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Several years ago I was at an eating disorder conference where one of the presenters showed a video clip from Oprah about a very young girl (I think 5 -6 years old) who had anorexia nervosa.  They interviewed the mom in the video and she repeatedly stated that she had no idea where the daughter […]

Have you seen Weight Watchers latest marketing gimmick in the news?  If not, let me update you- weight watchers recently announced that they will offer free membership to teens over the summer. I know on the surface this may appear to be a kind and generous thing that they’re doing to help teens, but please don’t […]

You cannot tell if someone has an eating disorder just by looking at them. I can’t tell you how many times I hear people say “That person is fine. She’s not skinny enough to be sick.” Or even a clinician who says, “You don’t look like you have an eating disorder.” {Insert face palm, mega […]

My daughter loves Curious George- she had a Curious George birthday party, was George for Halloween and loves the show. As a result I’ve seen every episode + movie multiple, multiple times. Sometimes he’s annoying, but that little monkey has a lot of wisdom to offer too…even when it comes to food, nutrition and diet […]

Several weeks ago a colleague of a colleague asked me to look at a “diet plan” and see if it was something that I’d recommend. It’s not uncommon that someone asks my opinion on different “ways of eating” to see if it aligns with a behaviors based, non-diet, intuitive eating approach. In this case, the […]

It’s that time of the year when everyone is talking about the New Year- setting resolutions, making plans and goals. I bet you wouldn’t have to think very hard to guess what the number one new years resolution is (it makes me cringe)…of course- get healthy/weight loss/new me. I lump them all together because really […]

The holidays are upon us and with all the events and overwhelm this can be a difficult time of year for anyone struggling with their eating. It takes what is supposed to be joyous time and turns it into one filled with dread and anxiety.   If you’d like to have less dread and more joy […]

People think that the holidays cause weight gain, but what if I told you it wasn’t true? I know you can find some study somewhere that says people gain weight over the holidays- but that’s correlation not causation. The holidays don’t cause weight gain. What does? Dieting and future perceived deprivation, such as a New […]

When you think about going to see a dietitian or nutritionist, what comes to mind? Most people think of scales and weighing, diets, diet food, meal plans, measuring, a focus on weight, and a gamut of emotions- excitement, hope, failure, disappointment, frustration, shame…   That isn’t what I do.* As a result, sometimes when people […]

  This may seem like a confession, but it isn’t- I’m a dietitian and I love candy. Well I loved candy, now I would say I just like it. And the only reason this relationship has really changed from love to like is because I can have candy whenever I want it. Turns out when […]

This is a blog written by Ellen Fariley, a dietetic intern in the coordinated program at Stephen F. Austin State University.  She completed a rotation with me to learn more about being an eating disorder dietitian.  Here is what she had to say:   The experience of shadowing an Eating Disorder dietician was eye-opening. I will […]

Do you think it’s unusual to trust your body, or more specifically, how about when it comes to eating? Do you eat when you’re hungry, stop when you’re full, and generally eat what you’re hungry for?   A couple weeks ago on facebook I was sharing information about the Intuitive Eating Group starting in September […]

  I am a huge fan of intuitive eating. It revolutionized my life! And I love helping people reconnect with their bodies to become intuitive eaters. Lately though, I have seen this troubling trend of diet culture manipulating intuitive eating.   In 2017 intuitive eating was listed as a top food/nutrition trend. This was great […]

This is a review that I wrote about Body Kindness for IFEDD, The International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians.  I am sharing it here, because I think the book is so fantastic that I want even more people to know about it.  The review is written with dietitians in mind, however the information is relative […]

 1.  Losing weight & changing your body won’t make you happy. I hate this message from diet culture, It’s so pervasive and accepted as reality, when it simply isn’t true. Losing weight doesn’t make you happier. Changing your body won’t make you more confident. I certainly believed this as a teenager and wish I could […]

Do you know what diet culture is? Most people don’t, yet we live in it daily! We have become so inundated with diet culture that it just seems normal. However, it’s time to end diet culture- or at least drop out of it- so that we can stop focusing on weight, shape, and size over […]

Hi! My name is Tiffany and I’m a dietetic intern (in the coordinated program at Stephen F. Austin State University) aspiring to be a registered dietitian. I have had the opportunity to have a rotation at My Signature Nutrition with Sara Upson, and it’s been an awesome experience. When coming into this rotation I really […]

I can’t believe that Thanksgiving is already here!  Where did time go?  It’s usually around this time of year that I start seeing news articles and stories pop up that attempt to steal the joy from Thanksgiving by focusing on how many calories people eat, how “bad” the food is, how it’s too much, that […]

Have you ever changed what you eat?  How long did it last?  What happened afterwards?  If you are like most people your answers would be something like yes, not for long and I gained more weight- maybe even more than before you tried to change what you ate.  Maybe you have even changed what you […]

I have recently seen a series of different commentaries or editorials on “illness inflation” and “lowering the bar in medicine” that specifically mention Binge Eating Disorder (BED).  These editorials make it sound like BED is a made up disease that you have if you suddenly eat a “few too many cookies.”  As a clinician who […]