Food Habits

05/03/2020

It's been a while since I've posted anything but this is definitely worth talking about.

Dana and Hilary from Be Nourished are THE experts in body trust training. For the first time they are offering a free online conference to work through your own relationship with your body. You know that amazing home we have that we beat ourselves up about for not being good enough. That body. Weight and LGBQT inclusive presenters. It is American based but each presentation is available for 24 hours so the time difference is not a problem. Check it out!

https://benourished.org/summit/

09/01/2020

Calories In = Calories Out is BS. It plays a part but over simplifies a complicated system - our body. Marci does a great job of explaining why.

I posted an image on social media a few weeks ago stating “Calories In = Calories Out is Bullsh*t” and it was met with a massive response. I had a sense it’d strike a chord and it sure did. One of the dominant themes I heard from students and professionals was, “It is BS, BUT …

08/01/2020

We have known the effects of dieting for a long time. Yet we still keep setting people up for failure. Intentional. Weight. Loss. Doesn't. Work!

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment began in 1944 as a response to WWII and a way to generate information around how to help people recover from starvation and famine. It was a small study with a l…

22/10/2019

"during the follow‐up, BMI and WC [waist circumference] increased more in dieters than in non‐dieters, suggesting that dieting attempts are ineffective in the long term among the general population."

Sares-Jäske L, Knekt P, Männistö S, Lindfors O, Heliövaara M. Self-report dieting and long-term changes in body mass index and waist circumference. Obes Sci Pract. 2019;5(4):291–303. Published 2019 Mar 26. doi:10.1002/osp4.336

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700513/

08/10/2019

I don't usually share food photos because everyone's food choices are their own. It just seemed fitting after a day of Non Diet training when I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my flight home to absolutely enjoy this scrummy meal. Thanks to Fi squared for the great learning as always.

07/10/2019

As a thin bodied person, I have to admit that I didn't recognise this as a problem until I started working from A Health At Every Size (R) perspective. Now I feel it's important to share so that other thin bodied people can be more aware and share space with larger bodied people.

28/09/2019

"As a visibly fat person, conversations about calories, macronutrients, diets and weight are uncomfortable. If a thin person claims they “need” to lose pounds, what do they think about me?"

I know others don’t mean to offend me. But they do.