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Nutrition consultancy to improve your relationship with food and body. Person centred, compassionate, holistic coaching.

25/02/2026

I’ve heard it 100s of times
But the people that give this advice are usually people unqualified to support you

Most qualified professionals will get you the best support when you seek it regardless of your body size
& this is a good barometer for determining if someone is actually qualified to support you

GPs
ED dietitians & psychotherapists

PS I’m not an ED dietitian I work in the space of disordered eating & always refer to for ED support

23/02/2026

She has as much education as he has audacity

Taking what women have been told forever is their most important currency & dragging her for it in an attempt to build his own low self-esteem

Weak man x by diet culture x patriarchy x men with podcasts = body shaming

Girls let this be a lesson if you date down he will punish you for it

22/02/2026

Here’s what an ‘anti inflammatory diet’ would actually look like⬇️

• High intake of vegetables
• Fruit daily
• Legumes regularly
• Whole grains as staple carbohydrates
• Nuts regularly
• Fish & seafood multiple times per week
• Moderate fermented dairy (yogurt, cheese)
• Low intake of red & processed meat
• Low intake of ultra-processed foods
• Majority of fats from unsaturated sources (olive oil, nuts)
• High dietary fibre & plant diversity

But ps despite being a great dietary pattern for intake of a variety of nutrients there’s no evidence that this type of diet promotes fat loss or reduces ‘puffiness’ or ‘bloating’

DM me ‘EIQ’ for more info on becoming the best evidence based coach

17/02/2026

How do you lose fat without compromising your hormones?
= a calorie deficit doesn’t work
 Ok but that’s not the answer

Don’t drop body fat levels below those that are healthful
Don’t diet longer than you ‘need’ to
Manage other physical & psychological stressors
Fasted training might not be helpful (but could be totally fine) depending on your lifestyle
Focus on inclusion with your nutrition
Track your cycle (changes in luteal phase are a red flag for hormone disruption but missed if you’re not tracking)

Oh & avoid misinformation which is actually really hard when there are people who are v intelligent with some great things to say also saying things that are just wrong

Join this intake of we start 27th Feb

DM EIQ to learn more I would love to chat

womenshealth

11/02/2026

Save this post for your toolbox

If you overeat past fullness when you’re stressed
This isn’t a self control issue
 Stress hormones can increase the motivational reward of food by sensitising reward pathways in the brain
 At the same time eating shifts away from physical hunger & towards comfort & regulation & relief

DAY-TO-DAY STRESS MANAGEMENT
- Regular (not over) movement
- Regular meals & snacks
- Mindfulness practice (eg meditation, mindful moments of focusing on 1 thing you see, smell, hear, taste, feel or 2 minutes of box breathing)
- Boundary setting (casual comment, not a casual practice)

IN-THE-MOMENT TOOLS
- Sensory deprivation (put your phone away, TV off, dim the lights)
- 1 somatic ‘body’ tool for 2-5 minutes (eg shake, dance, cold water, box breathing, nature)
- Check in with physical hunger in your stomach, brain & limbs (e.g. full/empty, focused/lethargic, shaky/twitchy?)
- 1 future focused question (how do I want to feel tomorrow morning?)

BONUS TOOL
- Create an if then strategy, for when you feel most stressed / chaotic / any other feeling / situation that arises before you overeat
- If I feel stressed, then I will…
- If I feel overwhelmed, then I will…
- Each morning, visualise yourself doing this, just a few minutes

Learn how to support your clients with stress eating by doing

08/02/2026

Just stop worrying about food🙃

I think this one was a real shame because I know people with disordered eating look up to her & whilst I totally understand her sentiment, I can’t agree

The idea that you can choose not to be preoccupied by food is just as toxic as the idea that you can use enough willpower to stop binge eating

2 things can be true

The world’s problems are catastrophic. I should do & say more. I wish people would care, do & say more.

AND

You can live with disordered eating & not have the capacity or view to care as much as you otherwise would

Shaming yourself for ‘not caring enough’ (or being shamed for doing so by people you look up to) only makes your disordered eating worse

intentionally putting energy into others can be a really helpful way of managing your finite energy & might help reduce your food noise & can actually help others

& I really hope you have the capacity to do this

But at least in my work I see people who care deeply & feel enough guilt as it is

04/02/2026

Let’s be angrier although women not too much it’s not v likeable

03/02/2026

You’ll probably try everything but what you really need to do

& I’ve said it 100x over
I think restoring a regular menstrual cycle is one of the hardest journeys to go on in this space
It often takes you beyond what’s expected
What you fear youll feel comfortable doing
But it almost always surprises you in the best way in the end

02/02/2026

‘Hormone balancing’ won’t make you miraculously lose fat
‘Balancing your oestrogen’ won’t make you miraculously lose fat
Don’t waste your money on those ‘functional’ tests
Despite how tempting they are
Science doesn’t use them right now for a reason…
& also I understand why it feels like science has let you down because you don’t have an answer for why you feel that way
So you’re looking for something else
But this isn’t the answer

 

28/01/2026

Here’s what I’ll send you👇🏽

12 easy-action habits that will help you stop night time overeating through
- Nutritional regulation
- Improved self awareness
- Effective habit building & behaviour change
- Emotional regulation
- Improving productivity
- Implementing boundaries
- Improving connection

I know I know im a fountain of free resources sometimes it’s hard to fit through doors as I float up to heaven with the rest of the angels

All of this will help you stop overeating at night

These habits been used to support 1000s of people who’ve stopped night time eating so we know they work (and they’re backed by scientific research)

They’re also not going to take you years to implement & it’s a few pages so won’t take you so long to read that you end up never, actually reading it…

Comment ‘night’ below and Ill send over the link.

27/01/2026

Binge eat & have irregular periods?

There’s a few reasons why this might be
But if common causes like PCOS have been ruled out
I wonder if you’ve considered this

Because binge eating doesn’t mean your body was well-fuelled
It often means it wasn’t

Listen to episode 402 of the ETPHD team podcast

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