Satisfaction Factor

Often when we talk about Intuitive Eating with new people or on social media, we hear variations of "I'd love to eat intuitively, but I can't because..." The end of that sentence is sometimes about weight loss, sometimes about health concerns, or sometimes about something completely different. So this week, we're talking about who gets to practice Intuitive Eating! We're digging into all the nuances of whether or not Intuitive Eating is really for everyone, including: whether you need to lose weight first; whether you can practice Intuitive Eating if you have a medical condition; how Intuitive Eating might work for folks in eating disorder recovery; and whether Intuitive Eating is actually accessible for folks from marginalized communities or who are experiencing financial insecurity or food insecurity.

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Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

Referenced in this episode:
Julie Duffy Dillon
Intuitive Eating Professional Directory
Lindsay Sarson
Chrystyna Johnson
Patrilie Hernandez

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Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

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Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

Can you work toward a performance goal while still practicing joyful movement & intuitive eating?  This week, we're answering this question, and talking all about:

• how to know if you're ready for goal-oriented movement
• what to do if you find that uncomfortable feelings about your body pop up
• why restriction is not the answer to improving our performance
• how some specific intuitive eating principles can support performance goals
• and more!

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And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week we’re covering a topic that is often full of harmful diet culture advice - perimenopause & menopause! In this episode we're talking about how we can apply the Intuitive Eating principles to this experience instead. 

Since we are not registered dietitians, we’re not giving specific nutrition recommendations, but instead, we’ll be discussing:

• what perimenopause & menopause are
• why it's important to approach this transition through an anti-diet lens 
• how we can apply the Intuitive Eating mindset & principles to 4 common symptoms of perimenopause: weight gain, fatigue & sleeplessness, gastrointestinal issues, and elevated cholesterol & blood sugar levels

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And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, we're coming in hot with a breakdown of Oprah, Ozempic, and ob*sity.... oh my! 

A couple of weeks ago, Oprah did a TV special called “Shame, Blame & the Weight Loss Revolution," which was basically an hour-long infomercial for weight loss drugs. In this episode, we talk about:

• Oprah's history with diet culture & moral panic
• The difference between Oprah exercising her own body autonomy vs. going on TV to promote her diets
• A breakdown & critique of all the main points of the special (so you don't have to watch it!)
• And why framing ob*sity as a disease is both incorrect and a money-making tool for multiple industries.

Note: This episode doesn't do much of a deep dive about Ozempic & GLP-1 drugs themselves because we already did a whole episode on that! So, if you’re looking for specific info about side effects, effectiveness, risk/benefits, and more… go check out episode #68 - We Need to Talk About Ozempic & Wegovy.

Referenced in this episode:
Maintenance Phase - "Oprah Winfrey & the 'Wagon of Fat'"
Maintenance Phase - "Oprah Winfrey & 'John of God'"
Maintenance Phase - "Oprah v. Beef Part 1: The Rise of 'Veggie Libel'"
Maintenance Phase - "Oprah v. Beef Part 2: Apocalypse Cow"
Maintenance Phase - "The Obesity Epidemic"
Maintenance Phase - "Is Being Fat Bad For You?"
Maintenance Phase - "The Body Mass Index"
“Calling Obesity a Disease is a Classic Move in Pharmaceutical Profiteering" by Kate Manne
Flegal KM, Graubard BI, Williamson DF, Gail MH. Excess deaths associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity. JAMA. 2005 Apr 20;293(15):1861-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.293.15.1861. PMID: 15840860. 
Fat Politics: The Real Story Behind America's Obesity Epidemic by Eric J. Oliver

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Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, we’re talking to Chelsea Levy all about PCOS!

Chelsea is a Certified Intuitive eating counselor, Registered dietitian nutritionist, and diabetes educator candidate. She is the founder of Chelsea Levy Nutrition – a private practice in NYC serving individuals worldwide.

She earned her Master of Science degree from Hunter College and completed her dietetic internship at the City of New York School of Public Health in New York City.

Chelsea is a self-identified fat health care provider committed to utilizing a weight inclusive medical model for the treatment of eating disorders and chronic illness related to the endocrine system including diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome. At the intersection of eating disorder recovery, body image healing, and the endocrine system, Chelsea centers gender affirming care. Chelsea hosts a collaborative space for the exploration of food and body healing through creativity and compassion. She believes it is vital to provide care relevant to an individual’s culture, ethnicity, and overall identities.

Chelsea is a member of the International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians, The Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, and The Academy for Eating Disorders.

We had an awesome conversation with Chelsea about...

• what PCOS is and who can get it
• the relationship between PCOS and body weight, and why you can't cure PCOS with a diet
• why restrictive diets can actually make PCOS symptoms worse
• how we can manage PCOS without focusing on weight (including some surprising things that can impact blood sugar!)
• why it's important to destigmatize the use of medications to manage symptoms
• and so much more!

You can connect with Chelsea and learn how to work with her on Instagram @chelsealevynutrition, on Facebook, or at her website. And be sure to check out her seasonal recovery group for folks in larger bodies, as well as her meal support for folks in larger bodies! 

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, we’re talking to Kirsten Morrisson all about weight loss surgery.

Kirsten Morrisson is an Anti-Diet Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She is the Host of Intuitive Bites Podcast and runs her own virtual private practice helping women heal their relationships to food and body.

We had an awesome conversation with Kirsten about...

• how her experiences working in a bariatric surgery department got her started on the path to intuitive eating & Health at Every Size 
• the facts about the weight loss from weight loss surgery
• whether weight loss surgery can "solve" hunger
• how weight loss surgery impacts long term health
• the overlap in the conversations about weight loss surgery & drugs like Ozempic
• how you can still find peace with food and your body, even after weight loss surgery
• and so much more!

You can connect with Kirsten and learn how to work with her on Instagram @theintuitive_rd, or at her website! And be sure to check out her 8 Week Food & Body Peace Program which will be opening for enrollment in March and starts up in April, as well as her Free 40 Minute Peace With Food Training available at the link in her bio on Instagram!

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week we’re deconstructing 5 more diet culture phrases! We really enjoy this series, and we hope you do too! This week’s phrases have a bit of a theme - the way that diet culture loves to pathologize totally normal things, add stigma to them, create fear around them, and generally just make them so much worse and more complicated than they need to be.

The phrases/terms we're covering in this installment are:

• Skinny Fat
• Food Noise
• Cravings
• Atypical Anorexia
• and Bingeing 

We're breaking down the ways these phrases are used within diet culture, how they're causing harm, and what we might want to consider saying instead!

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And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week, we’re talking to Nicola Salmon about all things fat positive fertility!

Nicola is the leading voice for fat folks seeking fertility support, bringing a unique fat-positive perspective to her work as a fertility coach and author of the groundbreaking book "Fat and Fertile”.

She is a prominent figure in the world of fat activism, using her platform and expertise to challenge the weight bias and stigmas that exist within the fertility industry and empower those who are often marginalized to take control of their reproductive health with confidence and self-assurance.

Through her innovative and evidence-based approach, she helps clients find their own path to wellness, free from diets and body shaming, and encourages them to trust and believe in their ability to conceive. With her expert guidance and compassionate support, Nicola is changing the way people approach fertility.

We had an awesome conversation with Nicola about...

• weight bias in fertility medicine
• what the research really says about pregnancy risks for folks in larger bodies
• why you don't need a "fertility diet"
• how to navigate being told that BMI is a barrier to fertility treatment
• ways to support both fertility and pregnancy with a non-diet, fat positive approach
• the importance of community 
• and so much more!

You can connect with Nicola and learn how to work with her on Instagram @fatpositivefertility, or at her website! And be sure to check out Supported, her fat positive fertility community!

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

This week we’re talking about some super practical and sometimes unexpected benefits of intuitive eating! We all know intuitive eating can transform your relationship with food and your body, but what might that look like on a practical level? How does that show up in our lives, from the day-to-day stuff to the big stuff? It can be hard to wrap our heads around why it's worth doing all the work it takes to practice intuitive eating, so these are some examples of how it can impact our lives far beyond whether or not we're eating the cookies!

In this episode we're talking about practical benefits like:

• Feeling more connection to cultural events & experiences
• Being more present at big events
• Traveling with less stress & more flexibility
• Making grocery shopping more efficient & often more cost effective
• Working out without the rigidity & frustration
• Setting boundaries & practicing critical thinking outside of the contexts of food, body, and diets

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi

We're so happy to be back this week with a brand new episode all about how to set non-diet New Year's resolutions! We've noticed a lot of people setting resolutions or intentions this year - way more than we have in quite some time - and we wanted to support that choice with a conversation about how we can make sure that diet culture isn't creeping into this practice.

In this episode we're chatting all about:

• Those in & out lists we're seeing everywhere this year
• Why resolutions don't have to look a specific way & some alternatives to the typical strategies
• Reframes for the usual food, body, and movement-based resolutions
• And some ideas for resolutions that have nothing to do with food, bodies, or movement at all!

Stay in touch with the pod on IG @satisfactionfactorpod!

And here's where you can continue to find us:
Sadie Simpson: www.sadiesimpson.com or IG @sadiemsimpson
Naomi Katz: www.happyshapes.co or IG @happyshapesnaomi