Whole-Hearted Eating ™ with Dana Monsees & Cristina Hoyt

We’re back again for a part 2 to last week’s episode where we’re digging into your body image questions! In this episode we’re tackling your questions about how to reconcile wanting to change your body or lose weight and intuitive eating. If you’re someone who is on (or considering) an intuitive eating or non-diet journey to improve your relationship with food – but you still haven’t lost the desire to lose weight, listen in. We’re talking about the discomfort of gaining weight, how to re-frame and work through new body changes and expectations, both physically, mentally, and emotionally.

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Time for another listener questions episode on “extra weight” and accepting body changes with ‘all foods fit’ approach! In this episode we’re focusing specifically on body image questions we have from you all. We’re continuing our discussion with some follow-up comments from our “Is Weight a Symptom?” episode (listen here). Then, we dig into a many-layered question about what to do when you’ve gained weight while following an ‘all foods fit’ approach and removing dieting rules, which may feel like this is reinforcing the idea that these types of foods are ‘bad’. How do we move forward without resorting back to restriction?

• Is Weight a Symptom?
• Maintenance Phase: BMI episode
• Fear, Body Image and Food
• Body Image & Conditional Food Neutrality
• Grieving your ‘Ideal’ body weight and weight suppression with Kristina Bruce
• Learning to trust your body without ‘fixing’ it with Whitney Catalano 
• Course: The Body Image Audit

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– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition

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If you’re in the non-diet, HAES instagram space – you may have seen a lot going on over the past few weeks regarding some very problematic interactions between Lindo Bacon, the author of the book Health At Every Size, and several other individuals. We wanted to address this directly so we can be very clear on our thoughts here – and we have a lot of them!

{not sure what we’re talking about? Learn more about it here and here.}

There are a lot of layers to this conversation, but WE (Cristina and Dana) think Lindo’s actions and conversations with these individuals are inexcusable. It will be a surprise to no one that we stand firmly behind Marquisele Mercedes aka Mikey (@fatmarquisele), and all those who have displayed immense courage to come forward about the outrageous treatment by, and experience with Lindo Bacon, It’s extremely disappointing to see that one of the leading voices in the field of HAES has displayed such blatant anti-fat bias, white fragility, and steamrolling marginalized voices and attempting to coerce them into ghostwriting a new version of the HAES book for Lindo’s own profit and benefit. 

We hope we have made this abundantly clear in all our work: we have never and will never use body size as a barrier to entry for anything, and we firmly support body justice and fat activism for all sizes. For us, Health at Every Size has always included this. Lindo Bacon is not the creator or owner of this movement, they have just received the most notoriety for their book titled Health at Every Size. We will obviously no longer be recommending this book or supporting their work. 

lf you’re looking for more books and resources discussing fat positivity, fat activism, etc. that aren’t Health At Every Size, Vinny Welsby (@fierce.fatty), compiled an incredible resource list that can be found on their instagram page here. 

A few episodes where we dive more into the topics of fat liberation and racism in health:

• Body Justice and Fat Joy with Amanda Martinez Beck
• ‘Good vs bad fatties’ and weight bias in healthcare with Ragen Chastain
• The impact of intergenerational trauma on inflammation, disease, and eating disorders with Dr Carolyn Ross
• Redefining Sexiness and Confidence with Body Image with Bri

We firmly believe that someone with thin white privilege (Lindo) cannot sit at the top of the  table for a movement that was created by individuals seeking fat liberation and equitable treatment for those in marginalized bodies – founded by fat, black women. For Lindo, an able-bodied, thin, white person, to tell people who belong to these marginalized groups that they haven’t earned their seat at the table to be the face of this movement, because Lindo has more clout from the book, is disgusting and appropriating.

As WE are thin, able-bodied, white women in this field – it’s our job to listen and do the work to support & elevate the marginalized voices who are behind and are living the body justice and fat activism movement. We want to do everything we can to make our space a safe space for EVERY body. So it’s our job to educate ourselves to sit on the sidelines to learn, so we can share their work with the people that have found our podcast, instagram, newsletter, website, etc. 

Anything short of this is performative.

If you have any questions or comments on anything, our inbox is always open.

On today’s episode we’re doing a TikTok nutrition trends takedown with Claire Chewning –  Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and the owner and founder of Yours Chewly Nutrition. We’re chatting about the top TikTok nutrition trends that need to die, nutrition ‘advice’ that is actually disordered eating behaviors which is encouraged or labeled as healthy, and how to know if you’re ready to incorporate gentle nutrition in a non-perfectionist way.

Claire is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and the owner and founder of Yours Chewly Nutrition, a virtual private practice where she helps individuals heal from chronic dieting and disordered eating so that they can rediscover pleasure, peace, and trust in their relationships with food and body. When she’s not talking with her clients or online course participants, you can find her attempting to learn the latest TikTok dance, jamming to Taylor Swift on repeat, or enjoying her favorite food…a good ole’ PB&J!

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Brooke Miller, RD, CLC and Cristina discuss how complicated parenthood can be; especially when it comes to navigating all of the confusing nutritional advice, expectations, and body image triggers that come up for mothers throughout pregnancy and their postpartum period. How do you navigate the biggest pregnancy & postpartum nutrition misconceptions? They dive into how the exact targeted ads and advice for new parents actually have detrimental effects and dig them deeper into fatigue and running on empty when that’s the last thing they need.

If you’re expecting and want to prep for a baby, or you’re in your postpartum period, Brooke offers an awesome course called Nourished After Baby. It’s all about supporting yourself nutritionally during such an important time.  Please use the code WHOLEHEARTED30 for $30 off at checkout. 

• Instagram: @nutrition.for.mamas
• Podcast: The Mama Well Podcast
• Nourished After Baby Course – Use code WHOLEHEARTED30 for $30 off at checkout.
• Website: www.brookemillernutrition.com
• The Mama Well Accelerator Program
• More Resources for Moms from Brooke

Brooke Miller is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Lactation Counselor, wife and mom of her son Ashton, who rocks an extra chromosome and who has Down syndrome and expecting baby #2 this summer. She is passionate about helping moms and women improve their health without food rules and restrictions.

She helps women inside of the Mama Well on helping moms heal their relationship with food and body. She also co-hosts the The Mama Well Podcast. Brooke enjoys hiking, snowboarding and spending time with her friends and family.

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– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition

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Dana & Cristina investigate the validity of the question – “Is weight a symptom?” from an integrative perspective, a functional medicine perspective, a traditional medicine perspective. They then dig into how to approach this conversation from a Whole-Hearted Eating perspective, using their clinical experience and their signature non-diet, HAES approach.

For our entire lives, we are drilled with the belief that weight is the cause of everything – our poor health, difficulty sleeping, snoring, stress, fatigue, happiness, our inability to find a partner, literally everything – so it makes complete sense, given that narrative, that most people look at weight as a SYMPTOM because it’s the PROBLEM that will fix it all. And that’s just not the case.

•  Losing weight won’t fix your hormones, and the impact of fasting on women’s health with Amanda Montalvo
• Grieving your ‘Ideal’ body weight and weight suppression with Kristina Bruce {Part 1}
• Coping with weight gain, and how mental restriction leads to binge eating, with Emily Vazquez

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– Dana on Instagram – @danamonsees_cns
– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition

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 Amanda Montalvo from Hormone Healing RD and Dana dig deep into a clinical approach to stress, hormone health, and mineral imbalances! Amanda talks us through: what are the biggest contributors, or causes, to developing mineral imbalances? How can these imbalances contribute to our symptoms and ability to cope with stress? How does this tie in with adrenal fatigue and burnout? You’ll also learn a lot about hair mineral analysis testing, which can provide a big missing piece to your healing journey’s puzzle!

• Website: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/ 
• Instagram: @hormonehealingrd
• Master Your Minerals Course
• Podcast: Are You Menstrual?

•  Check out our previous episode with Amanda: Losing weight won’t fix your hormones and the impact of fasting on women’s health
• Check out Dana on Amanda’s podcast: How Your Relationship with Food Impacts your Gut & Stress

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– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition

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Dana and Cristina dig into the question: how do we figure out if something that is inherently restrictive might be appropriate for this season of your life? Can you manage chronic health conditions without food restriction? What are other ways we can go about managing our symptoms? If we do have a medical reason for evaluating the place a food has in our diet – how do we do that without triggering a restrict-binge spiral? How do we navigate this without allowing the stress of eliminating a food to exacerbate our current symptoms? {Yes – we know it’s very complicated, and extremely nuanced!}

• Part 1 episode: What is restriction? It’s not what you think…
• GI-MAP Stool Testing
• DUTCH Testing – Saliva Hormone Panel
• Organic Acid Testing

NOTE: All of these are available through functional medicine practitioners like Cristina & Dana, or Naturopaths, Functional Medicine doctors, etc., and they are mostly out-of-pocket costs. Contact us if you’re interested in getting some of these done and you’re having trouble finding a provider in your area, we can help you find someone!

•  How to get back on track without dieting or restriction
• 96 | Compassionate Nutrition, Intuitive Eating, and Elimination Protocols with Cristina Curp
• How gut issues are influenced by your relationship with food, with Marci Evans
• Food sensitivities vs intolerances vs allergies 101
• Healing from the root cause with mindset work, with Lana Shlafer

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– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition

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On this week’s episode with Nicola Salmon we’re discussing how to navigate pregnancy, fertility, and medical weight stigma with a fat positive approach.  Nicola, the author of Fat and Fertile, breaks down the traditional medical research that is often used as a barrier for individuals in a larger body to access fertility treatment and shares her unique fat positive approach to advocating for yourself and believing that you can get pregnant at any size.

• Instagram: @fatpositivefertility
• Website: nicolasalmon.co.uk
• Book: Fat and Fertile: How to Get Pregnant in a Bigger Body

– Dana on Instagram – @danamonsees_cns
– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition
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On this week’s episode we’re discussing: What is restriction? It’s way broader than you think. We may not think that we’re being restrictive, but a lot of ‘normal’ or ‘healthy’ behaviors are very restrictive. This causes people to under-eat, or under-nourish, which can contribute to a worsening of their health symptoms AND their relationship with food. Let’s dig in!

•  How to get back on track without dieting or restriction
• Coping with weight gain, and how mental restriction leads to binge eating, with Emily Vazquez
• Healing from the root cause of binge eating and disordered eating, with Bonnie Roney
• How “New Year, New Me” feeds the binge-restrict cycle and toxic comparison

– Dana on Instagram – @danamonsees_cns
– Cristina on Instagram – @cristinahoytnutrition
– Follow the show @wholeheartedeatingpod

Learn more about our 1×1 Nutrition & Coaching services: Schedule a free 15 minute consult worldwide via video or phone – 

Book Dana HERE

Book Cristina HERE

Have questions about the episode, a guest you’d love us to interview, or a topic you’d love us to cover? email us at [email protected] !

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