilt, food, of spending money I couldn’t afford on you as I have in the past about consuming the calories of you to begin with. How do I separate the guilt of spending money on you from the guilt of consuming you? Can I? Should I? Whats the difference? I feel so triggered with a sense of shame and guilt that it’s almost like I’m back at square one with my eating disorder but it’s shame and guilt at the money you are so closely related to, food. But to have NOT honoured that craving would have been restricting in a DIFFERENT way. There seems to be no way to choose a satisfying solution to my problem. How do I not connect my extremely restricted, minuscule and unpredictable financial situation and housing and kitchen access with restriction and out of control eating? I can’t be the only one who is struggling with this. Some unclear statistic of the connection of poverty and obesity keep floating in my head and I just don’t know what to do or think or feel about it all. I need help. I mentioned that there were still things I loathe about you, food, and one of them is that you DEMAND to be interacted with every single day and always cost money even if my bank account can’t handle even the most basic of you sometimes.

I know I can’t blame you for costing money, food, but can you at least tell me you’re sorry for your mean relatives and maybe how to separate my feelings for you from the rest of your family that hardly gets talked about? What happens when it’s not the toxic diet culture telling you to eat a lot less but the very dollars and cents in your bank account?

Sincerely,
Hungry Bank Account With No Space To Cook

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The Nourished Circle Podcast
  • Lori Short Zamudio website
  • Lori Short Zamudio blog
  • Lori Short Zamudio Instagram
  • Lori Short Zamudio Twitter
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Do you feel the pressure to eat "good" all the time? Are you in a role where you are expected to be healthy and eat in a way to prove it? Those who study or are in dietetics, medicine, nursing, and other health related fields will easily relate yet just about everyone will relate to the pressure. Listen as we sift through ways to get through with guest expert Kimmie Singh.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I am writing this email as I am on my own personal journey with food peace and body acceptance. I am a dietetics student well into my studies academically and have had some observations as well as personal growth along the way. About a year ago, I began going to therapy and there it was revealed that I undoubtable struggle with orthorexic and disordered eating behaviors. This was, in a sense, such a relief to hear. It put a label to what I was going through and allowed me to set the path of self-improvement within my life.

Although, actually putting in the work and committing to recovery was something that I could not have prepared myself for. This is something that I am still working towards today. At any rate, this brings me to what I want to talk about, which is how isolating this struggle can be in my major. I am surrounded by people, mostly women, who are expected to have a perfect relationship with food. However, I have a sinking suspicion that this is far from the case. I am living in a world surrounded by well-meaning individuals who are smart, inspiring, and dedicated. And obsessed with food.

At the time, I felt extremely alone in my struggle. I felt as though no one else knew what I was going through because dietetics students are held to the highest of all standards. We are expected to have everything together, including our relationship with food. Now, a year into my recovery journey, I am becoming more and more concerned that the discussion of eating disorders is missing from our education. I think as people who are so enveloped in the study of food, we need to be allowed room to heal our relationship with the societal expectation that we should be “perfect.” Furthermore, we need room as individuals to heal our relationships with our own bodies, as well as our knowledge of fat stigma and shaming. We need to be allowed to un-learn commonly held beliefs surrounding weight and health.

Unfortunately, everything mentioned above is missing from the dietetic curriculum, at least at my school. As I continue on in my own food peace journey, I am left confused and frustrated that we, as future professionals within the field, are left out of the discussion on eating disorders. As a result, we are entering the field with an oversimplified and possibly harmful outlook on people’s relationship with food.

Sincerely,

Captivated & Concerned

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Kimmie Singh's website: BodyPositiveDietitian.com
  • Kimmie Singh's IG: Instagram.com/BodyPositive_Dietitian
  • The Body Love Project with Kimmie Singh
  • The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Dietetic Internship with a HAES Rotation
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Do you feel "all in" with a healthy eating pact then, next thing you know, in the throes of what feels like an uncontrollable binge? Does food fill your head and distract you from having fun and living your life? Listen up. Guest expert Carolina Guízar and I explore this on the latest episode of the Love Food podcast.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

As a child, I never thought much about you. You were just the breakfast my mom made in the morning before she went to work. She put my brother and mine’s breakfast on a tray and lay it on her bed as she got ready. Usually you were something easy to make, eggos waffles smothered in syrup or scrambled eggs and ham with milk or orange juice. You were just the lunch my mom packed the night before - a sandwich filled with meat, cheese and mustard, chips, and sometimes a couple of chips ahoy cookies. Since my mom was a single working mother, my abuela would pick my brother and I up from school to take to her house until my mother was off work. We would be given vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup while we did our homework. FYI- my mother’s side is Cuban and if anyone hearing this is Hispanic they will understand that potatoes and rice are our vegetables. My abuela was an incredible cook and would always prepare some sort of meat with rice, black beans, and fried savory plantains she always made. My favorite meal was chicken fricassee- dark chicken meat, potatoes, olives, peas, and onion cooked in a flavorful tomato sauce. Looking back, I didn’t know much about you because I wasn’t able to explore you. You were just something that was put in front of me and I was told to eat. Every now and then we had some alone time when I went out with friends or to a drive through after I got my license. I came from a very frugal family, so our “dinner’s out” would be chick fil a, Panera, or Domino’s pizza.

It wasn’t until freshman year of college where we finally had alone time. Starting college, I was thin and felt good about my body. As the year went on, I was overwhelmed with having free access to all the foods I love on my meal plan. Chick fil a, Au bon pain, panda express, starbucks, and food halls filled with candies, chips, ice cream and more. I stuffed my face with you thinking nothing of it while I went out drinking 4 times a week. Nights out usually ended with late night eating with friends. By the time spring break came, I realized just how much damage you had done to me. My clothes were tighter, my stomach was bigger, and my face had filled out a lot. I didn’t look like myself.

When I went home that summer, I made a pact with myself that I would work out and eat healthy. I wanted to see what my healthiest body would look like. I wanted girls to envy me and boys to desire me. I started to run every day and do a workout video off youtube. I stopped drinking for a month. I did a ton of research on healthy eating. Food, you changed into something I ate to give me the body I became obsessed with having. You changed to a form of rules that has damaged the way I see you even now. I ate cooked chicken and 99% lean turkey with no oil and only cayenne because I feared olive oil would make me fat. I only ate fruit in the morning because I read that the sugars metabolize differently in the afternoon. I only dressed my salads in balsamic vinegar because of the high calorie grocery store dressings. When you became these rules, the way I viewed everything changed. I was addicted to the praise I received when I got results, and didn’t see anything wrong with what I was doing because I was certain it was “healthy”. I had a boyfriend that summer who knew about my obsession with eating healthy. Every now and then, him or his family took me out to nice dinners where I allowed myself to eat and drink whatever I wanted. But that’s when it goes dark. Instead of being present, I would obsess over the food in front of me. I would eat past the point of full because I saw it as my only time to have this “unhealthy” food. I would be having a conversation, but I was really thinking about the eating everything and anything I could get my hands on while I could. Even after dinner, I’d drive out to cvs to get my favorite ice cream or candy. After these episodes I was convinced people could see the food I ate on my body. People noticed this cycle and I’ve received a few comments that my motto seemed to be all or nothing when it came to you, food. The next day after my binge, I’d feel so guilty and ashamed and I would go back to only eating healthy and working out until the next episode. I didn’t realize this cycle would stay with me for the next five years.

Of course, our relationship has slightly changed over those years- I’m 24 and in my first two years of the working world. When my nutrition journey first started, I did grow to love fitness but now that I’m not active throughout the day at a desk job- my body is a little heavier than it was in college. I constantly aim to go back to the super skinny and fit shape I used to be in. I do my best to eat healthy and meal prep every week. I think about food constantly and often create meal plans and recreate them when I’m at work. Every now and then I try to convince myself I’m okay and I can have that piece of chocolate if I want it. But everytime I have a bite of something “unhealthy” it triggers a binge cycle and I find myself checking out at the grocery with sweedish fish, sour patch kids, and oreos. I kill myself at the gym six times a week. I’m constantly buying meal plans and fitness plans that promise amazing results. I stick with it a few weeks and then get frustrated when I don’t see immediate results. I go from having faith in myself to do it on my own to finding a new and shiner plan that will get me there. My binge episodes have become more frequent in a week and I’m sick of it. Now I have the same feeling I did my freshman year- I don’t recognize this body and I’m constantly torturing it.

Food, you’re taking over my life. When will this end? Aren’t you sick of this like I am? How can we get to a point where I feel safe with you no matter what?

Sincerely,

Exhasted

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Carolina Guízar's website
  • Carolina Guízar's Instagram: Instagram.com/la_eathority
  • The Latinx Health Collective
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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While on your Food Peace journey, are you feeling powerful fighting diet culture yet deflated every time someone else brings up diet talk? Wonder how to best handle verbalized fat phobia? Let's huddle to help you decide what your next steps look like in this latest Love Food Podcast episode with special guest Cara Harbstreet.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

We’ve had a complicated relationship for as long as I can remember. I have always felt guilty when eating you and blamed you for my oversized body (according to society's standards). My guilt and shame turned into a full fledged eating disorder, which I was entrenched in for years. I was diagnosed with anorexia in 2015 after years of restricting, over exercising, and hating myself. I finally agreed to get help from professionals, which meant having to eat a lot of you food. I was forced to eat what I considered my “bad” foods or “off limit” foods and refrain from exercise. It took years to restore my weight and countless appointments with my dietician, doctor, and therapist. It was and still is the hardest battle I have ever had to fight.

Here I am now, in 2019, and still have a difficult time with you. I still overthink you and I worry that you will always have control over my life. But I have also come a long way in understanding our relationship and the distorted thoughts I have about you. I have recently felt a strong desire to fight against diet culture. You see food, I am about to enter the field of professional counseling and my hope is to help people understand you better and become less fearful of you. I want people to enjoy you and honor the body they live in, without being on a diet. I want that for myself and for others.

Though, as empowered as I feel, I am stuck. I have a hard time listening to people talk about you, diets, and weight. It makes me cringe and I don’t know how to address you in conversations in a respectful and knowledgeable manner. Unfortunately, the conversation of you and weight occur far too often. I usually just ignore what I am hearing and don’t get involved because I am scared of how others will react when I tell them I am on your side and that you are not the real problem. What do I say to them? How do I enter a conversation about you, body image, and scales when I am against the norm? How do we as Food Peace soldiers push back on diet culture on a daily basis? How do we respond to our family and friends when they sit and talk about you and restricting you? How do we help people understand that diets are so harmful to our bodies and that we deserve so much more? How do we help people see that Food Peace is possible and it does not include restriction or being on a diet?

I want so badly to tell the world that everything they have heard and learned about diets and you is a big lie. I want to help people find body acceptance and break free of the shame and guilt they feel around you, but I don’t know how. HELP!

Yours truly,

Stuck and Fed Up.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Cara Harbstreet's website: StreetSmartNutrition.com
  • Cara Harbstreet's IG: https://www.instagram.com/streetsmart.rd/
  • Cara Harbstreet's Twitter: https://twitter.com/StreetSmartRD
  • Healthy Eating For Life: An Intuitive Eating Workbook to Stop Dieting Forever book (aff)
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitians near you.

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Ever wonder if someone can have too much peace with food? That being so laissez-faire can mean too many foods that can have detrimental health effects? Where are the limitations? When has it gone too far? Listen up because this has more to do with the questioner than meets the eye.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food.

I am so happy to be embracing you again. After months, years even, of tight, stifling restriction I have welcomed you back with much more open arms. I have defined and then found 'healthy enough' for me. The thing is, I am concerned now with something completely different. My partner of 10 years who on the outside looks the picture of health is choosing types of you that I can't help but worry about.

He sends me to the shop most days to buy cartons and packages of you that I know, while they have a place in a balanced diet, aren't the best for him when eating so regularly and without the fruit and veggies, etc.

This puts me in a tricky place, food. The very last thing I want to do is restrict him in any way or be even a little bit judgemental. I don't think he's got disordered eating of any kind. I simply think he doesn't prioritize his health as much as I do. Which is fine. Bodily autonomy. But I can't help worrying. He has a family history of diabetes and I think because he is in a socially accepted body, I think he thinks he's protected.

This letter makes me sound like a horrible girlfriend. Maybe I am. What I really crave is a long and happy and healthy life together. How can I approach you, food, in relation to my relationship? Is it possible for someone to feel so much peace with food - too much peace - that they just don't care? How do I help him care? Can I help him? Should I mind my own business?

Love, Dreaming of his health.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitiansnear you.

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Let's dive into the latest Love Food podcast episode and the complex experience of raising children while trying to walk the Food Peace journey. Does the question "What's for dinner?" feel like nails on the chalkboard? Pull up a chair and let's sort this out with special guest Rachel Goodman from the More Than What You Eat Podcast.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

The worst question my children can ask me is, ‘’Whats for dinner?’. It’s a daily assault on my desire to avoid thinking about you altogether. For me to answer my children’s question, I need to have thought about you- what would be tasty, what my children would like, what will nourish them. And then when I have thought about you, I then have to prepare you. I find this utterly overwhelming and exhausting down to my bones.

Did you notice I don’t ask myself, what would I like to eat? I don’t know the answer to that question. I am so divorced from you that I don’t know what I want when I feel hungry. And Food, so you know, I have felt hungry for as long as I can remember.

Here’s what I do know about you Food: I know that it’s not my fault I am fat and it’s not your fault either. I just feel like we got off on the wrong foot. My mum was scared of you Food, and did the things women do to keep you at bay. She did the best she could with what she had, but it’s left its mark. I watched, and I felt constrained and angry. So I very angrily and defiantly ate what I wanted, but eating because you're angry doesn’t lead to food peace either. I talk about you so positively with my kids, and I put on such a cheerful, food neutral voice at dinner and lunch and breakfast and snacks and all the times that we seem to talk about food. My children will never, ever know that you and I don’t really get on, that is a promise. But, truthfully I want to not think about you, you make me so anxious and demoralised.

Do you think you and I might be able to make peace?

Sincerely,

Mom Secretly Searching for Food Peace

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Rachel Goodman
  • More Than What You Eat Podcast
  • Rachel's free course
  • Rachel Goodman on Instagram @Dietitian.RachelGoodman
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitiansnear you.

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Have you gone to drastic measures to heal your relationship with food? Wonder how to move away from diets after stomach surgery? Can you access Food Peace too? There is space for you in this conversation. Listen as I discuss this with fellow dietitian Kirsten Ackerman from Intuitive Bites podcast.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I am a former MS, RD who gave up my credentials due to diagnoses of major clinical depression and EDNOS. That was over a decade ago, but I think that at least a part of me may still grieves that decision. (As an aside to Julie: I know you can appreciate the loooong road, dedication and hard work it took to earn those credentials!)

I had a major weight gain when I began taking prescribed psychiatric medications as an adult. Prior to that, I had no history of "added" pounds as a child or young adult.

I've had two weight loss surgeries: a sleeve gastrectomy a little over a year ago and the lap band before that. I dropped some pounds (~100 with the lap band) prior to the sleeve but the band was removed due to complications of pseudoachalasia.

I work in group and individual therapy, times many, many years, regarding HAES and intuitive eating. I am healthy, no HTN, diabetes, but I do have severe bilateral knee osteoarthritis that limits my mobility.

I have questions on several levels. First, how can I be more gentle with myself regarding my professional history? My pride prevents me from sharing my full educational and training background in my group.

How can I be more gentle with myself regarding my weight loss surgeries? I feel that the sleeve was a mistake, but there is no turning back now.... I haven't lost any weight since the surgery and, of late, there are times when I binge (having not done so in many years.)

How can I be more gentle with myself about exercise? I've not found my "joyful movement" as an adult just yet. It's a strain to walk due to my knees.

Although I want to continue along the road of slowing down my eating and being more mindful at meal/snack times, I find myself just "not doing it." How do I balance feelings of giving up with the desire to tune into my body?

Also, my body is large, with hanging flesh. I have a desire to live in a smaller body, thinking that my movement would be less constricted. That said, I realize that "desire" itself may be my actual impediment....

Your thoughts, feelings and feedback are most welcome.

Sincerely,

One of Your Most True Lovers

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Kirsten Ackerman
  • Intuitive Bites Podcast
  • Intuitive Eating After Weight Loss Surgery Course (other courses too)
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitiansnear you.

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Welcome to the Season 4 premier of the Love Food Podcast! I am so glad you are here. Let's dive into exploring a history of complicated family dynamics, genetic ties to eating disorders, trauma, and feeling stuck in binge cycles.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

{CW: trauma, ED behaviors}

Dear Food,

I don't really know exactly when my relationship became complicated with you, or quite how it came to control my life. I remember when I was in my early teens, being the one to say diets are bullshit, and not thinking about what I ate. Being anti-diet culture was practically a part of my identity, and such is where my values sit today, but I live in complete contradiction.
At some point in my teens, I started restricted and using my vegetarianism to always choose the salad option at school. But it wasn't controlling, it wasn't overwhelming; it felt more like a natural reaction to being at an all girls school in the society that we live in - an image-based thing. Sometimes, it was reactionary, in spite of my (well-meaning) mother who would always tell me that 'soup is a starter not a meal', and check if I was eating enough despite her smaller portions. (I later learned she had a struggled with anorexia for years, and would still struggle to eat in times of stress.)

I developed anxiety and depression by age 16, which ruled and ruined my sixth-form life. Perhaps it was the exam stress, the family troubles - growing up with a drug abusing brother who was in and out of school, in and out of home, in and out of hospital (not that I was always told straight away). We had a complex relationship with my father, who always vied for my brother's attention and allegiance against my mother. I tried to be always neutral, always loving of all parties - because I was, and couldn't not be. But with this came a lot of pain, a lot of confusion, and the earnest desire to always tread this precarious, and often punishing line. Of course, when I couldn't - and can't today - there is guilt. I was a straight A* student until the slump during my sixth form years, when my energy broke, and I scraped my way through the last 2 years. I used to be, and still feel like I should be, the person who was able to succeed at anything and everything without dropping the ball - but suddenly I could do nothing, and have struggled ever since. Around this time I realised there was probably something wrong - a cause. Through an explosive conversation with my mother, I was pushed to a consultation with a therapist and given the diagnosis - anxiety and depression - but didn't receive further help.

In my first year of uni I tried to access help myself, but was turned away by the uni counselling services after a few sessions, saying they didn't know how to help me as I had already thought everything through so much myself. It was in this year I had a few episodes of bingeing and purging. This continued around occasional periods of stress, such as exams, but not as a regular method of coping.

In second year, my mental health worsened. Restricting, binging and purging became a secret indulgence, but never something I saw as a problem as it was so sporadic. I had difficult relationships with my flatmates, though I had stronger friendships elsewhere, I felt alone. I became so ill I had to defer my exams. I worked towards the summer session, hoping I could somehow manage. But two weeks before I was due to take them, I was raped.

Utterly broken, I moved back in with my parents for a few months, during which time I tried to use food to console myself while I tried to process what happened. But when a close family member was admitted to hospital with terminal cancer, I began majorly restricting. When they passed away and my family fell apart, I moved back to my uni town and started a new job, trying to get my life back on track. Pretty much all the friends I thought I had were no longer there for me. I managed to access CBT for 9 weeks, but developed bulimia in an dramatic way, binging and purging at least 3 times in a day, at one time losing a stone in a month. This continued through another exam deferral, and another.

I fought for a year to access treatment, being passed from waiting list to waiting list, rejected for being too symptomatic, too complicated or not fitting criteria. Along the way, I met someone who truly loves me and cares for men and helps me through these struggles. When I am with him, I eat normally and don't purge, but will find myself in tears most evenings because of food. My weight is stable at a healthy BMI, but I am miserable in my skin, mentally exhausted, and absolutely terrified: of this relationship with food that dominates my life. I cannot have food around me and resist it, regardless of whether I am hungry - I am so anxious about when I might need to eat, that I am constantly aware of a hunger, and I cannot discern the emotional from the physical. I know I use bingeing and purging as both a means of occupying myself when I am alone, as an emotional control and as a form of self-harm. And what started as a tool has grown like a weed to something that I am constantly aware of, and bothers me even when I am happiest. I love to cook, and often cook with my boyfriend, but cannot enjoy a meal without resenting myself and being overwhelmed with frustration as a result.

In a month, I will finally be starting treatment (psychotherapy with a trauma focus), but I am worried about managing my relationship with food during this time, as I know it will be a gradual process, and not the focus of my treatment. Additional private treatment isn't easily an option for me. I am also worried about the strain I place on my boyfriend, who is always there for me, but who cannot fight the battle for me, no matter how much he may want to try.

I am trying to keep the willpower to fight for myself, to maintain the relationships I have left and succeed in my final chance to pass these exams in just a few months. I desperately need peace with you food, so that I can have more energy to make peace elsewhere in my life.

Yours,

Terrified & pleading for a truce

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Find Eating Disorder Dietitiansnear you.

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as I chat with Kimmie Singh, co-host and Brooklyn-based dietitian, on worthiness and chronic conditions.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
  • Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course

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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts (written by Kimmie)
  • Kimmie's Web: TastingAbundance.com
  • Kimmie's Instagram: @TastingAbundance
  • HAES Community
  • Association of Size Diversity and Health
  • Intuitive Eating principles
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast.

  • Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1.
  • Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels.
  • In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie.
  • Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives.
  • Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS.
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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Sasha Ottey, founder The PCOS Challenge which brings us the international PCOS Symposium, on turning challenges into advocacy.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

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  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • PCOS and exercise
  • Sasha's web: PCOSChallenge.org
  • Sasha's Instagram: @PCOSChallenge
  • HAES Community
  • Association of Size Diversity and Health
  • Intuitive Eating principles
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast.

  • Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1.
  • Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels.
  • In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie.
  • Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives.
  • Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS.
  • Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Shira Rose, found on Instagram @IAmShiraRose, on her PCOS journey including beauty, body positivity, and changing your language.

Since Shira recorded this episode she has disclosed to her audience how her life has been controlled by a decades long eating disorder and made worse by fat phobia. Be sure to note the updated handles and web home. Get caught up her experiences hereand here. I have learned a lot from Shira and think you will too.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
  • Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course

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  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS.
  • Shira's Web: TheShiraRose.com
  • Shira's Instagram: @theshirarose
  • Beauty Redefined Podcast
  • HAES Community
  • Association of Size Diversity and Health
  • Intuitive Eating principles
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Dani Adriana, found on Instagram @IAmDaniAdriana, on her PCOS journey including weight stigma and slowing down.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
  • Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course

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  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Dani's Web: IamDaniAdriana.com
  • Dani's Instagram: @IamDaniAdriana
  • HAES Community
  • Association of Size Diversity and Health
  • Intuitive Eating principles
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Chevese Turner, co-author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: Recovery and Beyond, on her PCOS journey including mental health, grief, and loss.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Binge Eating Disorder Association Web: BEDAonline.com
  • Chevese's Web: BEDRecovery.com
  • Chevese's Book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond(aff)
  • Fat Friendly Docs
  • HAES Community
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Association of Size Diversity and Health
  • Intuitive Eating principles
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410 for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount. * Enter to win a 90-day supply here!(We will be picking 4 random emails from those who enter during September 2018. All will be notified via email.)

Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Laura Burns, aka @RadicalBodyLove on Instagram, about infertility and literal and figurative hurricanes.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie’s PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code ‘podcast’ at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
  • Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course

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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Laura’s Web: RadicalBodyLove.com
  • Laura’s Instagram: @RadicalBodyLove
  • Fat Friendly Docs
  • Dances with Fat blog
  • Lean in/Lean out concentric circles…actually called The Ring Theory. Read a discussion here in the LA Times.
  • Intuitive Eating principles
  • Happy and Hairy Instagram @HappyAndHairy
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Caroline Dooner, author of my favorite 2019 book The F*ck It Diet, on PCOS diet recommendations starting her eating disorder.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie’s PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code ‘podcast’ at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
  • Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course

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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Caroline’s Web: TheFuckItDiet.com
  • Caroline’s Instagram: @TheFuckItDiet
  • Caroline’s Book: The Fuck It Diet(aff)
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Laura Thomas’s Don’t Salt My Game Podcast (linked to an episode on PCOS)
  • Intuitive Eating 10 principles
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body’s optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use “PRC” code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Ivy Felicia, from Weightless Wellness, on feeling broken and finding comprehensive health care.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie’s PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code ‘podcast’ at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Ivy’s Web:MeMyBodyandLove.com
  • Ivy’s Instagram: @IvyFelicia
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Intuitive Eating 10 principles
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body’s optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use “PRC” code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

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While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Sophie Carter-Kahn, co-host of the She's All Fat Podcast, on googling the diagnosis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and finding your path.

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie’s PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code ‘podcast’ at check out. Get all the details here:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course
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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Sophie’s Podcast: She’s All Fat
  • Sophie’s Web: sophiack.com
  • Sophie’s Instagram: @_sophick_
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body’s optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use “PRC” code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

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This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

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Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • Movement and PCOS
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • Jes Baker's post on facial hair
  • Jes's Web: TheMilitantBaker.com
  • Jes's Books:Landwhale(aff) or Things No One Tells Fat Girls(aff)
  • Instagram: @TheMilitantBaker
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Green Mountain at Fox Run
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

Landwhale: On Turning Insults Into Nicknames, Why Body Image Is Hard, and How Diets Can Kiss My Ass
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

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Tired of diets that don't work to treat your PCOS?

Feel chaotic around food yet think you HAVE to diet?

Feel shame for your food cravings, bingeing, and body size while living with PCOS?

We have a podcast for you. Kimmie Singh and I have put together 10 special episodes to form the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast. Each chapter features an interesting person affected by PCOS and their lived experiences. We also sort through a listener question within each episode on topics like exercise, cravings, mental health, infertility, finding good doctors, diabetes, and so much more!

We are currently waiting for the podcast to be approved eyeroll by Apple Podcasts and they are taking their sweet ass time. Thankfully, you can listen to all the episodes NOW via my website or on Spotify.

This particular episode on this page is a great place to start. It gives you all the meaty details about the show and a glimpse into each episode.

Let us know what you think!

The PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here:

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  • Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course

Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a rating, review, subscribe or share the podcast! Doing these small acts of kindness help the show grow and connect more with the concept of Food Peace.

Notes:

  • Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download
  • PCOS and Nutrition blog posts
  • PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook
  • Health at Every Size (HAES)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. * Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. * Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. * In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. * Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. * Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. * Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount.

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Are you on your path toward Food Peace™ yet struggling with a part of your body acceptance? Do you live in a body that gets misgendered including in recovery spaces? You can have access to Food Peace too. Listen to expert guest Vaughn Darst as he explores this part of the journey on the latest episode and season 3 finale of the Love Food Podcast.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

We've had a rough ride. The past 5 years have been a constant flux of hating you, loving you, wanting you, needing you, abandoning you, and re-discovering you, all the while changing the body in which relates to you. Though it really didn't change a lot at all; in fact it's stayed relatively the same, but this un-changing body can just looks so different. On different days, in different mirrors, in different rooms, at different times, with different people, after different meals, it looks so different and I'm not sure which to believe anymore. I've come to accept this changing perception and try my best to give way to the kinder ones and not give much room to the less friendly ones. This has helped me come to a much better stage in my recovery and my relation to you (Food). But there's something I feel pulling me back into unhealthy thought patterns and coping strategies.I'm a non-binary trans people who has not been through any physical transition processes yet and, although I've managed to accept many parts of my body that I have felt hatred towards previously, I find it impossible too accept it as a whole. Because there are parts that I unequivocally don't want, for example breasts, and so I don't feel I can experience my body as a whole. At least not as long as I still experience this kind of dysphoria. The thing is, Food, I don't feel like I can resolve my relationship with you and move forward in my recovery while I can't resolve my relationship with my body and my gender dysphoria. The part that I struggle with the most is that there is a distinct lack of resources and inclusion of trans people and bodies in rhetoric about eating disorders. Often, when I'm seeking help, I find myself confronted with invalidation of my gender identity and a sense of loneliness in my struggles. In fact, I tried to access counseling and they required everyone to take a nutritional information course first, in which they proceeded to mis-gender me and almost exclusively talked about anorexia and female body ideals as though that were the only issue in the room. Now I know I'm not the only non-binary trans person to experience an eating disorder and/or gender dysphoria but I feel quite lost at sea in this struggle and don't know where I'm suppose to swim to next. Yours sincerely, Drowning in Gender-norms

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The 6 Keys to Food Peace
  • Vaughn Darst's Instagram: @AllGenderNutrition
  • Vaughn Darst's website: AllGenderNutrition.com
  • My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-step guide to achieving world peace through gender anarchy and sex positivity by Katie Bornstein
  • Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Gender Binary by Joan Nestle, Clare Howell, and Riki Wilchins
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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(157) I am terrified of my body changing (with Barbara Birsinger)Are you ready to ditch diets...yet not ready? Does the thought of another diet seem intolerable yet so does losing control? Does it feel like you will be just letting yourself go??? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast that dishes on just that with special guest Barbara Birsinger.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,
You are so complicated. We used to have a good relationship. It wasn’t that long ago. At first it wasn’t even about you. Then I went through that period of incredible stress. I felt so lost and physically couldn’t eat you. I think that’s when the problem started. I lost some weight. That wasn’t a plan. I don’t know if it became a way to cope, to feel (or not feel), a way to control something, a way to become invisible.Now it is definitely intentional. I like the smallness. I’m so afraid to let go of that. I want health. I’m sure this is not full health. My brain knows it is time to heal. So many days I go to bed and promise that I can heal, that I won’t think about you and will just take care of my needs. But it doesn’t last long. I get scared and can’t eat you again. I know where to find all kinds of resources. I seek them out, I fill my head with all the reasons to heal. I want to be better. But I’m terrified. I am terrified of admitting to anyone what’s going on. I am terrified of the body changes. I am terrified that some people will think I let myself go. I feel at the same time so ready for change and health but not ready to take the hard steps. How can I convince myself that it is time?

Yours,
Ready, Not Ready

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The 6 Keys to Food Peace
  • Barbara Birsinger
  • Real-Time Quick Decoding Process
  • Yes I Want This/No I Don’t chart
  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch (aff)
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Does food control your life? Is every waking moment thinking about food, your body, calories, carbs, sugar, bad body thoughts, exercise, and shame? Listen up to the latest Love Food Podcast episode exploring how to move onward and what your body needs to carry on with your Food Peace™ journey.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

Food controls my daily life.

I think about my next meal every second of every day.

Stress makes me restrict or binge. There’s no in between.

I lost XX pounds in the month of April and May - almost hospitalizing me.

Then I gained XX+ pounds in one month - August.

I binged - cookies, ice cream, anything sugary. Every day sometimes twice a day.

Food controls me. But I am more powerful. I can control this.

Disordered eating is an issue for me.

I want to look like myself again. Not me during restriction. Not me during binging. Normal me. Physically and mentally me.

Love, Me

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The 6 Keys to Food Peace
  • Summer Innanen
  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch (aff)
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Diet culture is literally everywhere: in safe spaces, sacred spaces, and progressive spaces. How do you break up with diets when the world celebrates their worth and demands their adherence? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast to give you mojo as you radically reconnect with your body.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I am not sure if you and I can ever have a peaceful relationship. Lately, I am exhausted with recovery and the daily struggles of trying to eat intuitively, feeling like I am failing, and wanting to change my body. It feels like there is too much stress in my life that I do not have any energy left to try to go against the mainstream's ideas on food and dieting that on bad days I wish that I had never heard of intuitive eating and embarked on this journey. I realized that we had a complicated relationship after reading Intuitive Eating for the first time. I bought it on a whim, looking for an end to the food and exercise tracking madness, but still desperately wanting to change my body. I wanted to teach myself the "right" way to eat. I thought I was doing well, eating intuitively, and generally feeling at peace. This was until it was pointed out to me that I was following the "intuitive eating" diet, and this realization launched a pretty steep decline in my recovery. I know that the behaviors I had were not healthy and that at one time I realized that I needed help with them. But since I am not able to separate Intuitive Eating with the "intuitive eating" diet, I am so confused and apprehensive to try to re-learn it. Was everything I had learned the last 3 years completely wrong and how could I have missed the mark so much? Part of me wants recovery and the other part of me knows it will continue to be very challenging and I do not feel like I have it in me to stay on this path. I don't think I can go back to how I was before, but I continue to be in what feels like a half-recovered space. Working through my disordered food behaviors illuminated that I have a lot of personal trauma and feelings that I was using disordered behaviors to cover up and deal with. As I work through those, I notice the disordered food behaviors creeping back in like an old friend, wanting to help me cope. I realize diet culture is everywhere. And because it is everywhere, I feel exhausted by constantly defending my position to people and not giving in to the allure of what I know now to be another diet. My extended family gatherings that involve food consist of comments about amounts of food, "good/bad" food, needing to "work off" the food, or some special ingredient that will save us all from disease. Yoga has been a refuge but walking into the studio I might read a flyer for a weight loss cleanse, overhear conversations about diets, hear body negativity from other yogis and even some of the teachers. I attended a yoga teacher training informational session, thinking it would be a good challenge for myself to take my yoga practice to a new level and left feeling completely defeated after learning that one of the training modules was around "how to eat like a yogi". Sharing my own baked treats with co-workers inevitably invites a litany of body and diet comments as well as their own personal justifications for eating or not eating the food I brought. I created an Instagram account for my dog because I thought it would be a fun way to share the funny things he does. Do you know how much diet culture permeates instagrams about dogs? A lot. I cannot shut off the continuous diet culture that is everywhere in my life. Something has to change. Perhaps I am not fully on board with Intuitive Eating and HAES and that there are still pieces of diet culture I am hanging on to. All I know right now, food, is that I am mad. I am mad that I know that my food behaviors aren't healthy for me but that I want to keep doing them because it felt like I was in control. I have so much shame for having this problem at all that I can hardly admit it to myself. I justify this by fully embracing that I hate my body and that, of course, then the disordered eating makes sense. I am so tired of starting over with different therapists, finding yet another book that I put my salvation into, hoping that, yes, maybe this one will click and I will magically love my body and I will become a true Intuitive Eater. Will I ever feel normal around you, food? Will I ever want to take care of my body instead of punishing myself for making a mistake at work, getting into an argument with a loved one, or accidentally reading a diet message on a magazine cover and feeling self-loathing? Can I enjoy you, food, without feeling an intense desire to want to exercise or restrict later? Can I trust you, food, knowing that my IBS may cause days or weeks of intense intestinal pain and fear of you, food? Will I be able to go to my doctor and not be completely obsessed for weeks after accidentally seeing my weight (and shame for feeling good that it was lower than what I thought)? It all feels too much, and I feel entirely un-grounded. I realize that this letter is even contradictory, stating that I wish I could have my old food behaviors back and also knowing that I have learned and made progress. I am just not sure, food, that I am on the right path, or even what the right path is. Sincerely, Wanting to Check Out

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The PCOS and Food Peace Podcast with Sophie Carter-Kahn
  • The Should Eat Fantasy Compliance
  • Discussed the "Intuitive Eating Diet" with Caroline Dooner on Ep 152 of the Love Food Podcast
  • The F*ck It Diet book by Caroline Dooner (aff)
  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch (aff)
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Along your Food Peace™ journey you may have connected with how you were raised around food and how to treat your body. Did you learn early on that only thin bodies were acceptable? That we MUST diet in order to keep our weight low and letting go was a failure? Not surprising then that the desire to lose weight will continue. How do you stop wanting to lose weight? How do you accept your body? Listen now to the latest Love Food podcast episode for insight along this part of your journey.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food, I've been struggling with you for almost my entire life. When I was little I remember watching my Dad go on diet after diet and rigidly refusing to go up a pant size. It looked so miserable but I also wanted to be like him. I also knew (from what my parents had told me) that I was getting fat. So when I was 8, I went on my first diet and began counting calories. Later, around age 15, I began to reject dieting and wanted to relax and eat what I wanted. This made my parents uncomfortable and eventually they began to mandate that I diet and exercise. I began to sneak you up to my bedroom and eat you in the middle of the night. I was riddled with shame, guilt, and self-hatred. Even when I was outside of my parent's control, I carried their voices of judgment with me and continued dieting throughout most of my adult life. Now I'm 31 and I've tried so hard to redefine my relationship with you and my body. I've seen a counselor and nutritionist who come from an intuitive eating approach. I was fortunate enough to be part of a 10-week intuitive eating group and I loved it! But a job change caused me to move away from those resources and now I feel stuck. I'm heavier than I've ever been in my entire life and I'm so ashamed of my body. I don't even recognize myself when I look in the mirror. While the dream of being smaller is still tempting, the thought of dieting repulses me. I know dieting isn't the answer, but I can't seem to get the hang of intuitive eating. I feel like I'm making zero progress on my journey to food peace. Often I still feel like that rebellious teenager who would overeat (whether it made her feel good or not) just to spite her parents. I still want to lose weight but I know that intuitive eating isn't suppose to be about that. How do I stop the incessant desire to be smaller when it's been a part of my life for so long? I'm also feeling scared because sometimes listening to my body and choosing to stop eating when I'm full/satisfied or not eat something because my inner wisdom is telling me that I don't truly want it reminds me of the rules and restrictions I lived under for so long. Intellectually I know that responding to my body and inner wisdom is different than dieting. But emotionally they sometimes feel the same. Eventually I end up still engaging in rebellious eating even though I'm not sure what/who I'm rebelling against. Then I feel like I've fallen off track and give up and shame takes over. I know this is a diet mentality but I can't seem to shake it! I'm not sure how to interrupt this cycle and stop thinking of intuitive eating through this dieting lens. I want to move forward in my food and body peace journey but I'm not sure how to get past this hurtle. I just want to find peace with you and my body but I'm not sure what the next step should be. Love, Stuck In The Cycle

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The PCOS and Food Peace Podcast
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Have you done the Food Peace™ journey for some time yet still find yourself emotionally eating? Are you frustrated that food still soothes you like nothing else?? Does it feel as though you are doing Intuitive Eating incorrectly because you can't just eat when hungry? Well, we have a podcast episode made just for you. Listen here now with special guest Heather Caplan RD from Lane 9 Project.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I feel like I am at a crossroads with you. For years I restricted you and then binged on you, part of me struggling to give myself enough of you and part of me demanding that I get my needs met. I know so much more now than I did when I first started struggling with you; I know about trauma, dissociation, how bingeing can't be "fixed" with restriction, that my weight and my body and even what or when or how much I eat are not the problem. I know that, nowadays, when I use you to numb my feelings or try to escape them, you don't provide me the true comfort and relief that I long for. I also know that, nowadays, I can enjoy you so much more than I did in the past. I can be flexible about when and what I eat, I can sometimes articulate what of you I'd like to eat, and I can sometimes say when I've had enough of you. I no longer binge as often as I used to, and I don't binge on the quantities of food I used to. But there are still lots of evenings when I turn to you and eat more of you than I'm hungry for, or I eat something that I don't even truly want to eat. I don't think this is the same as bingeing, but it still feels like I'm trying to use you in ways that you can't help me, and this behavior is keeping me stuck in a place I want to grow out of. I feel like I turn to you when I simply WANT—want more of a good feeling, or want less boredom, or exhaustion, or frustration from the workday. Why do I keep turning to you when I know you can't give me what I need? How can I connect this knowledge that you can't fix my feelings or take them away with the part of myself that still depends on you for . . . everything? I'm ready to take the next step, yet at the same time I feel like I am holding myself back. From, Caught in Between

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Lane 9 Project Lane9Project.org
  • Lane Nine Project Podcast
  • Heather Caplan
  • Heather Caplan on Instagram: @RDRealTalk
  • The PCOS and Food Peace Podcast
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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When did you learn that certain bodies were more valuable? When did you start your first diet? Recovering from chronic dieting or an eating disorder can't all be independent and individual. Culturally we must change together to help support your recovery. Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast episode and hear from Caroline Dooner, author of the book The Fuck It Diet.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

You are my best friend and my worst enemy. You are as familiar to me as my own backyard, and yet as foreign as the deepest realms of the ocean. I taste you and smell you and manipulate you with my two hands every day. I read about you. I peruse photographs of you on Instagram. I am obsessed with you. And yet, I hate you.

Currently, I work as a baker. I graduated last spring with a BS in nutrition. I’ve learned through my career how to meld delicious flavors and bake a custard to perfection. I’ve learned through my schooling how to teach others about ‘balanced’ eating. However, I don’t know how to eat. I’ve cycled through patterns nearly my whole life. Restriction, bingeing, purging, exercising and always compulsively weighing myself. I’ve probably spent at least $200 on bathroom scales. Once, in Italy, I pretended to tour a gym in interest of their membership, just hoping to find a scale. My weight is the center point of my life. Therefore, you are at the center point of my life.

My childhood was…interesting – as said in a negative, classically Minnesotan matter. I also don’t have the best memory of those days, but I can place pieces together. I ate for comfort, and my high weight quickly became an issue I could not escape. I don’t remember when I was first placed on a diet, but the on-again, off-again dieting cycle started some time in elementary school. My step-mom took me to doctors for weight loss medication. I’d take it, but with limited results. I remember shopping for clothes Old Navy. I remember my embarrassment having to purchase the XYZ T-shirts. I remember my step-mom telling me “if only you could lose some weight, your face is so pretty.” I remember when I was 11, my mother brought me to a plastic surgeon to consider liposuction. Thankfully, he advised us not to take this route because my body was still changing. At school, I was bullied. I remember a child in middle school telling me I was the cause of world hunger. I remember a girl at a birthday party asking me why I was invited. I was ‘too fat’ to sit in the hot tub.

Everything changed when I was 13. As a bit of background, my father had custody of me during the summer. Most children coveted summers, but I dreaded staying with him. He was almost always working and traveling – leaving me alone with only my stepmom. I felt lonely, isolated and, eventually, angry. I decided to take control: I stopped eating. Between the beginning of eighth grade and the beginning of ninth grade I lost over XYZ pounds. I could finally wear clothes designed for people my age. Boys finally noticed me. My mom finally told me I was pretty. I was also very hungry. I carefully watched my food intake. I obsessively counted calories. And I’d weigh myself every day. In high school, I started hiding my scale because my mom had realized it was an issue. At age 14, I was diagnosed with an eating disorder.

Since this diagnosis, I have been in and out of recovery. My eating disorder has shifted all over the board. I identify most closely with bulimia, but I also have restrictive tendencies. I still weigh myself compulsively. I hate myself on the days the needle hasn’t budged – I hate myself even more if the needle budges in the wrong direction. Some days I cry to myself in the mirror because I hate what I see. I pinch my fat rolls and tell myself over and over that I am fat and useless. Throughout the tougher battles, I’ve sought out treatment. But when I initially step out of the grip of my eating disorder, that hideous monster wraps his hands around me and draws me back. He convinces me I don’t need treatment. He convinces me I should have an abusive relationship with him instead of a healthy relationship with you. I am fortunate in that I have gone through periods of more mindful eating. Typically, this lasts only for a few months, but those months have always brought freedom and joy. Unfortunately, you’re so entangle with the eating disorder that he never leaves completely. He always finds his way back to me.

At the same time that I struggle, those around me don’t notice a thing. They praise me for my dedication to working out. They commend my healthy eating. “Oh, what’s for lunch today? A salad? Classic.” My co-workers don’t feel my isolation when they’re enjoying a staff lunch of barbeque while I quietly eat raw vegetables. My family doesn’t understand my pain when I’m the only one to deny dessert. They love my self-control. I tell them I’m a baker and I get sick of sweets. Really, I’m denying myself the current satisfaction only so I can secretly eat to no end later. As a baker, though, I still find enjoyment in you. My friends and I are fanatics of the restaurant industry, and I do admire you as a work of art. The eating disorder likes to deprive me of this adoration and leave me only with desperation.

Food, you make me so confused. I don’t know if I want to work with you full-time. I don’t know if my joys for cooking and nutrition are true, or if they only stem from the grips of my disorder. I am confused with my path in life, and my relationship with you is blocking my view. I want to remedy our relationship so I can navigate my future, but my self-hatred and fear of weight gain keeps me from full recovery. Although treatment has helped, I still feel trapped and terribly alone. Will I ever find my way out of this terrible maze?

Sincerely,

The Broken Baker

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Caroline Dooner
  • The Fuck It Diet Book
  • Your Fat Friend on Instagram: @YrFatFriend
  • Body Respect (aff)
  • Health at Every Size(aff)
  • Intuitive Eating (aff)
  • Caroline Dooner on the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast
  • The PCOS and Food Peace Podcast
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue!

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Are you trying to navigate your Food Peace™ journey yet stuck within the Fertility Dieting Bubble? Do doctors tell you that you MUST diet to get fertility treatment? Do you have that primal desire to get pregnant yet grieve every month it doesn't happen? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast and hear from Nicola Salmon, a Fat Positive and Feminist Fertility Coach. We hope it helps you pave your way forward.

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This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peaceand Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how.

I want to share the work going on within Decolonizing Fitness. The person behind it, Ilya Parker, is a trans person of color Physical Therapist Assistant and Medical Exercise Coachwith over 13 years of rehabilitative and functional training experience. He is a social justice advocate and educator whose work centers gender, racial and healing justice.

He decided to merge his love for restorative based movement practices and community advocacy to create Decolonizing Fitness, LLC; which is a social justice platform that provides affirming fitness services, community education and apparel in support of body diversity. Check out www.decolonizingfitness.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

I’ve loved the last 8 months after finding intuitive eating and going on my non diet ‘adventure’, it’s helped me find peace with myself and explore food in a different way. I still am working on it and am not perfect, I’m learning every day and slowly learning to love my body and treat it with the compassion it deserves.

My partner and I have been trying to have a baby for the last two plus years and have been doing fertility treatments (including ivf) for the last year.

My fertility issues really started my journey into non- dieting after my quest to have a baby sent me trying every weird and wonderful diet and ultimately I hit diet rock bottom.

I’ve been a dieter most of my life but feel like it really spiralled when trying to conceive, I found intuitive eating after not feeling like I could embark on yet another diet.

Reading everything online about what you should and shouldn’t eat when trying to conceive was a downward spiral, I tried everything and anything (all which didn’t work!). Infertility really is an emotional mind fuck (excuse the language).

Now that I’ve found the non diet approach I try to treat myself with love and compassion, but all of the ‘research’ out there tells you to go keto or dairy free or eat pineapple or [focus on weight loss] etc how do I nurture myself when tying to conceive while following the non diet approach?

Thanks

Struggling with infertility

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie shares her body image experiences along with infertility on this episode of the Love Food Podcast: episode 18: I am a hypocrite
  • Nicola Salmon: Fat Positive and Feminist Fertility Coach
  • The Fat Fat Girls Guide to Getting Pregnant
  • Nicola Salmon on Instagram: @FatPositiveFertility
  • Follow the #PlusSizePregnancy on IG
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Ever listen to how kids and teens speak about their bodies? Have you overheard kids teasing a person because how their body looks? Wonder how young people already know those crappy diet rules? Let's be a part of the culture change to give access to Food Peace™ to all bodies! Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast as I give my top 5 ways to promote Food Peace in the classroom.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

Since I was diagnosed with an eating disorder over 4 years ago, our relationship went from one of anger and neglect, to one of cautious optimism. Over years of intensive work, I have slowly regained trust in both you, as well as my body’s ability to use you. Rather that defining your existence by calories, weights, and other numbers, I now see you something to be valued in your entirety. I enjoy you in social events and gatherings, as well as on my own. I’m not longer shackled by the rules that I thought I needed in order to be safe. While I am still learning to appreciate the body you gave me, I have fallen head over heels in love with the life you have allowed me to live. I never would have believed that our relationship could evolve into what it is today, and for that, I am grateful.

My question, Food, is how do I talk about you with others? I’m thinking specifically, with regards to my work. I currently work as a reading specialist at a school for kids with learning differences. My students seem to have a lot of questions about food. They comment on what they are eating as well as what I am eating. Since my work is all one-on-one, I have a lot of time to address their concerns head-on. I only have 7 students per year, and I get to know them very well. They are in middle school and high school. I want to let them know, Food, that you are safe and can be enjoyed. They don’t need to fear you like I used to. However, I don’t want to go against messages their parents’ may be sending them. If their parents tell them certain foods are off-limits, I feel like I can't say otherwise. I tread a fine line as an educator between teaching my students what I think is true, and going against messages they may be receiving at home. Further, because this issue is so near to my heart, I find myself struggle when I hear my students agonizing over food choices. I want to help them, but I’m not sure if I would be overstepping. I don’t want to cross that boundary, especially because I do know that I have emotional investmentment, and somewhat biased opinion on the topic. I also recognize that I'm not always 100% equipped to talk about you, and I need to protect my own well-being.

I guess my question for you is, to what degree can and should I bring my knowledge of food peace to my role as an educator? How can I talk about you in a way that feels comfortable to me and does not overstep boundaries?

Signed,

Teaching and learning

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • The Best Podcasts to Help Your Relationship with Food from Popsugar
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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What does your partner think about you moving away from diets? Are they cheering you on? Or admitting they wish you were pursuing weight loss? I wish this didn't matter yet getting support from those around you helps your Food Peace™ journey. What do you do when the closest people reject body respect and acceptance? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast and hear from Dr. Jillian Murphy. We hope it helps you pave your way forward.

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thirdwheelEDis a social media advocacy platform that raises awareness of eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities. Started by a queer couple whose writing addresses the intersectionality of eating disorders and body image, including gender dysphoria; a queer identity; trauma; and gender identity and expression, CJ and OJ provide a dual perspective of eating disorder recovery through the lens of a nonbinary person in recovery and of a nontraditional family carer, who just happens to also be a registered dietitian! CJ and OJ would love to work with eating disorder professionals on cultivating inclusive treatment for eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities and are available to discuss training, webinars, and speaking engagements. You can follow them on instagram, facebook, and twitter @thirdwheeled or email them at info@thirdwheeled.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

I have always had a tumultuous relationship with you. When I was a child, I was alone a lot with books and used you as my companion when I read. I read a lot! Now when I look back, I really was just in a normal kid-sized body. However I was teased - not in a cruel way but in a loving way by people close to me - my mother, sister and later brother in law all called me chubby. A normal kid would have just laughed this off, but I was a very sensitive child and took things to heart. For a long time as a child I thought I was ugly. As a teenager, I finally understood that I could react to this teasing by controlling how much I ate of you, food and by doing that I got compliments and felt beautiful. Then came the college years and I found I needed to control you even more, food because now I was the one responsible for buying and eating you. I had very low self esteem as a child and did not know how to be around boys. In college, I dated a guy I had a huge crush on, who acted like he was doing me a favor by starting our relationship by saying "ok we can date but you need to lose weight". I bent over backwards for this relationship - did a lot of yo-yo dieting in those years when I would lose a ton of weight by severely restricting you, food, then get into a happy place and forget about dieting, while gaining weight. I finally left this boyfriend and moved to another country. I met my future husband and for a couple of years was very happy and comfortable around you food. I thought I was in heaven because for the first time in my life I had found someone who truly did not see my weight and saw me as a person. I am sure I gained weight in those years but it didn't seem to affect our relationship. However it didn't last long. My (now husband) has been the cruelest critic of all with the most influence over my eating habits and weight because of how close we are. He has told me he's not attracted to my body, we've had big fights and little ones over my weight and my eating and he thinks if I truly loved him I would lose weight for him. Over the last 20 years of us being together, 17 years of marriage, 2 kids and many of life's milestones, I have developed a serious binge eating problem. I hide and eat you food. I no longer feel conformable eating what I want in front of any one, even at work when I am away from the judging eyes of my husband. As soon as I finish one meal, I am thinking or looking for my next one. Even when I'm not hungry, I am still buy and eating you in secret. I no longer have any will power against you food and have not been able to diet or lose weight (even 5 pounds) for the last 10 years. Over the last year as I turned 40, I have been doing different things like meditation, journaling, reading blogs and listening to podcasts to get a better control and understanding of my mind. I have begun to slowly open my mind to the concept that it was never you food, but rather how I thought about myself and my body that was the problem. My question is this - my husband and I have been to therapy a few times and my weight and his issues with it have always come up. He has always been adamant that he is not trying to be cruel but that he is just not attracted to someone who is overweight. A quick search on the internet shows that there are thousands of men out there just like him. I know that my desire to please him may have started me down this path of hiding and eating, but I have now internalized it and taken it to a whole new level that is all my own. Is my only option to leave him and try to rebuild my life? We don't fight about my weight any more but we are also not intimate or loving. We have two kids and he is a great dad - I feel I owe it to them to stay in this relationship. How can I build a better relationship with you food, when I have someone in my life who doesn't believe in this approach?

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Jillian Murphy's website and Food Freedom Body Love Method Self Study Program
  • Jillian's 7 part podcast Body Image Masterclass called 7 days 7 stories
  • PUSSY by Regena Thomashauer
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I wrote you back in episode #64, and so much in our relationship has changed since then that I wanted to write you again. I was so terrified when I wrote that letter, so scared of what lay ahead and unsure of whether I could do what needed to be done to recover from a lifetime of disordered eating that had left me at rock bottom.

But I write you today saying that I am on the other side of that mountain, and sometimes I still can’t believe it. It’s not perfect, and never will be. But that is the beauty of life, we will always struggle, and there is beauty and meaning and so much learning in that struggle.

So I wrote you, and Julie and Judith Matz discussed the contents of my letter with such care, kindness and compassion. It meant so much to me, and I felt more validated that my struggle was real, and that I needed help. I ended up finding a wonderful eating disorder therapist in my hometown. She was a huge support during the really hard parts of my recovery, and helped me to challenge my beliefs and made me realize - or at least begin to digest the fact - that my worth
as a woman and a person in this world does not depend on the size of my body. I have to say that when I wrote that first letter, I never thought I’d be able to internalize that as truth. I wanted to share the three pivotal parts of my journey. And my intention here is to try to speak to
those who feel as I did back then: that there was no way I could ever stop dieting, and there was
no chance that I could accept my body if it was not thin.

For those who feel as scared as I did, I want to let them know that it is possible, and there truly is freedom on the other side. It involves taking some big risks, lots of trust in the process, as well as grit, patience and commitment.

  1. The first part of my journey involved letting go of all rules around food - which was
    terrifying - literally like jumping off a cliff and hoping that I'd be okay on the other side. I
    would say for me, this took a few years, and the beginning was so rough. It felt out of
    control and so awful at first, and I just had to keep going and trust that I would be okay.
    Over time, things slowly started to shift, to the point where today, I literally eat whatever I
    want. I no longer question my food choices, and rarely feel regret over what I’ve eaten. I
    crave healthy food a lot more than I ever thought I would, and when I want treats, I don’t
    think twice. I have ice cream and chocolate and cookies in my house all the time, and
    often don’t even think about them. My hunger and fullness signals are so much stronger
    than I ever knew they could be, and it feels so good to see foods that would have once
    sent me over the deep end, and now if I want them I eat them, and if I don’t feel hungry or
    don’t feel like eating them, I just say “meh” and leave them for others to enjoy. I can
    honestly say I never thought I’d have that freedom.
  2. The second part of my journey was body acceptance work, which involved beginning to undo the beliefs that I had about a woman's value, and really questioning why people in my life do value or love me, and eventually realizing that it truly has nothing to do with how I look. That took time - but I continually remind myself that since I stopped dieting and my body changed, not one relationship has been negatively impacted by it. I still have wonderful friends, laugh my head off, have a great marriage, have sex, go to parties, spend time with family. Changing my social media feeds was super helpful with respect to body acceptance -seeing strong, smart and incredible women of all shapes and sizes owning their shit and unapologetically living their truths - that continues to be so helpful and inspiring. Doing this work also got me thinking about how I would want to be remembered after I’m gone. And I asked myself, do I want people to say, "Oh she had such a great body! Such small, tight thighs and she worked out so hard!" I can say with 100% conviction that that is not the legacy I want to leave behind on this earth. I would much rather it be that I truly loved and cared about those around me, and tried to live a life true to who I am and to my values.
  3. The third important part has been self-compassion: This was another critical part, because we can be so cruel to ourselves, and we would never talk to others the way we speak to ourselves. Self-compassion means that in times of trouble and inner conflict (which is basically all the time), that we talk to ourselves as we would speak to someone we love - a good friend, a child. So as I let go of food rules and my body inevitably changed, instead of using words like gross and disgusting when I looked in the mirror, I worked on being more neutral and accepting. Changing that inner dialogue to a much kinder one was a real shift for me and I continue to work on that every day. This doesn’t mean I look in the mirror every day and think I look beautiful. What it means is, I can now look in the mirror and even if I don't like what I see, I can say, "Ok. I don't love how I look today. But...oh well. I am still gonna go to work, hopefully accomplish something productive, have some good talks or laughs with colleagues and friends I cherish, and then come home and share a meal with my family, and love and be loved. How I look today will have no impact on any of those things.”

So there you have it. No more food rules, accepting my body, and practicing self-compassion. So
many big hurdles, so much change. And here I am on the other side of it.
When I wrote you back in episode #64, I never thought I’d be where I am today. I know that this
journey will be lifelong, and I am completely okay with that. I can’t and won’t ever go back to that
way of life, to those values I had internalized that were never really my own, to a world of body
shame and unrealistic beauty standards. I am committed to the ups and downs of the road ahead
of me, now that I know that my beauty and value lie within. I choose freedom, I choose to live my
own truth, and I choose to honour all people and all bodies, including my own.

Sincerely,

Previously Stuck and Scared and Wanting to Charge

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Episode #64 of Love Food with Judith Matz
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Are you into a sport while trying to move away from diets? Does your sport demand you to keep your weight low? push you into a weight class that is not consistent with your body wants to weigh? Have you been told you will be better at your sport while at a lower weight? Listen up because this episode of the Love Food Podcast explores this topic featuring Kristie Amadio from RecoveredLiving.com.

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thirdwheelEDis a social media advocacy platform that raises awareness of eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities. Started by a queer couple whose writing addresses the intersectionality of eating disorders and body image, including gender dysphoria; a queer identity; trauma; and gender identity and expression, CJ and OJ provide a dual perspective of eating disorder recovery through the lens of a nonbinary person in recovery and of a nontraditional family carer, who just happens to also be a registered dietitian! CJ and OJ would love to work with eating disorder professionals on cultivating inclusive treatment for eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities and are available to discuss training, webinars, and speaking engagements. You can follow them on instagram, facebook, and twitter @thirdwheeled or email them at info@thirdwheeled.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

I have written and re-written this letter so many times, but we need to talk.

Our relationship has always been rocky, coming from an americanised easter-european family, and after flirting with several eating disorders I thought I had finally broken free from restricted eating.

But then I became a boxer. Not just a lunchtime class, fitness, instagram boxer, but a fighter.

I love boxing, I love fighting and the sense of ultimate conquering I get from coming out on top and training so hard; but my relationship with you has been abused and almost destroyed in my quest to become a champion.

Within the combat industry there is a prevailing, toxic undercurrent of weight loss and diet culture expectations; crystallised in the dangerous ritual that is the weight cut.

Cutting weight is often a combination of severe restriction, forced dehydration and over exercise; and in my fight history I have done all to the extreme. This has caused not only our trust to erode, but also extreme weight cycling by about 20lbs a cut.

I am now trying to engage with intuitive eating and the HAES community after a big scare where my last cut almost landed me in the hospital. I have just started to see a anti-diet dietician who was blown away by the sheer volume of HAES resources I have consumed in my quest for health and pleasurable eating.

I am slowly increasing the amount and variety of you that I consume, but I am still stuck on true eating permission due to my fear around my club and my coach.

I am heavy, food, and I always have been. I am stocky and short for my weight and to make matters worse my family has a history of having great bone density; which probably means that I can never lose as much weight as I need to for the “fight advantage.”

While working overseas I was able to train on the fight team of a female coach. It was a mind blowing experience as far as food freedom and body positivity goes; I felt so free and proud to be my size!

I was allowed to fight very close to my walk-around weight, and even though I was 4 inches shorter than my opponent I felt fit, and fuelled, and strong.

Now back in my home country I am back at my home gym, and although I love and respect my male coach and my almost all male teammates I am so scared and anxious about the thought of gaining weight!

I don’t know if he will let me fight close to my walk around weight, but even if he does I am scared that permission to eat sweets will skyrocket my weight upwards; forcing me to undertake another dangerous weight cut.

I’m scared, food. I wrestle with guilt every time we’re at the table and you are in a regular portion size or contain “bad” carbohydrates.

There are bountiful resources for your average Jane looking to undertake the intuitive eating journey, but there are precious few for serious athletes of size like myself.

I am sick and tired of compulsively moving all day, over training, and under fueling and undernourishing my body so everything hurts when I do the smallest things like climb the stairs or pat my dog.

I’m the fittest and strongest I’ve been in my life, but I’m scared about losing that again just to make a stupid weight I’m not supposed to be.

I want to fully engage with you again, food, and have a healthy relationship where I can fuel my training and have eating competence and satisfaction!

My fear of perceived judgement from my ringmates and coach is holding me back.

How can I feel better about my bigger body in a room of lean athletes? How can I stop comparing myself to my sole female training partner who is as skinny and shredded as they come? How can I stay off the scale and retain my food choice autonomy without feeling guilt towards my coach? And how can I be proud and confident of the amazing things I can do, and my size, despite falling outside the norm of today’s media “athletes?”

Love,

fighting diet culture.

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Recovering Voices
  • Recovered Voices
  • www.recoveredliving.com
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Do you find yourself reliving certain polarizing food memories over and over again in an exhausting loop? Curious why they have so much power? Do you feel like your chaotic eating has all the control and you just want to be the one driving the bus for once? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast with special guest Whitney Catalano where we explore some possible next steps.

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thirdwheelEDis a social media advocacy platform that raises awareness of eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities. Started by a queer couple whose writing addresses the intersectionality of eating disorders and body image, including gender dysphoria; a queer identity; trauma; and gender identity and expression, CJ and OJ provide a dual perspective of eating disorder recovery through the lens of a nonbinary person in recovery and of a nontraditional family carer, who just happens to also be a registered dietitian! CJ and OJ would love to work with eating disorder professionals on cultivating inclusive treatment for eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities and are available to discuss training, webinars, and speaking engagements. You can follow them on instagram, facebook, and twitter @thirdwheeled or email them at info@thirdwheeled.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food, I hate you. I think about you every second of every day, and I think of all the things I’ve lost and can’t get back because of the power I’ve given you. Growing up, I was always bigger. Actually, the biggest. The bigger sister, the bigger cousin, the big friend. I was a quiet, sensitive, and curious little girl, always the observer. I also had a difficult home life, which was the best kept secret in town. My dad was a volatile alcoholic, which led to a great deal of anxiety, fear, and chaos, and a mother who was in too much pain to really be there for us girls. I compensated for all of these things by attempting perfection in almost every other part of my life. Straight A’s through high school, studied abroad for a year, president of the international club. I wasn’t much of an athlete, but it wasn’t because I didn’t like sports. It’s the classic big girl dilemma – they’ll judge me if I don’t, they’ll laugh at me if I do. Instead, I was a musician. Principal cellist of five different ensembles, and the only high school cellist in the college symphony. But it always came back to my size, and no matter what I achieved I felt like losing weight was the only thing that would make me belong or be truly loved. The busy schedule I designed for myself meant that I didn’t “have time” for food most days. Really, what I had was a rock-solid alibi for my absence in the school cafeteria. I had tried everything under the sun before I had even reached junior year. Skipping meals, eating frozen grapes because they took longer to eat than regular grapes (logic where???), you name it. To my perpetual shock and devastation, nothing worked. When I was a senior in high school, I was on a diet and my family knew about it. It was probably not a safe, healthy diet, but I was overweight so they encouraged the behavior. My dad, especially. He was big his whole life, and had just dropped a significant amount of weight. This particular night, I had been at school since 7:30 AM, and didn’t get home from college orchestra practice until close to 9:30. I was exhausted, and, quite literally, starving. I grabbed a can of Lite Progresso Soup for dinner. My dad made a condescending remark, something to the effect of “You should be careful, that has a lot of sodium in it.” I completely shut down. I put the soup back in the cupboard, and walked upstairs unable to speak or look anyone in the eye. Once I got to my room, I started to sob. I remember hearing my mom say something like, “What’s wrong with you?” to my dad. As I write this, I’m in one of the deepest holes I’ve ever experienced with my binge eating. I feel like I'm on a runaway train, except I'm the driver and I can't get it together enough to take the wheel (don't think trains have steering wheels, but you get it). I haven’t been able to shake this memory for a few weeks, and I can’t exactly articulate why but I know this was an impactful moment in my life, and there were others like it. I know my dad came to talk to me after, but I don’t remember what he said because it didn’t matter. He couldn’t unring the bell, in my mind. I don’t remember if they were able to get me to eat that night, but I remember feeling the emotional pain overcome the hunger pains, and I couldn’t stomach the thought of eating. I’m 25 now, and I can feel that I’m in a nosedive, and I feel absolutely powerless. I’ve gained 20 pounds in the last year, and my preoccupation with food and my eating disorder is negatively affecting my job, my social life, and my health. I eat to soothe my psychological pain, but my psychological pain stems from my inability to control my eating. My eating disorder is definitely at the wheel right now, and I don’t know how to take back control. I don’t even feel that I’m strong enough. From, Runaway Train

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • The Body Image Workbook by Thomas Cash
  • The Trust Your Body Project podcastand Instagram
  • Diet Binge Cycle Pendulum video
  • WhitneyCatalano.com
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Many on their Food Peace™ journey find it tough to raise children because of the pressure to limit certain foods or focus on weight. Even tougher when a child is placed on a restrictive diet or given a recommendation to avoid certain foods or food groups. Can you relate? How did this effect your Food Peace journey? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast episode that examines this part of the journey with special guest Kathryn Riner.

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thirdwheelED is a social media advocacy platform that raises awareness of eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities. Started by a queer couple whose writing addresses the intersectionality of eating disorders and body image, including gender dysphoria; a queer identity; trauma; and gender identity and expression, CJ and OJ provide a dual perspective of eating disorder recovery through the lens of a nonbinary person in recovery and of a nontraditional family carer, who just happens to also be a registered dietitian! CJ and OJ would love to work with eating disorder professionals on cultivating inclusive treatment for eating disorders in LGBTQ+ communities and are available to discuss training, webinars, and speaking engagements. You can follow them on instagram, facebook, and twitter @thirdwheeled or email them at info@thirdwheeled.com.

This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

You and I have had our ups and our downs. When I was younger I avoided you. When I was older, I feared you. Yet, I could never quite get over you. You helped me connect with my children through baking and cooking. Covered with flour in the kitchen, we created some of my favorite memories. Then I would swear you off and eat 'diet' versions of you, leaving my children confused and looking for an answer. I realized that something was wrong when my 7 year old twin girls started measuring themselves. They would tell me proudly how they had said no to the pizza at the cafeteria and had only eaten the small salad for lunch. I had never talked to them about you, food, but they caught on quickly. I felt awful. I didn't want my children to go through the same confusion and disappointment that I felt. This led me to my journey to finding my own peace with you, food. After discovering intuitive eating and ellyn satter's books about a year ago, our family has practiced the principles as we eat together each day. We have learned how to reconnect with both nutritious and fun versions of you. I have felt so much peace when I've see them eat a cookie with enthusiasm, and then reach for bell peppers with that same enjoyment. The obsessions with weight are gone for both me and my children. I thought we had it all figured out! Then we hit a roadblock with you, food. My 6 year old son was diagnosed with PANDAS, an autoimmune disorder. He has an infection in his brain, and his body is confusing his own brain tissue for the infection itself. After an ineffective round of antibiotics, his doctor is pushing us to go on a 'no sugar diet', so there is nothing to feed the infection. This means no sugar and very limited fruits and carbohydrates. The diet could last for months or even years. I am happy to do anything I can to see my son be healthy again. But I am concerned, food. I am worried that by throwing good and bad labels into our families food vocabulary, we will undo all of our hard work. I am worried that even after my son is healthy, he will still have a fear of these versions of you. I am worried that he will start sneaking you at friends houses or at school and end up eating more sugar than he is now (which isn't a lot). Yet, I am also worried that if I let him choose, he will never get better. I have always been good at being extreme with you, food. It seems easier just to ban everything that might be hurting him. When I brought up these concerns with our doctor, he just seemed confused. He said that if I have the discipline to make an extreme change, that could only be helpful to my son. The holiday season is here and it is time to make a decision. Is there a way to eat intuitively and follow these dietary restrictions? If we leave weight out of it, is it still a diet? I just want to make life a little more simple for my children than it was for me. Sincerely, Scared and Hopeful

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Ellyn Satter's Child of Mine book
  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Kathryn Riner's website including access to her free download "5 signs
    your child has a negative relationship with food, and what you can do
    about it right now"
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

Sometimes I'm really scared of you. I'm not even sure why but when I write those words I cry. I'm scared. I'm scared you will make me fat--I already am and pretty much always have been. I'm scared you won't help me with my PCOS. I'm scared you'll take over my body and not feed my soul. I'm scared if I eat healthy I'll never get to taste the good stuff. I'm scared. I'm scared if I don't have you I won't have my friend. I'm scared you'll abandon me. I'm scared you'll leave me--what does that mean? That the medication factor will be gone and I'll be left hanging with no security blanket.

Dear Body, I love you, let me feed your soul, let me feed you. I want to take care of you. Dear Body, let me be gentle and kind. Let me love you as I learn to let others love me. Let me accept you. Dear Body, let me find joy.

Love,

Scared of letting go.

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • More on the seductive fantasy from diets and diet culture.
  • Quote I found on Anita Johnson's Facebook page: "The path isn't a straight line; it's a spiral. You continually come back to things that you thought you understood and see deeper and deeper Truths."
  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

I’m 32 and I’ve only just started listening to my thoughts/emotions and how my eating patterns are effected.

If I’m not feeling good enough, when I’m dumped by a boyfriend, ignored or shut out by a person then I binge eat. I’m so sad that I go straight for the whole tub of ice cream and a whole bag of chips etc...

If I’m worried or stressed then I have no appetite and forget, or just cannot physically eat.

I would love to take charge of my emotional eating as it causes me to feel sluggish, heavy, I don’t know why I do it because it doesn’t make me feel better. I would really like to take control of my emotional eating. As I understand it I have to tackle my emotional connection to food which is triggered by not being good enough.

I’m early in this and looking forward to learning more about other people’s journeys which will support me on my own.

Many thanks,

Trapped Emotional Eater

Show Notes:

  • 6 Keys To Food Peace™️ blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Are your thoughts always on food: what you will eat, why did you eat it, and how to not eat it? Do you want more control yet can't seem to get behind the wheel? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast where we explore the tough parts of eating disorder recovery, the nuance of making it work for you, and how to step into your power.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear food,

I hate you; and I love you. You are all I think about. You dominate my sense of self worth. Sometimes I restrict you, sometimes I overeat you, a few times I have gotten rid of you. I worry that I will never be able to free myself from you.

I recently began eating disorder recovery and it is harder than I had ever thought. How are you supposed to recover, when there is still a part of you that enjoys your eating disorder? How are you supposed to change, when disordered eating has been your way of life since middle school? How are you supposed to make peace with yourself, when you look in the mirror and hate what you see?

I tell myself that I am faking it; that I only do these things for attention. I eat in secrecy, lie about what I have eaten, and want people to look at me as “the girl with the eating disorder”. I find it hard to eat around other people, for fear or judgment and embarrassment. I tell myself there is no way I can actually have an eating disorder, because people with eating disorders aren’t able to feel normal any time food is involved. But sometimes, for me, I don’t have a problem eating. I’ll give myself “free days” or “free meals”, in which I can eat what I want and not feel guilty about it. Usually these days consist of me eating unhealthy, feeling bad about it afterwards, and then just continuing to do it, saying I will “make up for it tomorrow”. And then there are days where I will eat once, or twice, and that is all I get for the day. I’m allowed one meal, or X in the morning and Y and Z later, often with a workout in between. Sometimes food is around me and I eat it just because it is there, even if I am already full. Sometimes I am so hungry that I can’t focus on anything else. (Omitted sentences followed.)

I wonder what it would be like to have a good relationship with you, food; to not spend all of my time thinking about you. I wonder what it would be like to eat three meals a day and not feel guilty afterwards. I wonder what it would be like to wear the types of clothes that everyone else wears, but I am too ashamed to put on my body. I wonder what it would be like to go on a shopping trip alone without having it end with me staring at myself in the dressing room mirror, wondering why I even left the house that day, and vowing never to eat again. I wonder what it would be like for my friends to see me as someone other than a weak, hopeless, mess whom they have to worry about daily. I wonder what it would be like to EAT when I am hungry and STOP when I am full I wonder what it would be like to not have food control my life. I wonder what it would be like to eat well, have desert if I want to, exercise because it’s fun, love my body, and be happy. I wonder what it would be like to be free.

Love,

Your greatest enemy and your best friend

Show Notes:

  • The We're Not Weighting Podcast
  • @WereNotWeighting Instagram page
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Chocolate Covered Peppermint Oreos, Why do you have so much power over me? Why can't I just eat one or two of you? Why do I wake up in the middle of my sleep and eat you? I know an entire box isn't good for me, but yet I keep going. The same goes for chips or any snack. Why can't I eat an acceptable amount? When I'm tired, stressed, lonely you are always there to comfort me. But after I'm done, I hate myself. Our relationship has reached a scary place. I'm ready to break up but scared I'm not strong enough. Sincerely, Powerless and Unacceptable

Show Notes:

  • The Should Eat Fantasy Compliance blog post
  • When relying on hunger is too scary blog post
  • Marci Evans discusses Food Addiction on the Love Food Podcast
  • Marci Evans research behind Food Addiction blog post
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food, Oh my, I just don't even know where to begin. When I was around 13 years old my mother told me that I needed to watch out because too much more of you would take me from the regular sizes to the misses sizes - which in that day was more like plus size. If I ate more of you, which was always intensely scrutinized and monitored by her, than she felt happy with, she would give me a look of disappointment and shame around you and my body set in. I would sometimes whip up a bowl of cookie dough while she was out of the house for a brief time, scarf you down, and then clean up as fast as possible. You were associated with shame at home and then freedom when I was out in my car alone. It was then the roots of "thin means worthy, beautiful and acceptable" and "fat was unsightly, made you worth less, and would negatively affect your life in so many ways from getting a man, to getting a job, to embarrassing your teenagers." What is so crazy now is that pictures of me still living at home show a healthy, not even chubby, girl. I do not know what my mother was seeing! Anyway, so from there I restricted and binged you. I went from diet fad to diet fad. Of course, I would get so many compliments from people when they observed my eating less of you, even when I was nearly starving myself. But those never lasted, I'd always come back to you, so much so that you would make me so sick I'd swear never to binge on you again, which I did. Then floods of shame and embarrassment and failure would overcome me as I regained all my weight plus some. My ups and downs with you have cost me so much money Food! Between all the diets, special ingredients and clothing...oh my...I cannot even imagine how much money I've wasted over these years trying to get to that size where I would be acceptable to my mother and therefore, myself and others. I was once again failing at keeping weight off from my most recent diet and I started searching podcasts for food related subjects. I came across your podcast three months ago and was introduced to Intuitive Eating, Diet Culture and Peace with Food for the first time - wow - totally new concepts for me. I love them and I want to incorporate them into my life. I so want peace with you and with myself! I want to accept where I am right now, at this moment! However, I am discouraged and feeling confused. As I have given myself freedom with all foods and as I've tried to eat only when hungry and stop when full, a skill I have A LOT of work to do to figure out, I have just gotten fatter and that scares me. I need to know what is the normal process. I want to set my expectations of how my newfound relationship with you is going to look. I feel like as I have said no to more dieting and seeing all food as permissible - this way of doing things is back firing! Is this how it works? Is my body holding on to everything thinking I'll starve it again? Does it get worse before getting better? I would love to know as I want my journey towards loving you to be free and peaceful. Thanks for keeping me alive Food. We just need to figure out how this relationship is going to pan out! Love, Time to DTR (define the relationship)

Show Notes:

  • This episode's guest Vincci Tsui
  • The Mindful Eating Workbook
  • Meredith Noble's list of Best Body Positive Instagram Accounts
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Picture this: you are in a restaurant and really craving a burger. Or a salad. You freeze. Will people judge what you choose? Do you judge what other's choose? And how does this get in the way of your Food Peace journey? Listen to this latest episode of Love Food with special guest Jenna Hollenstein RD author of Eat to Love.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I have recently been on an uphill battle to try and fix our relationship. After countless years of living a secret life with an unacknowledged eating disorder- consisting largely of restricting and bingeing- I made the change to recognize and treat my disordered eating patterns. I have since been diagnosed with an eating disorder and am currently adventuring through the recovery process with a support system of professionals and loved ones.

Although I can feel and appreciate the changes that I’ve made and the growth that I’ve experienced, there is one recurring thought I cannot let go of. I feel that it is keeping me trapped in my eating disorder world. Currently, I am gradually increasing my food intake and attempting to diversify the types of food that I consume. However, I’m finding this to be a painfully difficult experience because I cannot stop thinking that everyone is constantly judging me for what I eat. Essentially, whenever I eat something, I believe that other people are thinking to themselves, “wow, look at her eating that…she is eating that because she is fat”. This thought is strongest if I were to ever eat food that is constructed as “unhealthy”, but is also present if I were to eat food that is constructed as “healthy” but consume a lot of it. For example, when I eat a restaurant, I fear finishing my plate because I assume that the wait staff will judge me for eating all of the food and will judge my body.

That being said, I understand that this is an illogical believe to have. I have countless pieces of objective evidence (e.g., from doctors, the number on the scale, the size of clothing I wear) that indicate that I am not fat, I am not overweight. Yet, this evidence doesn’t override my internal belief that my body is too big and that others are in agreeance with me. Throughout my recovery process, I have come to understand that I hold a strong core belief that my worth comes from my body and that I should always strive for a smaller body. I know this belief is problematic, but I can’t stop agreeing and believing it.

To add one other layer to this puzzle, this thought- where others judge my body and believe that I shouldn’t be eating because my body hasn’t achieved the thin ideal it has been striving for- is particularly difficult for me to let go of because I hold this judgment on others. I find myself judging others for what they eat and I tend to, in my mind, idealize those with small bodies and not hold them to this same judgment. This has been a difficult piece for me to accept because it makes me feel so sad and ashamed to think that I am doing to others what I fear others are doing to me. This fear has fueled so many problematic behaviors and I know it is so unfair for me to hold this judgment on others.

I am wondering how I can overcome this. How do I remove this judgment that I place on myself and on others? How do I let go of this tiring, inaccurate mind-reading game I am constantly playing? Will I ever accept my body and accept the fact that it deserves to eat food- and a variety of foods?

Sincerely,

A life of judging and judgment

Show Notes:

  • This episode's guest Jenna Hollenstein
  • Jenna's book Eat to Love
  • Appetites by Caroline Knapp(aff)
  • Self compassion by Kristen Neff(aff)
  • self-compassion.org
  • Open Heart Project @ susanpiver.com
  • The Places that Scare You by Pema Chodron (aff)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I’ve been through ED treatment, which allowed me to have MUCH less stress in my life about food and dieting.

But now, I have so much freedom, but I’m not one bit interested in eating intuitively.

I’m almost eating in spite of everything I used to believe: I’m bad, I’m too fat, I’m unhealthy, I’m rebellious, I’m holding myself back from so many opportunities by being so large, etc.

Eating intuitively is hard when you’re SO angry.

Is this “eating whatever I want when I want” ever going to become normal? I just wish i didn’t have to think about this.

Sincerely,

Training yet Confused

Show Notes:

  • Grab the latest Food Peace Syllabus
  • Intuitive Eating by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole (aff)
  • Elyse Resch
  • Evelyn Tribole
  • Ragen Chastain
  • Ivy Felicia
  • Jes Baker
  • Deb Burgard
  • The 6 Keys to Food Peace blog post
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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What does your body want to weigh? Have you heard of set point theory and wonder what it means for you and your body? Will it always look the way it does now? Or will it get smaller or larger? Listen to this latest episode of Love Food with special guest Stefani Reinold MD from the It's Not About the Food Podcast.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food, I began my intuitive eating journey recently with a non diet dietician who specializes in treating ED and PCOS. According to her you are not the enemy and once I get my PCOS under control and reject diet culture my body will return to my setpoint. I am oversimplifying but you get the point. My problem is that for as long as I can remember I have always been fat so I don't know that I trust that knowledge. Could it be that there are people whose set points are in the "morbidly obese" range? Well I guess I was a normal weight once until about age 5. At 5 I was the tallest girl in class. Taller than all the boys even and yes heavier. I wasn't overweight just much taller than all the rest but adults would comment when they went to pick me up I was too heavy. I was too tall at my 8th birthday for the ball pit my parents had paid so much to reserve for my birthday. I was so "big". They meant tall but I thought they meant fat. I started gaining weight because my main abuser didn't like fat girls and found them unattractive. Back then you were my friend because you protected me from him and most men and cat calls. Now I see I built my own prison and am left wondering if some people don't have a healthy set point? Sincerely, Confused in Cleveland Show Notes:

  • Stefani Reinold MD blog
  • It's Not About the Food Podcast
  • Let Your Heart Out by Stefani Reinold
  • Scars to Your Beautiful video (watch it NOW so amazing)
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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You appreciate that not eating enough can trigger your binges. Does that include your vegetarianism or veganism too? This week's letter writer has connected the desire to eat with friends and later binge eating. Have you? Listen to the latest Love Food Podcast episode with special guest Jennifer Rollin where we discuss eating disorder recovery and veganism and vegetarianism.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

My complicated relationship with you began when I was 13. I had become obsessed with body image and thought all my problems would be solved if I could just be smaller. So I began strict dieting, and was eating less than XYZ calories a day. On this journey my brain became obsessed with food much more than body image. I became anorexic. I wanted to be able to stop restricting but I didn’t know how. I was scared and worried I would lose control.

My recovery began when i started seeing a dietitian, who gave me the book “intuitive eating”. If it weren’t for that book, I don’t know where I would be today. I began to eat more normally and gradually gained the weight back, although my mind was still very fixated on food for another year. Once I finally started caring about more things in life than food (about 3 years later) I developed binge eating disorder.

Now for a little more than two years I have been struggling to make peace with my body and have spent many nights crying wondering if I will ever be able to eat normally again. I know that binge eating happens when there is a restriction, which makes me afraid that my veganism is getting in the way of me being able to have a healthy relationship with food.

I went vegan a few months into my strict dieting phase at 13, after watching a documentary promoting it, but that was mainly for ethical reasons as well as health. Now I know that I’m not doing it for my health or anything body related, but my veganism is a very important part of my belief system, and I don’t feel like I could/want to give it up. It’s been five years since my initial eating disorder, parallel with the amount of time I’ve been Vegan. It doesn’t really feel like I’m restricting myself, since I’m so used to doing it and there are plenty of vegan alternatives that I enjoy. However every now and then I’ll be in a situation where everyone else is eating meat/cheese and part of me just wishes to indulge for that moment. I worry that when those feelings are left ignored it triggers a binge.

Love,

At a crossroads

Show Notes:

  • Jennifer Rollin LCSW today's guest
  • The Eating Disorder Center and their trainings
  • (aff) Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Has your relationship with food been through the ringer? Listen as this letter writer describes her initial restricted relationship with food yet now bingeing is a daily part of her life. Have you experienced this too? While there is shame in this for many it is a predictable and vital part of nutritional rehabilitation on your Food Peace journey. It doesn't mean you are weak it means you are a successful human staying alive. Listen now for more and learn from guest Nicole Cruz.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

The high school version of me would have been the last person on this Earth to ever believe that my relationship with you would end up causing me so much heartache and pain.

I was fine until college. Backtracking to childhood, I always loved you. I was a foodie, never overthought and wasn't obsessed with the idea of what I would eat next. Food was wonderful, especially "treats" or "junk-food" type items that I didn't get to eat often. I know there were times when my eyes were bigger than my stomach, but maybe this is a thing that many young kids also experience?

High school was normal. I was active playing a sport that I loved, busy with school, and spending time with family and friends. Senior year, I found myself with more freedom than ever. A lot of it was spent watching tv or cooking and eating with friends.

Then came college. After a particularly sad and confusing breakup with a boy and betrayal by a friend, my college friend group disintegrated. In retrospect, I think I may have retreated into TV and snacks, and there was no one to tell me to do differently. Then, during Thanksgiving break, I realized that I had been too free with you, food, and my "cute little body" was quickly becoming something I was ashamed of and disgusted by.

I'd never had anything but a small body and lived in a family of small people. I decided I would pay more attention to what and how much I was eating. I figured this would help get myself under control. And from the moment I became aware of your presence and your power in my life, things really have never been the same since.

Fast forward through five months of increasingly difficult and dreadful exercise regimens and an increasingly restricted intake of food, I left school early to move home and enter outpatient treatment.

My junior year, I finally transferred into XYZ College. I was ecstatic, but the restriction started almost right away. This time, though, my body was far more resistant to restriction, and it was increasingly difficult to not give in and binge. I returned home after only 3 months, and didn't return to school until the next summer.

Now, my 4th year of college is almost over. That means I've been binging for a year now. It's hard to believe that I ever was able to restrict at all, because binging is such an everyday part of my life now. Over these past years, I have had consistent therapy, and have also met with dietitians, but it seems like nothing is able to help me. In fact, the binging seems like it's getting worse and worse – in the past two months alone, I have gained X pounds.

I think I've lost hope in ever being normal with food or body image. I feel so abnormal and wrong. In recovery, binging was always my biggest fear, and now it's my constant reality. I have all the tools and resources I should need to help myself and change, but I'm still doing this.

How did we get this far?!

Love,

Secretly Broken

Show Notes:

  • Nicole Cruz RD, today's guest (@NicoleCruzRD on Instagram)
  • (aff) Intuitive Eating Workbook by Tribole and Resch
  • (aff) Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens by Resch (pre-order here!)
  • (aff) Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens: A Non-Diet, Body Positive Approach to Building a Healthy Relationship with Food
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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How long have you been at diet rock bottom? What's keeping you stuck? For many they have tried things like Intuitive Eating yet don't feel successful because they aren't thin. Can you relate? There is a way through this. Listen to this latest Love Food Podcast episode for more.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,

I have been trying to make things right with you for a while now. I've been exploring intuitive eating for the last year, and we've had some successful moments together. Remember when I wasn't able to keep ice cream in the house? Now I have multiple containers, which I eat when I'm in the mood and don't think about when I'm not. That's something I feel proud of. I still make mistakes when it comes to our relationship - I know there are times I eat past fullness, and there are times I eat when I'm not hungry. I am trying to be as compassionate as I can with myself, but then l I see myself in a mirror. I threw away my scale in October, and haven't been on one since. But it's pretty obvious I have gained weight. Mostt of my old clothes don't fit, and getting ready for work and social events is fraught with anxiety. I have bought things in new sizes, but I cannot shake the awful feelings that almost paralyze me when I see myself. I was not somebody who needed to be weight restored. What I feared would happen, happened. I gained weight. I always thought that if I binged less and practiced intuitive eating that I would somehow magically become thin. That didn't happen for me. I know I can't go back to dieting, but I also can't seem to accept myself this way. I know about body positivity, HAES, and fat acceptance, but I can't seem to get there. Forget about body love - I'd be happy with body neutrality. It seems impossible for me to love my body at this weight when I know look better thinner. I don't know what to do about us, Food. I will not diet again, but I second guess my choices a lot. Even when I hear experts talk about intuitive eating, they always say things like, "Don't worry - you won't always want to eat Oreos or pizza" as if those foods truly are bad. I want to give myself freedom to eat whatever I want, but in exchange, I hate how I look. Where do we go from here, Food? Love, Feeling like a failure Show Notes:

  • Virgie Tovar and her latest book (aff) You Have the Right to Remain Fat
  • Ragen Chastain and her blog Dances with Fat
  • Sonya Renee Taylor and her latest books The Body is Not an Apology and Celebrate Your Body (A body image book for girls)
  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Resch
  • Love Food Podcast with Amy Pershing
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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You Have the Right to Remain Fat
Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls (Celebrate You, 1)
The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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How long have you struggled with eating? Do you remember when it first got complicated? What if you have struggled your whole life after years of abuse, shame and fear? Is there a way to heal in our current diet focused and fatphobic world? Listen now for possible tools to promote your Food Peace journey.

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This episode's Dear Food letter:

Dear Food,
Dear oh dear food, you have been the bane of my existence since I was born. I started
with diary allergies that took time to diagnose so from a newborn, my food relationship
has been difficult. That difficulty has morphed into many different things, anxiety
soothing with food, fear of food, restriction, bulimia, anorexia, binge eating and so on.
I’ve struggled to understand you.

When I was young, about six years old, my life changed a lot because of an abusive
homelife, then at seven, it turned to shear torture due to physical and sexual abuse. I
coped by stealing food (at home, other people’s houses, stores and so on), hiding and
eating it. I learned to eat until sick, then purge to make myself feel better so I could eat
some more. One very traumatizing event, I remember hiding multiple PB&Js behind the
trashcan in the cabinet for later and once the event was over, I hid where I thought I
belonged, behind the trash and ate them all, at seven years old… The trauma (really
torture) went on and on and I ate and ate, and I gained and gained. I was also tortured
in school for my weight and lack of social skills. Through all of this, I was caring for my
younger sister since no one taking care of either of us and was also caring for my
parents who could not care for themselves.

As I grew into a teenager my body started to change, but it was changing differently
from others. I didn’t know at the time that it was PCOS at the time, but it was. I was
growing hair on my face, I started shaving my face at about 12 or 13, my body shape
was different, and my weight was going up at what I was told an alarming rate. By 6 th
grade, I was “obese”. Once the torture stopped at home (not in my mind), I was 20, I
kept on eating, doctors kept telling me to lose weight, my mother kept telling me how
terrible I looked, and others would tell me “you would have such a pretty face and eyes,
if you’d just lose some weight…” I kept eating and purging. I had two stays in a mental
health facility and they tried to work on my relationship with food, but that was not the
major reason I was inpatient, there was a much more intense reason I was there. They
tried but I was not ready.

Eleven years ago, at 28, after trying to conceive for about a year, I was diagnosed with
PCOS. It took us three years to conceive the first time which ended as an early loss. I
had six more losses and then no other pregnancies. I ate through all the losses and was
told, had I not been so fat, I would not have gotten PCOS and would also be able to get and stay pregnant by a doctor. I ate some more until I didn’t. I started restricting about
six years ago and lost a very significant amount of weight. I was restricting so much I
would pass out due an inability to my keep my blood pressure high enough and could
not keep my body temperature stable to the point where I wore winter clothes in the
summer. I kept this going for two years then the binging started again. I was never able
to get my weight low enough to alert any doctors of an eating disorder, but I would
guess that is from the PCOS.

I have since been working with a wonderful therapist for seven years and an amazing
eating disorder and HAES registered dietician for almost two years. I still struggle to this
day with the thoughts that go along with an eating disorder. Dear, oh dear Food, will I
ever “get” you? Will I ever “understand” you? I know none of this is about you, but it is
just a way to cope and control one small part of my life when I was unable to control
anything but morphed to lack of control around you. I want a relationship with you Food,
but, it is oh so embarrassingly hard. I do have hope Food, that someday, there will be
calmness and no charge between you and I. Someday I can enjoy you…
Love,
Frustrated but Hopeful

Show Notes:

  • Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner
  • PCOS and Food Peace Podcast chapter 6 with Chevese Turner
  • Love Food Podcast with Amy Pershing
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the Love Food’s Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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  • Glossary and references here.
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food’s Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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What does it mean to be anti-diet? Or HAES? Can someone actually be healthy at every size? Why are HAES dietitians always talking politics?

Have you had these questions? Tired of feeling bad and uncomfortable about how you eat or practice as a dietitian promoting diets? This episode can clear the air for you. Listen on for more.

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Episode's Key Points:

  1. What unites us is greater than what divides us.
  2. Weight loss is…
  3. Lived experiences
  4. Can someone be healthy at every size?
  5. Weight-normative
  6. Weight-inclusive
  7. Does higher BMI cause poor health?
  8. VIII. Dieting data
  9. Weight maintenance: willpower or pathology?
  10. Weight-inclusive approaches
    1. Acceptance
    2. Permission
    3. Social justice
  11. Improving dietetics through diversity

Show Notes:

  • Glossary and references here.
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food’s Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you ever been made to feel like you are to blame for a medical condition like diabetes, PCOS, high blood pressure or gestational diabetes? More specifically, have you been told that your body size has caused you to experience a particular condition? If so, you are not alone. Listen along as Julie Dillon helps unpack the unfair stereotypes often associated with being in a higher weight body.

Episode's Key Points:

  • The label of "obesity" as a disease is problematic.
  • Being at a higher weight is unfairly associated with many stigmas and misconceptions. For example, anorexia nervosa at a higher weight is actually the most common way to experience it.
  • Weight is just one anthropometric measurement like blood pressure, temperature, etc. It doesn't mean it causes any condition/disease but rather could indicate that we need to dig deeper for a root issue.
  • No one is to blame for their body size nor is one's body size something to feel shame about. Simply being alive means we are valuable and worthy.
  • Intuitive eating can be utilized by everyone, no matter their body size or any conditions they may be experiencing.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Megrette Fletcher, registered dietitian and diabetes educator's website and interview on the Love, Food podcast ->This week's Food Peace Syllabus additon #1
  • Julie Dillon's PCOS and Food Peace podcast--Chapter 2-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Do you feel like you've done everything to tackle your struggle with binge eating? Is there a constant battle in your head over cravings? Listen now to hear some solutions on how to overcome this food peace struggle.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • The recovery process is NOT linear, and it takes TIME.
  • Isabel Foxen Duke joins to talk about dieting, bingeing, and more!
  • Physical restriction is NOT THE SAME as emotional and psychological restriction... even if you're eating "enough," bingeing can still occur if you feel mental restriction. Diet mentality is the bigger thing to break down when trying to break free from bingeing!
  • Cravings are neutral things!! We don't need to feel shame about them.
  • Emotional eating and binge eating are two different things! Emotional eating is when we eat something in order to make ourselves feel better. It's a coping mechanism to distract, comfort, soothe or avoid a feeling. Binge eating, on the other hand, is a reaction to the diet mentality. Isabel calls is reactionary eating! For example, when you tell yourself you can't have "x" food, all you want is "x" food, and then it results in a binge.
  • Food is never black and white!
  • Just because we think we're eating "enough," we actually may not be because we live in a restrictive, diet-culture world.
  • Diet mentality tells us that there's a right and wrong way to eat. Giving up dieting is giving up an attitude around food that categorizes certain food behaviors as safe and others as unsafe.
  • "The Don't Binge Eat Diet:" when you're desperately trying to avoid and overcome the urge to binge, which only perpetuates a binge. Think about a bow and arrow... the farther back you pull the bow and the more tension your build, the farther that bow will fly in the other direction when you inevitably let go!
  • There's NOTHING wrong with emotional eating!! The only reason why people fear emotional eating is because we fear getting fat.
  • Emotional eating turns into a binge when we decide that the action we're doing is not okay and feel shameful about it.
  • Quitting dieting doesn't just mean you've put down the calorie counts and the weight loss goals... it means we leave behind the "right" and "wrong" with food.
  • When we struggle with food, we have to ask, where is the restriction happening?? Where is the diet mentality hiding?
  • Not dieting is a physical AND emotional issue! 90% of recovering from dieting is about the diet mentality and diet attitudes, and only 10% of it is about the physical.
  • If you are clinging to ANY kind of wagon, you will inevitably fall off!
  • Permission to binge is step one!!
  • It's time to overcome emotional restriction.
  • You have permission to be where you are right now, and to meet your needs in however you need to.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food’s Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Isabel's video training series, Stop Fighting Food ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1
  • Isabel's blog ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2
  • Connect with Isabel by getting on her email list!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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You know diets don't work. Do you gravitate toward the body positive message yet hung up on one thing...

You don't love your body because you want to lose weight. You find your body unacceptable.

There is a way through this. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help. Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.
  • If you feel like a failure because you can't lose weight or keep it off, know you are not to blame. Diets have failed you.
  • Dieting predicts weight gain.
  • Dieting promotes the idea of body hate and conditional acceptance.
  • Does a deeper understanding of diet culture, its toxicity, and manipulation make you angry? Stay with it!
  • It's ok to not accept your body.
  • You are acceptable the way you are today. The end. Your body is acceptable no matter what.
  • Oprah Winfrey joined weight watchers and Julie's mind was blown to see diet culture and its reign make one of the most amazing women also feel not enough.
  • First step: work on RESPECTING your body.
  • Challenge the false truths.
  • Claim your space and find those who agree with body positivity.

Show Notes:

    • The Bodcast Podcast
    • Dietland by Sarai Walker
    • Oprah: Science says it won't be different this time.
    • Dear Oprah (Julie's initial reaction to the news that Oprah Winfrey bought WW stock)
    • JCPenny's #HereIAm video
    • Eating Disorder Dietitians
    • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you caught up in the mania that is motherhood? Do you find yourself feeling fatigued when it comes to making decisions regarding your kids' food choices? Does it feel as if your own relationship with food is being challenged? You're in the right place. Julie Duffy Dillon provides a heart-to-heart on this rewarding, but often exhausting stage.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Parenting often triggers many forms of stress.
  • Finding ways to complete tasks in more efficient ways can help relieve some of this anxiety.
  • If you have a history of an eating disorder or disordered eating, you may find these old behaviors and ways of coping return as you are dealing with the challenges of parenthood.
  • Eating for comfort and emotional eating are both very normal human ways of coping.
  • It is not the food choices that are concerning but rather the self-shaming thoughts and feelings we have around the choices we make. When these thoughts come up, call them out for what they are and provide self-compassion.
  • Connecting with a therapist provides a safe space to process your concerns.
  • Gather support from fellow mothers and intuitive eating mom experts.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Lindsey Stenovec's Intuitive Eating For Moms-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Lindsey Stenovec's podcast: The Embodied and Well Mom Show--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Have you been on a diet for as long as you can remember? Do you find yourself feeling confused about food and your body because of mixed messages you received from your family? Are you looking to break free from an endless cycle of dieting and bingeing? Special guest Melissa Toler provides a compassionate voice alongside your Food Peace journey.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Special guest Melissa Toler, former wellness coach turned writer, speaker, and educator.
  • Our relationship with food and our bodies often is based off of our early childhood experiences.
  • Making peace with food and your body is an ongoing process. Rest assured, you are not doing it wrong.
  • Writing can be a therapeutic tool that allows you to hear your own voice over the external voices that we often hear regarding our bodies.
  • Filter your book collection to include fat positive and non-diet messages.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Melissa Toler's Write to Get Free course--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Melissa Toler's blog---->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

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Do you feel like you have no willpower when it comes to food? Does it seem like you will never get out of the cycle of dieting and bingeing? Are you even wondering if you may have a food addiction? Listen along as Julie Duffy Dillon provides insight on your next steps.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Nutrition Myth: Calories in, calories out is the key to weight loss.--->Fat phobia is actually at the root of this false message
  • Intuitive Eating will help bring about peace with food and your body through rebuilding connections with your body and allowing food to be consumed for both fuel and pleasure.
  • Taking steps to dismantle our fat phobic system and move towards body liberation is key to promoting health for us all.
  • Our worldview of bodies is broken, not our bodies.
  • Research shows that diets don't work for most people.
  • Saying someone is addicted to food is like saying they're addicted to oxygen, water, warmth, and sleep --->we need all of these to stay alive; "We can't be addicted to something we need to survive" --Amy Pershing
  • Connect with as many fat positive people as you are able in order to help move towards body autonomy and body liberation.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Sonya Renee Taylor's The Body Is Not An Apology-->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Other podcasts promoting food and body peace: Christy Harrison's Food Psych, Paige Smathers' Nutrition Matters--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love

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Do you ever feel guilt for eating certain foods? Do you fear judgement about what other people will think about your body or food choices? Do you ever catch yourself labeling food "good" or bad?" Are you finding it difficult to feel at home in your aging body? Listen along to this week's episode as Amanda Martinez Beck helps provide meaningful reflection.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Special guest: Amanda Martinez Beck, co-host of the Fat and Faithful podcast
  • Typically, we feel shame when we feel as though we have failed at meeting some type of expectations.
  • When processing body shame, it is often helpful to turn the conversation to, "What is the purpose of my body?" and being able to shift our understanding of its purpose from being a means to control life's uncertainties to being a bridge of connection to other people.
  • Quote to live by: "All bodies are good bodies"--because all types of bodies can form connections with others.
  • Our aging bodies tell our stories and reflect ours and our ancestors' journeys.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Fat and Faithful podcast--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Amanda Martinez Beck's Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me (releasing December 6, 2018) --->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Lovely: How I Learned to Embrace the Body God Gave Me

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Have you been trying to recover from your eating disorder yet constantly slipping back in? Been in and out of treatment? We hope you know you are not alone. Check out this week's featured Dear Food letter and listen to the wise and compassionate wisdom from Corrie Van Horne and Melissa Preston.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Special guests: Corrie Van Horne and Melissa Preston, both Licensed Professional Counselors (Corrie is a candidate) and Registered Dietitians, co-founders of Omni Counseling and Nutrition.
  • Many with eating disorders find themselves going in and out of various levels of treatment throughout their recovery journey.
  • Transitioning out of a higher level of care where there is fairly constant support can be challenging in many ways, particularly when it comes to "normalizing" one's relationship with food.
  • Oftentimes, our relationship with food and how we perceive it, mirrors other relationships and forms of oppression in our life.
  • Autonomy and self-compassion are both powerful tools in healing both our relationship with individuals and food.
  • Good self-reminder: Food is essential to life. It is okay (and necessary) to want to and need to eat.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Omni Counseling and Nutrition's Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter--->This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Omni Counseling and Nutrition Blog---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Kristin Neff's Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Tara Brach's Radical Acceptance---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #4
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

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Have you been been making steps towards body acceptance, but find yourself stuck when it comes to letting go of certain eating behaviors? Perhaps, you are one of many of those with an eating disorder who has suffered from trauma? Listen to this week's episode with special guest Amy Pershing as she helps guide listeners along their recovery journey so that they can begin their healing process from trauma.

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Episode's Key Points:

*Content Warning: discussion of sexual abuse

  • Special guest Amy Pershing, licensed clinical social worker and founder of the Body Wise binge eating disorder recovery program and the Hunger Wise program as well as author of Binge Eating Disorder-The Journey to Recovery and Beyond.
  • Many individuals who experience eating disorders have a history of trauma.
  • Our culture has not recovered from its own eating disorder. When we are capable of making some steps forward in our culture's recovery from its eating disorder (and acceptance of all bodies), we can begin creating space to process our individual trauma so that healing can happen.
  • Trauma, particularly sexual trauma, makes an individual feel as though their physical being is not okay.
  • We must begin challenging cultural narratives that perpetuate body hate/fat phobia, such as that an individual's size predicts their health (spoiler alert: NOT true), in order to allow this trauma work to be able to take place.
  • Additionally, filter your environment/social media: "If an image makes you feel bad, don't consume it." ~Amy Pershing
  • Healing from an eating disorder includes honoring what the eating disorder/food behaviors has done for an individual's survival as well as adding tools, in addition to food, to one's toolbox for coping.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Dr. Laura Brown's Not the Price of Admission ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Amy Pershing's Binge Eating Disorder-The Journey to Recovery and Beyond---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Amy Pershing's Website #1 and Website #2---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Not the Price of Admission: Healthy relationships after childhood trauma

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Have you struggled with a complicated relationship with food, and all its twists and turns, for way too long? Maybe your family taught you body hate and ways to diet instead of enjoying food and pleasurable movement. This week's letter writer has really tried to heal their relationship with food yet can't stop thinking about food, bingeing, obsessing, and hating on their body. Can things change? Can they show their young family a different way?? Listen now for Season 2 finale with special guest Heidi Schauster, author of Nourish.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Special guest Heidi Schauster, registered dietitian and eating disorder specialist of A Nourishing Word
  • As human beings, we are designed to think about food--on average, about 200 times per day.
  • When thoughts about food interfere with your relationships and connecting to joy in your life, this is called food preoccupation.
  • A restrictive mindset (and/or actual food restriction) often goes hand-in-hand with food preoccupation, leading to particular foods becoming "charged" and transformed into binge foods.
  • Non-judgmental observation of the thoughts and feelings you have around your daily food choices and interactions with food is an important first step in neutralizing food and healing your relationship with these "charged" foods.
  • If possible, seek out a registered dietitian who specializes in disordered eating. Avoid dietitians that label foods "good" or "bad" or prescribe limitations of foods.
  • Healing from food preoccupation means leaning into your own internal cues and not relying on external methods for food choices.
  • Your body does not need to be fixed. Our culture is what is broken.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Heidi Schauster's Nourish: How to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Body, and Self ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Heidi Schauster's Blog/Website---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Have you experienced a chaotic relationship with food full of diets and shame? Do you struggle with an addiction to alcohol and wonder if abstinence looks the same with food and alcohol? Are you exploring intuitive eating concepts yet feel out of control? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast with special guest Victoria Welsby.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Special guest Victoria Welsby from BamPowLife.
  • Dieting and making strides to lose weight and change your body in an effort to get the things you want in life (or to just simply be accepted) is the rule in our society rather than the exception
  • Research shows that those who embark on a dieting journey regain a significant amount of the weight lost within the first year and all or most of the weight back at year five. So what does this mean? Diets don't work.
  • Additionally, dieting frequently induces shame. Shame that isn't yours to carry as you don't fail at diets. Rather, the diets fail you and this shame burden belongs to our oppressive society.
  • Sometimes alcohol dependence coincides with one's eating concerns. However, it is important to separate these as while you can be addicted to alcohol, you cannot be addicted to food. You need food to live whereas your survival isn't dependent on alcohol. In addition, while you can have a "normal" physical and emotional relationship with food as you recover from disordered eating, you may not be able to have the same relationship with alcohol moving forward.
  • As you begin to heal, it is important to make space to honor how you've been coping and keeping yourself alive.
  • As you explore Intuitive Eating, it is common to feel like you are constantly battling your brain in the beginning. This is because your body has to learn to trust you again and know food is unconditionally accessible.
  • Be kind to yourself, be patient with yourself, and remove the shame as you begin your Intuitive Eating journey. It is challenging work and takes time.
  • Healing from internalized fat phobia is a huge part of this journey as well and means learning to feel at home in your body as it is now as there are no body size guarantees.
  • Fat bodies are "normal" bodies too. Connecting with those who live in fat bodies is an important step in healing your relationship with food and your body.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Victoria Welsby's Free E-course: Extreme Confidence Makeover ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Victoria Welsby's Tedx Talk---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Victoria Welsby's Free Webinar: How to Unleash Your Inner Confidence Warrior ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Victoria Welsby's Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
  • Remember: "You can't be addicted to something you need to live"~Amy Pershing, LCSW
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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How many times have you read about someone curing their diabetes or PCOS with food? Feel frustrated you can't too?? Listen to latest Love Food Podcast episode for ways to move forward while healing your relationship with food and your body.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Do you have a long history of dieting in your efforts to control or cure a medical condition or to just feel like you fit in within our society?
  • Many of the medical conditions we experience are blamed on ourselves. You are not to blame! Food is not to blame! These conditions are often genetically-based and incurable.
  • The "Shoulds" imposed on us by society lead to guilt, shame, and distrusting our innate wisdom that we all have for identifying our body's needs
  • Diet seduction/"Should Eat Fantasy Compliance" is commonly experienced upon embarking on a new diet as we feel like we are moving towards meeting societal body standards. However, this distracts us from the destructive nature of dieting.
  • Research shows that diets do not work long-term and they predict weight gain and exacerbate many of the markers of medical conditions. So, why do diets continue to be sought out? Fat Phobia, White Supremacy, and Misogyny. We want to feel accepted, safe, and at home in our own skin. This is completely understandable. However, we don't need to be fixed and our bodies don't need to be fixed. Rather, society needs to be fixed.
  • Connecting with fat activists is an important step in dismantling the "Should Eat Fantasy Compliance" and fat phobia.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Meredith Noble Instagram ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Julie Dillon and Kimberly Singh blog posts---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Have diabetes, high cholesterol, a food intolerance or PCOS and been told to cut something out of your regular eating? Have you finally rejected diet culture and found food peace, but are struggling with gentle nutrition? Are you concerned that changing your food choices due to health concerns might lead you back to restriction and deprivation? Listen now as special guest, Vincci Tsui, and I break down this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Nutrition is NOT an exact science!! It's a fluid concept, and very individual.
  • Vincci Tsui joins us to chat about gentle nutrition and intuitive eating!
  • Finding the balance between gentle nutrition and diet mentality can be so hard. Too much of the nutrition information out there is so tainted with diet culture!
  • What even is gentle nutrition? It's less about food rules, and more about what makes our bodies feel good. It's all about our INTENTION!
  • Nutrition is super individual! Your own experience with certain foods is way more important than what the current research says.
  • There are way too many books out there that claim to be non-diet, but still perpetuate diet culture and the thin ideal. It's so hard to escape it! So be careful with the anti-diet media that you consume, and decide for yourself which parts of these books and films are helpful, and which parts are harmful. Rely on your intuition to tell you which is which!
  • It's about what works for YOU! The research may give us some parameters, but we need to rely on our own body cues to figure out what actually works for us. It's literally about experimenting on ourselves.
  • You can incorporate foods that are typically considered "diet foods" without them being about dieting and weight loss. It's about making choices out of self-care! When the intention is different, it makes ALL the difference.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Vincci's guest episode of the Nutrition Matters Podcast with Paige Smathers
  • "Can Meal Planning and Meal Prep Work with Intuitive Eating?" by Vincci Tsui ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Vincci's Free E-Book, Stop the Food Fight---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Get in touch with Vincci on her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Do you feel like food has way too much power in your life and don't see a way out?

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Episode's Key Points:

  • How do we know when food has too much power? It's when we're thinking about it ALL DAY LONG. At night, while you're eating a meal... all day.
  • We as humans are wired to survive, and if we're not getting access to enough food, our bodies are going to send food preoccupation into overdrive. But there are ways to think about food in a calmer way! And it isn't more restriction.
  • Remember, food preoccupation is you being a successful human. We don't want to demonize that!
  • Diet culture and body hatred perpetuate all of these food rules and body rules, but these rules are manmade... they don't actually help us, and they disconnect us from our internal wisdom.
  • Using food to soothe is a SKILL! It's not something to feel shameful about. But maybe this coping skill doesn't suit you anymore, and that's okay.
  • Unconditional permission to eat is KEY to reducing food preoccupation, and as long as you're giving yourself permission, you can explore what I call symbolic hunger.
  • Food also has too little power in our life... but what does this mean? It means that we aren't giving ourselves room within our relationship with food for anything but food as fuel. We also need food for pleasure, and we need to give ourselves true unconditional permission to eat.
  • You don't need to be fixed... the world does!
  • Food is the GREATEST connector. It unites us, and it connects us to ourselves.
  • Our relationship with food is a great window into our relationship with ourselves. When we make peace with food, we make peace with ourselves.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • My guest spot on Don't Salt My Game Podcast
  • The She's All Fat Podcast
  • My blog post, "When Relying on Hunger is Too Scary" ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • My blog post, "What is Symbolic Hunger?" ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Have you ever described your relationship with food as an addiction? Do you think that Food Peace™ will never work for you because you're addicted to certain kinds of food? Listen now to get my take on this Food Peace™ challenge.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Your feelings about being addicted to food are valid... BUT, it's important to investigate WHY we feel that way, and to dig deeper.
  • We live in a world where controlling our food and having a certain body size are thought to go hand-in-hand. We think that if we eat less, we're going to weigh less, and that people in larger bodies just don't have "discipline" when it comes to food. But this just isn't true!!
  • Internalized fatphobia and the desire to find acceptance in our thin-obsessed culture can drive us towards dieting, and the desire to restrict our food. It can also push us towards removing pleasure from our lives, whether it's about food, sex, or anything else!
  • If we were allowed to embrace pleasure, I think that the feeling of addiction around food would change.
  • If we aren't giving ourselves PERMISSION to have pleasure, we are going to subconsciously restrict and deprive ourselves of food.
  • This is not your fault! Our body pushes us to be preoccupied with food when we deprive ourselves of food. Restriction keeps the food-preoccupation going!!
  • Compassion and permission are key, not keeping ourselves "under control."
  • Name the moments when food has too much power!!
  • Our bodies and our brains just want us to stay alive, and the feeling of food addiction is actually how our bodies continue to try and stay alive.
  • Remember, your needs aren't a burden. You are NOT too needy! Redefine your expectations around meeting your needs.
  • Consider how thin privilege plays a role in feeling like we need to fix ourselves. Put the anger and the burden where it belongs! Not on us, but on the fatphobic society in which we live.
  • Strive for embodiment, pleasure, satisfaction, and compassion.
  • Patients with PCOS often experience even more intense feelings about being addicted to food, especially because most doctors encourage people with PCOS to cut out carbs. But carbs are not the enemy! By removing them from your diet, you just increase the need for them, and the feeling of being out of control around them.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Amy Pershing's work
  • Episode 70 of the Love, Food Podcast with Marci Evans
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you healing your relationship with food and your body and are coming to the point of beginning to crave joyful movement and gentle nutrition, but are worried that delving into this part of the Food Peace™ journey will jeopardize your recovery? Are the people around you still stuck in diet culture, and you're finding your relationship with them increasingly difficult as you move closer to Food Peace™? Listen now as special guest, Sarah Thompson, and I give our take on these Food Peace™ challenges.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Sarah Thompson joins us to break down this week's letter!
  • Internalized weight stigma and diet culture are challenging to let go of, but it's necessary to find peace with food and our bodies.
  • Fatphobia is SO entrenched in all of us, and it hurts everyone no matter our body size!
  • Everyone is indoctrinated into diet culture, especially those of us who have been socialized as women.
  • Family dynamics can play a big role in how we relate to food and our bodies, especially if as children we're made to act in a parental role.
  • Embracing food and body actions that stereotypically have ties to dieting and restriction can be scary, but we don't have to engage with joyful movement and gentle nutrition in a disordered way! They can be nourishing actions, and they don't have to belong to diet culture.
  • Body changes can be triggering, and weight loss may make us feel like we're betraying the fat-acceptance community. Body changes can also throw our body-acceptance process for a loop, making us have to start the process of embracing our new shape all over again. But body changes are inevitable!
  • Make sure that you're aware of your privilege, and acknowledge it! Make room for marginalized voices.
  • We get to enjoy salads and movement without promising ourselves weight loss and without falling down a disordered rabbit hole.
  • The more that we heal our relationship with food, the less we will feel that foods are "healthy" or "unhealthy."
  • There are people in larger bodies that have an active lifestyle! We DON'T have to be a small body to enjoy movement, and we don't have to pursue movement for the sake of weight loss. Movement belongs to everyone!
  • We're all continually doing our own work and finding our own path.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Be Nourished's e-course, Promoting Body Trust in Your Work (plus the Spanish version!), their Embodied Practitioner retreat, and The Body Trust Provider Certification Training ---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition
  • Find Sarah on her website, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Are you struggling to find a peaceful relationship with food? Do you just want to feel normal again around food? Do you feel like food is taking up too much of your brain space? Listen now to get tips on how to handle this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Food is an ultimate connector! It helps us to define our culture, family, and community.
  • Health at Every Size was started during the late 60s to discuss the mistreatment of people in larger bodies.
  • Mealtime should be pleasurable, but for some of us, it becomes a battlefield.
  • Obsession around food develops from deprivation around food! But this means food starts to develop TOO MUCH meaning, to the point that it interferes with our life.
  • Our relationship with food is often a mirror image to how we're relating to something or someone else in our life. It indicates an unmet need! We have everything within us to meet our needs, and so investigating what those needs are might be the key!
  • What would it be like to no longer fight the power that food has in your life? What if you gave food the power that it wants, and gave yourself permission to spend more time with food? Or to bring new foods home? To eat them and appreciate them? Instead of fighting food, what if you gave it the power that it's been yearning for? Connect with food in a way that gives you space to experiment!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

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What do we do when our foundation for Food Peace™ is rooted in negative self-talk and shame? How do we find make peace with our body when those around us are hyper-critical of our appearance? Listen now to get my tips on how to handle this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Caregivers have a HUGE impact on our sense of self-worth and the development of positive self-talk. If our primary caregiver is a critical voice in our lives, we are unable to create our own internal compassionate voice.
  • If we have a caregiver with a personality disorder, it can be doubly hard to assert your right to your body. Personality disorders can be super rigid, and it's important to set boundaries around what is and isn't allowed. Tell this person that you won't talk about food and body with them anymore, period!
  • Specifically, having a primary caregiver with narcissistic personality disorder can really effect your ability to have a peaceful relationship with food and our body.
  • Our relationship with food MIRRORS our relationship with other aspects of our lives!
  • Experiencing a foundation of criticism related to our body will have a lasting impact on how we view our body.
  • The "shoulding" inner voice aims to shame us! It's important to react like a rebellious teenager to these shoulding voices.
  • When we deprive our bodies, they react by seeking out large amounts of highly palatable foods. This is the way our body tries to save us! It's important to reframe these experiences as something shameful, to something necessary for survival.
  • Compassionate curiosity is the foundation to Food Peace™. Seek out safe spaces to further enhance this journey, including online groups, therapists, and more.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • The Shoulding Parent and Rebellious Teen Handout is found at JulieDillonRD.com/lovefood114
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Does the non-diet approach make diabetes worse?? How does intuitive eating fit when a person has real health concerns are impacted by food choices? Listen now to get my Food Peace tips with Megrette Fletcher, diabetes AND mindful eating dietitian expert.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Black and white thinking is a cognitive distortion. Real like, and real health, isn't like that at all. Being a weight-inclusive, fat-positive, non-diet dietitian is NOT an approach that harms health.
  • Gastric bypass does NOT rid the world of fatphobia! The answer to this problem is a combo solution: to help people heal their relationship with food AND with their bodies. Part of this means healing the cultural fatphobia our world is currently struggling with.
  • Megrette Fletcher joins us to talk about medical nutrition therapy!
  • Moving away from a job that doesn't support our passions and values is an amazing step.
  • The culture surrounding diabetes is super saturated by diet culture, and so moving out of the diet-centric paradigm in diabetes work is hard! Before insulin was invented, restriction was the only way we knew how to manage the disease.
  • We need to pause and think, why are we so afraid of nourishing the body?
  • When we teach diabetes from a Health at Every Size perspective, we address every body as an individual.
  • We're ALL marinating in diet culture, and people who struggle with diabetes exist in a diet-culture pressure cooker. We don't cause diabetes as it's a genetic disease, but so much of diet culture blames the individual and individual food and exercise choices.
  • Compassion is KEY for diabetes care, as there really isn't a cure and it's not a disease anyone asks for. It's a genetic condition that's VERY complex.
  • The goal needs to be to nourish the body, period. Where our weight ends up doesn't matter!
  • No matter what your body size, you need to eat! We need more food than we think, and we're allowed to nourish our bodies.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating, 3rd ed. by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon
  • The Rules of Normal Eating by Karen Koenig
  • Megrette's personal and professional guide to embracing a weight neutral approach to diabetes ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat by Michelle May and Megrette Fletcher
  • Find Megrette at her website! ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Julie's Love, Food letter
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat with Diabetes: A Mindful Eating Program for Thriving with Prediabetes or Diabetes
The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Evelyn Tribole: Intuitive Eating : A Revolutionary Program That Works (Paperback - Revised Ed.); 2012 Edition

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Is Food Peace™ and intuitive eating your goal, but you're finding that being in a larger body is holding you back from that healing work? Listen now to get my tips on how to approach this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Food brings us health and connection, BUT it doesn't deserve the amount of power that we give it in diet culture. Food can't really cure us OR kill us!
  • Thin privilege is very, very real! Our ability to heal our relationship around food IS impacted by our size and how the world treats us based on that size.
  • You aren't "bad" based on your food choices!
  • Food deprivation in our past can translate into our present in the form of dieting.
  • Boys and men are often given permission to take up more space in the world and consume more food without negative associations. But growing girls need nourishment too!
  • Intuitive eating is essential for Food Peace™, but it's important not to turn it into yet another diet rule. It isn't the eat-when-you're-hungry-stop-when-you're-full diet! It's about listening to your body and being curious about how certain foods make you feel.
  • Intuitive eating is NOT a weight loss plan!!
  • The desire to be in a smaller body is often about the need to be accepted, rather than the need to actually be physically smaller.
  • Remember, you can still want to lose weight but not pursue it! The pursuit of weight loss is harmful for our health, but it can be hard to let go of that desire completely because we live in a fatphobic society. So put weight loss on the back-burner, otherwise Food Peace™ will continue to be out of reach. We can't listen to our fullness and hunger cues and honor them if we're worried about weight gain!
  • Historical deprivation gets in the way of our intuition around food, so it's important to unpack that with an intuitive-eating professional.
  • Intuitive eating work takes time, it's not linear, and it's messy. And the work is never really over because we live in diet culture! You're not doing it wrong. You're just in the process like everyone else.
  • Too much of morality is wrapped up in our food choices, and it's time to reject that!
  • If we don't eat enough during the day, our body pushes us to eat more at the end of the day. This is the restrict-binge cycle, and to stop it, you need to eat more!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole
  • Intuitive Eating, 3rd ed. by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Taste the Sweet Rebellion: Rebel Against Dieting Workbook by Dana Magee, Kaitlynn Fortunato Greenberg, and Rebecca Bitzer ---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition
  • Reach out to Dana via email
  • Summer Innanen and her Love, Food Episode
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Taste the Sweet Rebellion: REBEL Against Dieting Workbook

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Are you having success with healing your relationship with food, but are worried that going back into a toxic environment will jeopardize your newfound peace? Listen now to get my tips on how to approach this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Our relationship with food is a window into our unmet needs!
  • Instead of trying to avoid vulnerability, try sticking with it. It will help you tap into your own innate wisdom, and help guide you towards what you need to do next.
  • It's time to investigate our unmet need. Food can help distract us when we're going through challenging times, but figuring out the unmet need can provide some lasting relief. This strategy is called the Food Decoding Method!
  • Chronic illness is a tough experience on everyone, not just the person struggling with the pain. Remember that, and give yourself some compassion.
  • Hardship and health conditions are difficult, but they are NOT caused by being in a larger body. There's a relationship between body size and illness, but there's no research out there to prove that being in a larger body leads to ill health. In fact, there are lots of factors, like weight stigma, that aren't even considered in classic weight research.
  • Ending a relationship with your therapist is hard, but even going to a few sessions is worth it.
  • Explore the option of online therapy providers! Some of my colleagues doing virtual work include Christy Harrison, Erica Leon, and Paige Smathers.
  • You don't have to have your shit together. Transitions are messy, and adjustments take time!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Dr. Barbara Birsinger's work
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you struggling to accept your body size, even though you've made peace with food? Is past trauma still affecting our ability to find true and lasting recovery? Julie Church and Kara Bozzi join me to break down this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Working with a dietitian and therapist TEAM is so important for full recovery! Julie Church, RD, and Kara Bozzi, therapist, from Opal: Food + Body Wisdom Center join us to talk about this week's letter.
  • Our eating behaviors are coping mechanisms, and sometimes we have to engage in some disordered behaviors to protect ourselves.
  • Shifting our relationship with our body is SO hard, especially when body hatred has plagued us for so long.
  • Seeking healing means there's HOPE to find further growth and peace!
  • Our world is so, SO fatphobic, and it wrongly connects our weight to our health and our self-worth. Part of the work is disconnecting weight from these other factors.
  • Making peace with food and acting in self-care through nourishing ourselves does NOT mean you will lose weight, and it does NOT mean you'll be in a smaller body! Food peace doesn't equate to thinness.
  • Support yourself through this weight bias we experience by finding community. Advocate for yourself, and demand respect for your body! You deserve safe relationships.
  • Interrogate what's behind the body hatred! Trauma, weight bias... these things can contribute to us not feeling safe in our bodies and disrupt our body image. Part of the process is striving for a more relational relationship with our bodies. Investigate some somatic work, and dig deep.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Opal: Food + Body Wisdom
  • Lynn Hurdle-Price's TEDx Talk ---> This week'sFood Peace™ Syllabus addition #1
  • "Intro to Body Image Work" by Isabel Foxen Duke ---> This week'sFood Peace™ Syllabus addition #2
  • Isabel Foxen Duke's Love, Food Podcast episode
  • The Appetite Podcast
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Have you struggled with yo-yo dieting, weight cycling, and weight gain? Are you trying to embrace your body, but finding it difficult in this moment? Listen now to hear Haley Goodrich and I tackle this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Sometimes we may struggle with a disconnection from our body. Instead of listening to our internal cues, we focus on external measures like calories and other numbers. But we have to move away from this to find authentic health!
  • The world is still really stuck in diet culture, and so we have to guard ourselves against the messaging around us!
  • Support is ESSENTIAL to this process, especially from clinicians that understand Health at Every Size.
  • We have to be sure that we're getting ENOUGH food every day, and that we're finding satisfaction from our food experiences in order to feel truly satiated.
  • In this diet culture world, we actually might be UNDER eating! This can make our bodies think we're starving, which leads to bingeing. Make sure you're eating enough and eating a VARIETY of foods!
  • It's also important to make sure that we've fully made peace with ALL foods! This is a part of intuitive eating, and will help you to balance your eating behaviors. Having true permission to eat can transform your relationship with food and can even help you to honor your body overall, which can help support body acceptance and body respect.
  • Common aches and pains happen to people in ALL body sizes! If someone blames your knee pain on your size, they're being fatphobic, PERIOD!! By allowing your body to be where it wants to be, you're actually giving yourself the best opportunity to heal.
  • All of diet culture is about MONEY!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Vaishya, Raju, et al. “Is total knee replacement justified in the morbidly obese? A systematic review.” Cureus 8.9 (2016) and the accompanying Instagram meme
  • "What to Say at the Doctor's Office" by Ragen Chastain ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Providing Sensitive Care for People of All Sizes by Linda Bacon ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Find Haley's work on her website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Page
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you ready to let go of the food rules and embrace body acceptance, no matter your size? Is it time to cast aside the myths we've learned through diet culture about what we eat and what we look like? Listen now as I respond to a letter from someone ready to take those next steps.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • You CAN have a normal relationship with food! How do you do that? By placing the blame where it belongs: with society.
  • We live in a world where people judge body size, and where people make assumptions about what we eat based on our size... but this isn't a true representation of the various experiences that people in ALL bodies have!
  • Most people of size are actually some of the MOST disciplined people out there due to years and years of trying to diet.
  • Weight Watchers just announced a special, free summer program for teens. This is a problem!! Dieting is the number one precursor for eating disorders, and the summer is a particularly vulnerable time.
  • The food we eat doesn't dictate our moral value!
  • Losing weight and maintaining a smaller body size is about trying to find acceptance from the culture around us... but in reality, diets don't provide long-term, true acceptance!
  • Diets give us the hope that we'll be finally treated with respect and be able to participate in our lives to the fullest extent, in ways that we couldn't before the weight loss. But this is a fantasy! First, losing weight doesn't grant us these things automatically. And second, diets fail. Long-term intentional weight loss is virtually IMPOSSIBLE! And the diet industry knows it. They COUNT on repeat customers.
  • The blame is not on you. It's on our world's fatphobia. But there's no simple cure for eradicating weight bias! So what have we got to do? We as individuals have to join together and take a stand, and that starts with acknowledging our own internalized fatphobia and rejecting it.
  • Practice respect and compassion with yourself, continue to place the blame on our society, continue to deconstruct your own bias, and eventually you'll come to a place where you can call out the fatphobia around us. This is how we change the world for generations to come!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • My recent blog post, "Wake Up Weight Watchers"---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you struggling with binge eating? Listen now for my tips to overcome shame and break out of this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • People who binge are often overcome with shame, but shame doesn't promote real and effective change! But there are ways to find Food Peace™ if you're struggling with binge eating.
  • YOU don't need to be fixed. The WORLD needs to be fixed!
  • Our eating choices aren't largely about personal responsibility... it's bigger than that.
  • Shame contributes to the compulsive feelings we may have around food. If we can cast aside that shame, we can move closer to health. But how do we take away our shame? It starts with embracing ourselves for exactly who we are, and giving ourselves permission.
  • What would happen if you gave yourself permission to binge eat or compulsively eat? Permission and respect will help strip away the shame associated with the behavior.
  • We don't have to love where we are right now in our body size or our behavior, but we can make room to accept these things and embrace body respect.
  • Your weight doesn't matter! You can't tell anything about someone's health by looking at their body weight.
  • Internalized fatphobia is likely contributing to this shame you're experiencing with binge eating. That means you need to break down this fatphobia, rather than pursue weight loss for health.
  • Weight loss is not a behavior. We have no long-term control over our weight. The more we try to lose weight, the more disconnected we become from our internal wisdom, the more shame we feel, and the farther from health we get.
  • Our body is WAY more complex than calories-in-calories-out! Food is so much more complex than good food and bad food.
  • Until you feel like you have unconditional permission to eat, ANY nutritional adjustments to our diet won't stick! Plus, unconditional permission to eat will likely result is a more varied diet, which is more highly correlated with good health.
  • As parents, there are some things we can do to promote healthy eating:
    • Provide a variety of foods.
    • Have consistent meal and snack times to help with predictability.
    • Teach kids the pleasurable side of food.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you wondering how you can balance pursuing joyful movement with finding Food Peace™? Listen now as my guest for this week, Charlotte Caperton-Kilburn, and give our suggestions.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Bodies change, and we have to let the body be where it needs to be! Following through with certain health behaviors might result in weight loss, but it might not... you never know, and so the goal can't be weight loss.
  • Let's talk about metabolism: when you normalize your eating habits, your metabolism is in a better place, and your body can get to exactly where it wants to be.
  • We have to honor our hunger and our fullness! This allows our body to regulate itself.
  • If you want to incorporate movement into your life, that's great! Just make sure it's something you actually enjoy, and make sure you're doing it as a form of self-care rather than as a form of compensation or punishment. And make sure you're eating enough to fuel these forms of movement!
  • Chronic dieting really messes up our metabolism and equilibrium! But when we establish a sense of consistency with our food and movement, we help our bodies find a nice balance.
  • Don't worry, moving away from the weight-loss paradigm won't mess up your business in the long term! Clients can see that their health improves over time without the weight loss, and you can help keep them on track with a Health at Every Size approach.
  • Get off the fence! Make your anti-diet approach clear to your clients from the get-go.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • FNCE
  • Winning the War Within by Charlotte Kilburn and Eileen Myers ---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition
  • Reach Charlotte at (901) 409-4411
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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What happens when the "simple" diet you were on starts to feel super complicated? Have you started struggling with a food plan that you were told would be easy? Listen now as my guest for this week, Robyn Goldberg, and I talk about how to manage this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • At the end of the day, diets are MESSY! Robyn Goldberg joins us to break down this week's letter.
  • Pregnancy can make our food rules escalate... our fitness regime might increase, and we might start getting super restrictive with our food choices.
  • Eating disorders are the silent dilemma in sports injuries!
  • Carbohydrates are our #1 fuel! Cutting them out takes a HUGE toll on our bodies. We need to re-educate ourselves on nutritional needs in way that aren't influenced by diet culture, and learn how to nourish ourselves both through food and by other means.
  • Find a nutritionist trained in eating disorders to guide you through this relearning process. You need the support! Our brains are inundated with diet culture and disordered ideas, and we need resources and support to help you on this journey. No one should have to recover on their own!
  • Healthy eating includes pleasure, connection, and feeling at home in your own skin no matter your size.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • The Tao of Eating by Linda Harper ---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition #1
  • Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat? by Claire Mysko and Magali Amadeï ---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition #2
  • The Ultimate Sports Nutrition by Ellen Coleman ---> This week's Food Peace™ Syllabus addition #3
  • Jessica Setnick's Love, Food Podcast episode
  • National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
  • Find Robyn's work on her website and her Instagram
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?: The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby
Ultimate Sports Nutrition
The Tao of Eating: Feeding Your Soul Through Everyday Experiences with Food

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Do you know dieting doesn't work, and yet you're finding yourself feeling drawn to dieting during times of stress? Are certain necessary food restrictions pushing you towards a deprivation mindset? Listen now while I discuss some strategies with Laura Thomas on how to manage this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • You're not the failure... the DIET is the failure!
  • During stressful times, we may find ourselves drawn back to dieting, even though we know that it doesn't work long-term.
  • Laura Thomas joins us to break down this letter and to help the writer find some solutions!
  • Honor how far you've come! All progress is good progress, so be compassionate about how much work you've already done. Do your best not to be hard on yourself if you're not exactly where you want to be in this moment.
  • Remember, there's no way to do intuitive eating perfectly, and in fact, intuitive eating is about moving away from perfection around eating altogether.
  • Diet culture is deeper than food!
  • Kristin Neff's work around self-compassion might be really helpful in being kind to yourself in this process.
  • We can't eat mindfully at all times!! We can only be mindful of so many things at once, and we're busy people. We have lots to think about, so don't get down on yourself if some of your eating occurs when you're distracted.
  • Stress happens, and sometimes we have to make eating choices that don't add to our stress. Sometimes that means you might be grabbing convenience foods, and they might not make your body feel at 100%, but you have to prioritize things! You're doing the best you can. Take a multivitamin if you're concerned that you aren't going to get your nutrients through your current food choices.
  • In the long-term, work on the self-judgment and perfectionistic tendencies. In the short-term, go out and get convenient and filling snacks that fit in your budget (think peanut butter, granola, or hummus!).
  • Processed, frozen food is a tool in your food arsenal! Work on the judgment around those foods, and embrace them as an option in your life.
  • The most important thing to remember is that there's no such thing as a perfect intuitive eater! Having flexibility in your eating behavior will protect you against diet mentality, so embrace it. Take care of yourself the best you can.
  • Online community is important! In-person folks might not be on board with the anti-diet movement, but Instagram, podcasts, and other social media platforms can act as valuable support.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole's work
  • Elyse Resch's work
  • Kristin Neff's work around self-compassion ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Laura's podcast, Don't Salt My Game ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Find Lauren's work on her website and on Instagram
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Be sure to check out the first and second PCOS bonus Love, Food episodes!
  • You shouldn't have to advocate for yourself, but unfortunately you'll probably have to... so I have some tips to share!
  • PCOS is a women's disease, and so there's not a lot of research about it out there, and people don't really want to talk about it. Plus, weight gain is a part of PCOS, which makes it even harder to find support because we live in a fatphobia world.
  • BUT, increased support actually helps improve our health! It can lower your blood pressure, help with insulin sensitivity, and so much more. So support is a big deal!
  • Weight bias in the healthcare community is a moral issue!! We have to combat it, and it starts with us.
  • First off, what's weight stigma? It's negative attitudes towards a person due to their body size. This leads to prejudice and discrimination, and results in lower quality of care. Stigma also activates a hormone response that ultimately leads to increased insulin resistance, and so much more. AND PCOS is tied closely to weight gain, which means that weight stigma is a BIG deal for those struggling with PCOS!
  • But doesn't shame help us lose weight and watch what we eat? NO! Shame does NOT promote weight loss, and can in fact lead to more weight gain and avoidance of medical care.
  • The research also shows us that bias within the healthcare community is rampant. That means that as someone with PCOS, you need to walk into the doctor's office armed with information, and ready to advocate for yourself and protect yourself from weight stigma. Here's some ways how:
    • Decline to be weighed. You DON'T have to be weighed! It's NOT a medical necessity, and it can be super triggering.
    • Assert that you don't need to talk about dieting. Protect your recovery by letting them know that you aren't interested in talking about weight loss, and that talking about dieting could actually put you at risk for weight gain.
    • Let the doctor know that diets just don't work. Let them know that diets have never benefitted your health, and demand a different intervention strategy.
    • Ask your doctor what they recommend to patients that are in smaller bodies. There are ZERO conditions that only affect people in larger bodies, and so there are weight-neutral ways to improve your health.
    • Ask for the research! Ask for the data that shows long-term success (sustained weight loss with improved health for five years or more)... it doesn't exist!
  • It sucks that you even have to do this extra work, but there ARE people out there in the fat activist community who are ready to help you.
  • The last thing we need to talk about is how to find support. Be open with your friends and family about your struggle, join our PCOS and Food Peace Support Group on Facebook, find support on social media, try to meet up with folks in person, and head to the PCOS Awareness Symposium!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Glenys Oyston
  • Ragen Chastain's Dances with Fat blog
  • The PCOS and Food Peace Support Group
  • Ashley Levinson's Instagram
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you trying to protect your kids from all the diet culture messaging out there? Listen now for my chat with friend and colleague, Anna Lutz, while we break down how to help our kids be resilient against this disordered culture.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • It's January, and diet culture is EVERYWHERE! I worry a lot about the messages my kids are getting from these commercials and programs... Anna Lutz joins us today to talk about protecting our children from all the diet culture out there!!
  • There's SO much of raising children that we don't have any control over. There's only so much we can do to protect our kids from so many things, from diet culture to bullying.
  • Instead of trying to control everything around your kid, focus on creating a foundation for your child to come back to when they're confronted with diet culture.
  • Remember, we can do all the "right things," but their genetics and personality can also play a role in how susceptible they are to diet culture.
  • We can't change the way the culture perceives our kids' bodies, but what we CAN do is support our kids in their home and give them a safe haven no matter what goes on outside.
  • Do what you can to talk positively about ALL bodies and talk neutrally about food. Model food and body peace the best you can!
  • Try to have consistent family meals where you can connect and communicate with your kids, and where you can model how to handle food in a neutral way. Research shows that this helps them to be resilient!
  • If your kids encounter fatphobia and tell you about it, start asking questions! Make them think about it, and start a conversation, rather than just trying to correct it. Help them to critically think!!
  • Remember, you're raising the next generation! Who knows, maybe we're making the first group of kids who don't believe in weight bias and diet culture.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Strong is the New Pretty by Kate T. Parker
  • Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming by Ellyn Satter ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus #1
  • Real Kids Come in All Sizes by Kathy Kater ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus #2
  • Social Media Wellness by Ana Homayoun ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus #3
  • Connect with Anna at Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy and reach out to her at anna@lutzalexander.com
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves
Real Kids Come in All Sizes: Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child's Body Esteem
Social Media Wellness: Helping Tweens and Teens Thrive in an Unbalanced Digital World (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming

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Are you or is someone you know affected by PCOS? I have some bonus episodes for you! Listen now for the second bonus episode all about my top 5 tips for managing your health with PCOS without dieting.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Did you miss the first Love, Food PCOS Bonus episode? Check it out now!
  • You're not a failure! You've been given the WRONG tools to help manage your health with PCOS.
  • Most people with PCOS are given a pamphlet that gives a one-size-fits-all solution... but this doesn't work with PCOS! PCOS affects EVERY cell in your body, which means that a holistic approach to management is crucial. It can affect your mental health, hormone levels, and SO much more! It's complicated!!
  • There's really a lack of research around PCOS out there, and most healthcare providers have NO CLUE how complicated PCOS can be. That means you need to be your best advocate!
  • Solutions to your health shouldn't be agonizing! They shouldn't hurt!! That's why I don't recommend dieting, and I promise you that my solutions will NOT make you feel miserable.
  • I didn't always know that diets don't work. It took me working in the field and digging in the research for YEARS before I really got it. Diets predict weight GAIN, not weight loss, and people with PCOS are even MORE likely to experience that weight regain (this has to do with insulin levels, testosterone, and inflammation... listen to the show to get the details on the science!).
  • Pursuing weight loss should NOT be the primary treatment for PCOS! I've learned so much over the years working with women with PCOS (including Whitney Way Thore of My Big Fat Fabulous Life), and I have the training to help people manage the condition WITHOUT diets.
  • My top 5 tips to take charge of your health with PCOS:
    • Stop being a slave to the scale.
    • Put diets on the back-burner. The diets just increase inflammation and make you feel AWFUL! It's time to put them down.
    • Don't ignore your cravings, mood changes, or weight gain (AKA the symptoms of PCOS)! Say hello to them, and consider that they're trying to tell you something important.
    • You are the expert of your body!
    • Explore self-compassion. Get rid of the should's and rewrite them to support you!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • If Not Dieting, Then What? by Rick Kausman
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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If Not Dieting Then What?

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Are you or is someone you know affected by PCOS? I have some bonus episodes for you! Listen now for the first bonus episode all about which diets are the WORST for PCOS management.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • The primary treatment for PCOS is dieting... but diets don't work long-term! So what do we do?
  • We're going to look at three different diets and break down why they don't work for PCOS management...
    • Low-calorie diets: if you have PCOS, reducing calories below a certain point promotes inflammation, which is ultimately super harmful for our health, contributes to extreme exhaustion, drives up insulin levels, and encourages weight gain in the long-term.
    • The Keto diet: Keto diets promote a low-carb, low-fat, low-protein eating style, and if you have PCOS, you need more protein in your diet than the average person! Plus, there's ZERO published research looking at folks trying Keto plans who also are managing PCOS. The majority of the research also doesn't look any further than 4-6 weeks, which isn't long enough to claim long-term weight-loss success!! Long-term, Keto is going to promote weight gain and obsession over your food choices (which can ultimately lead to eating disorder behavior!!).
    • Weight Watchers: WW is similar to the low-calorie meal plan, but it may actually be the WORST for PCOS! That's because it's super accessible, and it co-opts body-positive language to pretend it's not a diet. Plus, they encourage low-fat and low-protein consumption, and remember, if you struggle with PCOS, you need more protein!! Less protein contributes to fatigue! Plus, WW has done their very own diet research that shows that 80% of their participants regain the weight within two years (and it's probably higher than that!).
  • You deserve a recommendation that's going to be health-promoting in the long term. So what do you do?? Any kind of style of eating that you're doing should promote energy and make room for connection with family and friends. You should also make sure to choose something that has been shown to work long-term through the research (including through your personal evidence!).
  • The number one predictor of weight gain is dieting, and the more we diet, the more we gain! But this is NOT your fault!! You've been given the wrong tools.
  • Letting go of dieting is NOT letting yourself go... it's letting yourself BE.
  • Wondering how to promote health with PCOS without dieting? Tune into the next Love, Food bonus episode to find out!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Traci Mann's research, including Secrets from the Eating Lab
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Secrets from the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again

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Do you still have days where you struggle to stay true to your anti-diet convictions? Is body image an issue that you're still grappling with, even if you've been on this journey for some time? Listen now to hear my conversation with Meredith Noble, and get our tips on how to navigate this part of theFood Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • The world needs to be fixed, and we need to eradicate diet culture!!
  • Opting out of diet culture is a constant process.
  • Meredith Noble comes on the show to talk about struggling with what we see in the mirror.
  • It's so normal to understand anti-diet work on an intellectual level, but that doesn't mean we're integrating it into our lives.
  • Shame plays a big role!
  • We're all trying our best to survive in this fatphobic culture... remember, it's SO normal to feel the urge to go back to diets when we've been triggered because many of our struggles stem from this fatphobia.
  • Any work we've done before, even if we go back to dieting, is never wasted!
  • Many of us are fine with their bodies... until we see a photo of our bodies. When you feel triggered by a photo, try to change the focus from what your body looks like, to what you were feeling and experiencing in that moment.
  • Part of body acceptance is also making it a goal to look at bodies of all shapes and sizes, especially larger bodies. Instagram is a great resource for this! We can start to dismantle our own internalized fatphobia when we continually expose ourselves to the beauty of larger bodies.
  • It also may be helpful to look at photos of our OWN bodies more often. Take photos of yourself! Take selfies! Learn to appreciate them! And remember, don't limit yourself to your "best" angles... look at yourself from ALL perspectives!!
  • You don't need to be fixed... the WORLD needs to be fixed!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor
  • GlitterandLazers and Nakitende_Esther on Instagram
  • Vivienne McMaster's Be Your Own Beloved program ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1
  • Find Meredith on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and on her website
  • Meredith's Instagram resource list ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Has diet culture kept you from making real Food Peace™? Did you think you were making progress, only to find yourself struggling again? Listen now to hear a letter from someone struggling with the same thing, and get my take on how to overcome this part of the Food Peace™ journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • We live in a world suffering from it’s own eating disorder!
  • Diet culture has infiltrated our society, and the majority of us suffer because of it.
  • Intuitive eating is a super important step in the food peace journey! There’s lots of research out there now that illustrates how intuitive eating promotes health.
  • Cultural fatphobia: you’re only acceptable if your body stays acceptable.
  • If your body doesn’t get enough food (which is what happens when a family member restricts our access to it), we feel deprived, and we respond by bingeing and hoarding food.
  • When we give ourselves permission to embrace food in whatever way we need to, we open the door for food peace and remove the threat of deprivation enough to be mindful about our needs.
  • We as human beings yearn for acceptance… and that’s one of the reasons we are so vulnerable to diets! They promise us that when we lose weight, we’ll finally fit in and be accepted. But this isn’t true! Not only will diets not give you lasting weight loss, but they also won’t give you lasting happiness.
  • Trauma can have a huge impact on our food peace journey, so be sure to honor that.
  • Know that making peace and “letting yourself go” with food DOESN’T mean you’re giving up… it means you’re letting yourself be.
  • Our relationship with food isn’t health or unhealthy… things aren’t so black and white! The way we relate to food is COMPLEX!!
  • What would happen if we accepted our bingeing behaviors?
  • Food is meant to be pleasurable and comforting! Unfortunately we often demonize that part of our relationship with food, but that really isn’t fair. Can we honor the ways food comforts us?
  • Bingeing is just a way our body lets us know that there’s an unmet need… and the bingeing helps us! It helps us stay alive, it helps comfort us, and it helps us survive.
  • It’s important to challenge beauty ideals and call out diet culture and oppression. Seek out support on social media to help you on that journey!
  • You deserve happiness in the skin you’re in today!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, IntuitiveEating.org, and the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
  • Summer Innanen
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 20
  • @bodyposipanda AKA Megan Jayne Crabbe ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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What is food peace in the context of struggling with PCOS? Listen now to hear my PCOS and Food Peace Manifesto!

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Episode's Key Points:

  • What IS food peace and PCOS anyway? What if we've been told to eat this, not that, in order to manage our PCOS? How do we move away from that kind of thinking?
  • Do some of us end up engaging in anorexia nervosa trying to manage our PCOS? Yes! Especially if we're in larger bodies.
  • People in larger bodies are urged to practice eating behaviors that we diagnose as disordered in smaller bodies... this is a problem! It also points to how fatphobic our society is.
  • Dieting increases inflammation, which is one of the biggest issues with PCOS!
  • At least one in ten women suffer from PCOS, but there's minimal research funding for it. We need to get more information on this condition!
  • So what's food peace? Food peace is coming to terms that diets don't work for you, and understanding that diets are the failure, not you.
  • It's time to find a new way to eat, and listen to your bodies for the answers! Women with PCOS have a different kind of communication with their body, and it's my job to guide you through learning that mode of communication.
  • If you're in a place where you're struggling to manage your PCOS, you may feel like you're ALWAYS hungry. The food peace process is about reconnecting with your intuitive self and learning what that feeling of being always hungry really means.
  • Dieting predicts weight gain and eating disorders, and intuitive eating leads to positive health outcomes. So really, which one is better for our health?
  • Here's my PCOS and Food Peace Manifesto:
    • You didn't cause your PCOS!
    • Diets failed, not you! Diets are a form of restriction, so it's no wonder you feel like you can't control yourself around food.
    • Your weight doesn't define your health or your worth!
    • Your PCOS has its own language!
    • Notice what helps energize you, and what doesn't!
    • Self-care matters, and so does advocacy!
  • 25% of our health is due to behaviors, and 75% of our health are determined by social determinants of health and our genetics... this means that stigma and discrimination have a HUGE impact on our health! Specifically, weight stigma contributes to inflammation and poor health due to the fight or flight response.
  • There are SO many of us out there ready to help you fight weight stigma in PCOS healthcare. Come join us!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • POCS and Food Peace Support Group
  • Monika Woolsey's work
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode with Evelyn Tribole
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode with Elyse Resch
  • Love, Food Podcast Season 2 Premiere (Episode 100)
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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Are you feeling tempted by all of the New Years diet talk? Do you know diets don't work, and yet find yourself thinking that maybe this time it'll be different? Listen now for my reminders on why intuitive eating and food peace are the way to true empowerment and health.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • We know that diets don't work long-term... and yet, the New Year brings the tempting diet message to the forefront, especially for those of us in larger bodies that face weight stigma.
  • What is intuitive eating? How can it help us to find Food Peace™?
  • The more we try to restrict, the more we feel chaotic around food, and the more likely we are to experience weight gain and eating disorders.
  • This process of Food Peace™ is SO much harder if we live in a larger body!
  • Diets are this big, seductive fantasy designed to keep us stuck in ideas around what makes us worthy.
  • Let's find a way to make our bodies acceptable right NOW.
  • Diets also hold this idea of hope for connection and acceptance, which is part of what makes it so tempting.
  • I believe in body liberation and body autonomy... you can do what you want with your body! But I still encourage you, when you feel the pull of dieting, to consider what triggered that thought process. Investigate it, and if the root of it is yearning to connect with others, consider that connection is what you really want, not weight loss.
  • Working towards radical self-acceptance can feel isolating! Remember that part of the seduction of dieting is hope for connection and acceptance to and from others.
  • People in larger bodies are often praised for seeking out weight loss. It can help you feel more accepted and create a mode of connection... but that doesn't mean it's the right way forward.
  • It's possible that diets are trying to help you meet unmet needs of acceptance and connections. Diving deeper into the WHY is so important!!
  • Shame is likely a part of this as well, so investigate that and unwrap the true motivations behind this urge.
  • Ask yourself, what are you really yearning for?

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating and The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Jes Baker's blog and book, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls
  • The Body Positive and their book, Embody
  • "Wanting to Lose Weight Isn't Shameful" by Hilary Kinavey at Be Nourished
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here.

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embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living
The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

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Is it time for your body peace to get political? Are you ready to stand up against diet culture for good? Listen now to hear my letter to diets, and get ready to get fired up with me!

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Episode's Key Points:

  • We've come to the end of Season 1 of the Love, Food Podcast, and to close us out, I'm going to be reading a letter written by me, straight to diets.
  • It's time to dismantle diet culture, and I need your help. Send me your Dear, Food letter for next season to lovefoodpodcast@gmail.com. I'm looking forward to hearing them!
  • Don't forget to subscribe to the show, and leave a rating and review. It's so important to leave a rating and review, as it helps people who are struggling with their relationship with food and body to find the podcast.
  • “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one.” - Namoi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
  • We should all be raising our children as feminists.
  • Food IS political, and dieting IS political. We HAVE to talk about politics and feminism if we hope to dismantle diet culture and the patriarchy for good.
  • Diets have condemned certain body sizes, and they have distracted all of us from experiencing true joy in our lives and with food. Diets keep us from experiencing connection and joy with others! Diets tell us we aren't worthy of love until we're the "right" size. But none of the things diets tell us are true.
  • Diet culture pretends to be about health, and even has begun to feel like a religion. Diets have gone way too far.
  • Diets predict weight gain and eating disorders!
  • People who oppose diets, and the damage that they do, are coming together. The next generation of psychologists, dietitians, and health professionals will take diet culture down!!
  • We need to teach health professionals about weight bias and weight stigma. It's harmful to our health, even more-so than eating that french fry.
  • Diets are sneaky manipulators, so smart that sometimes we don't even know we're being manipulated.
  • It's time to engage in our politics, understand our privilege, and stand up to diet and body oppression. It's time for us all to feel more at home in our own skin, and to end the normalization of diets and fatphobia. See you in 2018!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 1
  • The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
  • Fiona Sutherland of the Mindful Dietitian
  • Deb Burgard
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 84 with Isabel Foxen Duke
  • Kelly Diels
  • Rupi Kaur
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian

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The Beauty Myth: How Images of Female Beauty Are Used Against Women

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Are the people around you supportive of your food peace journey? Have you found a better way with intuitive eating, but are coming up against a roadblock with family and friends? Listen now for some tips on how to approach this part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Making peace with food is RADICAL! It's truly a political act, and this can cause issues within our family relationships.
  • Health is about FLEXIBILITY!!
  • Dr. Carolyn Ross joins us to talk about the family, and how to manage family members who try to be our food police.
  • Food rules contribute to the development of eating disorders, especially if there's a perceived "weight problem."
  • Make sure not to go too long without eating throughout the day, and add some movement into your life to enhance how your body feels!
  • Intercept questions about your food choices and your body size by making some healthy boundaries. Let them know you're working on things with a doctor or dietitian, and leave it at that.
  • You're allowed to be angry! Feel your feelings, and don't feel like you have to push them down to appease family members.
  • Remember, many of us struggle with internalized fatphobia. Be sure to address this with a treatment provider so that you can work through it!
  • Our weight research is super biased!! You can be healthy at any size... it depends on our BEHAVIORS, not our weight.
  • Research shows that the healthiest weight you can be is "slightly overweight!!"
  • The medical profession changes slowly and shifts in the medical community take time. The status quo will change eventually!
  • Permission promotes health, and shame only brings us down.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The Dance of Anger by Harriet Lerner
  • The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook by Dr. Carolyn Ross ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Find Dr. Carolyn Ross' online coaching program ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian

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The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships
The Food Addiction Recovery Workbook: How to Manage Cravings, Reduce Stress, and Stop Hating Your Body

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Are you struggling with your relationship with exercise while pursuing food peace? Do you attach your self-worth to how much physical activity your body is capable of doing? Listen now for some tips on how to tackle this challenge in the food and body peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Jessi Haggerty joins us to tackle this listener's letter!
  • Fat acceptance and feminism can be KEY to finding recovery... and it can help us to keep going along the recovery path if we start to feel stuck!!
  • It's important to inspect our beliefs about ability, and see how our relationship with exercise is influenced by ableism. Social justice can help us break free from other ways that diet culture holds us back!
  • It's important to think about the INTENTIONS behind our physical activity... if the intention is about body manipulation, weight suppression, or to "prove" something, then it's probably time to take a step back and rethink that choice.
  • Comparisons steal our joy!
  • Remember, compassion is key.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Anna Sweeney's Love, Food Podcast episode
  • Big Magic by Liz Gilbert ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1
  • Jessi podcast, The BodyLove Project ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2
  • Jessi's website and Instagram
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

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Are you struggling to make peace with food while simultaneously grappling with food scarcity? Is poverty and food insecurity contributing to feelings of deprivation? Listen now for ideas on how to navigate this food peace challenge.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • I just got back from BEDA! I had the honor of presenting at the conference, as well as meeting previous Love, Food guests and listeners!!
  • Lack of food access is a real food peace problem! When our body doesn't have consistent access to food, food gains a lot of power in our lives.
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Only once our basic needs are met (food, shelter, oxygen, etc.) can we can reach higher levels.
  • The Hierarchy of Food Needs by Ellyn Satter: If someone doesn't have access to food, you can't work on changing eating patterns to support health.
  • Living in poverty causes oppression, and oppression physically harms our health.
  • PCOS is connected to many health markers that we KNOW are connected to oppression and poverty (high blood pressure, insulin issues, high triglycerides etc). Struggling with both simultaneously exacerbates the problem!
  • Poverty, living in an oppressed body, and experiencing chronic microaggressions sets us up for living in a fight or flight response. This can make conditions like PCOS MUCH worse!
  • Being pushed to diet long-term ALSO causes these negative health outcomes due to increased inflammation.
  • Most people who diet and lose weight with regain that weight in the long run, and most people who regain weight will actually regain more weight than they lost initially. This means that weight loss efforts are actually weight cycling... and weight cycling ALSO contributes to inflammation, high blood pressure, high insulin levels, high triglycerides, etc.
  • PCOS, poverty and discrimination, dieting, and weight cycling ALL contribute to inflammation, high blood pressure, high insulin levels, high triglycerides, etc. in the long term!!
  • You probably aren't addicted to food... your body is just telling you after years of chronic dieting that you need food!! Make sure you're eating enough, especially if you're in a larger body and people are shaming you for your food intake, and that feeling of addiction will likely decrease.
  • Access to healthcare is also a problem here... we need equal access to health for ALL bodies!! 25% of health is determined by behaviors, and 75% of health can be attributed to genetics and the social determinants of health... this means that poor access to healthcare, food, and resources will impact your health negatively. So we need to promote health EQUITY if we want a healthy population!
  • Practice permission and cast aside shame.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Christy Harrison's Love, Food episode
  • Judith Matz's Love, Food episode
  • Aaron Flores's Love, Food episode
  • Rebecca Scritchfield's Love, Food episode
  • Deb Burgard
  • Jes Baker's Instagram and book, Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls: A Handbook for Unapologetic Living

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Have you finally found food freedom with intuitive eating, but are now struggling with the difficult emotions that used to be managed with food? Listen now for some relief from this food peace conundrum.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Intuitive eating can feel SO freeing and exciting, but it also can be tough and SUPER scary!
  • Can you sit with the uncomfortable emotions that come up during the intuitive eating process?
  • Emotional eating is a part of normal eating!! The problem is when food is the ONLY method we have to soothe hard feelings.
  • Part of the food peace journey is moving away from diet culture.
  • Give yourself unconditional permission to eat, and unconditional permission to eat food emotionally!
  • Our world hasn't recovered from it's own eating disorder yet, and that means that food peace can feel really, really hard.
  • We need more fat positivity in our world. Exploring more body image resources can help mitigate the hard feelings that come up in the food peace journey.
  • Intuitive eating takes TIME. Give yourself some patience and compassion, and know that you're going to get there eventually.
  • Immerse yourself in recovery... jump all in!! Give yourself unconditional permission to eat, and unconditional permission to let your body be where it needs to be.
  • ALL of our bodies will change throughout our lives, so we need to make peace with our body no matter what it looks like at any one time.
  • You can't experience recovery until you're ALL IN! Surround yourself with other food peace and body acceptance warriors to support your journey.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • FNCE
  • BEDA/NEDA Conference
  • Intuitive Eating, 3rd ed. by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch and IntuitiveEating.com
  • Evelyn Tribole's Love, Food Podcast episode
  • Elyse Resch's Love, Food Podcast episode
  • She's All Fat Podcast ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Carolyn Costin
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Evelyn Tribole: Intuitive Eating : A Revolutionary Program That Works (Paperback - Revised Ed.); 2012 Edition

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Do you struggle with making peace with physical movement, or are you using it to compensate for eating behaviors? Are you struggling with how to get started, and feeling paralyzed? Listen now for some expert tips on these food peace struggles.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Are you headed to BEDA the first weekend in November? I'm presenting! Come find me so I can give you a FREE gift :)
  • You are NOT alone!!
  • Jessica Setnick joins us to offer her eating disorder recovery and food peace expertise.
  • If we were more open about our food peace struggles, we'd probably find that many people around us are ALSO struggling with diet culture and disordered eating... we need to promote sharing our experiences as a safe option to find support.
  • Sometimes being a smart, self-aware person puts us in a situation of paralysis by analysis! Reach out for support with the appropriate professionals, either in-person or virtually, as the first step to getting out of our own head.
  • Even if we think we know what to eat already, seeing a dietitian is KEY! They can help us break down our own unhelpful thought processes or behaviors.
  • Work on the perfectionism, and work with a dietitian to brainstorm solutions to your individual struggles or roadblocks.
  • What even is an eating disorder dietitian?? They're often more in tune with the connection between food and anxiety or food and emotions. Find the expert who's going to really help you with recovery!!
  • You might go through withdrawal if you struggle with exercise addition or compulsion, so seek out a psychiatrist if there's a need for an evaluation for medication.
  • Being unable to change a pattern doesn't mean you're not trying!! It means that the pattern is so, so strong, and may actually be related to your brain chemistry. This is why getting help from a team of EXPERTS is so crucial, so that they can help you figure out what's really going on.
  • New eyes can help you move forward!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • IFEDD treatment finder
  • Jessica's Eating Disorder Book of Hope and Healing ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Connect with Jessica!
  • My blog post on what it's like to see an eating disorder dietitian
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you have a health condition that's complicated your food peace journey? Listen now for some expert perspective on how to navigate this food peace challenge.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Come find me at FNCE!
  • Trying to heal our relationship with food while struggling with a health condition can be SO hard! Too many health conditions tangle up weight with health, and this can make food peace EVEN HARDER to achieve.
  • Anna Sweeney joins us to talk about finding food peace with a chronic health condition!
  • We're allowed to love food!! Food is AWESOME, and we're supposed to love it!
  • Watch kids eat to see a purely intuitive, blissful experience with food.
  • Having a positive experience with food is often met with concern, and THAT is the problem, NOT your love of food!
  • We're told that we shouldn't trust our body from a young age... but that isn't true! Our body WANTS us to be successful humans, and it's NOT trying to sabotage us.
  • We need to move away from this fear mongering space around food and body.
  • It's time to unlearn diet culture in order to recover from disordered eating!
  • ANY body that's not being appropriately nourished (including satisfaction!) is super likely to have difficult gastric experiences. So it isn't about changing our diet... it's about making peace with food! The only way to heal our gut is with appropriate nutrition.
  • Following any sort of diet DISCONNECTS us from our internal wisdom. The body lets us know what feels good and what doesn't!
  • Choose your un-teachers wisely.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • FNCE
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Body Respect by Linda Bacon
  • Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield
  • Connect with Anna at her website and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Does the journey to food peace just feel too long? Have you been struggling to the point that it feels like it's time to give up? Does thinking about food just make you tired? Are you struggling to make sure you eat enough every day? Listen now for some insight into this part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Food can be boring. Sometimes eating can be a chore, and eating decisions can be exhausting, especially in recovery.
  • Permission, self-care, and just "being" are things that the recovery journey forces us to get familiar with. But they can be challenging, and this boredom and exhaustion around food can be a sign that you are struggling with those parts of food peace.
  • Recovery is like an upward spiral... it can sometimes feel like you're going backwards, but that just means you're about to make a breakthrough.
  • Continue to work on grounding yourself in ALL aspects our your life, not just with food! Use a barometer check to check in with your body throughout the day. Do you feel tired, anxious, or unhappy?
  • Remember, eating disorders are NOT about the food! It's an indicator to us that a need isn't being met.
  • What is our body trying to tell us???
  • Our brains have neuroplasticity!! This means we can change our brains to alter our habits.
  • Remember self-compassion in this process! Eventually, your mind and body will reconnect on its own.
  • Sometimes the exhaustion is related to decision fatigue. Try to conserve your energy for the important, life altering questions!
  • How are our experiences with food replicating our experience in other areas of our lives?
  • Try CBT in conjunction with this embodiment practice!
  • Remember, you may not always have the answer... and that's okay!!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Elyse Resch's Love, Food Podcast Episode
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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If you make peace with food correctly, will you lose weight? Have you gained weight with intuitive eating so think you are doing it wrong? Or, that it isn't working? Does going back on a diet feel tempting due to these body changes, even though you know it ultimately isn't the right path for you? Listen now to hear my tips on how to grapple with this food peace struggle.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Some diets are diets in disguise! They pretend to be non-diets, but they still focus on weight loss and tell us that certain foods are good or bad. Even intuitive eating has been co-opted by the diet industry!
  • Intuitive eating can result in weight loss, weight gain, or sustaining our weight... intuitive eating is not about the weight!! It's about experiencing health, and letting the weight fall where it may. So if you see someone promoting intuitive eating as a weight loss solution, know that this is a diet in disguise, and not a part of true intuitive eating! Instead, this is a part of diet culture.
  • Our weight will ALWAYS change!!
  • We can't love ourselves thin.
  • Emotional eating and binge eating does NOT mean that we hate our bodies!
  • Emotional eating and binge eating are a COPING responses... if there was more permission for our bodies to be whatever size they needed to be, there would probably be less binge and emotional eating.
  • If we eliminated dieting and a fatphobic society, binge eating and emotional eating wouldn't feel as out of control!
  • Be careful who's advice you take in the intuitive eating world!! Not everyone who claims to be teaching intuitive eating has done the proper training.
  • Only our body knows how much we're meant to weight, and the more we diet and experience weight cycling, the heavier we get.
  • 95% of people regain weight after each diet, and a third to a half of those individuals will regain MORE weight than they lost... making us ultimately heavier. Weight cycling also results in a reduced metabolism.
  • Intuitive eating and the healing process are NOT at fault for weight gain! Instead, it's the fault of the initial diet, as well as our natural set point.
  • Work towards body neutrality by acknowledging the fatphobia in our society.
  • Fatphobia moves us away from health!!

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Link up with me at BEDA or FNCE!
  • Beth Rosen's Set Point Theory Pic ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Hirschmann and Munter ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image (Live Girls)
When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession

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Is constant comparison getting in the way of your ability to make peace with food and your body? Listen now for some tips for navigating this difficult food peace struggle.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Comparison is natural, but it can really get in the way of making peace with food!
  • Beth Rosen joins for some insight.
  • Body checking and comparison is super common for chronic dieters.
  • How does our inner mean girl reinforce diet culture's rules??
  • The beauty industry, the diet industry, and the fitness industry ALL conspire to keep us stuck in our own heads, constantly comparing ourselves to others.
  • We can talk back to our inner mean girl and build up our inner girl power so she can fight back! Come up with some body neutral responses to respond to the negative voices that give you unhelpful commentary about your body.
  • Your practice will make progress!! The more often you speak up against internalized diet rules, the sooner your brain will believe it. This is called neuroplasticity.
  • What do we GAIN when we LOSE dieting??
  • Diet's don't help us! It's time to leave dieting behind for good.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The Inner Girl Power Online Course ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Find Beth on her website, her Facebook page, and in her Facebook group!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you cycling between restricting and bingeing? Have you left behind dieting, but are still struggling with the feeling of being out of control around food? Is your body image and fear of weight gain jeopardizing your food peace journey? Listen now for some solutions to these common struggles.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • What's the nitty gritty behind our food and body anxieties??
  • We learn at a young age that our bodies are to be CONTROLLED rather than enjoyed! This directly impacts our body image and how we feel about food.
  • Our relationships with our parents can really influence how we feel about food and our body! The connections we make as children stick with us, and inform our relationships as we get older.
  • Familiar patterns (like dieting!) can feel super familiar and reassuring, even if they aren't ultimately positive patterns for our mental health.
  • Cooking can be an important act of self-care and nourishment!! It can really help us to move past our food rules.
  • Sometimes, when we try to control food and our body, it's because something else feels out of control in our lives.
  • How can we reconnect with our bodies and pleasure?
  • Dieting and eating disorder behaviors can be coping mechanisms that we use to protect ourselves and distract ourselves! When you're ready, or when the coping mechanism isn't serving you anymore, investigate the WHY.
  • Work with a therapist to figure this stuff out, including how to incorporate self-compassion into your life!
  • Recovery isn't linear, and black and white thinking holds you back! Step away from all or nothing thinking to support yourself in your recovery.
  • Connect with your values! This will help you stay on the recovery path.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you trying to find food peace, while also struggling with a chronic illness that requires food restriction of some kind? Do you have fear around certain foods making you sick? Have you struggled with the deprivation and binge cycle? Listen now for some strategies to tackle these food peace challenges.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Elyse Resch joins to talk about intuitive eating!
  • We all are the experts of our own bodies.
  • Feelings of betrayal from food and your body can make finding body trust and connecting with your internal wisdom that much harder.
  • Have self-compassion and gratitude for what our bodies CAN do!
  • Let's shift our thinking... instead of listing all the foods you CAN'T eat when you struggle with something like celiac disease, figure out all the foods you CAN eat.
  • Intuitive eating isn't JUST about flavor (Elyse calls it "the tongue")! It's also about tuning into how we FEEL when we eat certain foods.
  • Intuitive eating is a combination of instinct, feeling, and thought!
  • How do we use our body, education, taste, and intellect to help guide us in our choices?
  • Healthy eating includes pleasure and satisfaction!!
  • If we don't honor our hunger, we'll put ourselves in a situation where we're ravenous, and then we can't find satisfaction in our food. Likewise, if we eat without hunger present, food just doesn't taste as good! It's all about finding the middle ground with hunger.
  • Feelings of deprivation lead directly to bingeing!
  • Shifting our mentality can open the door to profound healing.
  • Dieting doesn't work!!
  • Lean into compassion... whatever we've done, we've done it because it's what we thought we needed to do at the time. It was a way to cope! We can't get mad at ourselves for doing our very best, even if it didn't turn out to be a sustainable path for progress.
  • Come from a place of curiosity, rather than judgment.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • My appearance on Dietitians Unplugged and Nutrition Matters
  • Evelyn Tribole's Love, Food Podcast episode
  • Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Secrets from the Eating Lab by Traci Mann ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Ms. Magazine
  • Elyse's website, email, and "Words of Wisdom"
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Secrets from the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again
Fat Is A Feminist Issue by Orbach, Susie New edition (2006)

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Have you hit diet rock bottom? Are you struggling with internalized fatphobia? Do you desperately want to find food peace, but still feel stuck? Listen now for some solutions to these hurdles.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Diets don't work for ANYONE! "Success" with diets is not the typical experience. So, now what?
  • Body image coach Summer Innanen joins to give us her insight!
  • Summer's body image coaching program, You, On Fire
  • Leaving the food rules behind can be really hard when you haven't built up your intuitive skills to know what you need to eat and how you need to move to feel good in your body.
  • Breaking out of the diet box can be scary!!
  • The transition from dieting to intuitive eating can be long and hard and awkward!
  • What are your next steps? Get rid of the scale and any trackers that make you hyper aware of your body size. You need to tune into what your body needs, not what your body looks like!
  • Go out and find clothes that help you to NOT think about your body and to help you to not fixate on any physical changes that might happen during this process.
  • When you start eating in a non-restricted way, you will probably start eating A LOT more than you think you should! You've been undernourished for so long, and your body needs to catch up. Plus, our perception of how much food we need to function like a normal human is SO skewed! Give yourself permission to eat as much as your body tells you to, even if it feels like too much, and be as compassionate as possible during the process.
  • You can't force balance!! It's about mental and physical wellbeing, and should be measured throughout your lifetime, rather than in short time spans. You can only see it in hindsight!
  • This is a process of UNLEARNING diet culture, and learning the language of body trust and intuition.
  • The whole world reinforces diet culture, and that makes this process even harder!
  • Food is food, and it doesn't deserve the power that we give it.
  • Body acceptance and exploring what your body size means to you is key! Still not liking your body is okay, but coming to a place of body neutrality can be so healing. The goal is just to not think about our body on a consistent basis!
  • We are untamable! Live your life outside of the diet cage.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blogLink to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Melissa Fabello
  • Summer's Body Confidence Makeover ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Summer's podcast, Fearless Rebelle Radio ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Summer's body image coaching program, You, On Fire ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Summer's website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you tried to move away from dieting, but in doing so have started to feel out of control? Are you worried about "letting yourself go?" Do you feel like intuitive eating will just never work for you? Listen now for some thoughts on how to move forward.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Diets cause the chaos, and it's not your fault that moving away from them is so hard!
  • Body positivity doesn't need to be associated with "letting yourself go" or being overfull! This overfull feeling has to do with DIETING, not body positivity.
  • Evelyn Tribole joins to help us tackle these intuitive eating struggles!!
  • Dealing with overeating when you first start exploring intuitive eating is a common struggle, and it can definitely be worked through! There's lots of solutions here.
  • The diet industry makes us feel like we're one bite away from poor health.
  • Remember that the process of intuitive eating and making peace with food is one of discovery and curiosity... there is no way to do it right or wrong!
  • We must connect with the body and become the expert of what own bodies need when we delve into intuitive eating. Clue into what you're experiencing in your body, rather than in your mind.
  • You can't make a mistake in intuitive eating! All bumps in the road are a part of the learning process. If you feel overfull, you haven't done anything wrong! Just explore the experience and discover what is within it.
  • Trust the body, rather than pushing prescriptive rules and decisions. Our bodies have been silenced, and intuitive eating gives them a voice!
  • Interceptive awareness: the ability to perceive the feelings that arise in the body, both physical and emotional (all emotional feelings have a physical response!). Tapping into these feelings can help you get your needs met.
  • How do we move from shame or guilt to curiosity? Pause, and figure out what belief system we believe we've violated. Write down the thoughts and rules that we believe we are breaking.
  • Belief systems take a while to break down!
  • Treat your body as an experiment! Allow intuitive eating to guide you to become an expert of your body again.
  • Surround yourself with resources that promote self-kindness!!
  • Intuitive eating research is strong. There is a body of evidence that shows intuitive eating is health promoting!
  • Intuitive eating is getting more popular in the media... but most main news sites that cover intuitive eating focus on permission to eat, and forget about the rest of the 10 principles. We have to make sure that when people learn about intuitive eating, they learn about what it truly is in its totality!
  • When we take away the guilt and judgment around eating, we make room for satisfaction.
  • You are NOT alone!
  • The steps out of this tug-of-war will be challenging, but they will be worth it.

Show Notes:

  • Julie Dillon RD blogLink to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole's original Love, Food episode
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Brene Brown's work, including her books and her TED talk on shame ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Evelyn Tribole's website
  • Intuitive Eating's website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again

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If you've been trying to control what you eat for years I bet you are desperately needing a break. Fresh Love Food Podcast episode has insight. Pull up a chair and listen now for #foodpeace insight.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Recovering from an eating disorder is SO different than recovery from an addiction... we NEED food! So how do we figure out how to navigate something that we struggle with, but that we have to engage with on a daily basis?
  • When we struggle with an eating disorder, food becomes the central focus of the brain. When we pursue recovery, it's no wonder that food is still on our minds! We have to retrain our brain, and rewire it so that over time, it stops obsessing over the food.
  • Lean into the resentment, anger, and exhaustion! These emotions are present for a reason. Ask yourself, who DESERVES this resentment and anger? This resentment and anger should be directed at our cultural expectations for the human body and for womanhood.
  • Food is there to NOURISH us, not punish us.
  • Recovery from an eating disorder is HARD WORK, and it's made harder by the fact that our culture still needs to recover from its own eating disorder. You keep getting mixed messages!
  • We HAVE to feel our feelings, and examine them to figure out what their messages are for us... otherwise they'll keep resurfacing.
  • Even when things feel hard, remember that you are STILL moving forward.
  • Work with a therapist to help you muddle through this stage!
  • Some practical advice: keep some easy, low-prep, go-to foods on hand at all times! Use these foods when you need a break, but you still want to make sure you're getting the nutrients you need.
  • Food's important, but it's not everything. It doesn't have to always be the most pleasurable or nourishing experience... it can just be food!
  • Food might become boring. That's normal! Try to schedule a meal or snack once a week that you eat with someone else to help support you through this stage.
  • Food is a connector!
  • Food is not supposed to be thought about all the time. Instead, it's a part of our lives, and our relationships should be taking central focus.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Naomi Wolf
  • Susie Orbach
  • Virgie Tovar
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you feel like you've done everything to tackle your struggle with binge eating? Is there a constant battle in your head over cravings? Listen now to hear some solutions on how to overcome this food peace struggle.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • The recovery process is NOT linear, and it takes TIME.
  • Isabel Foxen Duke joins to talk about dieting, bingeing, and more!
  • Physical restriction is NOT THE SAME as emotional and psychological restriction... even if you're eating "enough," bingeing can still occur if you feel mental restriction. Diet mentality is the bigger thing to break down when trying to break free from bingeing!
  • Cravings are neutral things!! We don't need to feel shame about them.
  • Emotional eating and binge eating are two different things! Emotional eating is when we eat something in order to make ourselves feel better. It's a coping mechanism to distract, comfort, soothe or avoid a feeling. Binge eating, on the other hand, is a reaction to the diet mentality. Isabel calls is reactionary eating! For example, when you tell yourself you can't have "x" food, all you want is "x" food, and then it results in a binge.
  • Food is never black and white!
  • Just because we think we're eating "enough," we actually may not be because we live in a restrictive, diet-culture world.
  • Diet mentality tells us that there's a right and wrong way to eat. Giving up dieting is giving up an attitude around food that categorizes certain food behaviors as safe and others as unsafe.
  • "The Don't Binge Eat Diet:" when you're desperately trying to avoid and overcome the urge to binge, which only perpetuates a binge. Think about a bow and arrow... the farther back you pull the bow and the more tension your build, the farther that bow will fly in the other direction when you inevitably let go!
  • There's NOTHING wrong with emotional eating!! The only reason why people fear emotional eating is because we fear getting fat.
  • Emotional eating turns into a binge when we decide that the action we're doing is not okay and feel shameful about it.
  • Quitting dieting doesn't just mean you've put down the calorie counts and the weight loss goals... it means we leave behind the "right" and "wrong" with food.
  • When we struggle with food, we have to ask, where is the restriction happening?? Where is the diet mentality hiding?
  • Not dieting is a physical AND emotional issue! 90% of recovering from dieting is about the diet mentality and diet attitudes, and only 10% of it is about the physical.
  • If you are clinging to ANY kind of wagon, you will inevitably fall off!
  • Permission to binge is step one!!
  • It's time to overcome emotional restriction.
  • You have permission to be where you are right now, and to meet your needs in however you need to.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Isabel's video training series, Stop Fighting Food ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1
  • Isabel's blog ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2
  • Connect with Isabel by getting on her email list!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you trying to make peace with food, but still trying to lose weight? Do you want to know if there is a way to pursue weight loss AND heal your relationship with food? Are you struggling with what you see as an addiction to food? Listen now to hear my insights on this complicated food peace issue.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • The pursuit of weight loss CANNOT be combined with making peace with food... so now what??
  • Thinking about food addiction leads to issues with food preoccupation. We NEED food to survive and thrive! We shouldn't pathologize the desire for food.
  • There isn't ONE diet that, for most people, can help maintain weight loss for more than two years. In fact, most dieters regain all their lost weight, plus more, within five years. Dieting predicts weight gain!!
  • Ancel Keys' Minnesota Starvation Experiment: strong and fit men were fed half of the amount of nutrition they needed. Eventually these men became depressed and food preoccupied, and experienced a decrease in libido and in interest in extracurricular activities.
  • Weight loss pursuits promote restriction, and restriction leads to food preoccupation... so we can't pursue weight loss without it resulting in food preoccupation.
  • Remember, even if you decide to leave dieting and intentional weight loss behind, it will still take TIME to end your struggles with food preoccupation. Make sure you have a team behind you to support your healing!
  • We live in such a fatphobic world! It's important that we break down our own internal biases related to fatness, and face our own fat discrimination.
  • What is really behind the fear of fat? Explore that to figure out what's really behind the obsession with weight loss, and to discover what's keeping you stuck in disordered eating patterns.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Marci Evans' Love, Food Podcast episode
  • Ancel Keys' Minnesota Starvation Experiment
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you embraced body trust, but are suddenly up against a trigger such as body changes? Are you concerned about relapse, and are trying to maintain recovery through a stressful time? Listen now for some advice on navigating this part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Our bodies are ALWAYS changing, especially as women. We go through pregnancies, menopause... so how do we engage in body trust when our bodies keep changing??
  • Sometimes pregnancy can help grant a reprieve from an eating disorder.
  • Weight gain fears with pregnancy are so common!
  • Stressful transitions can trigger a relapse... Ellie Herman from Eating Recovery Center in Denver, Colorado joins to talk about how to keep us safe in these difficult times.
  • Anxiety about body changes is normal! Take a breath, and remind yourself that it's going to be okay.
  • Eating disorders feel so isolating, but the truth is that you are not alone.
  • Sometimes people with a history of food and body struggles will place the stress and blame of new life changes on the body. We fixate there because that's familiar! But the truth is that this body anxiety might be about something else entirely.
  • Find an eating disorder therapist or dietitian to help you on this journey.
  • Investigate what body discomfort means to you! Does it tend to come up with strong emotions, or with the stressors of life? Sit with that discomfort and fear and be curious about it.
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): If we try to push discomfort and fear away, it only brings on more discomfort and fear! Try connecting with your values, and continue living towards those values while still making space for that discomfort.
  • Post-pregnancy can be a big trigger for relapse... for new moms, remember that nourishment for yourself is also nourishment for your child! Focus on taking care of yourself, along with taking care of your new baby.
  • Start a gratitude practice to help ground you in your recovery.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Ellie's new podcast, Mental Note ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #1
  • Eating Recovery Center ---> This week's Food Peace syllabus addition #2
  • Contact Ellie at alumni@eatingrecovery.com
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you ready to leave dieting behind, but are too afraid to make that final leap and embrace intuitive eating? Are you looking for a way out, but aren't sure where to turn? Listen now to hear some great tips to transition into this part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Diets don't work, and losing weight doesn't actually fix any of our problems!
  • Dieting = MISERY!
  • Healthy eating includes pleasure! If a certain eating pattern HURTS, then it's definitely a diet, and it's definitely not health promoting.
  • We give food way too much power and brain space... we should only really have to think about food when it's meal time! Food preoccupation can lead to unhealthy eating behaviors.
  • Compassion is key! It's super common to avoid "healthy" or "diet" foods like fruits and veggies, or to overeat when you first abandon dieting and restriction, all in an effort to overcompensate and make sure you don't fall back into disordered behaviors. So if you catch yourself engaging in these behaviors, just be kind and understanding to yourself. This is all a part of the mess of figuring out your own internal hunger, fullness, and satiety cues. And it won't last forever!
  • This is a PROCESS! Food peace isn't a fast journey.
  • Be curious about your eating behavior rather than judgmental. This will allow you to uncover the root of your food preoccupation!
  • You may have to think about food a lot when you first start the intuitive eating journey, but this won't last. Think about learning how to drive or riding a bike... you have to think about it at first, but once you get it, it's intuitive.
  • If jumping into intuitive eating still feels too scary, try experimenting with check-in times instead! Set an alarm so that you can check in with your hunger every three-ish hours throughout the day, every day. Make sure your check-in times go all the way until you're asleep, and do an intentional body scan to check in with your hunger, fatigue, and other bodily needs. Eventually, this will get you into the habit of checking in with yourself consistently, but not obsessively.
  • Making peace with food is HARD, especially because we live in a world that hasn't recovered yet. Find a dietitian and/or therapist, group therapy, or an online course to help you on this journey!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Evelyn Tribole's Love, Food Episode
  • Paige Smathers' Nutrition Matters Podcast, Love, Food Episode, and online course
  • Erica Leon's Love, Food Episode and online course
  • Christy Harrison's Food Psych Podcast, Love, Food Episode, and online course
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Are you worried about your ability to raise a normal eater, when maybe you've never been one yourself? Do you worry about raising children in larger bodies because you fear they will live a life filled with eating issues and judgment? Listen now for some suggestions for navigating this difficult part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Being in a larger body in this world is HARD. From clothing choices to fitting in chairs, fat bodies face oppression EVERY day.
  • It IS possible to prepare children for this fatphobic world by telling them that you love them at ANY size.
  • Leslie Schilling joins to talk solutions!
  • Our culture is one of diet culture, and so it's not uncommon to have these fears when thinking about having children.
  • Understanding our own development around food is a HUGE step in learning how to raise children with a healthy relationship with food.
  • Sometimes we have to recognize that the way we were raised was super disordered!
  • Use your nutrition intuition.
  • Be ASSERTIVE about the way you raise your children.
  • Remember that you are your child's protector! It's a parent's responsibility to teach body peace, rather than body hate, and to stand up against other adults who perpetuate body shame.
  • Honesty builds bridges.
  • It's not our job to change other people's minds, but it IS our job to be assertive about our own safe spaces.
  • Values upheld by the family help a child to be self-protective.
  • Make sure your kid knows that THEY are in charge of their own body.
  • Kids have to be able to FAIL. As long as they have a safe home to come back to, we can't protect them from all of diet culture all of the time
  • Baby-led weaning: use family food to wean kids off of the bottle.
  • We are born as experts of our own body!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating, 3rd ed. by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • "Helping Your Large Child Thrive in a Fat-Phobic World" by Julie Duffy Dillon
  • Born to Eat: Whole, Healthy Foods from Baby’s First Bite by Leslie Schilling and Wendy Jo Peterson ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Dr. Katja Rowell, The Feeding Doctor
  • 10 Ways Born to Eat Parents Handout excerpt from Born to Eat ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Leslie's Instagram, website, and book website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Born to Eat: Whole, Healthy Foods from Baby's First Bite
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Do you feel like you have to follow diet rules related to when you're allowed to eat? Have you experienced nighttime eating, and feel ashamed, or don't like that it interrupts your sleep cycle? Listen now for some experiments to help you along on this part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Our body has no idea when the sun sets or rises... so why do we have these harsh rules about when we can and can't eat??
  • Uninterrupted sleep is an important part of self-care!
  • We're giving food WAY more power than it deserves.
  • The word "lifestyle" is often used to normalize eating disorders or disordered eating. Eating disorders LOVE to rationalize and minimize the impacts of eating disorder behaviors.
  • Low-energy availability: when someone's moving their body more than the calories they're giving it.
  • When we restrict heavily, the body will eventually try to save itself by EATING! Emotional eating, binge eating, etc. are all really common reactions to not getting enough calories. This is the way the human species ensures its survival in times of famine. Your body didn't fail you; it did it's job!
  • Food RESTRICTION leads to food OBSESSION.
  • Food insecurity: when someone can't obtain food on a consistent basis, possibly due to financial difficulties. When this happens, it's very common for people to not eat according to hunger and fullness, and instead to eat whenever food is around. This can lead to eating past fullness. It's SO important to remember that we must fix ACCESS to food, before we can consider health.
  • Healing your relationship with food and having unconditional permission to eat is the MOST important part of healthy eating!
  • Do you feel like you have unconditional permission to eat? If not, you might want to explore intuitive eating with a registered dietitian.
  • Waking up in the middle of the night to eat is REALLY common for someone who's not eating enough for many days at a time!
  • Be sure that you're eating enough during the day (along with unconditional permission to eat)! This will help with the nighttime eating that wakes you up mid-sleep.
  • TRUST YOUR HUNGER!
  • Hormones are a big part of our hunger signals... if you consistently eat food in the middle of the night, your body will start to think that's meal time. And there's NOTHING wrong with that! But if you want to be sure that you have high quality sleep, experiment with changing your circadian rhythms.
  • Work with a non-diet RD to help troubleshoot these different suggestions!
  • Try having something ready made for you, so that if and when you DO wake up in the middle of the night, you're good to go!
  • Anxiety and stress are often are part of this issue. Investigate how these factors play a role in your night eating!
  • Try turning off all your electronics an hour or so before sleep, and develop a nighttime routine. This CAN include a nighttime snack!!
  • Your body is NOT failing you!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
  • Ellyn Satter's food hierarchy of needs
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Making peace with food comes down to accepting ourselves! This includes accepting our needs and accepting the space we take up in the world.
  • Our bodies are NOT meant to be controlled!! They will change constantly as we get older.
  • Rosie Molinary joins to talk about body image!
  • We ALL have something unique to offer the world.
  • So much of our pain is related to our lack of awareness around our own self-worth. We are all fighting for our worth!
  • Remember, our worth isn't rooted in our appearance. So how do we find our worthiness outside of our earth suit? We must remind ourselves that we are worthy simply by EXISTING!
  • We pour energy and money into how we physically look in order to feel accepted... but this removes resources from experiences in our lives that might have the potential to EMPOWER us instead of disempower us.
  • Diet culture and the beauty ideal PROFIT off of our insecurities.
  • Self-acceptance is a journey!!
  • All experiences are moments of information, rather than moments for judgment. Get curious!
  • Unpack the internalized messages we have been taught about appearance and self-worth.
  • We have to accept that our bodies ALWAYS change... so we can't attach our worth to one stagnant version of our bodies, because that will always be in flux.
  • Imperfect cannot exist if there's no "perfect" in the first place... resist messaging around "effortless" perfection!
  • The images we see of our world in the media are NOT REAL!
  • We have to anchor our faith and belief in ourselves to how we FEEL, rather than how we look.
  • Shaming ourselves NEVER works! It's actually very damaging, and it's not health promoting... we have to operate from a place of self-acceptance instead.
  • Remember, self-acceptance doesn't mean that you don't want to grow in some way. But it does assert your worthiness RIGHT NOW, no matter what growth you achieve down the line.
  • We're the experts of our own bodies!
  • Self-acceptance is a super ACTIVE process.
  • How do we give ourselves what we need every single day?

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass.
  • Anna Guest-Jelley's Curvy Yoga Program and book, Curvy Yoga ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Body of Truth by Harriet Brown ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #4
  • Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance by Rosie Molinary ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #5
  • Rosie Molinary's website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again
Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance
Curvy Yoga®: Love Yourself & Your Body a Little More Each Day
Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It
Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

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Have you dieted for you whole life? Are you looking for a way to help manage your health or a health condition, are being told that dieting and weight loss are the answer, but don't feel that's the right path for you? Listen now for some new options for better health.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Dieting leads to bingeing!
  • Diets don't work... but doctors still prescribe dieting to "help" with all kinds of health conditions. What gives?
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS): A super common endocrine disorder that often is "treated" with dieting. But there are other ways!
  • Dieting is the GREATEST predictor of weight gain and developing an eating disorder.
  • There seems to be some connection between eating disorders and PCOS... but there isn't enough research out there to figure out why!
  • PCOS symptoms: Hormonal disregulation that affects ovulation, hunger/cravings, hair growth changes, central adiposity, high insulin levels, weight gain. Many of these symptoms impact body image in a negative way!
  • People in fat bodies can suffer from anorexia!!
  • Symptom changes/increases means intervention is needed... but it's not the time to blame the individual! It's time to manage the PCOS differently.
  • Be aware of the more uncommon side effects of PCOS (eating disorders, ADD, constipation etc).
  • PCOS is HIGHLY genetically influenced, and there are individuals with PCOS in smaller bodies... so what do doctors tell clients with PCOS to do when they are in a smaller body?? (This question applies to ALL medical intervention suggestions.)
  • Healthcare providers can be extremely fatphobic... advocate for yourself!!
  • If you have PCOS and your cravings are increasing, look into changing up your medication or increasing that amount of protein in your diet.
  • Keep an eye on which foods energize you and which foods drain you!
  • Try incorporating movement into your life, and make sure you have enough food fueling your body to support that movement.
  • Get enough sleep!! Sleep is SO important for an all-around health-promoting routine. Turn off your screens!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode #31
  • Check out the PCOS Series!
  • Dieting predicts weight gain and eating disorders.
  • Evelyn Tribole’s helpful video on the research behind dieting.
  • PCOS is not a pamphlet disease.
  • Women with PCOS: Don’t touch diets with a 10 foot pole
  • Dieting and PCOS can promote eating disorders
  • Stop the Yo-Yo! Diets behind weight cycling negatively impacts PCOS
  • How to eat with PCOS without dieting
  • Monika Woolsey RD and her InCyst Network
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you feel shame around your relationship with food and your body? Are you worried about disclosing your eating behavior to a current partner or loved one? Do you find yourself thinking about food all the time? Listen now for some concrete solutions to overcome these barriers to food peace.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Shame is so common in the eating disorder experience!!
  • Antonia Hartley joins to help tackle this letter writer's struggles...
  • Eating disorders make us feel so alone and isolated, but there are many people dealing with the same issues.
  • Insight and awareness are vital to finding recovery and healing, but it can only take you so far. It's important to work with a dietitian or other eating disorder professional to find lasting recovery and make changes!
  • Finding a Health at Every Size dietitian to work with is SUPER important to make sure you're in a safe environment to find help.
  • If you're thinking about food all day long, definitely inquire if you're eating enough! Sometimes restriction is physical or mental, and adequacy with food is very important!! If you're bingeing, it's likely that you're NOT getting enough, no matter what size you are.
  • It's NOT as simple as calories in, calories out. Our metabolism is MUCH more complicated than that!
  • Sometimes there is fear in letting go of our eating disorder because there is a small part of us that feels these diet rules are serving us in some way... but they're not!
  • "Honesty is the antithesis of eating disorder behavior." - Antonia
  • Relationships are SO important in eating disorder recovery! Be honest with those you love, and set the boundaries around triggers.
  • Eating behaviors can be a messenger for our emotions or our needs... listen to them!
  • If you're in a situation where someone in your life is consistently triggering you, don't be afraid to bring them into a therapy session with you to parse out exactly what you need from them as a loved one. Remember, we live in diet-culture world, so give your loved ones some time to adjust to this new way of life!
  • Be aware of your own internalized fat stigma when exploring recovery.
  • You weren't born with food rules!! These are LEARNED behaviors and "truths."
  • Checking back in with your treatment team post-recovery is SO important! Remember, we live in a world that hasn't recovered from its own eating disorder, so having a supportive community around you is essential for maintaining recovery.
  • On feminism: Feminism is for everyone, not just women! Ending sexism is good for everyone.
  • Ending weight stigma helps everyone!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass.
  • Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor mentioned in this episode
  • Jessica Setnick
  • Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Find Antonia on Instagram and Twitter!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

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Do you deal with binge eating? Did you experience bullying, specifically within your own family, that relates to your body shape or size? Have you experienced sexual abuse, and feel that it has impacted your relationship with food and your body? Are you trying to set a healthy example for your own children after having a difficult relationship with food in your past? Listen now for some expert advice on how to cope with these body trust struggles.

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Check out this summer's special blog post series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey. It aims to help you understand PCOS, improve your relationship with food, and advocate for better care. You will be hearing from nutrition grad student Kimberly Singh and her experiences with PCOS as well as evidenced based info to help arm yourself with the most up-to-date research. Find it here now: JulieDillonRD.com/PCOSseries

Episode's Key Points:

  • Sometimes our family environments can be just as toxic as this culture that we live in... remember, we ALL live in diet culture!! But that doesn't make our family's actions okay.
  • Abuse, physical or mental, can have a profound impact on our relationship with food and our body.
  • Lindsay Stenovec of The Nurtured Mama joins to talk about the complex interactions of motherhood and our relationship with food!
  • Processing this kind of trauma is essential... find a therapist to work through these difficult emotions and to help you cope with your past!
  • Sometimes we use food to cope with our emotions... this is totally understandable, but we can take steps to help heal this part of our relationship with food if we find it interfering with us living our lives.
  • We are all doing the very best that we can under our own circumstances! This doesn't make us a failure or a fraud.
  • How do we feed others when we've had such a fraught relationship with food and body ourselves?
  • As parents, we do our best to shield our children from pain, especially from pain that we have experienced ourselves. Many mamas are trying to shield their children from the pain that they themselves experienced in relation to food and body... but sometimes this backfires when parents do so by trying to get their children to lose weight or to eat in a "perfect" way.
  • Feeling acceptable is SO important to finding body peace and body trust! Instead of repeating the same cycle of trying to control your own child's food intake or body shape, focus on the unconditional acceptance you have for your child and help them to foster this body acceptance in themselves, no matter the outside influences.
  • We should ALWAYS feel safe at home, even if we live in diet-culture world!
  • We're all just doing the best that we can!!
  • What does it mean to eat in a "healthy" way? How do we make peace with food and our bodies?
  • Ellyn Satter's definition of normal eating is a helpful resource!!
  • Healthy eating is more about being connected to life, not about what we put in our bodies.
  • Our relationship with food and our bodies is about very complicated, difficult, and personal truths. It has to do with the food, but it also doesn't! Our past has a HUGE impact on all of this, and it's SO important to find support around figuring all of this stuff out. Find a trauma, Health at Every Size, and eating-disorder-trained therapist or dietitian to help you along this journey!!
  • Raising children brings up the difficult parts in ourselves that still need more work.
  • Going to therapy is a BRAVE choice! It is hard, but it gives us the tools to move forward in our lives and find healing.
  • Stress, discomfort, and feeling like a fraud are messages from our body! These emotions mean there is something that needs to be addressed within.
  • Secretive eating, shame, and hiding of food is an understandable reaction to growing up in an environment that body and food shamed you! The important question is not, "How do I stop," but, "What do these actions tell me about my needs?"
  • Sometimes we don't learn sustainable coping skills as a child... therapy can help us bolster our toolbox of coping mechanisms as adults!
  • Normal eating is FLEXIBLE!!! Normal eating is trusting our body to make up for our "mistakes" in our eating, and being compassionate about our choices.
  • In the end, it is JUST food.
  • When you trust your body to take care of yourself, it'll do the best that it can.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Check out the Empowering Your PCOS Journey Series.
  • Lindsay Stenovec's first episode on the Love, Food Podcast
  • Ellyn Satter's definition of "normal eating"
  • Secrets to Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #1
  • The Nurtured Mama Program & Community with Lindsay Stenovec ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook

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Do you tend to eat on the couch and with distractions, rather than at the dining room table? Are you someone that avoids the dining room table because of past trauma related to mealtime? Are you just trying to navigate this whole food peace journey, and are looking for some direction? Listen now for some steps you can take today.

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Check out this summer's special blog post series: Empowering Your PCOS Journey. It aims to help you understand PCOS, improve your relationship with food, and advocate for better care. You will be hearing from nutrition grad student Kimberly Singh and her experiences with PCOS as well as evidenced based info to help arm yourself with the most up-to-date research.

We are so excited to release our first blog post on Wednesday June 14th.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Vulnerability is a part of healing our relationship with food, but there is also a time and place for NOT being vulnerable! It's all about balance.
  • Rachel Cole joins to talk more about vulnerability and food peace!
  • Having a nourishing and safe place during mealtime as a child is super important! If we don't have that, it can really impact our relationship with food and eating in adulthood.
  • Expand your choices!! Your food behavior shouldn't be dictated but "should's," but instead by what you honestly want to do.
  • There's a time and a place for non-distracted eating, but don't force it!
  • Eat where you feel SAFE.
  • There's no timeline, should's, or black and white thinking... it's all about being "choiceful!"
  • Pleasure is an important part of the eating experience, and we should embrace that. Make sure that the food you're eating is something that you WANT to experience.
  • How do we re-parent our traumatized childhood selves without giving them all the power? Reach out to a therapist to work through this struggle, and have an active dialogue with that child!
  • Put in the effort to make the dining area welcoming and safe... create a warm environment, and make the area available to you with zero pressure to eat there.
  • Make small steps... what would it be like to have one meal at the table? Or just a cup of tea? Start with the lowest hanging fruit! Immerse yourself in the experience with non-judgmental awareness.
  • We should strive to make ALL areas of our literal and metaphorical houses welcoming and comfortable for us.
  • Have compassion for the ways that we take care of ourselves, even if our coping mechanisms aren't the most sustainable!!
  • If your experience doesn't feel good, start getting curious about what would make it feel better.
  • EXPERIMENT!! Explore, get feedback from your body and your emotions, and continue to check in.
  • We are the expert of our own bodies... connect to your body, embrace embodiment, and explore body trust!
  • Listen to a podcast or invite or call a friend while eating if you're feeling lonely and want company, and don't feel like watching the television.
  • Don't be afraid to reach out for support in any capacity to help you through this food peace journey!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • "Dieting is a Violent Act" by Rachel Cole
  • Finding Yourself in the Kitchen by Dana Velden
  • Rachel Cole's FEAST program <--This program looks AMAZING and EMPOWERING!!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Finding Yourself in the Kitchen: Kitchen Meditations and Inspired Recipes from a Mindful Cook

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Are you worried about your bikini body? Does vacation food make your anxiety spike and start the inner dialogue of self-loathing? Is preoccupation with your body getting in the way of you enjoying time spent adventuring? Listen now to hear my tips from a previous Love, Food Podcast episode on how to start living in the moment.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Food should help us enjoy life MORE, not detract from the experience.
  • The best way to keep yourself bingeing while on vacation is to restrict before, and plan to restrict after. A lack of permission throughout the year leads to "indulging" while away!
  • When you're on vacation, you're there to enjoy the food and experience life the way another culture does... not to obsess over what you're eating and how it may or may not be impacting your body size.
  • How do we work on permission to help prevent this kind of preoccupation about food and body during vacation?
    • Think about a pendulum (courtesy of Maria Paredes)... if we don't interrupt the calm sway, the highs and lows stay pretty even-keeled. This is what an intuitive, normal relationship with food looks like! If we eat past fullness for any reason, the pendulum adjusts and we eat less at some point in relation to our intuitive hunger signals to make up for it. This is how our body takes care of us! BUT if we look at the pendulum another way, with a disordered relationship with food, we can see violent swings back and forth between restriction and bingeing. SO the only way to stop it from moving violently in the bingeing direction is to STOP pulling in the direction of restriction!
    • Take a hands-off approach!!
    • Check out my blog post to learn how to slow down that pendulum!
  • It's ABNORMAL to have a competent relationship with food in our culture!!
  • Being human is about following rhythms... the seasons, hunger... we can't contain these rhythms, but we should trust them!
  • When we step away from diets, it's NATURAL to experience a feeling of rebellion. The best way to bypass this rebellion is to immerse yourself in this "vacation brain" while you're at home.
  • Eating when you're hungry and stopping when you're full is simple, but it's NOT easy!
  • Unconditional permission is FUNDAMENTAL to food peace and intuitive eating.
  • Restricting food will only lead to bingeing, and if you want to have a vacation experience free from food preoccupation and filled with cultural immersion, it's time to take away the food rules and diet talk during your regular, everyday life.
  • Always remember to reach out to an eating disorder dietitian to help you on your food peace journey!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass!
  • Maria Paredes' Love, Food Podcast episode
  • Aaron Flores' Love, Food Podcast episode
  • "When relying on hunger is too scary" by Julie Duffy Dillon
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you been struggling with bingeing? Do you feel alone, and find yourself eating in secret, feeling ashamed? Listen now for some insight into this difficult food peace challenge.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Binge eating disorder is the MOST common eating disorder experience! One third of people who seek out weight loss treatment are actually struggling with binge eating disorder.
  • Pursuing weight loss actually makes bingeing WORSE!
  • Healing your relationship with food is messy, but it's a beautiful mess, and it's worth it.
  • What exactly does "overweight" even mean?? I say over what!
  • Weight gain around puberty is COMPLETELY normal! But unfortunately we often shame girls for this.
  • When the world tells us small bodies are valued and larger bodies are unacceptable, it lays the groundwork for the binge eating experience.
  • Getting help can be the first step to peeling away the shame associated with bingeing.
  • What's the difference between a "healing" relationship with food vs a "healthy" one? A healing relationship with food helps us walk away from the perfectionism and the black and white thinking around food.
  • Kari Anderson from Green Mountain at Fox Run joins to talk more about binge eating!
  • Sometimes we use food to try to calm our anxiety... and that's okay! You don't need to feel ashamed about it. Be compassionate to yourself instead!
  • Trusting yourself around food again is a huge step towards healing your relationship with food. Food can have a sense of freedom, rather than fear.
  • It is SO important to validate the role and the function of food in our lives... look at it as a coping mechanism that DID serve you, until it didn't anymore. We may even have to grieve our previous relationship with food in order to move onto the next version.
  • We live in a world where we demonize our food choices constantly!! Our culture doesn't help when someone is trying to heal their relationship with food.
  • We have to jump off the diet train!! The restrictive mindset CREATES the weight "problem."
  • We should never limit the choices in our lives because of our weight!
  • You have a choice in your eating behaviors.
  • If funds are preventing you from getting the help you need to find recovery, there are scholarships you can apply for!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass!
  • Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Binge Eating by Kari Anderson and Michelle May ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Am I Hungry?
  • Green Mountain at Fox Run and the Women's Center for Binge & Emotional Eating
  • Contact Kari, this week's Love Food expert guest
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat for Binge Eating: A Mindful Eating Program for Healing Your Relationship with Food and Your Body

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Do you have a love/hate relationship with food? Are your food issues related to your fear of gaining weight? Have you been struggling for some time, going back and forth between recovery and eating disorder behaviors due to the fear around what food peace truly means? Does food insecurity impact your relationship with food? Listen now for some tips on how to overcome these challenges.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Meret Boxler, host of the Life. Unrestricted podcast, shares her letter about her food peace journey and struggles!
  • None of this is your fault!!
  • Sometimes our family dynamics produce a situation in which the children have to become their own parents to survive. This can impact our relationship with food very deeply.
  • Ellyn Satter's food hierarchy of needs versus the Maslow hierarchy of needs: our foundational needs must be met in order to build towards needs higher up the pyramid. If we're struggling with our foundational needs, we won't be motivated to reach for our more nuanced needs.
    • For example, food security is the foundation of the food hierarchy of needs. If someone wants to work towards wellness, food security must be established first!
    • Some examples of food insecurity: poverty, growing up with caregivers who were always on diets or policing food etc. These environments prevent a foundational sense of food security from forming.
  • Wellness is NOT the most important thing in our relationship with food... it's food security. Permission around foods (especially fun foods!) can be part of the big picture of healing from a past of food insecurity.
  • Feeling our feelings is very important in this food peace process!!
  • If we work at it, our needs around permission and food security will eventually be met. Be patient! You are worth this work!!
  • Food peace is your birthright.
  • Weight stigma is at the core of a lot of our food peace struggles. It is OPPRESSIVE! We need to stop the discrimination based on weight, rather than push people to change their bodies.
  • We need to end weight-based bullying!!
  • The media tells us which body sizes are acceptable. Representation of ALL kinds of bodies is so important.
  • Weight-based stigma in the eating disorder community is a big problem! You can't tell by a person's appearance if they're struggling with an eating disorder.
  • Weight is NOT indicative of health! All bodies of all sizes and abilities can strive for health-promoting behaviors, including body acceptance and intuitive eating.
  • Self-compassion is key!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass!
  • Ellyn Satter's work
  • Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
  • Ellyn Satter's Food Hierarchy of Needs
  • When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession
Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook

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Would you consider yourself a food addict? Do you find yourself trying to abstain from certain foods so you don't "lose control?" Are you unsure if food addiction is the right way to describe what you're experiencing? Listen now for some expertise on the latest research and find out more about the truth behind the food addiction model.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Holidays like Easter and Passover can bring foods out of the woodwork that we don't usually eat! (Think: chocolate bunnies, Peeps, jelly beans.) When these foods resurface, because we haven't learned to make them "neutral" yet, it can feel like we're addicted to them when they're finally around.
  • Our bodies don't need to rely on dieting to find health. In fact, dieting HURTS us, and it can lead to bingeing and an OCD experience with food.
  • Eating is just like peeing!!! When you gotta go, you gotta go, and how much or how little you pee doesn't matter. But with hunger, there is so much JUDGMENT attached to it. So what if we took that judgment away? What if we treated eating just like peeing? They're both bodily functions that do just fine on their own without outward policing. So stop judging when you're hungry, or how much or how little you need to eat to feel satisfied! Eating is like peeing.
  • Marci Evans joins to talk about her expert knowledge on food addiction research!
  • Food doesn't need to have so much power!!
  • You are NOT alone... your pain is individual, but your experiences with food are so common.
  • What are the first steps to making peace with food when dealing with these problems??
    • Compassion!
    • Challenging food addiction in and of itself
  • The food addiction model is problematic and has many limitations!
    • The term "food addiction" is very poorly defined in the research community.
    • Most 0f the research has been done on animals, not humans, and the research that has been done on humans has had a LOT of mixed results.
    • It fails to consider alternatives to the biological response to food that mimics drug use, such as pavlovian conditioning, the fact that food is meant to be rewarding, or the impact of restraint, restriction, or previous dieting on our pleasure reactions.
  • Food is meant to be rewarding!!
  • The pattern of restriction and restraint that then swings to bingeing can lead someone to think they're addicted to food... but that might not be the case! Bingeing is often a reaction to deprivation!!
  • Current food addiction research does NOT account for restraint, restriction, or dieting history.
  • Our natural biology REBELS against restraint!!
  • So how do we move beyond the food addiction model?
    • Remember you are not alone!
    • Consider what "healthy" means to you, and make sure it's BALANCED and SATISFYING.
    • Use resources to support your journey.
    • Notice what's happening in your body instead of what's happening in your brain.
  • Once we take the judgment away, we can really listen to what our body actually needs.
  • Our body craves balance!!
  • Remember, healthy eating includes satiety and pleasure! If you deny these parts of eating, you won't find a peaceful relationship with food.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 53
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 6 with Marci Evans
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass!!
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Eat What You Love and Love What You Eat by Michelle May ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Starting Monday by Karen Koenig ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Find Marci on Twitter!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitian
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: A Mindful Eating Program to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle
Starting Monday: Seven Keys to a Permanent, Positive Relationship with Food

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Have you numbed out using emotional eating or binge eating yet now finding ways to stop? Sounds great, right?!? Not so fast: How do you tolerate these tough emotions? Will they ever end? Have you found alternatives to emotional eating, but are now dealing with confronting these emotions for the first time without the ability to use food as a buffer? Listen now for some tips on handling this part of the food peace journey.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Intuitive Eating: a way of experiencing food WITHOUT food rules... following your inner wisdom to determine what and how much to eat.
  • Our relationship with food MIRRORS how we relate to the world!
  • Intuitive eating will lead to experiencing a more intuitive life in ALL regards.
  • Learning how to eat intuitively in response to hunger and fullness cues, learning to tolerate emotions without food, and learning how to type on the computer without looking at the keys are all similar experiences!! (Listen for the full metaphor... it makes sense, I promise!) It all may feel a bit obsessive at first, or carry a sense of hyper-awareness... but you're learning a new skill, and that's okay! It will calm down and feel more natural eventually.
  • Do we always need to feel all of our feelings?? Yes and no.
  • Manage your emotions like you're making holes in a volcano! Find ways to release before you explode. Work with a therapist or counselor to help you find ways to release your emotions that work for you.
  • We must acknowledge and honor the trauma we've experienced! Work with a therapist to process this trauma.
  • Sometimes being aware ALL of the time of our hard emotions can be exhausting! Sometimes we have to distract ourselves from our emotions so that we can get things done. Just don't let them build up or rely on these distraction techniques too heavily!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Start your private practice! Click here and use code BOSS to get 10% off Jennifer McGurk's Pursuing Private Practice Masterclass!!
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 10 with Jennifer McGurk
  • Intuitive Eating and theIntuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 62 with Evelyn Tribole
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Do you consider food to be your enemy or a waste of time? Are you tired of struggling with body image, yo-yo dieting, and food hate? Do you desperately want to embrace intuitive eating, but are too afraid of leaving behind the safety of an eating disorder? Listen now for a breakdown of how to confront these common food peace dilemmas.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Anita Johnson joins to talk recovery!
  • We live in a world of PARADOX... it's about food, but it's also not about food at the same time!!
  • So how are our food issues not about food? This struggle is a messenger to let us know that there are other issues going on in our lives... what other hungers are we starving for??
  • What is the symbolic nature of our food struggle? If we struggle with food restriction, it's important to look at other areas in our lives where we are restricting. If we struggle with binge eating, it's important to ask where else we feel scarcity in our lives.
  • How do we create a peace-keeping force in our lives? We explore compassionate curiosity, rather than judgment.
  • The foundation to food peace is compassionate curiosity!!
  • How do we discern our symbolic hungers??
  • First we need to change our patterns in our lives... then we can tackle the patterns in our relationship with food.
  • So how do we crack the code on our food behaviors??
    • Sugary foods usually indicate that we are needing sweetness in our lives, either from ourselves or others.
    • Salty and crunchy foods generally indicate repressed anger and frustration.
    • Warm foods mean we are yearning for emotional warmth.
    • Spicy foods are often connected to a desire or fear of excited, stimulation, or change.
    • Chocolate is all about sex, romance, and sexuality.
  • So what next? After we explore our metaphorical relationship with food, how do we reconcile that information with our everyday lives?
  • We're the experts of our bodies!! We're the only ones that really can understand what the food metaphors mean.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Food & Metaphors Free Gift ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #1
  • Light of the Moon Cafe ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnson ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #3
  • Anita's email and counseling info
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling

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Do you ever make your food choices based on what other people might think? Have you ever eaten "for show," or eaten in ways that aren't sustainable because of your food reputation? Listen now for some things to try for your own path to food peace and to break out of this pattern.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Sometimes the way we eat, interact with food, and move our body can become our IDENTITY and sense of SELF-WORTH! But we CAN'T get a healthy sense of sense from our food choices.
  • Becoming a dietitian takes a LOT of work, including a ton of science education. Often, people who go into nutrition are intelligent and want to help people! These characteristics are so much more interesting and make up a much bigger part of our identity than our food choices!!
  • In order to heal, it's time to let go of food as a part of our identity.
  • It's VERY likely that your friends and family don't actually think of you in the context of your food, and that this is an identity you've created and maintained all on your own!
  • Think about how you actually want people to identify you! Write it down, and keep it on hand for whenever you experience normal eating and feel like your identity is being compromised.
  • Bingeing is often a by-product of rigidity, restriction, or other forms of strict eating.
  • Recovery requires a team approach and a ton of support... find a dietitian near you who specializes in eating disorders and seek out therapy!
  • What is "normal" eating?? Normal eating is balanced, non-restrictive, and nourishing.
  • Our biology, and the drive to eat when we're restricting, is here to save us!!
  • Symbolic hunger vs. physiological hunger: Sometimes when we follow rigid eating plans, our bodies start screaming for our attention! Depression and anxiety can surface because our physical needs aren't being met.
  • There's is science out there supporting why diets and restrictive eating don't work! Seek it out.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • "What is Symbolic Hunger?" by Julie Duffy Dillon
  • Secrets from the Eating Lab by Traci Mann
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Secrets from the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again

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Are you someone who has recovered from an eating disorder, but are suddenly experiencing symptoms again? Do you feel like you're falling down a slippery slope, and recovery is slipping out of your grasp? Are you needing some new tools to pursue a peaceful relationship with food? Listen now for some new ways to experiment with the recovery process.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Recovery is NEVER linear! It's messy and complicated, and super personal.
  • This experience is so common the experiencing symptoms even after recovery is the rule, more than the exception.
  • Self-compassion is key for dealing with relapse.
  • Sumner Brooks joins to chat about recovery some more!
  • Disappointment and shame can make us feel so stuck in eating disorder behaviors and relapse.
  • It's so important to NORMALIZE this struggle! You are not alone, and there are a number of reasons we can experience a return of behaviors.
  • Try to react with compassion when you notice the shame and disappointment bubbling up. Recovery will come much quicker with self-compassion!
  • If you're trying to examine the return of a behavior, think about whether or not there are physiological needs not being met (such as hunger), or if there are emotional needs triggering these behaviors meant to soothe and cope.
  • Be aware if medications (such as birth control, SSRIs) or other environmental changes are potentially impacting your mood and contributing to the return of these behaviors!
  • Nothing about recovery or relapse is black or white... figuring out where to go next is a journey!!
  • What are your needs?? Are they being met?? Explore this!
  • Be CURIOUS about this experience! It's an important part of finding what you need to change.
  • Even the slip ups are a part of moving forward. Acknowledge that you may feel like you've screwed it all up, but believe that it isn't true!
  • Spiral UP rather than out!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • EDRDProSymposium Sign up here!
  • Savvy Girl, A Guide to Eating by Brittany Deal and Sumner Brooks ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Sumner's Instagram and main website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Savvy Girl, A Guide to Eating

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Are you feeling lost without all your diet rules? Are you struggling with the phase of intuitive eating where you give yourself permission to eat all foods? Do you feel chaotic, scared, and exhilarated all at the same time? Are you worried that this phase is never going to end, and your relationship with food is never going to calm down? Listen now to start working through these struggles.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • When we are trying to learn a new way to eat, we have to recognize the old rules that dictated our way of eating in the past. We also need to recognize the harm that these rigid rules inflicted on our body, emotions, and relationships!!
  • The "calm" that comes with strict food rules is an ILLUSION! These rules are not nourishing or comforting.
  • This new way of intuitive eating has NO rules because our bodies are not meant to be controlled or regulated.
  • Willpower should not be associated with food intake. Instead, food intake should be thought of like a pendulum! Think about how a pendulum evens itself out... if you pull it back and allow the pendulum's swings to peter out on their own, its movements become much less erratic. But if you continue to pull it back and don't allow it that time to settle, it will continue to swing from one extreme to another. The more the pendulum is pulled, the more it reacts!
  • Give yourself time to heal!! Diet rules are ingrained in us from such a young age, and we have a lot of unlearning to do. This will take TIME.
  • Your brain will likely start to crave a return to diets and rigidity... notice these thoughts, but try not to act on them.
  • Be COMPASSIONATE for where you are in the moment!!
  • An eating disorder is a monster that sucks the life out of people affected, including family. Self-compassion is essential for recovery.
  • If a person is in strong recovery, settling into intuitive eating can take at least a year... give yourself time!!
  • Weight restoration: for many people in recovery, eating a lot more food during recovery to satiate the body post-eating disorder is very necessary! Gaining weight can be a super hard experience though, so be patient and kind to yourself.
  • We live in a world that considers dieting to be "normal" eating... but it's not! Our world is dealing with its own eating disorder.
  • Food and recovery are not black and white. There is so much gray area in our intentions!!
  • Having a recovery team, including a therapist and a weight-inclusive dietitian, is essential to successful recovery.
  • Why are carbohydrates getting such a bad rep?? Every cell in our body needs glucose... which is what carbs break down into when we digest them!
  • The food addiction issue: if you feel like you aren't allowed to eat something and eventually "give in," it can feel like certain foods are addictive. But if you give yourself permission to eat all foods, "addictive" foods lose their power!
  • The more one is deprived of a food, the more their body is going to want to eat it!!
  • Even though intuitive eating and recovery can feel like you're walking a tight rope without a safety net underneath you when you first walk away from dieting and eating disorders, in the long run you are pursuing healing and health!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Evelyn Tribole on Love, Food
  • Marci Evans on Love, Food
  • "When Relying on Hunger is Too Scary" blog post
  • 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook (8 Keys to Mental Health)

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Are you stuck at diet rock bottom? Do you feel shame about your food behaviors and your body? Are you struggling with the diet/binge cycle, looking for support on this food and body peace journey, and trying to break free from the diet mentality? Listen now for some solutions to these challenges.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • The common experience with food and body struggles is SHAME. That shame can prevent people from getting the help they need!
  • Diet rock bottom: the realization that diets just aren't going to work anymore.
  • Judith Matz joins to give us a therapist's perspective!
  • The diet story is always the same, but everyone has their own unique journey. You are not alone!!
  • One comment can lead to a lifelong feeling of shame about the body.
  • People are often stuck in the diet/binge cycle for so long!!
  • By sharing our stories and experiences, we can break out of the shame.
  • Before we start bringing in and stocking up on our forbidden foods, we have to connect with our hunger and fullness cues and rebuild those muscles.
  • When we say we can't have a food, we are more prone to eating it all!! On the flip side, when we make forbidden foods "normal" and give ourselves permission, they become less special. Those forbidden foods become just like any other!
  • Sometimes we need some help on this journey, whether that's a group, a therapist, or a dietitian trained in intuitive eating.
  • Food peace is so hard because we live in a world that moralizes food, adheres to the thin ideal, and equates size to health. This work can feel impossible if you don't have a great support system behind you!
  • Understanding weight stigma is a huge part of this process!! We internalize beliefs about weight and worthiness... letting go of these beliefs about the body can be the hardest part of this process.
  • Weight discrimination hurts everyone, and affects all of us negatively!! It's a social justice issue that we all have to work hard to change in our culture so that we can find body peace.
  • We pass messages down about food and body to our kids all the time that lead them into the diet/binge cycle, but there are ways to stop this pattern!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Dr. Dan Siegel's work
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • The Diet Survivor's Handbook by Judith Matz ---> This week's Food Syllabus Edition #1
  • 52 Ways to Love Your Body by Kimber Simpkins ---> This week's Food Syllabus Edition #2
  • "9 Common Mistakes Parents Make About Their Kid's Weight" by Judith Matz ---> This week's Food Syllabus Edition #3
  • Judith's work
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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The Diet Survivor's Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care
52 Ways to Love Your Body
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Have you ever been someone who sneak eats, or eats other people's food as a way to disguise your own food patterns? Do you identify as a binge eater who has battled the restrict-binge cycle your whole life? Does food feel like a vice, rather than a wonderful tool of connection and nourishment? Listen now for some solutions to these challenges.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Around age five or six, all children go through "Adiposity Rebound." This usually means that developmentally, children will gain weight to prepare for growth in the next few years. Our bodies as kids change so drastically all the time!
  • We live in a fat phobic society!! It's a disgusting reality, but we live in a culture that is not accepting of larger bodies.
  • If an adolescent in your life comes to you and says they want to lose weight, go on a diet, or start an exercise regimen, DO NOT offer to go on it with them! This sends the message that their body needs fixing. Instead, let them know that you will love them no matter what, unconditionally.
  • Every BINGE starts with RESTRICTION!!
  • There are so many people who understand this struggle, feel shame around their eating behaviors, and experience the tug of war of bingeing and restricting.
  • Stop the food fight and take a rest!
  • Dieting and restriction are the SAME THINGS!!
  • The more we restrict and the more we sit in shame, the more we binge.
  • There is a function of binge eating disorder! Bingeing can help us to disconnect from discomfort.
  • Recovery from binge eating disorder takes, on average, six to seven years. Do so with the help of an eating disorder dietitian and a whole team of experts!
  • Eating disorders are complicated because they include elements of mental health along with cultural issues of size acceptance.
  • We live in a world that hasn't recovered from its own eating disorder yet!!
  • Counseling and therapy are KEY elements to recovery!
  • Work with a counselor and a dietitian together to help you along your journey and speed up your recovery process.
  • You're worth recovery!!
  • Shame is a HUGE weight on our shoulders... remove it with the help of professionals!
  • You CAN find balance and food peace!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating Audiobook ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #1
  • Evelyn Tribole's episode of the Love, Food Podcast
  • Life. Unrestricted ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #2
  • Food Psych Podcast ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #3
  • Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance by Rosie Molinary ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #4
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive

The Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

There’s only ONE premier retreat for women who struggle with eating and weight.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Binge Eating White Paper - Myths, Truths and Treatments

Download Green Mountain’s free whitepaper to understand Binge Eating Disorder, the most common eating disorder. Explore the symptoms of and treatment for BED, assess where weight loss fits in, and gain clarity on common myths. Visit https://goo.gl/UGpF78 for more information.

Intuitive Eating: A Practical Guide to Make Peace with Food, Free Yourself from Chronic Dieting, Reach Your Natural Weight
Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance

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Have you tried embracing intuitive eating, only to feel as if giving yourself permission around food makes you lose control? Does making peace with food continually result in a tug-of-war with yourself? Do you struggle with healing your relationship with food, only to find yourself returning to diets when it feels too difficult? Listen now for some thoughts on how to move forward.

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From our sponsor: Green Mountain at Fox Run Specialized Track for College-Aged Women

Dieting trends. Endless images of ‘perfect bodies’. Find a permanent solution to struggles with food, weight and body at Green Mountain at Fox Run. Green Mountain is hosting weekly programs between May 14 and August 26 tailored to the needs of women between ages 18 and 25. Your whole life is ahead of you, and you deserve to live it happily and in good health. Visit https://goo.gl/2r8B2W for more information.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Body positivity doesn't need to be associated with "letting yourself go" or being overfull! This overfull feeling has to do with DIETING, not body positivity.
  • Evelyn Tribole joins to help us tackle these intuitive eating struggles!!
  • Dealing with overeating when you first start exploring intuitive eating is a common struggle, and it can definitely be worked through! There's lots of solutions here.
  • The diet industry makes us feel like we're one bite away from poor health.
  • Remember that the process of intuitive eating and making peace with food is one of discovery and curiosity... there is no way to do it right or wrong!
  • We must connect with the body and become the expert of what own bodies need when we delve into intuitive eating. Clue into what you're experiencing in your body, rather than in your mind.
  • You can't make a mistake in intuitive eating! All bumps in the road are a part of the learning process. If you feel overfull, you haven't done anything wrong! Just explore the experience and discover what is within it.
  • Trust the body, rather than pushing prescriptive rules and decisions. Our bodies have been silenced, and intuitive eating gives them a voice!
  • Interceptive awareness: the ability to perceive the feelings that arise in the body, both physical and emotional (all emotional feelings have a physical response!). Tapping into these feelings can help you get your needs met.
  • How do we move from shame or guilt to curiosity? Pause, and figure out what belief system we believe we've violated. Write down the thoughts and rules that we believe we are breaking.
  • Belief systems take a while to break down!
  • Treat your body as an experiment! Allow intuitive eating to guide you to become an expert of your body again.
  • Surround yourself with resources that promote self-kindness!!
  • Intuitive eating research is strong. There is a body of evidence that shows intuitive eating is health promoting!
  • Intuitive eating is getting more popular in the media... but most main news sites that cover intuitive eating focus on permission to eat, and forget about the rest of the 10 principles. We have to make sure that when people learn about intuitive eating, they learn about what it truly is in its totality!
  • When we take away the guilt and judgment around eating, we make room for satisfaction.
  • You are NOT alone!
  • The steps out of this tug-of-war will be challenging, but they will be worth it.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Brene Brown's work, including her books and her TED talk on shame ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Evelyn Tribole's website
  • Intuitive Eating's website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive

The Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

There’s only ONE premier retreat for women who struggle with eating and weight.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Binge Eating White Paper - Myths, Truths and Treatments

Download Green Mountain’s free whitepaper to understand Binge Eating Disorder, the most common eating disorder. Explore the symptoms of and treatment for BED, assess where weight loss fits in, and gain clarity on common myths. Visit https://goo.gl/UGpF78 for more information.

Body Kindness: Transform Your Health from the Inside Out--and Never Say Diet Again
The Intuitive Eating Workbook: Ten Principles for Nourishing a Healthy Relationship with Food (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

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Do you live in a fat body and struggle to make peace with food due to the overwhelming fat phobia in our culture? Are your healthcare providers, friends, and family urging you to lose weight, even though your body size is right for you? Listen now for some answers on how to overcome this difficult hurdle to making peace with food and your body.

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From our sponsor: Green Mountain at Fox Run Specialized Track for College-Aged Women

Dieting trends. Endless images of ‘perfect bodies’. Find a permanent solution to struggles with food, weight and body at Green Mountain at Fox Run. Green Mountain is hosting weekly programs between May 14 and August 26 tailored to the needs of women between ages 18 and 25. Your whole life is ahead of you, and you deserve to live it happily and in good health. Visit https://goo.gl/2r8B2W for more information.

Episode's Key Points:

  • Part of recovery and healing our relationship with food and our bodies is making peace with our body shape and size, no matter where it may fall. This can be a super difficult part of the process, especially for people who end up in fat bodies because we live in an extremely fat-phobic society!!
  • Prescribing diets for long-term weight loss just DOESN'T work!
  • How do we learn to accept and respect our body in a world that doesn't treat all bodies with kindness?
  • Food peace means learning to be flexible, compassionate, and accepting.
  • We have to learn to trust our hunger and fullness cues, along with our satisfaction levels. But when we learn to let go and trust out internal regulation to tell us how much food we need to eat, we also have to let go of our hopes to control our body size.
  • Sometimes intuitive eating results in a body size that is larger than the culturally "accepted" standard. This whole idea of "too large" and subscribing to the thin ideal is a huge no-no, as we can all achieve health at any size, but this judgment from others can be a huge barrier to food and body peace!
  • Pursuing weight loss and a smaller body is part of what leads to eating disorders.
  • Eating disorders kill someone every 23 hours.
  • You don't have to experience an eating disorder in order to be given permission to trust your body's hunger and fullness cues!
  • Unfortunately, trusting our bodies and having a peaceful relationship with food is NOT a normal occurrence these days.
  • Dieting is disordered eating!!
  • PCOS and disordered eating go hand in hand... some people with PCOS end up in a larger body due to insulin levels, and part of the common "treatment" involves weight loss. BUT not everyone with PCOS is in a fat body, so why do we use weight loss as a primary treatment??
  • If you're trying to deal with doctors while in a fat body, a great question to ask is, "What would you tell a thin person suffering with the condition I've come in here to talk about?" This way you won't just get the standard "lose weight" directive, and you may actually get some quality healthcare that doesn't focus on weight!
  • Pursuing weight loss is one of the most unhealthy mindsets we can have. The more we pursue weight loss, the more we will weigh, and the more at risk we are for an eating disorder.
  • It's time we challenge our weight bias!! It's easier for us to change the culture than to ask fat people to lose weight.
  • Focusing on recovery, rather than weight loss, will help with people dealing with PCOS.
  • I will be launching a special PCOS, food peace course in September!!!
  • Did you know that on average it takes meeting with five different counselors before you meet your perfect therapeutic match?? Keep looking for your best therapist!
  • Online courses can also be a great supplementary support resource, and there are a ton popping up!
  • Can we pursue body and food respect for our children?? So often we pass body hate onto our kids.
  • Over 70 studies show that intuitive eaters have healthier bodies and remain at more stable weights than dieters. Intuitive eating helps people come back to health!
  • If we work towards respecting our bodies, our size will level out at a place that is most comfortable for the individual.
  • Our next episode of the Love, Food Podcast will feature Evelyn Tribole, co-author of Intuitive Eating!
  • Surround yourself with more people who will support your body peace journey!!
  • All bodies are good bodies, and all bodies deserve to feel at home in their skin.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Shapesville by Andy Mills and Becky Osborn ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health by Glenn A. Gaesser---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive

The Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

There’s only ONE premier retreat for women who struggle with eating and weight.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Binge Eating White Paper - Myths, Truths and Treatments

Download Green Mountain’s free whitepaper to understand Binge Eating Disorder, the most common eating disorder. Explore the symptoms of and treatment for BED, assess where weight loss fits in, and gain clarity on common myths. Visit https://goo.gl/UGpF78 for more information.

Big Fat Lies: The Truth About Your Weight and Your Health
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Are you worried you're doing intuitive eating wrong? Does listening to your intuition around food choices make you concerned for your health? Do you just feel a little bit lost and confused with this whole intuitive eating thing? Listen now for some solutions for these struggles.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Perfectionistic tendencies can make embracing a more flexible way of eating, such as intuitive eating, a difficult adjustment.
  • Part of the intuitive eating process is craving foods that have previously been off-limits... these foods tend to be fun foods, such as french fries or cookies!
  • Eventually food will feel calm, fun, and not as exciting. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!!
  • Adrien Paczosa of iLiveWell Nutrition Therapy to talk about perfectionism and intuitive eating.
  • Mom's don't get enough credit!!
  • There's no good/bad or right/wrong way to do intuitive eating or recovery.
  • Social media can trap us into the idea of needing to be perfect.
  • It takes time to understand intuitive eating, and to really understand the process including our own hunger and fullness cues. There is always so much extra noise getting in the way from diet culture... so the first step really is to shut all that stuff out!
  • We need to gives ourselves PERMISSION not to be perfect, and understand that sometimes intuitive eating can feel really great, or not so great. That's just a part of the experience!
  • Cravings come in all shapes and sizes, fun foods and "healthy" foods. We can't judge either kind of craving, and we must grant ourselves permission for both.
  • Sometimes permission can make you feel out of control, especially when we're first starting out. This is when an eating disorder or intuitive eating dietitian can come in handy, as they can help guide you through all the twists and turns.
  • Everything is an EXPERIMENT!!
  • Adrien and I talk about the importance of learning about private practice as dietitians exploring a non-diet approach.
  • YOU'RE NOT DOING IT WRONG!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Rebecca Scritchfield's Body Kindness Podcast Episode 18 featuring me!
  • Adrien Paczosa's iLiveWell Nutrition Therapy, Twitter, Facebook
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 56 with Joanne and Jonah Soolman
  • Emotional vs Physical Hunger Handout by Adrien ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Adrien's iLiveWell Business Academy and upcoming webinar
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive

The Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

There’s only ONE premier retreat for women who struggle with eating and weight.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Binge Eating White Paper - Myths, Truths and Treatments

Download Green Mountain’s free whitepaper to understand Binge Eating Disorder, the most common eating disorder. Explore the symptoms of and treatment for BED, assess where weight loss fits in, and gain clarity on common myths. Visit https://goo.gl/UGpF78 for more information.

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Did healing your relationship with food result in weight gain? Are you angry that healing your relationship with food has made you gain this weight? Do you feel judged based on the weight gain? Listen now for some ways to deal with this part of the food and body peace journey.

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Key Points:

  • It's Eating Disorder Awareness Week! It's time we tackle our cultural eating disorder recovery and speak out about the seriousness of eating disorders.
  • Dieting is a part of the eating disorder experience... if diets weren't normalized, we would have fewer eating disorders!
  • On March 1st start looking for #ChangeTheGame!! Let's change the conversation around dieting. Dieting is NOT healthy eating.
  • YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!
  • Eating disorders kill more people than any other mental illness. One person dies every 23 hours from an eating disorder.
  • The Canary in the Coal Mine metaphor:
    • Coal miners used to bring canaries down into the coal mines with them. If the canaries were singing, the coal miners knew they were safe. Once the singing stopped though, that was the coal miners' cue to get out quickly before the toxic gas killed them too.
    • We live in a toxic environment focused on the thin ideal... some people are impacted much more quickly or intensely than others, and they develop eating disorders (the canaries). They are our warning to fix our toxic environment before it gets us too (the coal miners).
  • Many people who go through classic eating disorder treatment receive a meal plan from their dietitians to guide their eating in recovery. This system may be flawed though, and potentially damaging, and we are actually discovering that we may be able to use intuitive eating much earlier in eating disorder recovery than we initially thought!
  • What exactly is a "set healthy weight?" We really have no clue what any single person is supposed to weigh. At certain points in eating disorder recovery this "set-point" can be an important number, and is determined by past weight experiences... but it's very difficult to actually pin this number down.
  • Our "healthy weight" CHANGES based on our age and other life factors!
  • Some research indicates that being in larger body as we get older can be protective.
  • It's time we change our thought process on what weight indicates!
  • Trying to manipulate someone's weight is going to negatively impact their behaviors.
  • What if the enemy is not food at all, and the enemies are really body hate, the need for control, the value attached to body perception, and the value we hold for the judgment others place on our bodies?
  • We do an activity from When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies, a book that approaches recovery from a feminist perspective. How would we lead our lives if we lived in a world where all bodies were valued, no matter their size? What if we were all considered important and precious the way we are now?
  • We DON'T know what anyone's weight is actually supposed to be, and we probably never will. We just need to accept where our body is at, no matter what. We don't have to fight against our bodies.
  • We need you in this world, as you are now.
  • Food is NOT the enemy!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Overcoming Overeating: How to Break the Diet/Binge Cycle and Live a Healthier, More Satisfying Life by Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession by Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Love, Food Episode 22 with Dr. Maria Paredes
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Weekend Program for Women who Struggle with Eating and Weight Concerns

Green Mountain at Fox Run is excited to announce a one-time opportunity to newcomers – an all-new A Taste of Green Mountain weekend program (March 3 – 5)! Key strategies for mindful eating, mindful movement, self-care, and stress management will be introduced to help participants to eat, move, feel, and LIVE in the moment...to #BeHerNow! This opportunity is only open to new guests of Green Mountain. https://goo.gl/tCVQWl

Specialized Track for College-Aged Women

Dieting trends. Endless images of ‘perfect bodies’. Find a permanent solution to struggles with food, weight and body at Green Mountain at Fox Run. Green Mountain is hosting weekly programs between May 14 and August 26 tailored to the needs of women between ages 18 and 25. Your whole life is ahead of you, and you deserve to live it happily and in good health. Visit https://goo.gl/2r8B2W for more information.

There’s only ONE premier retreat for women who struggle with overeating and weight.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Binge Eating White Paper - Myths, Truths and Treatments

Download Green Mountain’s free whitepaper to understand Binge Eating Disorder, the most common eating disorder. Explore the symptoms of and treatment for BED, assess where weight loss fits in, and gain clarity on common myths. Visit https://goo.gl/UGpF78 for more information.

When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession

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Are you struggling with your relationship with food and your body, but are finding it difficult to find the right resources to help you heal? Do you identify as a man and feel lost or like an outsider in the food and body peace world? Have you made peace with food, but are still struggling to make peace with your body? Listen now for some advice on how to begin tackling these issues.

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Key Points:

  • You are not alone, but we can appreciate that you still FEEL alone!
  • SHAME is a big part of eating disorders, and there is an extra layer of shame for men.
  • Andrew Walen joins for more insight into the male experience with eating disorders, body image struggles, and food peace concerns.
  • Resources for men who struggle with body image is severely lacking!
  • The male ideal: 50% of men wish they were bigger and 50% of men wish they were smaller... there is also a lot of focus on musculature, especially in the chest region (very different than the female ideal!). The physical ideal is also influenced by our ideas of "manliness." Men must be tough, strong, and nothing like women (stereotypically feminine traits such as soft or weak).
  • Eating disorders within the male population are stigmatized because they imply that the person suffering from the eating disorder is weak... which is feminine and therefore "bad."
  • Right now, the biggest thing is NORMALIZING the male eating disorder.
  • According to some research, about 85% of people who struggle with body image issues and eating disorders are heterosexual males.
  • We live in a society that drives us to self-hate because we are told we don't measure up, and people of all ages and of all genders are constantly comparing themselves to those around them.
  • We all struggle with wanting to be appreciated and accepted by those around us!
  • It's important that men dealing with body image issues have the inner courage to speak out and begin to share their stories of struggle and success so that the experience is normalized and more research money can come in to help people suffering!!
  • Residential treatment facilities for men suffering from eating disorders is sorely lacking... only one current center in the country offers in-patient residential treatment for males!
  • How do eating disorders look different in men? How do men talk about their bodies?
    • Focus on muscularity, strength, and dominance
    • Co-morbidity of substance abuse, specifically alcohol
    • Language around the body is less specific and less emotionally intense than a woman's language around the body
  • Coping skills are super important! This can include learning how to sit with discomfort and learning how to communicate emotions.
  • Men are less likely to seek out treatment, more likely to wait longer before undergoing treatment, and more likely to rush through treatment and, as a result, relapse. This inevitably makes the fatality rates for males with eating disorders, specifically anorexia, higher than that of women with eating disorders.
  • Resources can help normalize the experience of men with eating disorders and body image concerns!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • The National Association for Males with Eating Disorders (NAMED) ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #1
  • Bruce Sturgell, founder of Chubstr
  • Man Up to Eating Disorders by Andrew Walen ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #2
  • Shattered Image by Brian Cuban ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #3
  • The Good Eater by Ron Saxen ---> This week's Food Syllabus addition #4
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

A Taste of Green Mountain – Weekend Program Green Mountain at Fox Run is excited to announce a one-time opportunity to newcomers – an all-new A Taste of Green Mountain weekend program! Key strategies for mindful eating, mindful movement, self-care, and stress management will be introduced to help participants to eat, move, feel, and LIVE in the moment...to #BeHerNow! This opportunity is only open to new guests of Green Mountain. https://goo.gl/tCVQWl

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend IntensiveThe Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Foundational Guide to Reaching & Maintaining Your Healthy Weight

Download Green Mountain’s free healthy weight foundational guide to learn how to embrace healthy (and pleasurable) eating strategies, cultivate a fitness practice you enjoy, and use mindfulness to overcome stress & emotional eating https://goo.gl/WwUDOr

Man Up to Eating Disorders
The Good Eater: The True Story of One Man's Struggle With Binge Eating Disorder
Shattered Image: My Triumph Over Body Dysmorphic Disorder

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Do you live with so much body shame that you've contemplated stomach surgeries such as gastric bypass? Are you someone who has already undergone this surgery? Has this surgery only made things with your body more confusing? Do you also deal with PCOS or other complicated health conditions that push weight loss for health? Are you a professional within the dietetics field who also deals with food and body issues? Listen now for some solutions on how to navigate with these various challenges.

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Key Points:

  • Exciting announcement! In September I will be launching my very first online course, dedicated to people who are trying to find food peace while living with PCOS. Sign up for my newsletter to get updates!! And if you deal with PCOS and struggle with food and your body, I want to hear from you! Send me an email at LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com, and let me know what you'd love to see in the course.
  • Dealing with all of these issues related to food is exhausting! Struggling with shame, acceptance, an eating disorder, and much more takes so much energy.
  • You are not a sham, but bariatric surgery as a solution to food peace is a sham.
  • Bariatric surgery is a stomach amputation. It does not have any documented long-term health outcomes, and we do NOT have enough data at this time to suggest that this surgery is a choice that will enhance personal wellness.
  • In any health profession it's important to have size diversity! Fat dietitians, fat gym teachers, and fat healthcare providers are important. If you want to hear more about this topic, check out Love, Food Episode 8 with Glenys Oyston.
  • Many people who choose to study nutrition that have an eating disorder background pursue it because they hope it will help them learn more about food for the sake of their eating disorder, not because they actually want to be dietitians.
  • Recovery from an eating disorder requires a great recovery team!
  • It is so, so common for dietitians and dietitians in training to seek out their own dietitian. If privacy is an issue, many practitioners work online now as well!
  • Question whether or not being a dietitian is for you! It's possible that when you find recovery, it may not be something that speaks to you anymore. This can be a hard decision, but you will get through it!
  • Research and data on how to help people who have had bariatric surgery recover from an eating disorder is sparse because it's a new experience, but it is becoming more common, and there are definitely practitioners out there who can help.
  • REJECTING weight loss is going to be an essential part of the healing process! One cannot heal from an eating disorder while they pursue weight loss!!! When you seek out treatment, make sure your support team is weight neutral. You may even be able to find a Health at Every Size practitioner!
  • People are more likely to experience an eating disorder if they have PCOS.
  • It really isn't about food... it's about stigma, shame, and food lies.
  • Don't give body hate more power!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Love, Food Podcast Episode 8 with Glenys Oyston
  • Glenys Oyston, past podcast guest and proud fat dietitian!
  • The First 3 Steps to Food Peace with PCOS ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • PCOS Is Not a Pamphlet Disease! ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Dieting + PCOS Can Promote Eating Disorders ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • Women with PCOS: Don't Touch Diets with a 10 Foot Pole ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #4
  • How Weight Stigma Hurts Your PCOS ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #5
  • How to eat with PCOS without Dieting ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #6
  • Stop the Yo-Yo! Diets Behind Weight Cycling Negatively Impacts PCOS ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #7
  • Your Eating Lessons From My Big Fat Fabulous Life and Whitney Thore ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #8
  • My Big Fat Fabulous Life - Season 2 Wrap Up: Reaction from Whitney's Dietitian ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #9
  • Your Eating Lessons from My Big Fat Fabulous Life: The Trap of All or Nothing Thinking ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #10
  • Your Eating Lessons from My Big Fat Fabulous Life: Food as Punishment ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #11
  • TLC's My Big Fat Fabulous Life
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

A Taste of Green Mountain – Weekend Program Green Mountain at Fox Run is excited to announce a one-time opportunity to newcomers – an all-new A Taste of Green Mountain weekend program! Key strategies for mindful eating, mindful movement, self-care, and stress management will be introduced to help participants to eat, move, feel, and LIVE in the moment...to #BeHerNow! This opportunity is only open to new guests of Green Mountain. https://goo.gl/tCVQWl

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive

The Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

Green Mountain at Fox Run’s Foundational Guide to Reaching & Maintaining Your Healthy Weight

Download Green Mountain’s free healthy weight foundational guide to learn how to embrace healthy (and pleasurable) eating strategies, cultivate a fitness practice you enjoy, and use mindfulness to overcome stress & emotional eating https://goo.gl/WwUDOr

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Have you been told that following diets and maintaining a certain weight is necessary to be healthy? Do you find that rejecting diets feels difficult because of the culture we live in? Are you thinking about cutting out certain foods to help manage a health issue? Listen now for some help with these varied obstacles to food peace.

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Key Points:

  • Intuitive eating: a way to relate to food without dieting, relying on your own hunger and fullness cues to decide when to eat and how much to eat, unconditional permission to eat what you need and want, and finding ways to deal with our emotions without food.
  • Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT): when someone use food to help manage their disease and prevent disease progression.
  • Joanne and Jonah Soolman of Soolman Nutrition and Wellness join to discuss disease management using nutrition and intuitive eating!
  • Coming out of dieting and entering intuitive eating can be really difficult! It's a huge mindset shift, and some people may feel ambivalent about the transition.
    • Intuitive eating is complete 180 degree shift from diet culture, which is something we have been taught from a super young age. Diet culture includes "truths" such as fat is unhealthy etc. It makes sense that we might have strong feelings in opposing directions (ambivalence)... the research doesn't support diets, but dies are what we've been taught to believe in. So what now?
    • By recognizing ambivalence, we can help individuals empower themselves to make their own decision!
  • People who are considered "overweight" or "obese" have healthier outcomes when they engage in healthy behaviors, regardless of weight.
  • Dieting is an all or nothing approach! Sometimes this leads people to feel like they're going to go out of control with food when they give up dieting for good and shift to intuitive eating.
  • When we leave dieting behind, it may actually feel like a void has been created. This attachment and anxiety is normal!
  • Intuitive eating takes time!!! Generally speaking, if someone is completely recovered from an eating disorder, it takes about a year to move through all of the intuitive eating principles.
  • Fear of weight gain can be a huge deterrent for people to commit to intuitive eating.
  • Intuitive eating is a process, so be patient and let it work itself out!
  • How do we deal with feeling like our weight is causing us physical pain?
    • We have to consider that weight may not be the issue. Bodies get older, and this makes them hurt. It may not be the weight at all, and it might be more beneficial to try and strengthen certain muscles or change up exercise routines to alleviate stress on the body.
    • We also have to not make weight the focal point. 95% of diets fail, and most people regain more weight than was lost... so if you try to lose weight to help alleviate chronic pain, you may actually make it worse in the long run!
    • Thin people have joint and knee pain at a certain age... it isn't necessarily the weight!
    • There are other ways to relieve pain! Doctors, physical therapists, Advil...
  • Can you name one disease that fat people have that thin people don't? NO!
  • How do we explore managing a disease with our food?
    • First we have to meet our essential food needs (Ellyn Satter's Hierarchy of Food Needs)... intuitive eating is part of these essential, baseline needs!
    • Medical Nutrition Therapy: managing a medical condition through food. It is a part of our food needs as well, but it is at the very top of pyramid, and one of the last things to worry about.
    • If you have chronic, rather than acute health conditions, allow yourself to build a solid foundation in intuitive eating. Once you are secure in that, then you can add MNT in! Otherwise MNT could spiral into just another diet.
  • Be careful when trying to cut out foods in the name of health! There's a lot of dietary guidelines out there that are extremely restrictive, and extreme restriction leads to bingeing.
  • Disease is gradual. One cookie or one milkshake is not going to cause the onset of diabetes, for example.
  • We must work through our fear of deprivation before we make food choices in the name of health.
  • TRUST THE PROCESS! THINGS ARE NEVER LINEAR!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Ellyn Satter's Hierarchy of Food Needs
  • Beyond a Shadow of a Diet by Ellen Frankel and Judith Matz ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • The Diet Survivor's Handbook by Judith Matz and Ellen Frankel---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Joanne and Jonah's website and Facebook page
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD.

This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

A Taste of Green Mountain – Weekend ProgramGreen Mountain at Fox Run is excited to announce a one-time opportunity to newcomers – an all-new A Taste of Green Mountain weekend program! Key strategies for mindful eating, mindful movement, self-care, and stress management will be introduced to help participants to eat, move, feel, and LIVE in the moment...to #BeHerNow! This opportunity is only open to new guests of Green Mountain. https://goo.gl/tCVQWl

Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend IntensiveThe Women’s Center for Binge & Emotional Eating is offering its foundational one-week Pathway™ program in an intensive weekend format. Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. Dates are scheduled monthly throughout 2017 although capacity is limited, so visit https://goo.gl/xFh2up for more information.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://goo.gl/si9wZi for more information.

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Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Comprehensive Guide to Treating Binge Eating Disorder, Compulsive Eating, and Emotional Overeating
The Diet Survivor's Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care

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Do you feel that you've made peace with food, but are still struggling to make peace with your body? Have you gained weight on your anti-diet, intuitive eating journey, and are now trying to work through your emotions related to this weight gain? Are you feeling a loss from letting go of dieting? Listen now for some ways to get started on body peace and diet mourning.

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Key Points:

  • National Dieting Month has reached its end! CHEERS!
  • Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!! It really helps people who need to break free from dieting find the podcast and begin their journey to find food peace. Thank you to everyone who has left a review so far!
  • For those of you early on in your intuitive eating journey, this letter writer lets us know that part of intuitive eating is learning that eating past fullness is uncomfortable, and therefore it just isn't something we usually do when we have a healthy relationship with food. Sometimes we eat past fullness to be sure, it happens! But that isn't the norm, and it doesn't fill us with guilt anymore when we do eat past fullness.
  • Recovery takes time... it's a marathon, not a sprint! Connecting to your body can feel unsafe or uncomfortable in early recovery, so be patient when trying to tap into your intuition.
  • Healthy eating includes flexibility!!
  • The only way to learn how to rely on your own hunger, fullness, and satiety cues is trial and error.
  • Intuitive eating = mindful eating = attuned eating.
  • You are allowed to eat things JUST BECAUSE. Unconditional permission to eat is a super important part of intuitive eating, but it can be the scariest!
  • Sometimes through intuitive eating we find that foods we were obsessed with during our disordered days are foods that we actually don't even like.
  • There is often a mourning process when we let go of dieting because dieting sells us the lie of a perfect, happy life. But don't avoid that grief! Feel what you're experiencing, and remember that this feeling won't last forever.
  • Seek out leaders in the body acceptance community to help you work through this grief.
  • The next step is embracing the social justice aspect of diets, and fighting for marginalized groups in the body peace movement.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating, 3rd ed. by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Body Respect by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor
  • Dietland by Sarai Walker
  • Dr. Deah's Calmanac by Deah Anne Schwartz <--- This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

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TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://www.fitwoman.com/for more information.

Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight
Dietland
DR. DEAH'S CALMANAC: YOUR INTERACTIVE MONTHLY GUIDE FOR CULTIVATING A POSITIVE BODY IMAGE
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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What are you waiting to do, see, experience until you have an acceptable body???

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I hope you enjoy this bonus episode exploring this common barrier to healing body image and the exciting new show This Is Us with Shiri Macri. Shiri is the lead therapist at the Women's Center for Binge and Emotional Center at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Key points:

  • Shiri Macri at Green Mountain at Fox Run
  • This Is Us on NBC and the character Kate
  • "I can't stop binge eating" Love Food podcast ep 20 with Kari Anderson where she discusses the function of emotional eating and how important it is to honor this relationship to heal.
  • This Is Us: It’s Not About the Weight…or is it?
  • The Return of This Is Us: How Eating & Weight Struggles Start
  • This is Us: Kate Goes to an “Immersive Weight Retreat”

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Free 4-Week Email Course: #BeHerNow

It’s time to STOP putting your life on hold until you lose weight and START living the life you desire and deserve today! Register for our free 4-week #BeHerNow online course to learn how to transform your thoughts and behaviors so that the real you shines through...paving the way to a fuller, richer life. Explore how to shift your focus from weight to well-being, how to make lasting change from the inside out, and how to identify and realize what you really want and need. Registration for this series closes on Wednesday, February 1, so sign up today to receive the first email in the series on Thursday, February 2. https://goo.gl/nGcLxM

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Have you finally settled into intuitive eating and experiencing more food peace? Yet, do you have trouble talking to close family who are still engaged in dieting? Or, feel conflicted with friends in their pursuit of weight loss when you have finally embraced your innate wisdom?

Are you having trouble supporting friends and family who are still on the diet track without pushing them away?

Listen now for some ideas and solutions on how to tackle this difficult issue.

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Key Points:

  • It's still January, which means it's still National Dieting Month! Find some respite from diet talk with my hashtag, #foodpeace, or email me at LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.
  • Intuitive eating and healing our relationship to food and our body is a long, difficult process, but it's worth it!
  • Intuitive eating: a way to relate to food that rejects diets and encourages people to connect to their internal body cues in order to know when to eat and what to eat.
    • 3 Components: Unconditional permission to eat, to rely on your own hunger and fullness cues, and eating for physical rather than emotional reasons.
    • It may sound simple, but it's not easy!
  • NPR's #SoAnyway Project: helped to guide people through political discourse with friends and family over the holidays after the 2016 Presidential election by giving alternative conversation starters and topics to focus on.
    • Take a page out of their book! Have a bunch of topics ready as conversation changers for when diet talk comes up and you just want to avoid and redirect.
  • Barbara Spanjers, Marriage and Family Therapist, joins for more insight and therapeutic guidance to help navigate this further.
  • When you start to heal your own relationship to food it is really hard to ignore the diet talk all around you!
  • Diet talk is everywhere in our society, it often is a bonding mechanism for women, and it frequently comes from the people we love... so how do we set those difficult boundaries? How do we find the balance between maintaining our relationships, not alienating those that think differently then we do, and not compromising our own recovery?
  • When people are discussing their diet plans, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU! This is something super key to remember when these conversations are happening around you. It's not about you, it's about them, and approaching them with compassion rather than thinking they are making snide suggestions about you and your anti-diet decisions can be extremely helpful!
  • Barbara's Stranger Things analogy: When you heal your relationship with food, you enter a place that others can't even comprehend! You may feel like they're trying to drag you back down, but really it's that they can't see what you can see. You are living in a completely different universe.
  • Changing the subject and shifting it is totally an option! Approach conversation topics with self-compassion and radical self-love, and see what happens!
    • For example, if someone says, "Wow, I'm just so fat," you can respond with, "Oh, well I love you just the way you are!" You stop the diet talk in its tracks, meet your friend or family member with love and compassion, and maybe even begin to challenge their negative self-talk.
  • People with different ways of living can still have loving relationships.
  • Cognitive dissonance: when two opposing thoughts occupy one person's mind, causing tension.
  • The more you try to teach someone an alternative perspective, the more people dig in their heels and cling to their beliefs. If we can understand this reaction more, we can approach friends and family with our alternative point of view in a more effective way.
  • Compassion is key!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) by Elliot Aronson and Carol Tavris --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Mindsight by Daniel Siegal --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Barbara's website
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.

Free 4-Week Email Course: #BeHerNow

It’s time to STOP putting your life on hold until you lose weight and START living the life you desire and deserve today! Register for our free 4-week #BeHerNow online course to learn how to transform your thoughts and behaviors so that the real you shines through...paving the way to a fuller, richer life. Explore how to shift your focus from weight to well-being, how to make lasting change from the inside out, and how to identify and realize what you really want and need. Registration for this series closes on Wednesday, February 1, so sign up today to receive the first email in the series on Thursday, February 2.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://www.fitwoman.com/for more information.

Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

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Do you have a history of addiction to substances, and also have a difficult relationship to food? Have you ever been involved in a 12-step program? Are you trying to experience connection and joy with your body and others, and attempting to reach out to support groups for help, but find them to be a hotbed of diet culture rather than a healing place that cultivates self-acceptance? Listen now as we break it all down, and help you find food peace.

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Key Points:

  • The pursuit of weight loss will only keep us from connecting with our body and others, and keep giving food power over our lives.
  • Have you worked with a support group that you like? If you have, let me know by shooting me an email at LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com!
  • Love, Food is one year old, and I'm not stopping anytime soon!! Leave a rating and review on iTunes to push us up in the rankings, help other people find the show who need support around food, and make my day!
  • Overeaters Anonymous: Good? Bad? Useful? Does abstinence from "trigger foods" work? Is using food to cope with emotions the same as using drugs or alcohol? Are OA's original intentions reflected in the current programs?
    • No matter what our personal opinion, anyone who has improved their relationship to food through the program is valid and their stories are their own!
  • You are not alone! Many people who deal with addiction to substances also deal with difficult relationships to food.
  • OA and abstinence: Many people who went to OA wanted to find abstinence from dieting, but instead were told to be abstinent from certain food groups (e.g. sugar, flours).
  • "The pursuit of weight loss is part of that powerlessness that we feel over food." - Julie
  • When we pursue weight loss, we inevitably focus heavily on food choice and become obsessional. But this isn't a failure, and this doesn't mean you are addicted to food! Instead, it is our body's way of making sure we don't starve it. Once we have unconditional permission to eat, the addictive feeling of food tends to dissipate, and the feeling of being powerless around food becomes less of an issue.
  • The spiritual component and group support of OA can be super beneficial and healing for some people.
  • Eating Disorder Anonymous (EDA): no abstinence required, but also incorporates the group support and spiritual components that many people find fulfilling in OA! There are also other dietitians out there who provide group support through online intuitive eating and eating disorder communities.
  • Tapping into our wisdom and allowing it to guide you is so key to figuring out if certain things are right for you in your path to recovery!
  • Trust your instincts!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Love, Food episode with Marci Evans
  • Marci's work on food addiction
  • Eating Disorder Anonymous
  • Erica Leon's virtual Intuitive Eating Support Group
  • Christy Harrison's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals course (with Facebook group support)
  • Glenys Oyston's online course and group coaching
  • Paige Smathers' online course
  • Ginella Testa's blog post (this week's letter writer)!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for their Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive (January 20-22, 2017). Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. For more information or to register, please visit https://www.fitwoman.com/therapy-services-eating-disorder/offerings/binge-eating-intensive-weekend/.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://www.fitwoman.com/ for more information.

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Ring in the new year a NEW way: without body hate and painful diets. This bonus episode is a part of my #FoodPeace series supporting your way of life promoting health without diets.

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Do you struggle with perfectionism? Have you tried to ditch the diet, but still find yourself obsessing over eating "right?" Do you have a hard time letting go of the weight loss goal, even if you are far into your intuitive eating journey? Does food feel like an all or nothing experience for you, either eating for pleasure or restricting for weight loss? Listen now for some advice on how to work through these issues.

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Key Points:

  • It's National Dieting Month! Be sure to listen in on all the bonus episodes this month to help you avoid the excessive diet talk and fat-shaming gym membership chit chat!
  • Sometimes we can go into certain food restrictions, such as vegetarianism and veganism, with the best of intentions, but they can quickly spiral out of control and feel obsessive.
  • Weight loss is seductive!
  • How do we relate to food in a neutral, balanced way, rather than one that feels like an all-or-nothing, binge restrict cycle?
  • Perfectionism can stand in the way of feeling safe with food and trusting your body.
  • Rebecca Scritchfield joins for some more insight on this topic, and a conversation on body kindness!
  • Diet culture is toxic!! We all need some love and compassion when trying to tackle it.
  • If we're trying to put ourselves first, embrace self-care, and embody self-acceptance but we have not yet fully accepted our bodies just as they are, this can lead to a common but difficult tug of war: to diet, or to drop the diet and plunge headfirst into body acceptance.
  • "Fears and anxieties can lead to desperate decisions and actions." - Rebecca
  • How do we strive for a healthier, happier life in a holistic sense, rather than one that focuses on our size or shape?
  • Feeling stuck between dieting and self-acceptance is draining... how do we break out of that? Rebecca weighs in!
    • Acceptance even in the face of anxiety and discomfort.
    • Space to reflect and engage in compassionate and rational thinking.
  • "Perfectionism means unachievable!" - Rebecca
    • We must be able to question why we are holding ourselves accountable to something that we know no one else can achieve.
    • Practice setting up boundaries around perfectionism and asserting that it does not work for you!
    • STOP allowing it to control your choices.
  • Can we accept ourselves and love ourselves, but still hold weight loss as a goal?
    • If we sit with that desire, but choose not to pursue specific, unhelpful weight loss goals, and instead just bring those feelings along for the ride, eventually that desire will work itself out in favor of self-care and self-love.
    • Take the action that you would take if you were ALREADY the person you "want" to be, and take steps to enjoy life!
    • Eventually, the weight loss goal becomes less important just by doing the things that help you to love yourself more.
  • Diet culture is everywhere, and NOT engaging in diet culture is a huge job!
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Rebecca's new book, Body Kindness!!
    • Guidance and flexible tips to engage in self-care in all aspects of your life.
    • Discussing the benefit of both good AND bad emotions!!
    • How to we set up sustainable, good goals?
    • The benefits of connection, compassion, and kindness... how do we engage in a meaningful life NOW?
    • A special discount for Love Food listeners available for a limited time: order Body Kindness and get 25% off with the code KIND at this link https://www.workman.com/products/body-kindness

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Body of Truth by Harriet Brown --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • The Happiness Trap by Dr. Russ Harris --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3
  • ACT Made Simple by Dr. Russ Harris --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #4
  • Rebecca's new book, Body Kindness: She has a special limited time offer for Love Food listeners and subscribers of my newsletter (hooray!):
    Order Body Kindness and get 25% off with the code KIND at this link https://www.workman.com/products/body-kindness.
  • Body Kindness Get Started Training!!
  • Rebecca's main website
  • Brené Brown
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for their Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive (January 20-22, 2017). Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. For more information or to register, please visit https://www.fitwoman.com/therapy-services-eating-disorder/offerings/binge-eating-intensive-weekend/.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://www.fitwoman.com/ for more information.

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha
ACT Made Simple: An Easy-To-Read Primer on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (The New Harbinger Made Simple Series)
The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT
Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive Our Obsession with Weight--and What We Can Do about It

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Ring in the new year a NEW way: without body hate and painful diets. This bonus episode is a part of my #FoodPeace series supporting your way of life promoting health without diets.

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Ring in the new year a NEW way: without body hate and painful diets. This bonus episode is a part of my #FoodPeace series supporting your way of life promoting health without diets.

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Have you hit diet rock bottom? Do you feel ready for self-love and food peace, but still feel like food is your number one enemy? Are you just plain scared of food, and terrified to abandon the diet mentality and finally embrace health at every size? Listen now for some tips on how to move forward.

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Key Points:

  • Reflections on National Dieting Month (January), my hashtag project, #foodpeace, and my weekly Food Peace Newsletter!
  • Diet rock bottom: the understanding that diets don't work! ... but it can be a tough and lonely place.
  • The New Year shenanigans: dieting and "self-improvement" can run rampant during this time of the year, and it can easily suck you back into the diet mentality.
  • Dieting is seductive because it shows the world that you "have your shit together," especially if you "succeed" in losing the weight. It makes you feel in control of your life... but this is a sham! It's a fantasy. Dieting is not sustainable, and weight loss is not sustainable.
  • How do you define "healthy" for you? Does it include yo-yo dieting, food and weight obsession, or social isolation? These habits do not promote lifelong health, happiness, or wellbeing. We need to redefine what healthy living means, and that definition may be very different from the definition we've been fed our whole lives.
    • My definition of healthy living: Living a life that's connecting to others, to experiences, to challenges, and to joy; engaging in kind, intuitive choices; choosing self-compassion.
  • "There's no way a long-term solution to health includes ignoring or punishing your hunger." - Julie
  • Self-compassion is key when reflecting back on any of our food choices. When healing from diet culture, we're going to make mistakes... LOTS of them. We must approach these with compassion and understand that it's a part of the process.
  • Our world is one that promotes dieting as normal eating.
  • Recovery from dieting is going to take about a year or more, and the involvement of any kind of eating disorder will lengthen this process considerably, so give yourself the time to heal!
  • Choosing not to diet is NEVER the same as letting yourself go!!! It is letting yourself BE. It is giving yourself the opportunity to experience joy, compassion, and wellbeing.
  • Food is not the enemy. Instead, it should promote nourishment, health, connection, and peace.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for their Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive (January 20-22, 2017). Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. For more information or to register, please visit https://www.fitwoman.com/therapy-services-eating-disorder/offerings/binge-eating-intensive-weekend/.

TAKE TIME TO INVEST IN YOU.

It’s time to shine the light on yourself and make YOURSELF the priority. Here at Green Mountain at Fox Run, we’re all about embracing and supporting yourself through self-care. Through powerful tools such as mindfulness techniques, stress management skills, and movement that is customized to your body and fitness level, you’ll learn to practice self-care in your daily life. Visit https://www.fitwoman.com/ for more information.

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Can you not remember the last time you ate without being on some kind of diet? Do you feel anxious and preoccupied about your food choices? Do you feel like you use food to escape your life, and avoid intense emotions? Are you consumed by feelings of loneliness, and find yourself trying to use food to fill that hole? Listen now to get some insight on these issues.

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Key Points:

  • Dieting harms us and disconnects us from our own innate wisdom about our health.
  • We associate the word "skinny" with positive attributes, and the word "fat" with negative attributes, but these are FALSE TRUTHS fed to us via toxic diet culture.
  • Erica Leon joins to talk about our cultural ideas around "skinny" and "fat," and diet culture overall.
  • We often diet to feel in control, but inevitably it does the opposite and makes us feel out of control instead!
  • This pain is so VALID, and our pain surrounding food and our bodies is so, so common.
  • Perfection is not reality!!
  • Using food to cope is an understandable reaction to trauma... but this means that we must tackle the emotional underbelly of our relationship with food.
  • We must let go of dieting, begin to trust our inner wisdom, and understand that all foods fit! This process can cause a lot of uncomfortable emotions to arise, and so having additional mental health support is very important during this process.
  • Dieting, disordered eating, and eating disorders have a function! They allow us to get through trauma, and we cannot discount how important these behaviors are in the context of our journeys.
  • Therapy is such an important adjunctive piece of healing a client's relationship with food and their bodies, especially when working with a nutrition therapist who may not be able to support clients in that mental health capacity.
  • Our relationship with food is about so much MORE than the food!
  • Discomfort means you're GROWING!! Keep going...
  • The first step of intuitive eating is to let go of the diet mentality. This can trigger the feeling of being out of control, and having the support of a dietitian in this phase can be super important! This is when we start to tune into our hunger and fullness, explore food in a new way, and observe everything with non-judgmental awareness.
  • Feeling out of control with diets might be the first step away from diets... but this feeling does NOT last forever!
  • Part of this process is rediscovering foods you may have not liked in the past, things you thought you loved that you don't like anymore, and just feeling it all out by asking yourself questions and reconnecting to your wisdom.
  • You are not alone!!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Intuitive Eating, 3rd ed. by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat by Michelle May --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1
  • The Diet Survivor's Handbook by Ellen Frankel and Judith Matz --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2
  • Erica's website, intuitive eating workshops, Facebook page, and FREE webinar!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for their Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive (January 20-22, 2017). Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. For more information or to register, please visit https://www.fitwoman.com/therapy-services-eating-disorder/offerings/binge-eating-intensive-weekend/.

Immerse yourself in a practice of mindfulness. Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for "Mindfulness for Women Who Struggle With Food and Body - A Meditative Retreat", designed to help you reduce stress, eat well, move joyfully, and guide the way toward ending eating and food struggles. For dates and registration information, please visit

www.fitwoman.com/weight-loss-program-reinvented/2017-mindfulness-weekend/.

The Women’s Center for Binge and Emotional Eating at Green Mountain at Fox Run is the only clinical program in the nation solely for women suffering with binge & emotional eating. Their insurance-eligible program is backed by over 40 years of experience and is staffed by licensed clinicians. Their program has created life-altering changes by helping women to manage emotional overeating through the practice of mindfulness. For more information, visit www.fitwoman.com/binge.

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Are you trying to reconnect to your own innate wisdom with your body and food? Do you feel obsessed with food, especially during the holiday season? Has "clean-eating" become the focal point of your life, and does the idea of eating non "clean" foods make you anxious? Listen now for some ways to combat the holiday diet stress, and to free yourself from the guilt around food.

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Key Points:

  • Food is something that connects us to our family and our culture, but diet culture makes food WAY too important and obsessive, and that preoccupation removes the connecting and pleasurable components of food.
  • Use the hashtag #foodpeace to join in my discussion about alternatives to diets throughout the next few weeks, which are bound to be full of diet talk (January is national dieting month!).
  • Finding pleasure in food contributes to your overall quality of life and health!!
  • Food provides a connection to people around us, and when we get in the way of that, EVERYTHING suffers.
  • Orthorexia: a condition in which a person relates to food in a moralized way (think "good" and "bad" foods) that becomes overwhelming and creates a negative relationship to food.
  • Jennifer McGurk joins for some more insight on food peace!
  • Our culture places so much emphasis on health, and conflates weight loss and clean eating with being healthy.
  • WE GIVE FOOD WAY TOO MUCH POWER!!!
  • How do we change our relationship with food and find food peace? How do we take back our power and control in our lives without trying to exercise power and control over our food?
  • The ways in which we relate to food can be a metaphor for other things that we are struggling with in our lives!
  • Orthorexia may not be a full-blown eating disorder, but it IS a form of disordered eating... we don't know enough about it yet to really have a full grasp of its impact on mental health.
  • First step to healing: make a list of pros and cons of eating in this "clean," controlled way.
    • Pros: control
    • Cons: guilt, disconnection from family and friends around food because you can't join them in certain meals, thoughts and emotions are obsessive about food and make you feel out of control, sacrificing parts of your life!
    • So do the cons outweigh the pros??
  • Recovery from orthorexia takes time! Working with an eating disorder dietitian can help, as well as proper nutrition education (we need "healthy" foods just as much as we need "unhealthy" foods!).
  • Increased moodiness and decreased sleep is a big sign of disordered eating.
  • Carbohydrates are IMPORTANT!!!
  • Taking the focus off the food and focusing more on individual positive health may be a helpful mindset shift.
  • Let's label food not as "healthy" or "unhealthy," but just as what it is. An apple is an apple, plain and simple. Bring food back to the present, rather than interacting with food in an anxiety-driven, future focused, "Is this food going to kill me????" kind of way.
  • ALL FOODS FIT!
  • "Clean eating is washing your food and making sure that it's cooked to the right temperature. There is no such thing as dirty eating unless your food literally comes from the ground and has dirt on it." - Jennifer
  • Orthorexia carries implications for those around us... if some of us are eating "clean," then are the rest of us eating dirty??? NO!
  • Eating "well" doesn't have to be black and white... we can eat our ice pops and also go to the farmers market.
  • "Our relationships are more important than our food choices." - Julie
  • Nutritional health has a lot more to do with our mental health and our emotional health than we've ever realized before... let's cross our fingers for some more research!!
  • Let's give ourselves permission to have fun with food and our family... Just remember, how would it feel to be at peace with food?
  • The importance of mental health as it impacts our physical health cannot be ignored." - Julie
  • Having such rigid rules around food may actually result in negative consequences to our health.
  • Food is just not as black and white as we want it to be... apples won't cure all ills and cheeseburgers won't kill us!
  • You don't need forgiveness for the food choices you make!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Dr. Steven Bratman's Essay on Orthorexia
  • "How to Take Back Your Power From Food this Holiday Season" by Julie Duffy Dillon
  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5)
  • Pamela Kelle, RD
  • "No food is healthy. Not even kale." by Michael Ruhlman
  • The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Karen Koenig --> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Jennifer's book on private practice, Pursuing Private Practice
  • Jennifer's Nutrition Counseling and Consulting, Eat With Knowledge
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:

Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for their Binge & Emotional Eating Weekend Intensive (January 20-22, 2017). Participants will explore personal barriers and how to counter them with evidence-based strategies to prevent eating in response to stress and emotions. For more information or to register, please visit https://www.fitwoman.com/therapy-services-eating-disorder/offerings/binge-eating-intensive-weekend/.

Immerse yourself in a practice of mindfulness. Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for "Mindfulness for Women Who Struggle With Food and Body - A Meditative Retreat", designed to help you reduce stress, eat well, move joyfully, and guide the way toward ending eating and food struggles. For dates and registration information, please visit www.fitwoman.com/weight-loss-program-reinvented/2017-mindfulness-weekend/.

The Women’s Center for Binge and Emotional Eating at Green Mountain at Fox Run is the only clinical program in the nation solely for women suffering with binge & emotional eating. Their insurance-eligible program is backed by over 40 years of experience and is staffed by licensed clinicians. Their program has created life-altering changes by helping women to manage emotional overeating through the practice of mindfulness. For more information, visit www.fitwoman.com/binge.

Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Start Your Own Business
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition: DSM-5
The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!

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Do you feel like your preoccupation and shame around food and your body end up making you miss out on parts of your life? Do you feel embarrassed and judged by your size, and often find other peoples' comments about your weight triggering? Are you a person of size trying to navigate the professional world of health and nutrition while still feeling comfortable in your own skin? Listen now for some solutions on overcoming the shame and judgment around your body size.

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Key Points:

  • The importance of size diversity in the nutrition and dietetics profession.
  • Diets and kids: So often, kids are put on diets at a young age because they are considered "overweight." This often does more harm than good, and ends up creating a breeding ground for a disordered relationships with food to grow.
  • Lauren Anton joins to answer the writer's letter!
  • The unfair expectations placed on people in the health and wellness professions to look and act a certain way.
  • Surround yourself with like-minded folks who subscribe to an all-foods-fit, HAES mentality rather than people who are obsessed with food, calories, over-exercising, and dieting in order to avoid being around people who might be entrenched in weight stigma.
  • Some schools are adding advocacy and size diversity to their nutrition curriculum!
  • Weight loss is not the goal!!! Let's be advocates of size diversity, rather than forcing everyone into one specific body type.
  • Would you say an English bulldog should look like a pit bull???? AKA, our bodies are the size and shape they are meant to be, and we should never try to force them to be something different.
  • "The body's gonna do what it will." - Lauren
  • How we relate to food mirrors how we relate to others and ourselves.
  • If we let judgment control our food choices, it only leads to weight cycling and a tumultuous relationship with food.
  • We must learn to love, respect, and accept ourselves!
  • Being in a larger body is not the bad thing. The way we treat and perceive the larger body is the bad thing.
  • Mindful eating and hunger/fullness techniques are not another diet!
  • Part of engaging with food is allowing joy.
  • You are worthy of nourishment no matter your size!!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • I am a Fat Nutrition Student...Can I still be a dietitian? HELL YES! Link here to Ep 6 where discussed with Glenys Oyston RD
  • Poodle Science HAES video
  • Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon
  • Lindabacon.org
  • Mindful Eating by Jan Chozen Bays
  • Our fab guest Lauren Anton RD's contact info: Arrive Nutrition, @laurenantonrd, @lganutrition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Immerse yourself in a practice of mindfulness. Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for "Mindfulness for Women Who Struggle With Food and Body - A Meditative Retreat", designed to help you reduce stress, eat well, move joyfully, and guide the way toward ending eating and food struggles. For dates and registration information, please visit

www.fitwoman.com/weight-loss-program-reinvented/2017-mindfulness-weekend/.

The Women’s Center for Binge and Emotional Eating at Green Mountain at Fox Run is the only clinical program in the nation solely for women suffering with binge & emotional eating. Their insurance-eligible program is backed by over 40 years of experience and is staffed by licensed clinicians. Their program has created life-altering changes by helping women to manage emotional overeating through the practice of mindfulness. For more information, visit www.fitwoman.com/binge.

Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight
Mindful Eating: A Guide to Rediscovering a Healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food (Includes CD)

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Have you worked really hard to stop hating your body but feel like your family keeps holding you back? Do you find yourself dealing with the food police within your own family, even after you've begun to make peace with food yourself? Do you have family that encourages fat shaming and diet culture, even when you feel like you're doing your best to rid yourself of the mindset?? Listen now as Julie tackles this family-oriented topic and introduces some solutions.

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Key Points:

  • What is the experience of finding peace with food while family members surrounding us stay stuck in the diet mentality?
  • Fat shaming can come from people we care about!
  • Setting our own boundaries is SUPER important in trying to protect your own recovery.
  • The world that we live in isn't one of body-positivity, HAES, and size acceptance. This means that when we pursue recovery, we are going against the vast majority of society, and sometimes that means our families. This makes the work harder to do, but it is that much more important!
  • Going against family dynamics is super hard, and when we actively follow our own path, it is common to feel pressure to go with the flow and back off of our own personal work in order to appease the family.
  • When we RECOGNIZE any emotion we are having, it automatically diffuses it and breaks its power.
  • How to beat body comparison: recognize the emotion, remove its power, and counteract with readily available responses of self-compassion.
  • How do we connect with our self-compassion?? We must actively find ways to support self-compassion for the moments in which we feel vulnerable.
  • Remember, our feelings and experiences are not going to last forever!!
  • Have some ready-made comebacks to assert your recovery, either by facing it head on or by changing the subject.
  • Surviving the Holidays and National Diet Month : #SoAnyway
  • How do we empower ourselves to connect to peace and health and feeling comfortable in our own skin?
  • When we provide new visuals for ourselves that are more size-diverse, it provides another option for our brains to think that OTHER kinds of bodies are beautiful too!
  • IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO FIX OUR FAMILY!
  • We should spend our energy on keeping ourselves safe, setting our own boundaries, and focusing on ensuring that we are providing the best modeling for our own family in terms of having a healthy relationship with food.
  • Embrace self-compassion, boundaries, and self-care.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Dear Virgie: How Do I Deal With My Mom's Fatphobia and Concern Trolling?, Wear Your Voice
  • Embrace, the documentary
  • Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Immerse yourself in a practice of mindfulness. Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for "Mindfulness for Women Who Struggle With Food and Body - A Meditative Retreat", designed to help you reduce stress, eat well, move joyfully, and guide the way toward ending eating and food struggles. For dates and registration information, please visit

www.fitwoman.com/weight-loss-program-reinvented/2017-mindfulness-weekend/.

The Women’s Center for Binge and Emotional Eating at Green Mountain at Fox Run is the only clinical program in the nation solely for women suffering with binge & emotional eating. Their insurance-eligible program is backed by over 40 years of experience and is staffed by licensed clinicians. Their program has created life-altering changes by helping women to manage emotional overeating through the practice of mindfulness. For more information, visit www.fitwoman.com/binge.

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Are you someone who identifies with the emotional eating experience? Have you tried everything to work through emotional eating and bingeing, but still lean on food when things feel intolerable? Do the tools that everyone suggests to you to overcome these problems always seem to fall short? Listen now to get a new perspective and begin to find some relief from emotional eating.

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Key Points:

  • Sometimes we get convinced that nothing will work as good as food in allowing us to cope with our emotional issues.
  • How do we incorporate tools that just don't work with our lifestyle?
  • Eating for emotional comfort just doesn't make us happy in the long run!
  • Ellen Shuman, a therapist who does work specifically with people who struggle with emotional eating, joins us to help answer today's letter! She tells us about her journey to becoming involved in the eating disorder and emotional eating worlds.
  • "The Oprah Effect"
  • Ellen's "Emotional Handrails:" something to attach our mind to in order to tolerate the emotions long enough to figure out what is driving us to emotional eating.
  • It's not about food behavior, it's about being able to internally emotionally regulate!
  • "I've learned how to neutralize the things I'm saying to myself that really are distortions, and not really the truth." - Ellen
  • The whole point of eating emotionally is to be mindLESS, which is why mindFULL eating is such a hard goal for people who deal with emotional eating.
  • "First we learn how to tolerate our thoughts and feelings and to feel more empowered to manage those so [that] we're not so scared they're gonna overwhelm us." - Ellen
  • There are so many tools out there that work better!! It's about intervening BEFORE the food thought hits.
  • Conscious positive behavior replaces conscious negative behavior.
  • Ellen's "To Hell With it Switch:" that moment in which we abandon our promises to "do better" and instead engage in emotional eating to numb out.
  • What's the brain chemistry going on here?? What are the patterns of thinking that trigger our emotional eating?
  • Top brain (pre-frontal cortex) vs. bottom brain (primitive brain).
  • Use self-compassion and self-care to quiet your negative thoughts (middle-brain self-critical statements) that lead to emotional overeating!
  • "I am not my thoughts! Just 'cause I have a food thought doesn't mean I have to act on it." - Ellen
  • "Don't believe everything you think." - Dr. Wayne W Dyer
  • Ellen chats about her program, A Weigh Out which focuses on an end to emotional eating and weight obsession, her free phone seminar session, and the Weigh Out free 3-week membership.
  • If we work on the underlying issues and learn new tools to support our emotional management, then the food issues begin to resolve themselves.
  • Happiness and freedom from food obsession comes from being who we truly are, and working on our emotional coping tools.
  • You are WORTH putting in the effort and figuring this out. Stop blaming yourself... you haven't found the tools yet that work for you!
  • RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE!!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Marsha Lineham and DBT
  • Excuses Begone! by Dr. Wayne W Dyer
  • Free Phone Coach Seminar with Ellen
  • A Weigh Out
  • Ellen's free 3-week membership
  • Ellen's contact information: ellen@aweighout.com, (513) 321-4242
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode is sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
Immerse yourself in a practice of mindfulness. Join Green Mountain at Fox Run for "Mindfulness for Women Who Struggle With Food and Body - A Meditative Retreat", designed to help you reduce stress, eat well, move joyfully, and guide the way toward ending eating and food struggles. For dates and registration information, please visit www.fitwoman.com/weight-loss-program-reinvented/2017-mindfulness-weekend/.

The Women’s Center for Binge and Emotional Eating at Green Mountain at Fox Run is the only clinical program in the nation solely for women suffering with binge & emotional eating. Their insurance-eligible program is backed by over 40 years of experience and is staffed by licensed clinicians. Their program has created life-altering changes by helping women to manage emotional overeating through the practice of mindfulness. For more information, visit www.fitwoman.com/binge.

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Do you have a health situation that makes intuitive eating difficult? Do you have doctors telling you that weight loss and cutting out certain food groups is required for your wellbeing? Do you just feel lost and want to help guide yourself toward food peace?? Listen now for some first steps on how to tackle it all.

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Key Points:

  • Reflections on the 2016 Election, the President-elect Donald Trump, and the fat phobia that has come along with his campaign.
  • The difficulty in choosing not to diet, and dealing with the pressures from outside sources to continue down that path.
  • Using food as a coping mechanism and a numbing agent for uncomfortable feelings.
  • The vulnerability and fear of being thin.
  • Coping with health issues, such as PCOS, while also dealing with a disordered relationship with food and your body.
  • PCOS: weight gain, hormone destabilization, fatigue... what do we do??
  • Does intuitive eating really work for PCOS?? Or does "healing" PCOS require weight loss, as so many doctors suggest?
  • The million dollar question: can someone work on intuitive eating (rather than dieting) AND manage their health with PCOS? HELL YES!
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: a genetic and environmental syndrome that affects someone's hormones, which leads to high insulin levels and insulin resistance. These high insulin levels lead to a high drive to eat, especially carbohydrates, which can lead to weight gain. Weight loss is often the primary treatment from most practitioners. This can make delving into intuitive eating difficult! Other sympotoms can include hair growth and male pattern baldness. These symptoms can have a huge negative impact on the body image of someone dealing with PCOS.
  • Self-care needs to be a priority for people with PCOS, especially getting enough sleep.
  • Those affected with PCOS can actually use the delicate balance of their bodies to delve deeply into intuitive eating! Take notice of energy levels and mood, rather than weight and even hunger cues (hunger cues can be super difficult to interpret with PCOS!).
  • Those with PCOS will probably need more protein than those without, especially at breakfast and before bed, to help with fatigue and appetite (but don't cut out carboydrates or fats!).
  • Focus on healing your body and your soul... Sometimes, it's not about the food!!
  • Sit with your vulnerability. (This is where therapy can come in handy! Therapists allow us the space to sit in that feeling.)
  • Put weight loss on the back burner and check in with your body... how does it feel today? What self-care did I do that worked for me today? This will help lead you to food peace and body peace.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • PCOS and Food Peace tools
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode was sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
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Do you have a hard time eating without worrying about "good" and "bad" food labels? Do you feel like food is your enemy? Do you feel overwhelmed by all the nutrition info out there? Join Julie and fellow dietitian Fiona Southerland to start unpacking this issue!

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Key Points:

  • Our bodies have lots of different methods, including our brains and our intuition, to help them figure out what they needs in terms of food in order to feel satisfied and full.
  • Healthy eating includes PLEASURE!
  • Fiona Southerland joins to help answer this week’s letter!
  • Self-compassion and kindness is super important when we confront our beliefs related to food rules.
  • We are not alone… so many of us feel this way.
  • It’s impossible to follow every single food rule!
  • The more we try to follow rules and live in our heads (intellectualizing!), the less we listen to our body and intuition (innate wisdom!).
  • There are so many crazy things going on in the world… why are we focused on whether or not something has gluten in it?!
  • Even the professionals don’t know everything about nutrition… it’s confusing!
  • When we try to control things that weren’t supposed to be controlled (like our food intake) we go haywire.
  • Our culture is confusing health with our appearance (like our body shape).
  • Our expectations about the female body inform our opinions of health.
  • Fiona’s "Build up and let go model:" build up our skills of inner awareness, which will allow us to let go of rigidity.
  • We need skills related to our intuition in order to drop the food rules and stick to it!
  • How do we find a stable place outside of food when we feel out of control with our body?
  • The wise parts of us are not perfect!
  • Intuitive eating can become another set of diet rules… don’t let it!
  • The foundation of intuitive eating is unconditional permission to eat.
  • We must help people build long-term resilience against the cultural crap! Self-care and personal connection are super helpful for our wellbeing, and we have to return to our well of wisdom and call upon a stable place of self-compassion to take care or ourselves and move past cultural expectations.
  • Intuitive eating is s different way of BEING with food. It’s peace. But it’s scary, and that’s okay!
  • Perfectionism and the all-or-nothing approach can get in the way of healing around food.
  • Fiona says, “Reassurance without assurance”… we will support you through the confusion!
  • HEALING YOUR RELATIONSHIP TO FOOD IS MESSY!! (Cultivate the mess!)
  • Although knowledge is important, it can take us away from living. It’s time to slow down and hone in on our intuition.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Work by Ellyn Satter
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Trioble and Elyse Resch
  • Embody by Connie Sobczak
  • The Diet Survivor's Handbook by Judith Matz and Ellen Frankel
  • Find Fiona Southerland at Body Positive Australia! Find her professional development, resources, and workshops about mindfulness and intuitive eating for dietitians at The Mindful Dietitian
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode was sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
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embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
The Diet Survivor's Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating, Acceptance and Self-Care

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Are you ready to heal your relationship with food yet stuck?? How do you make amends with food and your body when disordered eating is all you've known? Are you ready to make a change yet unsure of the steps? Listen now for a new set of directions.

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Key Points:

  • Julie needs your letters! Send your letter detailing your complicated relationship with Food to LoveFoodPodcast@Gmail.com.
  • You've been fighting for many years and I appreciate that is exhausting!
  • The doctor's comment did not cause this struggle yet totally F-ed it up! Doctors pointing out fat bodies as wrong happens too often and leads to distrusting the body and feeling unacceptable. I wish health providers knew their power to prevent eating disorders especially when a mom brings her child in concerned about disordered eating. To health providers: don't say they should lose weight or exercise more!!
  • Shame in the food choices: food dichotomy doesn't promote health. Food isn't supposed to have this much power and pride.
  • Food gets too much power. It doesn't deserve it!
  • Bulimia's behaviors promote fluid shifts, puffiness, and body shame.
  • Relationships heal this. They are much more important and valuable than this eating disorder.
  • Next steps are painful BUT all worth it because recovery will allow these relationships to continue to blossom and fulfill your life.
  • You need to choose from a "healthy" weight loss journey OR eating disorder recovery? Can't have both. We can't make peace with food AND pursue weight loss. Pursuing weight loss will only enhance eating disorder behavior and negative body image.
  • Healthy relationships are not compatible with the eating disorder.
  • Unconditional acceptance and respect is what is missing.
  • Take it slow. Day by day. Surround yourself with helpers. Be mindful to pick a helper that is body positive.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1's Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD. This episode was sponsored by my friends at Green Mountain at Fox Run.
A special promotion for Love Food listeners:
VIP Upgrades at Green Mountain at Fox Run
On stays November 6 - December 17, 2016
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Does exercise control your life? Are you trying to recover your relationship with food, your body, and exercise? Wonder what a healthy relationship with exercise looks like for you?? Join Julie as she chats with sports dietitian Nancy Clark on this important topic. Listen now for places to start.

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Key Points:

  • Julie needs your letters! Send your letter detailing your complicated relationship with Food to LoveFoodPodcast@Gmail.com
  • Many people struggle with balancing exercise and food in a healthy way. All too often it is tied together with weight. This is NOT healthy.
  • Athlete vs compulsive exercise
  • E in Exercise should be for Enjoyment NOT Excruciating
  • Movement for pleasure is health promoting
  • First steps to move toward a healthier direction:
    • Role exercise plays in life: Athlete vs Distraction from life?
    • What would you be doing if not exercising so much or so exhausted from exercising so much?
    • Exercise can be a stress reliever yet enough is enough.
    • Exercise is serving a distracting purpose
    • Consider Yoga: doing for your body not to your body
    • Consider weight lifting as long as keep within limits
  • Convert from compulsive exerciser to athlete. An athlete fuels her body and takes rest day. "Your training today is to do nothing." <--I LOVE this!
  • 30 minutes five days a week or 150 minutes of exercise recommended to be fit. Can be easy to get too much.
  • "Anyone who exercises for more than an hour a day does it for reasons other than health and fitness." Ken Cooper
  • What are you running away from??
  • Listen to your body: intuitive eating AND intuitive exercise. Be sure to include pleasure and socialization with exercise. This will nourish the body on many many levels. Healthy exercise includes pleasure.
  • The many reasons to exercise: health, fitness, bone health, heart health, diabetes prevention, etc. Notice to burn off calories is not on this list!!! I got a chance to hang out with Nancy Clark RD at this year's FNCE. She is a dietitian celebrity and honored she agreed to be on Love Food!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Season 1 Food Peace Syllabus.
  • Nancy Clark RD the fabulous sports nutrition expert!
  • Connect to Nancy's workshops or order her Sports Nutrition Guidebook here.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you working toward eating disorder recovery yet wonder if you have the strength to see it through?? Does your battle toward 100% recovery feel like an impossible dream? Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Julie needs your letters! Send your letter detailing your complicated relationship with Food to LoveFoodPodcast@Gmail.com
  • Get out paper and pencil for an exercise!
  • Recovery is messy, unclear, bumpy, weathered not linear or a destination.
  • Our world has not recovered yet.
  • First, learn to live with your biology then how to rewire it.
  • Eating disorder recovery is not a sprint rather a marathon.
  • ED recovery takes usually ~7 to 14 years.
  • Carolyn Costin quote:"Recovery can't be something you dip your toe in to. For it to be fully felt and completely comprehended, you have to immerse yourself."
  • We can't pick and choose parts of recovery to get there. Part of recovery is facing the fear of fat and staying with it if indeed your body needs to be.
  • Size diversity is healthy yet we live in a fat-phobic world.
  • Seek out group support to aid in recovery.
  • Health of every size is an approach to attuned eating, movement and body image that does not use the scale as a measure of progress. Size diversity is celebrated and a social justice issue.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience by Carolyn Costin
  • Health at Every Size Facebook group support for folks want to immerse themselves in HAES.
  • Eating the Food Facebook group support
  • Eating Disorder Anonymous
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder: Effective Strategies from Therapeutic Practice and Personal Experience (8 Keys to Mental Health)

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Are you at diet rock bottom and longing for food peace yet feel just as stuck in things like mindful eating and intuitive eating? Do you experience more shoulds and rigid rules within tools meant to release your complicated relationship with food? Can you escape rule prison? Yup. You can. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Editor’s note: This episode 39 needed to be released a week behind episode 40 because it wasn’t quite ready. I’m trying to be ok with the break in numbering and hope you can be too.
  • Mindful eating can be twisted to be harmful rather than health promoting and compassionate.
  • Mindfulness's foundation: a compassionate nonjudgemental presence. Being in the moment and noticing brain messages, feelings, etc.
  • Shoulding leads to dieting.
  • Watch out for the hybrid: mindful dieting.
  • Mindfulness connected to dieting, pursuit of weight loss, or "right" way then twisting mindfulness to make it no longer mindful.
  • How to change?
    • Compassionate nonjudgemental curiosity. Center on this concept. Be aware of judgements and notice them too without judging. Normal and natural especially living in a fat body.
    • Practice pausing. Decide what you'd really like it to be as a grown up and in charge of yourself.
    • Healthy eating includes pleasure. Honor this pleasure. Learn to be ok with it.
  • "When you take the joy out of eating, nutrition suffers." Ellyn Satter RD LCSW
  • Jinx experiences = personalization

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Ellyn Satter RD LCSW books to help your journey
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Are you exhausted from your current relationship with food? The guilt, shame, excitement, fear, and despair often wear down energy levels to disempower change. Recharge by listening now.

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Key Points:

  • Editor's note: This episode 40 needed to be released because episode 39 wasn't quite ready. I'm trying to be ok with the break in numbering and hope you can be too.
  • Trying to recover from an eating disorder is exhausting especially within a family and world that hasn't recovered yet.
  • We feel your exhaustion!!
  • Your awareness will bring more progress. This is the first step! And a big one.
  • Your family of origin greatly shapes your relationship with food. Don't just brush it under the rug. Hear the noise yet try to navigate around it.
  • Curiosity
  • Finding a team can really help alleviate this exhaustion.
  • Don't get stuck in the shame loop.
  • So you know the diet industry is all a sham. Join us out of the fog.
  • You have options and choices. You can experience more empowerment by leaving diets and stop trying to control your body. WE BELIEVE IN YOU!
  • "Motivational" clichés as rules yet really shame-inducing myths. Look for quotes that ARE inspiring without shame and guilt. Clean up your social media to better include body positivity. This can help you normalize all body sizes.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Christy Harrison RD and her Food Psych podcast
  • Inside Out by Anastasia Amour
  • Josée Sovinsky RD and her fabulous resources for a finding peace. My favorite blog post by Josée is on Portion Sizes. Check it out!
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you had an emotional connection to food that has helped you cope with crappy life events yet now you want to experience food in the way intended? Do you long to be a normal eater? Listen now for insight to steady and stable.

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Key Points:

  • Who is a normal eater? Especially these days, our culture's typical normal eating is disordered, rigid, and pathological. There is a way through!
  • It is normal to emotionally eat sometimes. Unless you are a robot.
  • Sometimes it hurts more than helps and it's a great first step when recognize this.
  • Want normal eating = want peacefulness
  • Tracy Brown RD uses her experiences on farm to the rewiring brain process:
    • Dad never mowed shoulder-high pasture around pond.
    • A faint path would go down when drove over it and it would be tough to go over.
    • Becomes path of least resistance over time and easier.
    • Food behaviors can become path of least resistance.
    • What if made new path?? Will feel foreign or illegal at first yet over time you will get the hang of it.
    • Be sure to pause to help you recognize what's going on.
  • Create a pause to create something new. This is the first step!
  • Progress comes from permission and the pause.
  • I feel fat may = I feel uncomfortable.
  • Making new pathways is messy and honor the old path's functionality.
  • Get to the story of what makes it uncomfortable. What else could you be hungry for?
  • Doing this work will make your eating normal in your definition yet abnormal within our current eating culture.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Julie discusses her emotional eating experiences in Episode 000 of the Love Food podcast.
  • Today's guest Tracy Brown RD and Intuitive Eating Guide and Training <--Check out her newsletter!
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Ellyn Satter's Normal Eating definition
  • Food Peace Syllabus additions:
    • Life Without Ed by Jenni Schaefer
    • Eating in the Light of the Moon by Anita Johnson
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Do you think if you lost weight you'd finally be free? Are you stuck in a loop of binge--> notice weight gain--> diet--> binge--> repeat? Feel like you would be free from its hellish grip if you could just lose the weight?? Like the binges would cease to exist once the weight was lost?? Do you wonder why you have been trapped in this for decades?? Julie sees what's blocking your path. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Content warning: specific weight discussion
  • Healthy vs unhealthy versions of food = food dichotomy = black and white thinking = perfectionism that doesn't even exist. This is a disordered eating pattern and will keep you stuck in this loop.
  • Practice giving yourself permission to eat these "unhealthy foods" although not easy. Can typically take a year for this to stick.
  • Freedom will only happen by not place your worth and value in your weight and weight loss pursuit.
  • Pursuing weight loss keeps us in the disordered eating loop. Keeps foods in that dichotomy.
  • The pursuit of weight loss would enhance the binge/diet loop and enhance the black and white thinking.
  • How do you move away from using weight as a measure of health and worth?? Find a counselor and dietitian who align with these values.
  • When seduced by the fantasy of losing weight be aware that is happening and call it out as the mindfuck that it is. Expect sadness, grief, and anger.
  • You don't need to fight yourself to find freedom. Rather you need to fight the culture. You need to fight body hate in order to find your own food peace.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Food Psych Podcast by Christy Harrison RD
  • Food Peace Syllabus additions:
    • When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Hirschmann and Munter
    • Fat is a Feminist Issue by Susie Orbach
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Fat Is a Feminist Issue
When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself from Food and Weight Obsession

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Try Intuitive Eating and just experienced a crash and burn? Don't give up. Julie discusses ways that may help you experience peace with food with Dr. Dawn Clifford. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • "That big hunk of metal gets way more power than it deserves." Reba Sloan
  • IE is meant to help one heal their relationship with food not as a weight loss tool.
  • Can you have a peaceful relationship with food with weight loss as a goal?
  • Taking the scale out of your home can be an important step in your journey to making peace with food. Can make steps gradually to checking less or burn it!
  • Think small steps to help get back on track with intuitive eating. Try to avoid "all or nothing" and appreciate you don't have to be all in.
  • Intuitive eating can easily be interpreted in a black and white way just like diets.
  • Motivational interviewing
  • What drove you to step on the scale?
  • Where do you stand in your body image?
  • Everyone's needs are different.
  • Satter Eating Competence Model
    • Eating attitudes (whether or not having positive eating experiences....important!)
    • Food acceptance (picky eating)
    • Internal regulation (hunger, fullness, satiety)
    • Contextual skills (planning, preparing, grocery shopping, cooking)
  • Pivot to enhance eating competence before easing back into Intuitive Eating

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
  • Dr. Dawn Clifford today's rocking guest and you can email her at declifford@csuchico.edu
  • Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness by Dr. Dawn Clifford RD and Laura Curtis MS, RD
  • Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter
  • Satter Eating Competence Model
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Motivational Interviewing in Nutrition and Fitness (Applications of Motivational Interviewing)

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Do you binge every time you go on vacation?? Do you find yourself avoiding travel because of the shame connected to vacation binge eating? Listen now for ways to getaway without hating yourself.

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Key Points:

  • Thank you for your support and helping us reach 100,000 downloads! WooHooooo!
  • Carrots and fish....bleck.
  • Does every vacation include binge eating? You have two options to end the behavior:
    • Either give up vacations
    • work on permission
  • Pendulum with and without permission
    • rebellion
    • dieting
    • shame
    • shoulds
    • bingeing
    • dieting
  • Start permission with one food at a time.
  • Work with a team.
  • Normal eating vs normal disordered eating
  • Eating when hungry, stopping when full is simple yet not easy.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • When relying on hunger is too scary <--Great place to start healing those vacation binges.
  • Episode 000 of the Love Food podcast where Julie discusses personal vacation eating experiences
  • Episode 022 of the Love Food podcast with Dr. Maria Paredes
  • Episode 30 of the Love Food podcast with Aaron Flores RD discussing rebellion
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Did you grow up living without consistent access to food caused by poverty and/or constant dieting?? Are you super successful in every area of life yet can't stop eating? It's not you, it's something else. Listen now for the details and hear from the fabulous Emily Fonnesbeck RD.

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Key Points:

  • Get your Food Peace Syllabus signing up for my FREE Food peace Newsletter. Link below.
  • Food insecurity causes many people to binge eat, hoard food, and feel obsessed with food. Not a cop out. Legitimate cause of urges to binge and feeling unable to stop eating.
  • Childhood food patterns influence adult behaviors.
  • Takes courage to peal back the darkness.
  • First steps to work toward healing:
    • Food is symbolic. Wonder what food represents missed during childhood? Be that for herself. Validate have wants and needs.
    • Appreciate how much deprivation contributes to bingeing, feeling unable to stop eating. It's a physiologically programed response.
  • Want to heal your relationship with food? Stop pursuing weight loss or will continue to feel like can't stop eating.
  • It wasn't your fault you keep eating. Your body was/is trying to save you. Your not broken, needing to be fixed. Kick that shame to the curb!!
  • Make room for the feeling without feeling shame for it being there.
  • Compassionate curiosity is the foundation for food peace.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Emily Fonnesbeck RD <-- She is an amazing dietitian to help you heal your relationship with food.
  • My favorite blog post by Emily: Metabolism 101 plus her part 2 to this.
  • Food Peace Syllabus additions:

  • The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

  • Self-Compassion: The Often Missing Ingredient in Healthy Eating by Kristen Neff via mindful.org

  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living: A Guide to ACT

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Does food connect you to the best and worst of times? The ups and downs can feel confusing, prideful, distracting yet detrimental. You may be surprised to know what dieting is keeping you from in your life. Listen now to hear what I am talking about.

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Key Points:

  • Content warning: this letter writer describes a trauma involving a fatal car accident.
  • Food can be a great protector that keep you feeling safe with all the chaos and unpredictable life events.
  • Diets can be a great distraction to all the shitty things in the world.
  • Women are put in a place to value dieting, the perfect body which keeps women from being their true self.
  • Check Julie out at FNCE with Jennifer McGurk and Rebecca Scritchfield presenting on the Hidden Faces of Eating Disorders.
  • Church of the Fit Body: whenever something crappy happening we women are encouraged to distract ourselves by focusing on our appearance.
  • The culture needs to change for us to ultimately heal our relationship with food.
  • You will experience more push back to live body positive if in a fat body.
  • You could continue to diet/binge or give up dieting and live with choosing to not diet. Both will promote pain.
  • Your decision: continue to be distracted by dieting or do you want to be present?

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.

  • Food Peace Syllabus addition: Lying in Weight by Trisha Gura

  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Lying in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in Adult Women

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Were you raised with mixed messages around food? Told to not enjoy pleasurable food and yet got encouragement to bond over the same items? I bet you're exhausted! Listen now for a different way.

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Key Points:

  • Have PCOS and looking for more tools to work toward Food Peace? If you live near Greensboro NC you are in luck! Give us a call for details 336.273.2808 x 0.
  • Food is pleasurable as a means of survival.
  • Healthy eating includes pleasure. Eating feels good and that keeps us alive and well.
  • If food did not feel good then we wouldn't have survived. Eating food that is just fuel and never pleasurable denies a part of our physiological need.
  • Honor the pleasure that comes from food.
  • There's just one version of you...not a fat version vs skinny version.
  • Have a son or daughter in a larger body or have a child that really enjoys eating?? Is it pecking at your own food experiences or negative body image? Take care of your own shit to not pass it on.
  • Are you a competent eater?
  • Yo-yo diets harm health.
  • You're not broken our culture is. We need to rewrite our truths about our body and our food.
  • Honor all the sizes you have experienced as the safe keeper for your soul.
  • Shame never promotes health.
  • You are acceptable just the way you are right now.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.

  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole + Elyse Resch

  • Feeding a Healthy Family by Ellyn Satter

  • Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth

  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook
Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything (Wheeler Large Print Book Series)
Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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What's the foundation for food peace?? Listen now for Julie's thoughts. She hopes it illuminates your path to freedom.

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Key Points:

  • Compassionate curiosity is where it's at.
  • Stop shoulding on yourself.
  • Notice without judgement.
  • Simple not easy.
  • Food anthropologist or golf voice.
  • Take out the shame or should and it will clear out your path.
  • Shame NEVER promotes health just makes people feel shitty about themselves.
  • Moving away from the shoulds you will notice that your body has certain needs, within a rhythm, and can be trusted. Your body has been on your side the whole time.
  • As moving away from the shoulds expect normal rebellion.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.

  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole + Resch

  • Honoring your rebellion discussion found in the Love Food podcast Episode 30 with Aaron Flores

  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Have you been told to cut out sugar or carbs to treat PCOS or pre diabetes and it is just leaving you bingeing and hopeless?

Listen now for ideas to bring to your next doctor's appointment.

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Key Points:

  • Have PCOS and looking for more tools to work toward Food Peace? If you live near Greensboro NC you are in luck! Give us a call for details 336.273.2808 x 0.
  • Every diet leads to a binge and weight gain.
  • Dieting is the greatest predictor of weight gain and eating disorders.
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) affects 1 in 10 women and has genetic connections. Stop blaming yourself!
  • PCOS affects ovulation, mood, hair, male pattern baldness, and central adiposity. This affects body image for many women.
  • High circulating insulin = growth hormone
  • Hard core restricting may help decrease weight in the beginning yet over time harms health, increases weight, promotes bingeing.
  • Increased cravings, more symptoms, weight gain = time to look into how PCOS managed rather than blame the person.
  • Doctors: How do you treat patients with PCOS in smaller bodies? What are their recommendations??
  • Which foods energize you? Which foods drain you??
  • Do you feel like you are carrying around a bag of rocks when you go to exercise?
  • How are you sleeping??
  • Let's keep talking about PCOS!

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Dieting predicts weight gain and eating disorders.
  • Evelyn Tribole's helpful video on the research behind dieting.
  • PCOS is not a pamphlet disease.
  • Women with PCOS: Don't touch diets with a 10 foot pole
  • Dieting and PCOS can promote eating disorders
  • Stop the Yo-Yo! Diets behind weight cycling negatively impacts PCOS
  • How to eat with PCOS without dieting
  • Monika Woolsey RD and her InCyst Network
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you been working on making peace with food and yearn to lose weight? Can you practice mindful intuitive eating while pursuing weight loss? Julie and her guest, fellow dietitian Aaron Flores, sort this out. Listen here now!

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Key Points:

  • Eating disorder recovery has two steps: making peace with food then making peace with your body. Living in a fat body in our thin-obessessed world has many challenges especially if you are trying to live without diets and the desire to lose weight.
  • As making peace with food, it is common to not trust the process. Aaron uses a cool metaphor about being in the shallow end of the pool and knowing work needs to be done in the deep end. But going to that deep end is terrifying without floaties.
  • Remember to look how far you've come and be proud of the progress so far.
  • Binge eating disorder recovery is messy and not linear. It can be even messier if living in a fat body because our society undermines making peace with food. This chips away the trust we build through the process.
  • Do I need to learn to be a little bit hungry?? ABSOLUTELY not.
  • Honor the function of your rebellion. Deprivation will further fuel the rebellion.
  • We dietitians need to be comfortable with this rebellious time. Help clients hold the space.
  • Seek out people and resources that help you maintain positive body image. See the Food Peace Syllabus addition below.
  • Compassionate curiosity is the foundation for your food peace.
  • You cannot work on peace with food while pursuing weight loss.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Aaron Flores RD <-- Check out his work folks! His blogs and clinical work will help you heal your relationship with food. Here are his Twitter and Facebook pages.
  • Dietitians Unplugged podcast <--Aaron's podcast he cohosts with fellow RD Glenys Oyston. Here's my favorite podcast by them.
  • Be Your Own Beloved by Vivienne McMaster (this week's Food Peace Syllabus addition)
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you work in the entertainment industry and struggle with your body image? At times you may feel unacceptable yet what if it's them not you? Listen now for solutions.

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Key Points:

  • PCOS and Food Peace Course set to begin in Greensboro. Give me a call (336.273.2808 x 0) if you'd like to attend this in person only event.
  • Are you looking for acceptance in your body's appearance? The way this letter writer defines an acceptable body does not fit her DNA.
  • This is reinforced with the media's discrimination and pressure for all to lose weight. This is wrong on so many levels.
  • Problem: didn't see other women who looked like you. Julie wonders if this letter writer's body size more like dad's side of the family rather than mom's side.
  • Problem: if more like dad's body shape/size, he said he "struggled" with his weight which is code for didn't accept it.
  • Do you feel unacceptable for taking up too much space??
  • Do you feel anger, frustration that feels endless? This mimics the body image struggles and symbolic of feminist issues.
  • You have permission to take up your space...whatever that is.
  • Redefine what an acceptable body is for you and everyone else.
  • Describe feelings as ugly?? Julie struggles with that description of normal experiences.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.

  • Shrill by Lindy West <-- This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition

  • Body Respect: What conventional health books get wrong, leave out, and just plain fail to understand about weight by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphamor

  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you ALWAYS had a complicated relationship with food? Did you learn at an early age how to cope with your emotions using food and cannot imagine living a life with food peace? This episode is for you! Julie and her guest Christy Harrison from the podcast Food Psych discuss possible solutions.

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Key Points:

  • You are NOT too damaged to heal your relationship with food.
  • Remember and appreciate the functionality of food bringing a way to cope with chaos and trauma.
  • Appreciate the subtle hungers.
  • Humans are adaptive.
  • Find professionals who are body positive, understand eating disorders, and a trauma specialist.
  • Food may be like a security blanket. Before yanking it away, be curious about why the coping mechanism is there...that's where the healing begins.
  • Self compassion is the foundation for food peace.
  • Your cravings for disordered eating may be from an unmet need. What was just happening? What do I really need?

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Christy Harrison <-- Check out her FAB Intuitive Eating Online Course. It is made for you in mind.
  • Food Psych podcast
  • Intuitive Eating Counselors
  • Body Positive providers
  • Episode 27 a letter writer describes hiding under the kitchen table eating food. Others have been there too.

  • 8 Keys to Trauma Recovery by Babette Rothschild

  • Your Child's Weight by Ellyn Satter

  • EMDR
  • Anxiety and Depression Association of America
  • Barbara Birsinger RD
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you think your chronic conditions make you a slave to rigid diets or chained to the scale? Do you have a long history of coping with your emotions via food and now want to find other ways to survive?? There is a way for you to heal your relationship with food AND find health. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Hoarding, bingeing, and other related behaviors are the most common experiences from childhood dieting/restriction.
  • I am sorry on behalf of all health and medical professionals for the oppression.
  • You don't have to choose health OR healing. Working on healing your relationship with food will help you promote health long term.
  • Healing is not passive or giving up or weakness. Healing is an active process never passive.
  • Fat on the body didn't CAUSE the problems. Eating sugar didn't CAUSE the problems. Being shamed in your body and not teaching you how to tolerate feelings caused the problems.
  • Healing from Binge Eating Disorder (BED) takes on average 7 to 14 years.
  • Restricting nutrients or calories may show favorable outcomes in short term yet worse in the long term especially if affected by BED.
  • Keep the data! You need proof that you're bingeing less as time goes on.
  • Diabetes is a chronic progressive disease. It is always changing and slowly getting worse even if you do everything you can.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Julie's Dear Food Letter
  • Ep 5: Help My Daughter Who Is Fat Like Me
  • Certified Diabetes Educator
  • Your eating lessons from my time on season 2 of My Big Fat Fabulous Life
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you have a roller coaster relationship with food or your body??

As your work on your relationship with food, you may notice bad body thoughts remain. Will it always be this tough??

Listen now for thoughts from Julie and her guest psychotherapist Nicole Christina.

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Key Points:

  • Always have HOPE!
  • The way to heal our relationship with our body is via repairing our culture.
  • Myth of solid wall of misery via Sharon Salzberg: These feelings eb and flow. They are more like storm clouds and you will get a break. The dark clouds are not the sky. The sky is still there.
  • During days with lots of negative body image keep in mind that those feelings won't last.
  • Buddhist techniques can help you make steps forward. Notice WHY bad body thoughts happen.
  • You don't have to be hijacked by feelings.

Show Notes:

  • Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning and no spam EVER.
  • Nicole Christina LCSW <-- Check out her YouTube videos and online course: Diets Don't Work!
  • Embrace film by Tara Brumfitt
  • Tara Brach: RAIN meditation
    • Recognize
    • Allow
    • Investigate
    • Non-identification
  • The Slow Down Diet by Marc David
  • Rick Hanson PhD
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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You know diets don't work. Do you gravitate toward the body positive message yet hung up on one thing...

You don't love your body because you want to lose weight. You find your body unacceptable.

There is a way through this. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help. Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.
  • If you feel like a failure because you can't lose weight or keep it off, know you are not to blame. Diets have failed you.
  • Dieting predicts weight gain.
  • Dieting promotes the idea of body hate and conditional acceptance.
  • Does a deeper understanding of diet culture, its toxicity, and manipulation make you angry? Stay with it!
  • It's ok to not accept your body.
  • You are acceptable the way you are today. The end. Your body is acceptable no matter what.
  • Oprah Winfrey joined weight watchers and Julie's mind was blown to see diet culture and its reign make one of the most amazing women also feel not enough.
  • First step: work on RESPECTING your body.
  • Challenge the false truths.
  • Claim your space and find those who agree with body positivity.

Show Notes:

  • The Bodcast Podcast
  • Dietland by Sarai Walker
  • Oprah: Science says it won't be different this time.
  • Dear Oprah (Julie's initial reaction to the news that Oprah Winfrey bought WW stock)
  • Exercise is a way to celebrate what our body can do not to punish it for what it has eaten. <--Check out the meme above
  • JCPenny's #HereIAm video
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you try to eat mindfully yet frustrated with the times you don't? You know eating with distractions bring relief, pleasure, and relaxation. Does every eating experience need to happen when we are hungry? Is emotional eating ever ok? Julie and her guest Michelle Kuster RD discuss. Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Reunited and it feels so good 🎶 🎶 🎶 🎶
  • Is all mindless eating bad?
  • Some within the mindful eating industry forget to incorporate compassion and unintentionally encourage all or nothing thinking.
  • Eating for pleasure and emotional eating are normal parts of eating. They are universal human experiences. If emotional eating is the only way to cope then it can become something that is not health promoting.
  • Notice your eating without judgement with compassionate curiosity.
  • What would it be like to experiment with relaxation without eating?
  • Could perfectionism be getting in the way of healing the letter writer's relationship with food?
  • Examine expectations and shoulds.
  • As noticing distracted eating ask self: "What are you feeling? What do you need?"

Show Notes:

  • Mindful Eating Summit 2.0 with Dr. Susan Albers
  • Michelle Kuster RD, LDN <--Today's outstanding guest!
  • Calm App
  • Stop, Breathe, Think App
  • Hy-vee Grocery Store dietitians
  • Geneen Roth
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you had a dysfunctional relationship with food since you were a kid?? Was food a protector from horrible life events yet you are still feel shameful years later? Listen now for insight.

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Key Points:

  • Thank you for the feedback on how you are experiencing the show. So glad you are experiencing more peace with food and at home in your own skin!
  • Julie says thank you for sharing the kind words after she expressed her own body image struggles during times of infertility (Not episode 21 as I state in this podcast rather Episode 18)
  • Have you read Dietland yet? Amazing and sure to help you heal your relationship with food and your body. Would love to hear your thoughts about the book. #JenniferExists. Shall we have a Dietland book club??
  • It is important to honor the functional relationship we have with food. Tell Food thank you and compassionately time to move on and grieve it when it changes. Unless it is not time.
  • Trauma work can help you heal and be able find another way of relating with food.
  • Unhealthy coping is still coping. Stop beating yourself up for how you’ve gotten this far.
  • Should we blame weight for health problems? Weight probably has a relationship with health yet not causation. Just a relationship. Health behavior change associated with weight gain shouldn’t be considered the cause rather a symptom.
  • Not everyone in larger bodies has health problems. Not everyone who has lost weight is healthy.
  • Cause for health problems multifactorial probably from oppressions, traumas, behaviors, and stress.
  • Food addiction: when one takes away the deprivation, they no longer using the word addiction to describe her relationship with food.
  • Many people can relate to the trauma of sexual abuse and/or bullying.
  • Next time you find yourself in a binge or bad body thoughts, take a deep breath, in this exact moment, someone else is sitting with the same shame and anger. Use that common bond to help you energize your healing.

Show Notes:

  • Episode 18 Julie shares her body image struggles
  • Raindrop Memories
  • Edward McKays Used Book Store
  • Dietland by Sarai Walker and the trailer for the paperback
  • Episode 20 with Kari Anderson where we discuss honoring the functional relationship with food.
  • EMDR for Trauma work
  • Advanced Integrative Therapy for Trauma work
  • Episode 6 with Marci Evans on Food Addiction
  • Sexual abuse is more common than you probably think. Check out info here.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Have you spent your whole life being told your body is not acceptable?

Do you have times when eating seems enjoyable yet many other times when it feels exhausting and shameful?

It is time to recalibrate and reset your relationship with food. Listen now to make sense of the confusion and start to heal.

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Key Points:

  • "The only time we need to feel guilty about eating food is when we have stolen it." Evelyn Tribole RD
  • Just because we feel it doesn't mean it's true.
  • If told your body is not acceptable, it is easy to cultivate a complicated relationship with food.
  • Letter writer loves food, and enjoys food yet may need to do grief work concerning relationship with food...what it used to be and what it never will be. Letting go of what she had hoped for with her relationship food will make room for what really is and can be.
  • Living in our world as a fat woman, it is typical to experience messages that that's not ok, should change it, and her own fault...those are not truths. Yet probably felt sense of shame to be different so fighting up-stream to enjoy food, her body, and make peace.
  • Eating for show puts physiology in a place where starving, rapid eating, then shame.
  • Grief work would be tough work yet hopeful eventually.
  • Intuitive eating with permission giving could be first steps to this grief work. Would be enhanced by working with a counselor and no longer dieting.
  • Put down your "weapons" and reconnect with On the Battlefield.
  • Women and men in larger bodies often have experienced trauma due to existing in a body that culture says is wrong. Doing trauma work may help heal your relationship with food.

Show Notes:

  • Intuitive Eating by Tribole and Reach
  • Space For All <-- Greensboro NC's Eating Disorder professional alliance
  • Mom Running on Empty (episode 2...not 3 like I mention)
  • Here's Dr. Maria Paredes so you can meet with her as a client.
  • Body Politics with Dr. Maria Paredes
  • Dr. Paredes's Facebook page
  • On the Battlefield meditation <-- you heard Dr. Paredes read this and this week's Food Peace Syllabus addition
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Have you been told you can't get fertility treatments, or any other medical treatments, until you lose weight? What if you know the pursuit of weight loss just leads to more poor health especially for you? Acknowledge the rock and hard place yet there is a way through. Listen on for insight.

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Key Points:

  • I recorded this podcast on my 41st birthday and I am incredibly grateful to have the honor to be in your ears right now.
  • Thank you dietitians for sharing this podcast with your clients. I appreciate your confidence in my work!
  • All NC ED RDs, email me so you can meet up at the next IFEDD dinner.
  • Intuitive Eating can help you heal your relationship with food and the intent does not include the pursuit of weight loss.
  • New to intuitive eating will make you have lots of excitement and fear. This will be terrifying! This doesn’t last forever as long as you continue to move forward. When you experience it, call it out as just a part of the transition.
  • The start of a diet is a seductive fantasy and has a calming effect. Intuitive eating may feel similar in the beginning yet a typical buzz kill. This doesn’t mean it isn’t working. Hold on! It has just begun.
  • Trying to control food will promote a tug of war and counteract the pursuit of food peace. Notice when it happens and remind yourself this happens because of the long term diet experiences.
  • IF you held your breath, you would take gasps for air. Same happens with foods and the types we restrict once given permission.
  • Mutually conclusive idea that losing weight = more health. If you’ve been heavy your whole life then probably what supposed to weigh.
  • Weight cycling hurts health and harms ovulation by increasing insulin levels.
  • If told have to lose weight in order to get fertility treatments, ask health care providers to show you the data. Further, show me the data on which type of diet that will help me long term. Put up or shut up!
  • Diets are the only medical intervention that places blame on the person rather than the intervention. Humph.
  • Be sure more people are on your side while exploring food peace. This may mean working with a therapist, dietitian, and get a second opinion from a fat-positive medical provider.
  • Your body has the wisdom and this outside noise will keep you from it.

Show Notes:

  • IFEDD: International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Love Food podcast episode 18 where Julie shares her infertility experiences
  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch and its research behind its long-term health promoting effects
  • Fat Positive Medical Providers and more here
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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If you've always been on a diet or off a diet bingeing, then you can relate to this episode's letter writer. Do you yearn for a healthy relationship with food yet can't stop bingeing? Listen now for strategies to ease your mind and promote healing.

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Key Points:

  • Overweight = Over What??
  • What if no one ever told you your weight was wrong? How would you relate to food and your body? Important questions to consider as working toward healing.
  • Healing can happen by honoring the valid functions and roles food plays in life and coping with life's transitions, stressors, and traumas.
  • Healing also happens when we jump off the diet train instead of focusing on being on or off the wagon. Disembark now!
  • Grief work will find a place in this space and that's ok.
  • What if focused more on a healing relationship with food instead of a healthy relationship with food? Will be less all or nothing and pefectionistic tendencies (which helps no one experience health).

Show Notes:

  • Kari Anderson DBH, LPC from Green Mountain at Fox Run helps Julie answer this letter. You can reach her at Kari@FitWoman.com. She is amazing and a source of healing for many.
  • Green Mountain at Fox Run blog and information on their Pathway Program for Binge and Emotional Eating.
  • Love What You Eat, Eat What You Love for Binge Eating by Dr. Kari Anderson and Dr. Michelle May
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Making peace with food and body is tough work yet what if you work in the food industry? Is there a way to have a career that is food related AND learn how to heal? Julie thinks the struggle with food begins with the struggle with weight. Dive in and listen now for solutions for you.

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Key Points:

  • Julie and Jennifer McGurk will be speaking at FNCE 2016 on the Hidden Faces of Eating Disorders. Rebecca Scritchfield RD will be introducing us. Will you be there?? Stop by and say hi!
  • Having a job in the food industry, Julie included, can be taxing on our relationship with food. Julie calls it an occupational hazard. Be sure to enjoy time outside of activities around food. A therapist and dietitian can also help.
  • Struggle with accepting weight is fueling the obsession.
  • Julie was not shocked by the Biggest Loser New York Times study. The research results indicate we need to stop pursuing weight loss. Does that mean we let ourselves go? No. It means we let ourselves be.
  • What if your weight is not a problem??
  • "Weight becomes a problem because it is viewed as one." ⇠Julie LOVES this quote from Jonah Soolman.
  • What if you don't want to stay at your certain size? Unfortunately, we don't have a diet, plan, lifestyle change that promotes long-term safe weight loss for the majority. More exception than the rule. There isn't anything that will promote weight loss long-term.
  • Continuing to "work on it" or dieting will only harm health.
  • Those who work in the food industry, Julie is curious if your struggle with food and bad body thoughts brought you to this career choice. Body respect work may alter one's career choices??
  • How do you stop thinking about food? You can't since we need it as humans. First, make peace with the struggle and your current body size.

Show Notes:

  • Body Kindness podcast from Rebecca Scritchfield RD
  • Jennifer McGurk RD and her book for dietitians pursuing private practice
  • FNCE 2016 (that BIG RD conference where Julie and Jennifer will be speaking)
  • Episode 10 of the Love Food Podcast on Orthorexia Nervosa that Julie taped with Jennifer.
  • Episode 3 of the Love Food Podcast on relating to food before a wedding.
  • The Biggest Loser study from the New York Times.
  • Jonah Soolmon "Weight becomes a problem because it is viewed as one" and other powerful reactions to the Biggest Loser study.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you think you know everything you need to know about yourself?

And that's keeping you weighted down with negative beliefs??

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Think you are destined for a life of mediocrity? 

Listen to my University of North Carolina at Greensboro Nutrition Department Commencement address. I wrote it and spoke it from my heart to you.

I can't wait to hear what you experience as you take these next important steps.

Warmly,

Julie

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Body positivity promotes body respect, acceptance, and love. If you don't always love your body, does that mean you can't model body positivity? Julie and a guest discuss the letter from someone who feels like a hypocrite for telling people to love their body when she doesn't always love her body back.

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Key Points:

  • Julie shares a part of her personal struggle with her body image. She feels a bit awkward doing it and hopes it ok to share with you.
  • Julie and guest Paige Smathers explore the definition of recovery. Recovery can be the food times enjoying food as well as the messy tough struggles when we may feel out of control. Recovery includes awareness of the moment, no matter what it looks like in the moment.
  • If all or nothing thinking plagued food choices or body image it can also negatively affect your definition of eating disorder recovery.
  • Paige says all we can do is try our best.
  • Do you have to always love your body to be a model of body positivity? Julie and Paige say no! That just means you are an aware human.
  • Model self-compassion and vulnerability.

Show Notes:

  • beautyREDEFINED (Paige's Food Peace Syllabus addition)
  • Shapeville by Andy Mills & Becky Osborn
  • Paige's Story and her Body Image podcasts. Listen. They are great! She also interviewed Julie on her podcast discussing the disordered eating in a thin-obsessed world.
  • Paige Smathers nutrition therapy
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Our world believes food kills us or cures us but information tends to conflict. Eating a "no" food can provoke anxiety in many people. Does this happen to you? Let's dig in to find ways to remove anxiety's wedge and power.

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Key Points:

  • Thank you students from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro's Nutrition Department for the fun and energizing discussions on weight, eating disorders, and body image. Julie completed her dietetic internship there and thankful for the time there.
  • Even though it may appear to be simple, nutrition science is not an easy science A.
  • Our world believes food kills us or cures us. Stop the dichotomous insanity! Food anxiety exists because nutrition science is a fluid science that cannot be categorized into yes and no boxes.
  • Anxiety can't hurt us yet the things we do to avoid the anxiety harm us.
  • Anxiety from food avoidance keeps us from experiencing joy. It also promotes poor health by increasing stress hormones which can promote heart disease and strokes.
  • Phobia 10 point scales combined with fear food examples can help one move past the anxiety from eating those fear foods. This is long term incredible work that requires a therapist and dietitian. So worth your time and energy!!
  • Let's address that fear of fat. Fat phobia provokes Julie dropped an F bomb because that fear promotes disease, isolation, oppression, and ignorant stereotypes.
  • Size diversity makes us beautiful.
  • Size acceptance helps people of ALL sizes experience more health and better health care.
  • Peel back anxiety layers and find fears based on something old living in our body. Challenge it and you can get back to being you. Which brings you closer to your joy.

Show Notes:

  • Life Without Ed and Goodbye Ed, Hello Me by Jenny Schaefer.
  • Increased BMI lower risk of dementia via The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
  • BMI of 30 to 35 healthiest for those with type 2 diabetes via Circulation
  • Larger people less likely to need blood transfusions and no increased risk for complications during joint replacement surgery via WebMD
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Goodbye Ed, Hello Me: Recover from Your Eating Disorder and Fall in Love with Life
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too

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Eat this not that? Now what?? After a lifetime of fad diets andhealth pursuits can leave you confused and distrusting your body.If you are at diet rock bottom and want to relearn how to trustyour body and get off the crazy diet train, this episode is foryou!

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Key Points:

  • Mind and body connections promote health yet when our mind istoo active it can keep us from our own innate wisdom for health.Get better attuned by sitting with the curiosity.
  • Society's body size standards for women make it tough to trustyour body.
  • Big bodies ARE acceptable even though you may get anothermessage from your family, friends, society, and culture.
  • Flexibility, nonjudgmental approaches, permission are the wayto further attune to the body, improve body image, and cultivatetrust.
  • Mindful eating = compassionate curiosity without judgment. Ifone eats past fullness that doesn't mean you're doing itwrong.
  • Internal vs. external dialogues are key.
  • Imagine breathing through a drinking straw for awhile...whenable to breath normally will need to gasp for air. Diets are likethe straw and your eating is like our breathing. It's not yourfault you're gasping for air and not your fault when we feelobsessed with food around diets. Blame the diets and straws instead;-)

Show Notes:

  • Blair Mize RD's rockingblog.
  • MemphisNutrition Group webpage, Facebookpage, Instagramaccount, Pinterest pictures,and Twitterfeed.
  • Eating in the Light of the Moon by Dr. Anita Johnson(Food Peace Syllabus addition)
  • Metabolism101 by Emily Fonnesbeck RD (Food PeaceSyllabus addition)
  • Eating DisorderDietitians
  • Julie Dillon RDblog

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Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling

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Special bonus sans letter to keep you connected to your innate wisdom and quiet the noise that distracts you. Walking this path can promote health and peace. I hope you enjoy.

Warmly,

Julie

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Body acceptance and respect is all fine and good yet what if one gains weight due to medications? Does this trump non-diet approach research? Does this make the pursuit of weight loss health promoting? If so, how can one lose weight in a healthy way??

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Key Points:

  • Our family of origin teaches us how to relate to food and our body. If you grew up in a family with disordered eating and/or body hate, it teaches us to fear fat and to prevent it all costs. Even if it hurts.
  • The only thing we can tell about a person from their weight is our own weight bias (based on a quote from Marilyn Wann). Not health.
  • Those at higher weights may very well be eating in a health promoting way so if you get at a higher doesn't mean you must now worry about your weight. The worry very well could lead to more disease.
  • Should you diet if you've gained weight from a medication? No. What if you've gained 100 pounds or more...does that make a difference? It's a moot point for Julie. The weight gain amount does not matter. We have no diet that promotes effective and health promoting outcomes long-term for more than 3 to 5%. Julie demands better data before I can recommend a weight loss diet. Otherwise, Julie would be promoting something without sound scientific backing.
  • Twin studies suggest the more one diets, the more they weigh.
  • Friend: "I am going on a diet." Julie: "Oh, are you trying to gain weight??" Friend: "Uhhh, no. Huh?"
  • All change brings melancholy so respecting your current higher size due to medication may warrant a time of grief.
  • If you don't agree with this podcast episode, I welcome the conversation. Please send me the data.

Show Notes:

  • Dieting predicting weight gain research (including twin study mentioned in this podcast) summary via Evelyn Tribole RD.
  • Body respect: What conventional health books get wrong, leave out, or just plain fail to understand about weight by Linda Bacon and Lucy Aphramor
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Body Respect: What Conventional Health Books Get Wrong, Leave Out, and Just Plain Fail to Understand about Weight

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Raising children and all its food mess can bring up somepast,somewhat resolved, bad body thoughts. Throw in everyone'sopinionon the best way to feed your children, and you may feel likeyouare in an eating disorder relapse tailspin. How can youprovidevariety and teach healthy eating without sparking thateatingdisorder?? Can you prevent passing it on toyourchildren??

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Key Points:

  • We don't cry over spilled milk in our house yet it can getundermy skin.
  • When knee deep in the meal time chaos take a deep breath,stepback, and know many parents are feeling this same strugglefeedingtheir children. #TheStruggleIsReal
  • Julie's daughter decided to go rouge with her sour creamandjust about freaked Julie out.
  • With a few boundaries, our children will get the nutrientstheyneed without having to be constantly policed.
  • Katie Holder RD rock and rolls in the meal time chaos.Sheprovides insight to get us through.
  • Trust your instincts when something in feeding feels off.
  • Peace at meal time happens when our kids feel safe andcompetentwith the food choices yet meal time may still feelbonkers.
  • Family style dining can promote a healthy relationshipwithfood. Include a couple of starches, fruit, vegetable, aprotein,and couple sources of fat. Plop them on thetable. Kids decidehow much if any they will eat of these. Nopressure to eat certainfoods. No bribes. No foods beforeothers.
  • Expect food jags due to preference and appetite. At two yearsofage, pickiness peaks and willingness to try things changes.
  • Katie's son didn't eat a vegetable for a whole year...and noonetook her nutrition license away ;-)
  • Serve dessert at dinner not afterwards sometimes. Teachesallfoods are normal and enjoyable.
  • Never force a child to eat something. Child needs to be abletohave permission to not eat and learn how to say it politely.
  • Meal time boundaries help everyone. Including givingcaregiversa chance to take a break. At some time we need to be ableto say,"THE KITCHEN IS CLOSED!" Healthy boundaries can preventpassing onthat eating disorder.
  • All those caregivers out there: you are doing a great job!

Show Notes:

  • The Division of Food Responsibility: The parent is in chargeofthe food choices and eating times, the child is in charge ofeatingas much or as little as they want. Morehere.
  • The EllynSatterInstitute (thisweek's FoodPeaceSyllabus addition)
  • EatingDisorderDietitians
  • Julie DillonRDblog

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When trapped in binge eating cycles, we can focus so much on food or ways to avoid food that we miss out on relationships, experiences, and life's joy.

How can you break the cycle and get to being you?

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Key Points:

  • Thank you for your letters to Food. They blow me away!
  • Food is one of the basic human needs to stay alive (with oxygen, water, sleep, and warmth) yet designed to be thought about only when not getting enough.
  • Even when you feel like the only person experiencing food like this, those in binge eating cycles are NOT alone!
  • Research has some solutions warranting experimentation.
  • In order for these to be possible solutions, you must practice personal kindness, compassion, and patience. Without these, no one can recover from binge eating experiences. Practice using a calm and compassionate adult voice as navigating recovery.
  • Mistakes will pave your way to recovery rather than keep you from it. Look for them and welcome them. They will help you understand HOW to move forward.
  • We have circadian rhythms with eating just like with sleep. It will take time for your body to get used to not bingeing because of these.
  • When a person experiences diet-restrict to binge cycles, the brain feels the threat of deprivation and acts accordingly. It sends more obsessions. They way out? Stop pursuing weight loss.
  • You CAN rewire our brain to not obsess about food except for when we need it. Julie describes using check in times to begin this process.
  • The proof is in the pudding: keep track of your rewiring process to show the ED that you are making important baby steps away from ED's grip.
  • Make an investment in you: do one year in personal psychotherapy. It's a gift that keeps on giving!

Show Notes:

  • When eating when hungry is too scary blog post where Julie outlines these check in times more and how to make them work for you.
  • Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairborn (this week's Food Peace Syllabus addition)
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition: The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop

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I've learned to respect my body yet nobody gets it. Help!

What if you've worked for years to heal your relationship with food and your body yet some people in your life are just not there themselves? And may never be? To stay in recovery, do you have to defend abstaining from diets? Do you need to censure all bad body talk? Julie calls dietitian and eating disorder specialist Pam Kelle to discuss ways to navigate this complicated and common experience.

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Key Points:

  • Growing up, Julie loved alternative and punk rock. (Secretly still does!)
  • Those affected by eating disorders are the canaries in the coal mine: they let us know when the world has become too toxic with diets and self hate.
  • Working toward and maintaining eating disorder recovery can be exhausting because of the impulse to defend non diet ways of experiencing food.
  • Pam Kelle RD, CEDRD teaches us to recognize the struggle with toxic diet and body hate talk and lean into it. She says observe with compassion rather than putting your dukes up.
  • While leaning in, meditate on the gratitude that you're not currently in the throes of the diet trap like family or friends.
  • Remember how we connect with family and friends (safety, security, love, friendship, etc) and let it well up inside us. Next time we see those who diet, connect with this meditation rather than worry or be defensive.
  • Meditate, focus on the positive connections, and react with compassion rather than defensiveness. When we have the urge to be defensive, its a mirror to what we want to be away from in our own life.
  • Stay grounded in your own journey.
  • We all have a right to stand up and speak our truth yet try and predict the outcomes. If you want to speak up about diet conversations, decide what you would like to happen and consider if worth it.
  • Diet talk may be the gum on the bottom of your shoe: always there and sticky and triggering.
  • No one can rock your world if you don't want them to!

Show Notes:

  • Pam Kelle RD, CEDRD She does virtual sessions y'all so connect with her to navigate your path to recovery.
  • Food Peace Syllabus additions: Daring Greatly and Rising Strong by Brene Brown PhD and The Mindful Path to Self Compassion by Chris Germer
  • BirdHouse in Your Soul by the amazing They Might Be Giants. Listen now!
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians

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Talking about a diet is just as normal as talking about the weather or the crazy that is Donald Trump. I can handle the weather yet diets, detoxes, and Donald need to go!

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Key Points:

  • Thank you for your feedback! It feeds me like a bowl of fresh french fries.
  • Win a Body Activism Kit by HAES Kits. Subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Take a screenshot of this and email it to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com. First person who does this after this show airs will win this awesome Body Activism kit.
  • Someone with an eating disorder history going on a diet is just as deadly as someone with a peanut allergy eating a peanut butter sandwich.
  • Diets, detoxes, cleanses, and exercise boot camps are indeed bullshit.
  • Essential ingredients for an eating disorder: altered eating habits (diets!), negative body image, and genetics.
  • Because cannot tell a person’s genetics by sight, we must use universal precautions: diets can potentially hurt anyone.
  • Diets and disordered eating is considered normal eating—Boo!
  • We are helping people recover from an eating disorder in a world that has yet to recover from its own eating disorder.
  • Going against diet culture will feel like going against one’s biology. It’s hard work!
  • 4 ideas to help stay on the path of recovery: Keep quarterly meetings with your eating disorder team even when in recovery; Find those normal eaters. Check out Episode 7 for more on Normal Eating. Take a social media detox especially during stressful times. Stay attuned. Your body has the wisdom so work to stay connected. Meditation practice gives your body a chance to flex its attunement muscle.
  • When feeling vulnerable, our body can show its white surrender flag and that it needs something via the craving to diet. When crave a diet/eating disorder behavior try this instead:
    1. What was going on right before the temptation?
    2. What were you experiencing/feeling/hearing via brain messages?
    3. Examine what you find and give yourself what you NEED during those times.
    4. Craving diet and over exercise may be your body’s way of letting you know you have an unmet needs.

Show Notes:

  • Julie's favorite meditation app (oh, the irony!): Insight Timer. Be sure to check out their inspiring Instagram page @insight...it is Julie's favorite for pictorial words of wisdom.
  • Win a Body Activism Kit by HAES Kits. Subscribe and leave a rating and review on iTunes. Take a screenshot of this and email it to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com. First person who does this after this show airs will win this awesome Body Activism kit
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Has healthy eating gone too far for you? A woman writes to food about the stress, exhaustion, confusion, and shame she experiences when she choses something not clean. Can you relate?

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Key Points:

  • Are you a clean eater? If you ask me, I say "Nope. I am dirty." Sanitary? Yes. Judge food choices or throw morals into what's consumed? No way.
  • "The fondest memories are made gathered around the table." This is the mantra we at BirdHouse Nutrition Therapy see before we meet with every client because it's the basis of our work. Relationships connect us with joy and the meaning of life and when food gets too much power it will negatively impact this.
  • Healthy eating advice is everywhere we look so not surprising this letter writer is experiencing this struggle with how much power to give food.
  • Orthorexia nervosa, coined by Steven Bratman, is not classified as an official eating disorder yet it will feel just as paralyzing and crappy as a diagnosed eating disorder. It affects their mental health.
  • First steps to heal from orthorexia nervosa:
    • Make a pro and con list of this eating style
    • You decide if the feelings of control outweigh the impact on relationships, life, career
    • Appreciate recovery will take time
    • Get proper nutrition education from a reputable dietitian
    • Appreciate that healthy eating includes pleasure
  • Carbs, although demonized right now, are a necessary part of each culture around the world. You can't name a single culture around the world without a carb staple.
  • People are healthy; food is nutritious. Label food their actual names rather than categorize to be mindful and in the present rather than running on anxiety.
  • Clean eating is washing food and cooking it to the right temperature.
  • Healthy eating is not being black and white about food choices no matter how you categorize them.
  • The journey to food peace is always worth the stress and anxiety. Take those first few steps, they will be worth it!

Show Notes:

  • No food is healthy. Not even kale. Washington Post article by Michael Ruhlman
  • How to take back your power from food this holiday. Recovery Warriors blog post by Julie Duffy Dillon
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • My colleague and friend Jennifer McGurk RD, CDE, CEDRD. If you are a dietitian or therapist with the entrepreneur bug, check out her book to help you make the next steps to start building your business. Her book is Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Start Your Own Business

Food Peace Syllabus Additions:

  • Health Food Junkies: Orthorexia Nervosa-The Health Food Eating Disorder by Steven Bratman MD ← The physician who coined the term orthorexia and wrote first about it.
  • Normal Eating by Karen Koenig LCSW

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Health Food Junkies: Orthorexia Nervosa - the Health Food Eating Disorder
The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!

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I had to tape a bonus episode after some brand spanking new content became available for Episode 10's Guilty Clean Eater. If you identified with Episode 10's letter writer, know that we clinicians now have more to go on to help you feel more at peace with food.

Key Points:

  • Julie and Jennifer met up at the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Symposium. They felt privileged to hear Dr. Steven Bratman speak on Orthorexia Nervosa with dietitians Amanda Mellowspring and Jessica Setnick. Dr. Bratman was the first person to describe the eating disorder obsessed with healthy eating. Yet, until now, it wasn't officially considered an eating disorder.
  • The presentation included the first official unveiling of the diagnostic criteria for Orthorexia Nervosa. Why does this matter? Julie and Jennifer discuss how this helps clinicians better treat this experience, promotes insurance coverage, and increases research funding.
  • Julie and Jennifer had a tough time getting technology to cooperate to make this bonus episode happen PLUS Julie knocked over a bottle of water on her chair just as taping started...so she had to sit in it the whole time. Gotta listen after all that!

Show Notes:

  • Update on Orthorexia via Jennifer McGurk RD, CDE, CEDRD
  • On orthorexia nervosa: A review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria by Dr. Steven Bratman and Dr. Thomas Dunn in April 2016 Eating Behaviors (pages 11-17)...but you heard it here first!
  • The very first article Dr. Bratman wrote on Orthorexia Nervosa in Yoga Journal in 1997
  • Julie Dillon RD blog
  • My colleague and friend Jennifer McGurk RD, CDE, CEDRD. If you are a dietitian or therapist with the entrepreneur bug, check out her book to help you make the next steps to start building your business. Her book is Pursuing Private Practice: 10 Steps to Start Your Own Business

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Long term food fights and body dissatisfaction cause friction, anger, and longing. The letter writer describes her start with body hate and dieting as a child only leading to disordered eating and weight gain. Is her experience rare? Nope. Millions experience the same. This episode debunks calories in calories out especially as it relates to certain health conditions. Knowing this, pursuing health without focusing on weight loss is just about the coolest thing since sliced bread. Rejoicing with the food pun!

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Key Points:

  • Anger and rage is uncomfortable yet can project us toward change. Stay with it!
  • Your f*ed up relationship with food is not your fault. Not. Your. Fault.
  • No matter your size and no matter how your body got to be the size is today--you deserve respect and equality. Many years of self hate, diets, and cultural weight/size oppression may have promoted your body to be larger than what your DNA was originally programed to be.
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is a genetic/environmental hormonal dysregulation leading to infertility, high insulin levels, mood disorders, eating disorders and negative body image. Most PCOS research uses weight focused therapies which sucks; women told to "just lose weight" when diagnosed. High insulin levels make this impossible long term. Julie recommends healing the hormones with medical interventions then work on healthy behaviors to promote health and avoid eating disorders. Cutting calories too low causes more problematic inflammation and cravings to binge when affected by PCOS.
  • Health at every size (HAES®) is not:
    • encouraging bingeing yet does not demonize food choices
    • glorifying obesity yet does honor every body and think every body deserves equal rights
    • healthy at every size the extra Y is huge! Experience health today not once at a certain weight.
    • All sizes deserve equal health care and respect.
  • HAES® includes attuned eating, pleasurable movement (check out Episode 4 on the Love, Food podcast for more on this), social justice for all sizes.
  • Everyone deserves to experience health in their body today. You too! Let's rage against the machine together.

Show Notes:

  • My Big Fat Fabulous Life with Whitney Thore (Julie was Whitney's dietitian in Season 2)
  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
    • Overview
    • Women with PCOS: Don't touch diets with a 10 foot pole ←why don't work with PCOS
    • PCOS and Eating Disorders
    • Weight cycling hurts PCOS
    • How to eating with PCOS without dieting
    • Food Peace with PCOS
    • Weight stigma and PCOS
  • HAES® approach overview
  • Healthcare providing like a fat babe does ← reading this will turn your anger into a slingshot and project your self respect and body image onto a bed of the softest pillows welcoming you home.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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A nutrition student writes to food because she feels ashamed of her fat body. Although she knows diets are harmful she is tempted because of the fear of rejection: from her peers, potential employers, future clients, and herself. Julie calls Glenys Oyston RD to discuss possible solutions for this student.

Key Points:

  • This student is not experiencing a nutrition problem yet a lack of exposure to size diversity messages. Could nutrition students be given more opportunities for personal health and well-being by exposure to more unconventional nutrition education such as attuned eating, pleasurable movement, and health at every size approaches?
  • Not everyone wants to work with a slim dietitian.
  • Glenys Oyston describes her transition from a body disparaging to weight neutral nutrition student which began after listening to Linda Bacon speak in a class. This helped her improve her body image while promoting healthy eating experiences. It also helped her appreciate she is much more than her body: she has thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc that mean much more to her.
  • Is there size discrimination in the dietetics profession? We say yes. Advocating for size acceptance can improve job satisfaction yet it is up to the individual on whether to speak up or not. Find allies on-line and unite!
  • Consider personal psychotherapy to proactively help your relationship with food and body image.
  • Hang in there Fat Nutrition Student! Things get better as you get more exposure to the profession and the diversity of body types.

Show Notes:

  • Dietitian's and Their Weight Struggles from Today's Dietitian May 2014. (How Julie found Glenys!)
  • Glenys Oyston: Dare To Not Diet blog and Dietitians Unplugged podcast.
  • Linda Bacon: The professor and researcher that positively altered Glenys's nutrition education and affirmed her ability for health at her natural size. She also significantly affected Julie's shift to a weight neutral and non diet approach.

Food Peace Syllabus Additions:

  • Ragen Chastain's blog Dances with Fat. Warning: will change your life.
  • Glenys's list of inspiring fat fashion bloggers:
    • Gabi Fresh
    • Curvy Canadian
    • Garner Style
    • Le Blog De Big Beauty
    • Flaws Couture
    • The Curvy Fashionista
    • The Curvy Girl Chic
    • Life and Style of Jessica
    • Nicolette Mason
    • Clothes And Shit
    • Big Hips Red Lips

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There's no such thing as a perfect eater so making mistakes is a part of normal eating. What if you were raised to believe larger bodies are disgusting or eating is to be controlled? Then what? When the mind and society expect eating perfection, how can someone become a normal eater? This week's letter writer asks food to help direct her to the path toward healing.

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Key Points:

  • The longest relationship we will have on earth is the relationship with ourselves. How we feed ourselves is important to our health and quality of life. Therefore our relationship with food is important to heal.
  • Nutrition science is a fluid science.
  • Another shout out to Ellyn Satter and her awesomeness. This time, we hear her definition of Normal Eating.
  • Hear how Julie defines Eating Disorder recovery and why she believes you can 100% recover!
  • Our family of origin's belief on size and food behavior can get in the way of normal eating. Normal eating includes mistakes and trusting our body. Teaching size discrimination will keep us from trusting our hunger and fullness cues. It teaches us to rely on dieting and disordered eating.
  • Disordered eating is society's normal eating Julie pouts.
  • Picking out 1 or 2 new foods to try each week will help your brain and taste buds get more comfortable with normal eating.
  • The only FDA approved medications for eating disorders are foods.
  • Looking to become a normal eater? Find other normal eaters! And, it may impact your family and friends to also become normal eaters.
  • Patience and acceptance will help you move forward to healthy normal eating.

Show Notes:

  • Normal Eating by Ellyn Satter RD, LCSW
  • Find your eating disorder team in Central North Carolina or nationwide.
  • Meeting with an eating disorder dietitian for the first time
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

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Do you feel addicted to carbs, sugar, or any foods? Hear the latest research on food addiction and what dietitians in the trenches have to say about the experience. Can food addiction explain your problematic eating? Or is it something else?

Key Points:

  • Eating is just like peeing. Yup, it is although don't mix the two. Stop judging your food choices unless you also judge your urination habits.
  • Food can have too much power and if it does in your life you are not alone!
  • Don't believe the hype! The food addiction theory model has many limitations including:
    • Food addiction is poorly and vaguely defined. Too catch all.
    • Most research done on animals and can't translate directly to humans.
    • Fails to consider alternative explanations for neurobiological pathways seen in food addiction research.
    • When food restricted, pleasure centers of brain light up stronger than when not restricted. This means diets will make you feel addicted to food rather than food causing the addiction.
  • Marci says, "Food is meant to be rewarding" {My new favorite quote!}
  • We can be addicted to food just like we can be addicted to music and laughter.
  • Tug and pull with food can promote the food addiction experience when other underlying experiences promoting the experience.
  • Do you know of any food addiction research that is controlling for dieting, restriction, avoidance? Let us know!!
  • Dieting gets us in the way of primal evolutionary systems. When food feels addicting and a person is not a failure! The body is being a successful human.
  • What are the steps to recover from what feels like food addiction?
    • You are not alone!
    • Let's redefine the word healthy eating.
    • Is your eating satisfying and pleasurable. Be sure eating includes these!
    • Ponder this: what's happening in my body rather than what's happening in my brain?
    • Move the judgement and moralistic thinking away from food and the body will find balance to find health.

Show Notes:

  • My colleague and friend Marci Evans RD, CEDRD and ways to connect with her wisdom via twitter: @MarciRD. If you're training to become a dietitian or want to work with those affected by eating disorders, be SURE to check out her online training launching very soon. Check her blog regularly for food addiction information.
  • Marci's food addiction blog posts: here and here.
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Food Peace Syllabus Additions:

  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole RD and Elyse Resch RD
  • Eat what you love and love what you eat by Michelle May MD
  • Starting Monday by Karen Koenig LCSW

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: A Mindful Eating Program to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle
Starting Monday: Seven Keys to a Permanent, Positive Relationship with Food

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Do you parent a fat child? This letter comes from a large woman raising a child who is now teased at school because of her size. Should she put her child on a diet? Take her to the gym?

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Key Points:

  • 12 in 100,000 children have Type 2 Diabetes yet 2900 in 100,000 children experience an eating disorder*. Statistically, worry more about eating disorders than increased adiposity.
  • Teach kids how to have a healthy body image and a healthy relationship with food.
  • Is fat a bad word? Let's neutralize it. Just may be the key to positive body image and respecting others.
  • The Division of Food Responsibility by Ellyn Satter
  • What to do about junk foods? Stop calling them junk and refer to them as fun foods because they are fun! Offer them a few times a week at a snack or as part of a meal.
  • Do you make your child go to the gym? No pain no gain = more body hate. Encourage movement that feels pleasurable. As a parent, our job is to help children to connect to the movement their body prefers.

Show Notes:

  • *Writings Group et al., "Incidence of Diabetes"
  • **K.R. Merikangas et al. "Lifetime Prevalence of Mental Disorders in US Adolescents: Results from the National Co-morbitity Survey Replication-Adolescent Supplement." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 49, no. 10 (2010): 980-9.
  • Helping Your Large Child in a Fat Phobic World
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Food Peace Syllabus Additions:

  • Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming by Ellyn Satter
  • Your Dieting Daughter: Antidotes Parents can Provide for Body Dissatisfaction, Excessive Dieting, and Disordered Eating by Carolyn Costin

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Your Child's Weight: Helping Without Harming
Your Dieting Daughter: Antidotes Parents can Provide for Body Dissatisfaction, Excessive Dieting, and Disordered Eating

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Changing culture to make room for all bodies including yours.

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A woman wants to exercise yet feels so uncomfortable in her larger body. She's too embarrassed for the gym, pools, and classes but she wants to exercise and move her body. She hopes Food can help her find the confidence to go to gym classes and a way to eat with enjoyment again. Can you relate??

I phone a friend, Debra Benfield, to help out Uncomfortable Wanna-Be Gym Rat and she speaks about magic carpets and ways to stay connected to promote health and peace.

Key Points

  • During season 2 of My Big Fat Fabulous Life, Julie was Whitney Thore's dietitian. Whitney experienced similar experiences to the letter writer and found her way back to movement in her larger body.
  • The letter writer is connected to her body in a health promoting way even though feeling negatively about it...keep connected to that!
  • The fear of judgement is powerful and in yoga, in it's most basic sense, is about leaving judgement at the door. Separating what others think about her and what she thinks will be key on and off the mat.
  • Weight oppression
  • Yoga modifications: start with not add later. Goal is challenge and ease not pain. Downward facing puppy to downward facing dog.
  • Our bodies let us know when it is time to move and trust it that is so much better than rules and regulations
  • Debra and Julie will be the last people on earth without FitBits...why??

Shownotes:

  • My Big Fat Fabulous Life with Whitney Thore. Check it out on TLC!
  • The fabulous Debra Benfield RD, RYT and her upcoming retreats
  • Curvy Yoga and Anna Guest-Jelly RYT
  • My Name is Jessamyn
  • This Girl Can (←emphasis Debra's) video: giggling, sweating and diverse bodies. It will make you empowered too!
  • Diane Bondy Yoga

Food Peace Syllabus Additions

  • Yoga For All by Diane Bondy
  • Curvy Loving Kindness meditation

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Body Image During Life Transitions

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Going to the chapel, going to get married...only if I am skinny enough. Wha??? Today's letter writer struggles with body acceptance and can't seem to lose weight. She wants to have her soon-to-be husband to make a contract: he can divorce her if she gains too much weight. Do you think this will give her the willpower to stay skinny? Do you think this will increase her motivation?

Key Points:

  • Just say no to weight focused marriage contracts!
  • Earth suits and pie in the sky views on unconditional love and marriage.
  • "If it's not about your weight, what would it be about?" Elizabeth Scott, LCSW from The Body Postive
  • 4 transitions that seem to be high risk times to experience eating disorders.
  • Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses.
  • Focusing on disordered eating keeps us from experiencing the present. What are these behaviors distracting you from?
  • Willpower is a noun that does not belong with eating behaviors.

Show Notes:

  • The Body Positive
  • Find an eating disorder team
  • My wedding was perfect...And I was fat as hell the whole time By Lindy West
  • Julie Dillon RD blog

Food Peace Syllabus additions:

  • Embody: Learning to love your unique body (and quiet that critical voice!) by Connie Sobczak

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!)

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Get Your Body Back or Respect What You Have?

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A new mom so deeply in love with her son is struggling with body image, weight, self-care and all the tough transitions to motherhood. She asks Food for ways to get her body back and eat right, yet will Food go down that rabbit hole of dieting, self-loathing? Naaaaw, Food gives insight into ways for this mom to stay connected to herself: the one she has known her whole life and the new person who is now a mom.

Julie Duffy Dillon phones in a friend, Lindsay Stenovec RD, CEDRD, a dietitian specializing in helping women who are postpartum experience body positivity.

Key Points:

  • Motherhood is filled with ups and downs, massive transitions, and zero sleep.
  • "Comparison is the thief of joy" Theodore Roosevelt
  • Dieting followed by a period without dieting will feel chaotic yet exciting. It's not the food's fault rather the dieting.
  • Postpartum can be filled with joy and love AND unfamiliar, disconnected, and full of grief. Commonly, we turn to the body and food to ground ourselves.
  • Saying "I want my body back" = the quickest way to make Julie feel uncomfortable and turn into a raging feminist (that's a good thing by the way)
  • Reaching out to past routines and people can help make the postpartum experience more familiar and less stressful.
  • Hot coffee or a hot meal can keep us new and/or frantic moms stay grounded and promote self-care.
  • Beginner's Mind: imagine how your child experiences your body; they haven't learned about weight stigma yet!
  • New moms working toward body positivity will help her own self-care as well as prevent passing on cultural messages of body hate

Show Notes:

  • Lindsay Stenovec The new mom body positive guru and registered dietitian (be sure to check out her new program called Nurtured Mama)
  • International postpartum support and help line
  • Julie Duffy Dillon's blog

Food Peace Syllabus additions:

  • Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat: The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby by Claire Mysko and Magali Amadeï
  • Intuitive Eating Audio CD by dietitians Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Intuitive Eating: A Practical Guide to Make Peace with Food, Free Yourself from Chronic Dieting, Reach Your Natural Weight

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When Failing a Diet Really Is Your Success

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A woman has been dieting for over 30 years and feels like a failure starting yet another weight loss plan. Instead of being hopeful and excited, she is feeling shitty. Really shitty. Dive in as we discuss health without dieting, family dynamics, and learning to eat again.

Key Points:

  • Diet rock bottom can be exhausting yet an opportunity to regain footing to a healthy relationship with food.
  • New diets can feel hopeful and be a seductive fantasy that life will be better with weight loss. Watch out for my F*bombs!
  • Our bodies do not like bodies. Falling off the diet wagon means you are being a successful human rather than a failure.
  • Binge Eating Disorder is serious and can take 4 to 7 years to recover. Perfectionism will keep you stuck in it longer! Mistakes help you know the best path to recovery.
  • The pursuit of weight loss can keep you from healing their relationship with food whether it is binge eating, emotional eating, and other disordered eating.
  • Lots on why diets don't work.
  • Not dieting is not giving up. It's letting yourself be.

Show Notes:

  • Diet Rock Bottom
  • Health At Every Size Community
  • Eating Disorder Dietitians
  • JulieDillonRD.com

Food Peace Syllabus additions:

  • Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

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Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program That Works

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Call an Uber, we need to get off this diet crazy train!

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Clean eating. Low carb. Low fat. Do this not that. Now what? Eating is getting too stuffy and complicated. Diets promote harm not health. Plus, they are boring.

Key Points:

This dietitian lists her concerns and pleas to food for help. People don't fail diets. Diets fail people. Let's start a revolution to respect our bodies and reject the diet mentality.

We need a new path to peace. The Love, Food podcast will call an Uber so we can get off the diet crazy train. Each spunky opinionated episode will consider ways to experience food peace and move away from disordered eating, binge eating, emotional eating, and negative body image.

Show Notes:

Thank you for listening to my Dear Food letter. Do you have one? I would love to read about your struggles around food. Feel chaotic? Bring it. Feel crazy? Write it down. Crave normal eating? Get out your pen and paper and give me the details. I am Julie Duffy Dillon: Registered dietitian and food peace promoter. I want to help you enjoy eating again. Please send your email to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.

Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series. Give me feedback via Twitter @EatingPermitRD or leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue!