“If you want to lose weight just eat less,” “Why can’t I just stop eating,” or my personal favorite, “You’re not hungry you’re bored/thirsty/tired (insert your own).” How many times have you heard it? It’s exhausting and frustrating to feel like you don’t have control or like it’s a constant battle between you and your … Continue reading Your Hunger is Real
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New Year, New Food Resolutions
Every year we wake up on New Year’s Day with expectations. Expectations of ourselves, others, and what the year to come should look like. Many of these expectations revolve around food and our bodies; some healthy and some not so much. I am here to tell you that your resolutions don’t need to have anything … Continue reading New Year, New Food Resolutions
Why I Told my PCP my Nutrition is “Excellent” and Why He Should Have Asked More Questions
Maybe I’m just vain. I am a dietitian after all and I practice what I preach. Or maybe I’m just realistic. I believe nutrition is more than just eating fruits and vegetables. I think nutrition at its truth includes not only what and how much eat, but our relationship with our food and with our … Continue reading Why I Told my PCP my Nutrition is “Excellent” and Why He Should Have Asked More Questions
Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
In honor of my birthday (and all those cakes out there), I want to talk about the importance of enjoying your food, or more specifically your birthday cake. It is said that birthday cake first started with the Greeks, Romans, and Germans. The Romans would make a cake to celebrate the 50thbirthday of a famous … Continue reading Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
Healthy Eating, Weight Loss, and Body Positivity
Lets start with what is the body positivity movement? It is a movement that works to promote healthy body image among all body types and sizes and works to discredit the belief that a person’s body size and health status are inherently correlated. The body positivity movement is incredibly important at this time in society … Continue reading Healthy Eating, Weight Loss, and Body Positivity
Self-Confidence is Great Self-Awareness is Better
As someone who works in healthcare, I recognize the importance of self-confidence. If you go to a specialist you expect them, as an expert in their field, to know what is best. It doesn’t instill confidence in anyone if providers are nervous, confused, or easily flustered. People expect our doctors, nurses, and dietitians to know … Continue reading Self-Confidence is Great Self-Awareness is Better
Fad diets? More like bad diets.
Does it seem like every new fad diet is even more extreme? That’s because it is. From South Beach and Atkins to Paleo and Ketogenic, fad diets have been around forever with a new diet every couple of years. That’s why they are called fad diets; they are short lived, provide short term results, and … Continue reading Fad diets? More like bad diets.
Why Choose a Registered Dietitian?
Recently the practice of nutrition therapy by Registered Dietitians has come under a bit of fire. One senator wrote in an article. “Rather than genuine health and safety concerns, licensed dietitians are mostly just worried about protecting their monopoly status as the only group that can provide nutritional services in states like Missouri.”1 This quote was … Continue reading Why Choose a Registered Dietitian?
Eggs Eggs Eggs
Are they good? Bad? And what is cholesterol? Recently a new study was posted in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) that stated that eggs may once again be bad for us. For years we were taught that eggs are terrible and singlehandedly cause heart disease. Then we got the good news (at least … Continue reading Eggs Eggs Eggs
Why Eating Makes You Happy
Why Eating Makes You Happy As my first blog post it seemed fitting to talk about why we eat. Aside from the usual talk about how we need food for our health and strength, we eat because it feels good. It feels good to eat tasty foods; and guess what? It’s supposed to. Food causes … Continue reading Why Eating Makes You Happy
Eats with Erin 