Food Wonderful
Registered Dietitian
Intuitive Eating 
Eating Disorders 
Nutrition Counseling

Binge eating is almost always caused by restriction, so to address binge eating it is imperative to ensure adequate nutrition. Have you ever gone on a diet on a Monday and found yourself binging on Friday night, only to try the diet again next Monday? If dieting, by default, restricts nutrients, then we can name this experience the restrict-binge cycle.

Intuitive eating is all about building trust with our bodies. But we can’t build body trust in an environment of scarcity. Eating "just enough" at meals and snacks keeps your body anxious for food and can lead to backlash eating.

If you wish you had anorexia, here's what an eating disorder dietitian wants you to know:

A few weeks ago I asked Chat GPT for some of the most frequently asked questions about intuitive eating. As my keyboard clacked out answers, I realized I had quite a bit to say about breaking free from food guilt. I hope you find the following reflections helpful.

What does the science say about weight loss and health? Was your doctor right in recommending weight loss? (tl;dr: no wt loss needed!)

Riding into town I couldn’t help but feel so much sympathy for my past self. So many days spent on the mountain, not thinking about the view

Change your negative food thoughts by challenging the food police.

This is the part of Intuitive Eating where you eat brownies!

If you’ve tried intuitive eating in the past but it hasn’t worked for you, this may have been backlash eating, not intuitive eating.

"Honor Your Hunger" is the intuitive eating principle most critically important for those starting out on their journey to food freedom.

If you've ever thought to yourself, "I wish I had a little bit of an eating disorder" . . .