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Rediscover Nutrition's mission is to guide people back to a more intuitive, balanced, and flexible w Done dieting? You're not alone.

Rediscover Nutrition is an evidence-based nutrition practice started by Samantha Finkelstein, Registered Dietitian. Samantha's mission is to guide people to a more natural, balanced way of eating by practicing neutrality around weight and food through the principles of Intuitive Eating and Health At Every Size. Our food choices should not make us feel guilty or bad. Find freedom with your food and love for your body by booking a consultation today.

12/28/2021

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The first thought that comes to mind might at first seem impossible to separate from weight. For example, maybe your reason for wanting to lose weight is to fit in certain clothing sizes. Or maybe you believe that if your body is smaller you'll have more stamina, improved body image, or be able to participate in your life more. But most of the time the promise of weight loss comes with underlying promises that are not inherently related. It's usually not just about fitting into a smaller pair of jeans -- it's about a deeply held cultural belief that a smaller pair of jeans means happiness, satisfaction with life, better relationships, better careers, and better health (and more...).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✨If your goal is to love the way you look and feel in your clothes -- can you find yourself some clothes you love to wear at your current size?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✨If your goal is to feel strong -- can you begin to build strength right now, from wherever you're at?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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✨If your goal is to stop letting your body image or size get in the way of the things you love to do -- can you start by saying yes to something today, even if it feels really scary?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Of course, this concept is even more complicated when you live in a larger body and the world is built for small ones, with stigma constantly lurking. I invite you to connect to that anger, frustration, and anything else you might feel, and direct it outward toward the systems that need to change, rather than inward trying to shrink your own body. And if that doesn't feel doable yet, know that you are not alone, and perhaps consider 1 way you might honor your body's needs today. ❤️

12/17/2021

Are you ready to exist in your body with total trust? Keep reading to understand how...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The term "Intuitive Eating" gets thrown around a lot. Intuitive Eating is actually an evidence-based approach to nutrition that helps people honor their bodily needs, and has been proven to improve health, wellbeing, and body image more over time than restrictive eating. Intuitive Eating is a book, which is updated regularly as the body of research around it grows and changes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If someone tells you they'll guide you through Intuitive Eating, and they promise you weight loss -- RUN!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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It is incredibly challenging (maybe impossible) to hear and honor what our bodies are needing when we use weight or body size as a driver. This does NOT mean you need to come into this work completely ready to accept your body at the size it is or wants to be. We are inundated with messages encouraging us to control our bodies. So, don't worry if this sounds hard, out of reach, or even terrifying. It probably will feel this way for a little while.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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12/16/2021

Real stories from real dietitian appointments...⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A lot of get into this field to help others, and a lot of us also get into this field to find healing for ourselves. Dietitians (and healthcare providers in general) are full and complex human beings just like anyone else, and the timeline of personal and professional growth looks different for different people.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Part of my learning experience was being given disordered recommendations from a who I trusted, trying to stick to those recommendations while internalizing them, and feeling like a failure when the number on the scale went up.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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If this is the experience you've had, you're not alone. Shaming medical experiences often happen from well-meaning healthcare providers who think they're doing what is best. But in my office, supported by outside work with a therapist, we get to throw compassion out the window for a brief moment and feel the feelings that, when held in, make us feel ashamed to live in our bodies, or to seek and from .⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Here on this page, you will never hear me offer up diet tricks, nor will I encourage you to eat in a way that does not leave room for enjoyment, pleasure, experience, and nourishment.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Now stick it to this former RD of mine and tell me your FAVORITE FULL FAT SALAD DRESSING!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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11/25/2021

If you're getting ready to enjoy a family meal but your pesky ED (or family members or loved ones) won't stop beating you down about your eating today, please consider this as one helpful tool in your toolbox.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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As always, you have unconditional permission to consume any food, at any time, in any amount, regardless of what or how much nutrition that food provides. But here we get to challenge the idea that common fear foods contain "no nutrition".⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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These are foods that commonly show up at Thanksgiving that may elicit disordered thoughts or comments. This is not a list of the only foods you are allowed to eat, but rather are examples of how to use this concept to challenge commonly held ED beliefs. I hope from here you can apply this concept to challenge any ED thoughts, and remember there is nothing you can put on your plate today that contains no nutrition, nor is there anything you can put on your plate today that makes you "bad" (because food doesn't have that power).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Please practice lots of extra gentle and kind self care today.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And as a reminder, please follow the link in my profile for the incredible resource from the Indigenous Solidarity Network about how we can begin to rethink this day in solidarity with our Indigenous communities.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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11/19/2021

Hey! Ever wanted to learn more about Intuitive Eating and the work I do, for FREE, from HOME? Here's your chance!

On Wednesday, December 1 my team and I will have the pleasure of speaking at this event organized by the students of Pitzer College. The event is open to all, and although it will be geared toward college students, it will be an amazing opportunity for all to learn more about what it looks like to eat intuitively, and to approach our wellbeing from a place of self-care rather than self-control.

Please join us on December 1 from 7-8pm for this exciting free event! Please register to receive access to this virtual event via the link in our profile, or by directly typing the link from the image into your browser.

We can't wait to see you there!

[Image description: white and lavender square with the following text:
(Event Title) INTUITIVE EATING
December 1, 2021 7:00-8:00pm (PST)
Zoom
Register at: tinyurl.com/3FDJ68AT
Join the experts at Beyond Measure to explore the connection between food, nutrition, and mental health. Their goal is to discover a healthy middle ground in a society obsessed with extremes. This talk will be an introduction to a self-care, rather than self-control, model of physical and mental health.
Featuring: Salena Schapp, PsyD
Samantha Finkelstein, RD
Matthew Arnone, MS, RD
This event is supported by the Pitzer Campus Life Committee. Questions? Email aneuburg@student.pitzer.edu]

05/19/2021

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We have inherent unconditional permission to enjoy any food, regardless of what nutrition it provides. But sometimes it's important that we understand that no food is devoid of nutrition. I think this can feel especially important when it comes to our cultural foods. Here are a few foods I grew up eating in my Jewish home, and just some of the nutrients they provide.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Remember, our are vital for providing energy (that is, fuel that allows us to do literally everything our bodies need to do). Our do not provide fuel, but fulfill other important roles, sometimes including helping us turn those macronutrients into usable energy.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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04/22/2021

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If you thought meant never saying "no" to foods, or was only about hunger/fullness cues, you're not alone. There is a ton of misinformation out there about what this approach to eating is meant to look like.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Intuitive Eating does involve saying "no" to foods, although it often involves a lot of "yes" to food first. One goal of recovery from diet culture is often for your "no" to come from your truth around what you need, rather than coming from an external rule placed upon you by diet culture. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A skilled in Intuitive Eating will rarely tell you when to say "no". Instead, our role is to help guide you back to the knowledge of your body.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This may feel like such a heavy task. Learning to understand and trust the knowledge of your body might sound so terrifying or overwhelming at first, especially if the only body-related language you've spoken your whole life is . This is where working with a professional can be helpful.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Don't forget to check out to get connected with services. If this isn't the right option for you right now, please stick around here or go follow us there. While neither platform is a substitute for treatment nor meant to provide medical advice, both platforms will serve as resources for wellness information rooted in , Intuitive Eating, and . ❤️⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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09/19/2020

"Dissent speaks to a future age" - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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We are all shaken. For those of us impacted, or who love people who will be impacted, by the loss of the dissenting voice on the Supreme Court, the news of Justice Ginsburg's passing was not only sad, but terrifying. I know there will be action ahead of us, and I will be on the front lines, fighting, with you all. But for today, I invite you to leave space for your grief. For today, I'm remembering that Ruth Bader Ginsburg paved the way for me to be a voice of dissent on a daily basis. I may not get to impact the world on a SCOTUS level, but without the groundwork laid by this incredibly person, I don't think the work I do today would be possible (and I sure as hell wouldn't be getting compensated equal to my male counterpart, either). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Today, I honor Justice Ginsburg by gearing up to continue to be the voice of dissent. As anti-diet RDs, we get to do this by pushing back on fatphobia, racism, and other inequities, both in our field and in the world. As humans, we won't settle for anyone being treated as less than for the body they were born into. Today, I honor this heroine of feminism by using my voice, and owning my right to dissent. Thank you, RBG, for changing this world for those of us to whom the constitution did not apply.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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RIP - and if you still have any influence from wherever you've gone off to, throw us a little. We'll take all the help we can get. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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01/08/2020

FYI. Because these diet culture messages are too often and too obnoxious this time of year. Give me a follow if Twitter is your thing 💁‍♀️.

01/05/2020

There's been a massive wave of diet culture drenched messaged in our feeds, and across our communities lately. This makes perfect sense. This is the time of year that diet culture has the greatest success with keeping us in its grips. Note, it is diet CULTURE being successful (i.e. keeping us oppressed, distracted, and actually worsening our overall health), and not the diet itself, which continues to fail 95% of the time, regardless of the start month. If you're still in the grips of the dieting loop, I see you, and I love you. We're ready to let it go when we're ready. If you're over dieting, it's not too late to make 2020 the year of no more. Jump over to my profile and check out my Resolutions highlight for 15 Anti-Diet, non-body-focused resolution ideas. Try one of them out. Or start by picking up any of the amazing books that are out there. Some places to start are:

🌟Intuitive Eating
🌟Health At Every Size or Body Respect
🌟Anti-Diet (new release from that I haven't gotten to yet, but am hearing amazing things, and trust her with all things Anti-Diet)

There are so many more places to go from there, but these are great to get a foundation for a new way of thinking about your body, your food, and your wellness.

Happy 2020, folx! I've got a good feeling about this one 💕🙏😻

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09/12/2019

My article on the program increasing risk for eating disorders in teens, is now live on . Please head on over and read and share the article. If you have questions about why we anti-diet practitioners are pushing back so hard on this program, please don't hesitate to reach out and ask.

Let's help protect our children from valuing their bodies for their size. ❤️

08/16/2019

Today I happened to stop by an eatery I hadn't been to in a few years. Stepping into the bathroom before I ordered, I saw the walls plastered with pictures of only very specific types of foods, and lots of messages (both verbal and non verbal) about how our eating impacts not only physical health, but our completeness as people [see my story]. This sparked a memory of the last time I ate at this spot. I remember ordering a pitaya bowl (not my preference -- I remember finding I far prefer the classic acai version, which I enjoyed with all my heart today). I took a picture of my bowl to post on social media, and I remember having a little tiny "aha!" moment. I realized that the only time I felt motivated to photograph and post what I ate was when someone else made it for me. I also realized how infrequently the food I prepared was as eye-grabbing as the blended neon pink dragon fruit in my bowl. And I heard a voice inside my head chime in: "...and I don't care".

What I realized in that cafe is that pictures of pretty food is not what my own personal voice is here for. I fought that for so long, thinking to take up space in the nutrition corner of the Instagram world meant I needed to post pictures of beautiful and perfectly balanced meals. Soon after this, I learned more and more about WHY I didn't feel drawn to contribute to the growing feed of bowls of salad, and that there was a much better fit for me in the space of broadening how we see "nutrition", through mostly words, and the occasional picture of food. My voice is something I continue to explore, and I hope it continues to morph and evolve as I do.

I wanted to share this with you to remind you to do what you feel pulled to. It probably won't look like what everyone else is doing. That's why it's your calling, and no one else's. I don't do this perfectly, but sure am doing my best at it. ❤️

How has your voice changed as you push away ?

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