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Alexis Conason, Psy.D.

Clinical psychologist, researcher, and founder of The Anti-Diet Plan. Radically changing the way we think about food, health, and our bodies. Post.

Alexis Conason, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice in the Midtown East neighborhood of New York City. Her practice specializes in the treatment of overeating disorders, body image, sexual functioning, and psychological issues related to weight loss surgery. She is a Research Associate at The New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center (NYONRC) at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in affiliation with Columbia University. She earned her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Long Island University, C.W. Following completion of her doctorate, Dr. Conason completed post-doctoral training at The Karen Horney Clinic and the NYONRC. She also earned a certificate in Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions from the William Alanson White Institute and a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the American Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Conason’s research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and she has presented at numerous scientific conferences. She is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Eating Behavior and has served as a peer reviewer for numerous scientific journals, including Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases and Obesity Surgery. She serves on the Board of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals-NY Chapter as their Research Chair and serves as the Advocacy and Outreach subcommittee chair of the Bariatric Surgery Section of The Obesity Society. She is an adjunct clinical supervisor at the Ferkauf School of Graduate Psychology. She is the author of the “Eating Mindfully” blog hosted by Psychology Today http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/eating-mindfully. She has been featured in the popular press including The Wall Street Journal/ Market Watch, Men's Health, Ladies' Home Journal, USA Today, The Huffington Post, Weight Watchers, Reuters, ABC News, Prevention, WebMD, EveryDay Health, US News & World Report Health Day, and Fox News.For more information, please visit www.drconason.com

01/17/2026

Diet culture doesn’t just sell weight loss.
It sells hope.
Structure.
A plan.
A promise that when your body changes, your life will finally begin.
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So when diets fail (which they almost always do), the grief can feel big.
Not just grief for a number on the scale, but for the life you were told was waiting on the other side.
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Letting go of diet culture isn’t simple or instantly freeing.
It can feel disorienting, messy, scary, and deeply uncomfortable.
There’s loss to mourn.
Stories to unlearn.
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AND on the other side of control is a quieter, sturdier kind of freedom—one that feels more authentic.
It isn’t built on rules, shrinking, or chasing a future version of yourself.
It’s built on living now, loving now, in a body that’s already worthy of care. 🤍
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If you’re in this in-between space, you’re not doing it wrong. You’re a human living in a world that tells us shrinking is the answer.
What are you noticing or unlearning right now? 💭👇

📖 If you want more support unlearning diet culture’s promises and actually learn step by step how to “listen to your body” my book The Diet-Free Revolution goes deeper into this work. It’s linked in my bio and available wherever books are sold.

01/14/2026

We don’t talk enough about the grief of healing.
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Letting go of diet culture isn’t always an easy or triumphant moment.
It’s scary AF — and it comes with real loss.
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It can feel like losing certainty, control, and the hope that this time it would finally work.
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There’s grief for the roadmap you were given.
For the future version of yourself you were promised.
For something that once felt like safety.
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If it feels heavy, disorienting, or painful at first, you’re not doing it wrong.
You’re not failing.
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You’re grieving. And that grief is an important part of the path toward real freedom. You are not alone.🤍

01/09/2026

Protein is great and all but it can’t offset chronic stress, lack of safety, or inaccessible healthcare.
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Health isn’t just nutritional.
It’s structural.
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Or maybe this was never really about our health at all. 🤔

01/08/2026

If body image feels extra hard these days…
it’s because it is.
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We’re living in the Ozempic Era, where rapid weight loss is trending content, “before & afters” are everywhere (again), and shrinking is treated like a personal virtue.
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When everyone around you seems to be getting smaller, saying they are “so full” after two bites of food, or praised for disappearing, it makes sense if your body feels like too much.
If comparison creeps back in.
If body acceptance feels lonely.
If you look around and suddenly you are standing in the body positivity movement all alone.
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You’re not doing this work wrong.
There’s nothing broken about you.
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In today’s culture, these feelings couldn’t be more normal.
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The problem isn’t your body or your mindset, it’s a world that keeps asking bodies to be projects instead of homes.
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You were never meant to disappear to be worthy.
Accepting your body is not a failure. It’s resistance.
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Healing your relationship with your body in this climate is hard *and* you’re doing it anyway. That’s pretty damn spectacular 👏🏻
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Save this for the days the noise gets loud, and if you want support, my bio has therapy and anti-diet resources grounded in weight-inclusive care. 🤍

01/06/2026

This week after New Year’s is when “health,” diet, and “wellness” messaging is at full blast.
Resets. Detoxes. Getting back on track.
Promises that this time more discipline will fix your relationship with food. That this time will be different.
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Spoiler alert: willpower won’t heal shame.
And shame is a terrible motivator for change.
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The thing that actually makes a difference?
Compassion.
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Compassion for your body.
Compassion for your nervous system.
Compassion for being human in a culture obsessed with control.
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You don’t need fixing this January.
You deserve care, now and always. ✨

🌱If you are struggling with all the New Year, New You messaging, you are not alone. DM to schedule a free 15 minute consultation call to see if one of the therapists at Conason Psychological Services can help you.

01/02/2026

✨ New year. Same me. ✨
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A little humor for anyone who’s tired of being told to reset, detox, glow up, or “be disciplined”
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Meanwhile you’re just… trying to exist. Eat snacks. Rest. Be human.
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January doesn’t require a reinvention.
You don’t need to earn your worth.
And you definitely don’t need a new body to start a new year.
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If you’re opting out of diet culture this January, you’re in good company. 💛

01/01/2026

Happy New Year 🤍
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As we enter 2026, may we do so with gentleness and compassion for our bodies, our minds, and ourselves.
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We don’t need to give in to the “New Year, New You” pressure.
We don’t need to reset or become a new and improved version of ourselves.
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We are already enough.
Already worthy of care, respect, and kindness.
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Here’s to a year of less judgment and more grace. ✨

What are you inviting in for 2026? 👇🏻

12/31/2025

As we say goodbye to 2025, I want to re-share the posts that resonated the most with you. These were the messages that you shared, liked, viewed, and came back to the most in 2025…plus a bonus personal favorite of mine.
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Thank you for being here and for being part of these conversations. In The Ozempic Era, these spaces are becoming few and far between, I’m so happy you are here to do the hard work with me🤍
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Which post is your favorite? And what do you want to see from me in 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣? Tell me 👇🏻

12/30/2025

As we head into a new year and “resolutions” start filling our feeds, I keep thinking about how easily we equate weight loss with health.
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Especially right now, when smaller bodies are being celebrated without much conversation about the long-term impact.
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Research published this year links weight cycling (losing and regaining weight) to increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, liver disease, and more.
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Health is complex.
Bodies are not problems to solve.
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This was one of my most shared posts of 2025 and I’m sharing it again now because it’s especially relevant this time of year. 🤍
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Reference: Swartz AZ, Wood K, Farber-Eger E, Petty A, Silver HJ. Weight Trajectory Impacts Risk for 10 Distinct Cardiometabolic Diseases. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Dec 18;111(1):e49-e57. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaf348. PMID: 40498904; PMCID: PMC12712981.
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References for weight loss statistics:
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Wing RR, Phelan S. Long-term weight loss maintenance. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005 Jul;82(1 Suppl):222S-225S. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/82.1.222S. PMID: 16002825
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Sarlio-Lähteenkorva S, Rissanen A, Kaprio J. A descriptive study of weight loss maintenance: 6 and 15 year follow-up of initially overweight adults. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2000 Jan;24(1):116-25. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801094. PMID: 10702760

12/28/2025

I don’t know about you, but we’re officially at the point in winter break where sugar has become its own food group.

Pajamas until noon.
Double-feature movie days.
Christmas cookies. Leftover candy.

And that’s okay.

Life gets a lot lighter when we stop turning food into a power struggle and start focusing on the memories being made.

Learning to trust your body—and teaching your kids to do the same—might be one of the greatest gifts you can give them.

Seasonal treats are allowed to be fun.
You’re allowed to enjoy them too.

The Halloween version of this post was my most shared post this year, and it still feels just as important to say now. 🤍

💬 What’s your favorite holiday sweet that you’ve been enjoying this week? 🍬🍪🍰

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