Unfollowing Is Your Superpower. Use It.
Truth #1: nothing you eat, no supplement you take, will prevent you from acquiring a virus.
Truth #2: no single food can boost an immune system. Eating regularly, getting enough rest, attempting to minimize stress enhances immune function.
Truth #3: the wellness gurus, licensed practitioners, and other influencers who are attempting to *sell* the idea that there is something that you can ingest/practice/manifest to prevent this illness are the same humans who have sold diet cures/weight loss miracles/cleansing nonsense. I promise.
Think of this as an opportunity to be selective about who you follow, who you give attention to. If they’re selling overt lies in the midst of the most frightening global event of recent history, they’ll keep doing so when the world is back to normal.
Unfollowing is your superpower. Use it.
Wash your hands.
Stay home if you can.
Practice safe distancing.
Seek out virtual connection.
We will get through this. TOGETHER.
And hopefully, with fewer influencers who willfully shatter ethical bounds. ✌️
#influencer #influencers #healthcoach #wellness #health #nutritioncoach #nutritionist #diet #dietculture #dietculturedetox #trainer #fitness #healthylifestyle #rdchat #manifest #thoughts #tgif #eatingdisorderrecovery #haes #antidiet #covid_19 #dietitiananna
Eating Disorders are Chaotic
This moment feels chaotic. Because it is. And I appreciate that your eating disorder might be knocking on the door, promising relief from the chaos. And I would like to gently remind you that your eating disorder, in itself, is chaotic.
And your eating disorder is fibbing in suggesting that engaging in behaviors will make this moment feel less frightening. It can’t do that. Because this is a frightening moment.
I see you if you are struggling.
I see you if you have food in your home and feel overwhelmed by it.
I see you if you have been unable to access your safe foods or replacements for them, and are worried about access to food.
I see you.
Eating disorders are chaotic. They will not make this moment less so.
#food #foodhacks #eat #nourish #nutrition #nutritioncoach #dietitian #dietitiansofinstagram #rdapproved #rdchat #rd2be #wellness #eatingdisorderrecovery #fearfood #allfoodsfit #healthcoach #trainer #exercise #fitness #edrecovery #mentalhealthawareness #anxiety #edrecovery #dietculturedetox #diet #covid_19 #selfquarantine #selflove #selfcare #dietitiananna
PSA: Your Body Has No Judgment About Food
This is time.
And a time for a reminder that your body does not hold judgment about the food it is given. If you’re allergic to a thing, your body will respond accordingly, but that’s still not from a place of judgment.
If you’ve filled your kitchen with more non-perishable items, more packaged or prepared or preserved things, know that you’re doing this right. And that your body is made to handle foods of all kinds.
This is a moment in time in which #wellnessculture can back up. And exit.
Frozen.
Canned.
Dried.
Packaged.
Processed.
These are adjectives to describe food.
It provides nourishment, it is a good food. All food is good food.
Please give yourself permission to eat.
Sending big LOVE.
#food #foodhacks #eat #nourish #nutrition #nutritioncoach #dietitian #dietitiansofinstagram #rdapproved #rdchat #rd2be #science #wellness #eatingdisorderrecovery #fearfood #allfoodsfit #healthcoach #trainer #mentalhealthawareness #anxiety #edrecovery #dietculturedetox #diet #covid_19 #selfquarantine #selflove #selfcare #dietitiananna
Wellness Culture Is Not About Wellness.
Wellness culture is not about wellness.
It’s not your fault if you have fallen prey to the messages of wellness culture. They are strong. They are convincing. And they make promises without considering the ramifications.
One in four dieters will progress to develop an eating disorder. More than that will experience a disordered relationship with food. I cannot tell you how many humans have reached out to me to suggest that in the context of healing from and living with an illness, have gone on to develop a disordered relationship with food.
This should make all of us take pause.
Wellness culture, like diet culture, doesn’t care about your life, your experiences, your body knowledge. It cares about your vulnerability and your ability to be dependent on it to navigate the challenges of living on this planet.
It cares about your cash, not your well being. Am I saying that all of wellness culture is bad? Of course not. There are beautiful, health promoting things that, with access and privilege and time, would be lovely and good for all of us. But as someone who has fallen prey to wellness culture herself, I can confidently say that my reliance on the wisdom of experts has not worked in my favor, in most situations.
I WISH for you to feel good.
I WISH for you to feel connected.
I WISH for you to feel well in your body.
I WISH for you the ability to navigate diet culture, gently.
#Wellness #chronicillness #recovery #whole30 #keto #fitness #healthcoach #rdchat #rd2be #antidiet #eatingdisorderprevention
What If We Bragged?
You know what it’s like when you’re around someone who has found the latest, greatest wellness ‘solution?’ And they talk about it, with ardor and consistency and determination?
As though it is not some rehashed, rebranded version of an intervention that came before.
As though YOU are the silly one for not getting on the bandwagon.
As though THIS one will be THE one.
As though you are very interested in the way another human takes care of their body? Or buys into diet culture? Or buys into wellness culture?
And maybe you’re in that cycle right now. You’re welcome here.
What if this was the way that we spoke about therapy?
About taking medication?
About having hard conversations that we’ve avoided, and have put off, and finally found the courage to have?
About setting limits and maintaining boundaries?
What if we talked about mental health and tending to it, in the same braggadocious way that folx talk about wellness culture?
I am here for that.
#MentalHealth #DietCulture #Diet #keto #paleo #Wellness #WellnessCulture #Selfcare #antidiet #healthcoach #therapy #depression #anxiety #eatingdisorderrecovery @i_weigh @neda
I Think You're Really Special
For being you. For doing nothing extra. For showing up. For setting boundaries. Choosing not to do all the things. For challenging yourself. For challenging beliefs that don’t serve you.
For being who you are.
I think you are really special. And if you haven’t heard that lately, please hear it now.
Tell me something cool about yourself.
Tag a human who you think is really special in comments. Send this meme to them.
Human is hard. A little love goes a long way.
#Gratitude #Community #Recovery #EatingDisorderRecovery #Antidiet #DietRecovery #Wellness #MentalHealth
Two Things That I've Learned About Myself
Two things that I’ve learned about myself
1. I’m not interested in Twitter arguments. It’s not good for my brain, and most often, does nothing but frustrate me. When I’m able to engage in thoughtful dialogue, I will. Sometimes. And then sometimes I will just choose to disengage if the human I’m talking to is not interested in dialogue, but is looking to throw barbs. I’m not interested in fighting with strangers on the Internet. Not even kind of.
2. Not understanding a concept is a normal part of growth. It is human. It is okay and important.
I did not know about Health at Every Size until I did. This understanding has changed my life.
I did not appreciate ableism until I became a disabled person. I’m still working on not apologizing for my shifting needs.
I didn’t endeavor to engage in thoughtful conversations about racism because they made me feel less than settled, and are now a part of conversations that I have regularly.
I have never NOT witnessed the oppression of fat humans, but did not always think about this in the context of fatphobia and weight stigma.
I didn’t know. And now I know better.
The word “privilege,“ Is used in common vernacular a lot more now, than I’ve noticed it before. I’m happy to be corrected on that. I’m also happy to see it in use.
Thin privilege.
White privilege.
Financial privilege.
Privilege of access.
Generally not-oppressed, privilege.
None of these things need to make any of us comfortable. If they make you feel uneasy, lean in. Acknowledging privilege is not the same thing as abdicating responsibility. But blatantly disregarding its existence, is just ignorant.
This post is on the heels of engaging with a human, briefly, about the fact that “thin privilege” exists. The rebuttal was something along the lines of “thin privilege is this the same thing as a stupid privilege.” Whatever.
But if you don’t understand the concept of thin privilege, and are going to insist on seeing the “research,“ about it, then know I’m going to point you to research about the impact of weight stigma.
The oppression of fat bodies is the reason that thin privilege exists.
Vadiveloo, 2016
Phelan, 2017
Tomiyama, 2018
#haes #weightstigma #oppression #sexism #patriarchy #disability #racism #fightthepatriarchy #lgbtrights #disabilityrights #fatpositive #fatactivism #activism #thinprivilege #eatingdisorderrecovery #healthateverysize
Digestive Issues Impact Up To 98%+ of Humans Living With Disordered Eating
The literature on the connection between the existence of digestive issues in humans struggling with disordered eating (see: ED, dieting) is clear: Up to 98+ percent of humans will deal with symptoms of IBS as part of their story.
Gas, bloating, constipation, nausea, diarrhea, stomach pain, heartburn, dysphasia, altered motility, more.
As a new dietitian, working in a clinic, I got really good at telling clients that their symptoms would resolve as their bodies healed. I imagine I was rather insistent about this. “Feed your body, feed your gut, heal your body, heal your gut.“ For some clients, this worked. For others, it didn’t, but I remained staunch in my insistence that it would.
🙅♀️What a jerk.
If you have digestive issues in the context of healing from diet or disorder, I believe you. The fact is, incorporation of regular quantities of food and a wide wide variety of food, after a period of dieting or restrained eating, will likely upset your belly. That’s pretty normal.
And if things do not get better as you move through this process, please talk to your doctor. Get a referral to see a gastroenterologist.
Please don’t rely on Dr. Google to provide you with good health solutions.
They are almost always diet-wellness culture infiltrated. Even if ‘experts,’ are owning the suggestions.
You don’t need to struggle in silence.
And even if the first treatment suggested is food, regularly, and patience, you might need more. That’s okay.
I HOPE YOU FIND EASE.
Abraham S, Kellow J., 2011
Janssen P, 2010
#eatingdisorderrecovery #dietrecovery #digestivehealth #digestion #wellness #gastroparesis #diarrhea #constipation #gas #bloating #healing #ibs #guthealth #BingeEatingDisorder #Bulimia #osfed #ARFID #Anorexia #disorderedeating #dietrecovery #diet #orthorexia #rdchat #dietitiansofinstagram
Eating Disorders are Unique Conditions
Having the pleasure of working with humans who are struggling with eating disorders, disordered eating, moving away from diets, and body image issues is a great honor and pleasure. It is also something that I was NOT trained in during my undergraduate or graduate education.
We all start somewhere. Read. Listen to podcasts. Go to conferences. Seek out support. Learn before you treat.
Our clients deserve the best. If you are treating humans who have challenging relationships with food or body, it is your responsibility to be trained to do so safely and appropriately. It’s also your responsibility to engage in continuing education and supervision.
Professionals who are treating eating disorders MUST be supported in doing this rewarding and important work.
Our clients DESERVE THIS FROM US.
#EatingDisorderDietitian #nedawareness #nedawarenessweek #nedaweek #neda #EatingDisorderRecovery #eatingdisorderspecialists #supervision #responsiblehealthcare #haes #eatingdisordereducation #rdchat #rd4bc #rd2be #weightstigma #comeasyouare #intersectionality @iaedpfoundation
Come As You Are
Diet culture. Fatphobia. Weight stigma. The media. Racism. Societal “beauty ideals.“ The computer you’re holding in your hand right now. Omnipresent access to images, of bodies that look like yours, and bodies that don’t. Omnipresent messaging about those bodies. Omnipresent access to food cures, food solutions, miracles.
Is it any wonder that the rates of eating disorders have doubled between the years of 2000 and 2018? And that is not to mention the MANY who are uncounted because of lack of screening or appropriate diagnosis.
Disordered eating is so elevated in our culture, that I no longer care about whether or not someone has an actual diagnosis.
A struggle with food is real and valid.
A struggle with body is real and valid.
If you’re not counted in the DSM, your struggle is real and valid.
Diagnosis or not, I see you. Your experience is real. Your experience is valid.
You might’ve been rewarded, congratulated, elevated for engagement in disordered behaviors. There’s a good possibility that you never thought a thing of it. Maybe your behaviors fell under the guise of “taking care of yourself.” Maybe your relationship with food became complicated in a response to watching a salacious documentary, or reading something on Dr. Google, or having a conversation with a friend that made you question yourself. Your body.
No matter the reason, your story is valid.
COME AS YOU ARE.
Galmiche M, et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019.
#eatingdisorderawarenessweek2020 #nedawareness #nedawarenessweek2020 #orthorexia #anorexia #atypicalanorexia #dsm #racism #recoverywarriors #edrecovery #edawareness #eatingdisorderawareness #comeasyouare #eatingdisorderecovery