Updated 1/24/23. Take a deep dive into the follow up thoughts, clarifications, and corrections that I have about my article "Health At Every Size (HAES) Criticisms - from a HAES Dietitian".

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• The context of these criticisms [1:00]
• What no HAES provider seems to be saying [3:22]
• The generalized mistake I made in my original post [5:17]
• Social justice and HAES [6:35]
• My proposed action point to this conversation [11:39]
• HAES dietitians and objective thoughts [12:52]
• Recap [15:51]

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The purpose of intuitive eating is not to lose weight, but what if we know our weight is not at a healthy place?

Rather than focusing on quick-fix dieting behaviors that only lead to more weight gain, I propose different ways to focus on weight maintenance and health in this episode while healing our relationship with food through intuitive eating.

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TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• Why weight loss is always on our minds [1:32]
• The difference between a desire to lose weight and pursuing weight loss [2:28]
• How my approach is different [5:29]
• My recent experience wanting to lose weight [9:12]
• A real-life story from one of my clients [11:57]
• What I focus on with my clients [15:25]
• More on the mind-body connection [22:19]
• The importance of exercise [24:05]
• Stress management [27:24]
• When all else fails [28:39]
• How to lose weight the right way [30:40]

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If you've ever found yourself obsessing over healthy food, you may unknowingly have orthorexia. I'm excited to dive into a few key questions with you in this episode:

What are the characteristics of orthorexia, is orthorexia an eating disorder, how is orthorexia different from anorexia, and what can we do to prevent orthorexia?

To learn more about eating disorders, visit yatesnutrition.com/eating-disorders

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**I apologize for the audio quality in this episode.  I know it's not great, but mama can't take the time to re-record

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• The definition of Orthorexia [1:30]
• Difference between anorexia and orthorexia [5:35]
• What if you just care about eating healthy? [10:47]
• Signs and symptoms of orthorexia [12:14]
• Chemicals and toxins in our food [14:43]
• Signs and symptoms continued [20:21]
• Causes of orthorexia [22:08]
• How to avoid orthorexia [23:17]
• Orthorexia as a health risk [29:33]
• What to do if you suspect you or someone else has orthorexia [35:50]

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Christina tried getting therapy through Better Help for her binge eating, then did Noom 3 different times... she still couldn’t kick her bingeing habit that had been going on for the last 2 1/2 years. She was so ready to eat pizza without guilt, and get over the hatred she felt towards her bod.

She worked with me for 1 month and was no longer bingeing.

If you want to hear all about how she was able to accomplish this, this episode is for you.

TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• Christina describes her relationship with food before finding Michelle [2:10]
• Christina discusses her history of binge eating [4:16]
• The different diets and strategies Christina tried before finding Michelle [6:07]
• How Noom’s weigh-in requirement affected Christina’s body image [9:23]
• Description of Noom’s “psychology” component of the program [11:33]
• Noom’s coaches and forced group commitment [18:05]
• How the approach from Michelle (Yates Nutrition) was helpful [20:13]
• Noom/s recommendation to try every diet [22:18]
• Christina’s advice to someone considering joining Eat With Ease [23:17]
• Christina describes how she was finally able to open up about her struggles [25:50]
• Christina’s final thoughts about working with Michelle (Yates Nutrition) [28:25]

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I'm back from maternity leave to answer the question: Is Noom a diet?

I had a blast researching for this episode; you'll be shocked at what I uncovered.

As always, here is my honest and unfiltered, dietitian review.

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TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• What is Noom [3:00]
• Noom's psychological approach [7:09]
• Is Noom personalized to each client? [10:16]
• Noom coaches [11:10]
• Is Noom a wolf in sheep's clothing? [16:28]
• Messages from real people who have tried Noom [18:00]
• The research behind Noom [20:14]
• Final thoughts on Noom [32:40]

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If you’ve ever been to the doctor, you’ve likely been told by a health professional what your BMI is. If your BMI was “too high”, my guess is you were told you need to lose weight. Doesn’t matter if all other health markers were perfect—if that one number was off, you were told to fix it.

The terms of healthy, overweight, and obese are unfortunately based on the BMI scale, which is not an accurate measure of health at all. Let’s talk more about why this form of measurement can cause more harm than good.

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TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• Defining BMI [1:48]
• What BMI is missing [4:52]
• What we should look at to measure health status [8:30]
• Research studies and BMI [9:08]
• How BMI was created [13:11]
• When the BMI threshold changed [17:39]
• Remember this next time the BMI chart is brought into your life [21:48]

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"WW had convinced me that I was uncontrollable with food, i.e. I could not be left alone with any food. They had scared me to the point where I thought 'only if you follow this will you ever have a normal life again. 

If at any point (in the 15 years of doing WW) I had convinced myself that my body was beautiful, they would have lost a customer. 

In the end, they financially benefited from the fact that I stayed heavier in my weight and the fact that I could not be convinced to appreciate my size."

Nourished & Free alum, Alyson , joins me as we walk down her disordered eating journey with WW that was 15 years long.

TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• Alyson’s background and her relationship with food [3:40]
• The beginning of Alyson’s dieting [14:29]
• Alyson’s dramatic weight loss [18:25]
• Alyson’s Weight Watcher’s Journey [20:30]
• How Alyson stopped thinking about points [27:45]
• Mental health and dieting [29:13]
• Body neutrality as a win [33:28]
• Weight Watchers lifetime membership scam [36:00]
• Alyson describes how she felt when her weight came back [41:28]
• Alyson discusses other health-promoting behaviors she has been able to adopt [48:44]
• Is Weight Watchers a diet or a lifestyle? [58:25]
• What Alyson would say to someone currently on Weight Watchers [1:04:01]
• The biggest thing that pushed Alyson towards needing to change her lifestyle [1:06:39] 
• What Alyson would tell something who may be ready to take the next step in healing their relationship with food/body [1:11:16]

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If you look up Optavia on the internet, you’ll be shown a program that seems to have a lot of positive results and is rooted in science. However, as you remove the layers of clever marketing and coaches raving about the products (as they seek greater commission), we can see through the matrix to what this diet really is… a dangerous and expensive starvation program.

As always, here is my honest and unfiltered, dietitian review. 

• To apply for the Nourished & Free group coaching program and receive a free private training,  visit yatesnutrition.com/application
• Follow along with me on IG @yatesnutrition

**I apologize for the audio quality in this episode.  I know it's not great, but mama can't take the time to re-record

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TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• Optavia's business model - helpful or harmful? [1:54]
• Optavia’s “fuelings” [5:21]
• How Optavia was founded [9:07]
• Is Optavia a wellness program or crash diet? [11:06]
• Optavia’s health coaches [13:55]
• Weight loss on Optavia [20:05]
• Optavia’s dining out guide critiques [23:23]
• How much does Optavia cost? [26:41]
• Does Optavia promote good health? [28:42]
• The pros and cons of Optavia [29:52]

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I'm so thrilled to have Elizabeth Sterling (@TheWholePointe) join me today as she shares her story. Listen as we walk through her experience as a professional ballerina and the damaging comments that led her to disordered eating. She now coaches her students to embrace their body rather than work against them. Elizabeth is an advocate for intuitive eating, intuitive movement, and utilizing a mindset that is FOR you rather than AGAINST you (my kind of gal).

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Elizabeth's bio:
Elizabeth is an IACT Certified Hypnotist and Peak Performance Coach based out of Denver, CO who uses a combination of hypnosis, NLP, EFT and coaching that creates powerful changes for her clients. As a ballet coach and former professional dancer she is exceptionally thrilled to be bringing these tools into the dance world because she knows, first-hand, just how life-changing these tools can be within the dance community.

TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• Meet Elizabeth [1:55]
• Elizabeth’s experience with Ballet and her body image [5:09]
• How comments on her weight impacted her enjoyment of dance [8:09]
• Michelle looks back on her experience with dance [10:25]
• Elizabeth discusses how she looks back on her professional dance experience and depression [11:57]
• Elizabeth’s experience and how it impacts how she teaches [14:47]
• Things Elizabeth heard as a dancer that were unhelpful [17:22]
• Elizabeth describes how she became healthier after dancing [20:05]
• Thoughts on body positivity and dance [25:42]
• Elizabeth discusses her role as a hypnotist and coach [28:42]
• The problem with ballet/nutrition workshops [33:40]
• Intuitive eating messaging with children [36:55]
• Elizabeth’s credentials explained [39:14]
• How intuitive eating isn’t simple after years of a poor relationship with food [41:52]
• Elizabeth’s current projects [43:07]

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Ever wondered, "did Michelle have an eating disorder?"
Pretty much. Never diagnosed, but my relationship with food was severely disordered.
I'm breaking it all down for you in this episode. Let's get personal and dive into my journey through battling disordered eating as a dancer, high schooler, and dietetics student.

If you suspect that you may have an eating disorder, visit https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/.

TOPICS COVERED 👇 

• My adolescence years [4:15]
• Recap of my predisposing factors [17:54]
• My trauma and its effect on my disordered eating [18:28]
• The source of my love for nutrition [23:53]
• Things that contributed to my recovery [29:08]
• When I gained 15-20 pounds and was diagnosed with PCOS [31:00]
• Why I stayed in the eating disorder field [34:18]
• My pregnancy and postpartum [36:44]

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