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October 26, 2018October 25, 2018

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Shortcut to Estimating Nutrient Requirements

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Friday Favourites: Books

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Highlights from my public health placement

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Guest post: It Took A Chronic Diagnosis For Me To Slow Down

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The Simple Nutrition Network

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The blog is turning 2! I think it’s time to reflect…

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After @tansleytansley and I clambered up the hill like little mountain goats 🐐
Just a little reminder for this Easter weekend ... and every other day 🌸. • Even if you haven’t exercised... • Even if you’ve not eaten any veggies... • Even if [insert food rule] ... • You still deserve to eat ... and eat Easter eggs at that! 🐣. • 📷: @esther.lauren
✏️ I’ve started journaling... • So I have a confession. Well, not really a confession - as in, it isn’t bad, maybe just more of an observation. • Even though I constantly encourage clients to keep a journal in the work that we’re doing - as a place to gather data during the IE process, work through difficult emotions and feelings and just get creative - I’ve rarely journaled myself. • Maybe I didn’t think I saw the point, or felt like I was too busy, but I think it was more an unchallenged (heck, an un-acknowledged) sneaky form of perfectionism. • What if I don’t journal every day? • What if I’m rubbish at drawing? • What if I write something that’s embarrassing? • What would I actually write?? • And so I’m starting a journal - I’ve written 2 things in it so far - a beautiful quote I saw on Pinterest and started a list of books I’m reading this year (because I always get to the end of the year and forget what I’ve done with that time!). • I also decided that entries won’t be dated unless it’s relevant so there’s no way of knowing how long it’s been since my last journal entry. • I also fancied trying out something a bit creative + something that I’m not inherently “good at”. • I’m curious (nosy!) - do any of you guys journal - if so, what kind of stuff ends up in there??
So so many congratulations to this beautiful couple 🌸. What an absolutely gorgeous weekend ✨. • 📷: @raachwatt #dannyandrachwedding
Whatever you’ve been up to this weekend. And whatever is on the horizon for this week... • You’ve got this ✨. • • • Another gorg 📷 by @esther.lauren 💕
How do you greet your body?. • Today was a Body Image kind of day in clinic and this phrase from The Body Image Healing cards by @themindfuldietitian and @marcird resonated most ✨. • Having some positive, gentle and compassionate reminders that we do deserve to find peace within our bodies can be incredibly helpful during the IE process. • They can be used as mantras, weekly themes or purely as reassuring little messages that we leave for ourselves in our journal, on our mirror, on our phone screen. • 💕Do you have any body image quotes or mantras that particularly resonate with you? If so, I’d love to hear them 👇
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO QUESTION HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS 🤔 • We’re starting to see a shift in that people are becoming more sceptical of health and nutrition “recommendations” given by influencers and bloggers - I’m hearing the words ‘credentials’, ‘qualified’ and ‘evidence-based’ being thrown around a lot more. • And whilst this is so great that everyone’s becoming a bit more savvy and checking whether they’re getting their info from qualified professionals, I’d like to encourage you to consider which area of healthcare individuals are qualified and hold experience in. • When working in a clinical setting, healthcare professionals (HCPs) are encouraged to practice within their scope of practice. This means being aware of and open with patients/clients about the limitations of our knowledge and training. And this isn’t done because HCPs don’t know what they’re talking about AT ALL, but by recognising where our scope of practice ends, we’re able to keep both our patients and ourselves safe. • An example of this could be that on clinical placement I ended up picking up on warning signs that patients may have been struggling to swallow their food and drink safely, however, I absolutely wouldn’t go on to make any suggestions to my patients as this is outside of my scope of practice as a dietitian. (FYI - I’d ask the medical team to refer the patient to the Speech + Language team). • What I’m saying is, that just because an individual is an HCP (and usually has good intentions!) does not mean that they are necessarily qualified, have experience or are supervised in another given area. For e.g. an oncology dietitian giving advice on children’s allergies (unless they have clinical experience in field as well, obvs!). • But rather than trying to scare you I want to put the power back in your hands. You can question whether an individual is qualified, has expertise or is experienced in the topic they’re discussing on social media. • You’re also allowed to consider whether what they’re talking about is helpful for you - even if, after all your scepticism, they do seem to be speaking and practicing inside their scope of practice. • Cont. 👇
Just incase you need this little reminder today 💕. • My wonderful friend @esther.lauren has started creating some beautiful pics for me, and I’m so excited to share them with you on these squares 🤗. . . . . . #youareenough #quotesofinsta #tuesdaythoughts
What actually IS Intuitive Eating?? 🤔. • I spend most of my time w/ clients @intuitiveeatingldn working on Intuitive Eating (IE), chat about it on these squares A LOT, and was on @laurathomasphd podcast a few weeks ago discussing ‘Real vs Fake IE’. So I figured it was worth writing a blog series to give you guys an overview of the principles of IE and how I use them as a framework. • 🍔 This health-promoting framework helps you tune into your body’s internal cues for hunger, fullness, pleasure + satisfaction rather than using external methods (such as meal plans, MyFitness Pal or fitbits) to determine your body’s needs. • 😖 IE can help you get out of your head + quieten that voice that’s constantly questioning if you’ve made the ‘right’ food decisions. • 😇 We learn to challenge black + white thinking around food - e.g. ‘good/bad’ or ‘healthy/unhealthy’ or more obvious external rules such as calorie counting or meal plans. • 🤔 Now I hear you wondering why it’s a big deal if you’re ‘good’ during the week and then ‘treat’ yourself at the weekend. • 🥨 And whilst not everyone becomes a cropper from this dichotomising language, I invite you to consider how much headspace is currently taken up by thoughts around food - the ‘healthiness’ of it, how much you’re ‘allowed’ to eat, whether you can have a dessert because you ate a choccie biscuit at work. • 🧁 If these thoughts occupy a lot of headspace, I wonder what else you’d like to be thinking about instead - maybe passions, hobbies, interests, friends + family? 💕. • In this blog series I’ll be taking a dive into each of the principles of IE: ⭐️ Ditch the Diets. ⭐️ Honour your Hunger. ⭐️ Make Peace w/ Food. ⭐️ Challenge the Food Police. ⭐️ Feel your Fullness. ⭐️ Discover the Satisfaction Factor. ⭐️ Understanding Emotional Eating. ⭐️ Respect your Body. ⭐️ Joyful Movement. ⭐️ Gentle Nutrition. • Link to the full post is in bio 🤓. • 📷: @daria.shevtsova
Revision season is approaching for a fair few students, but I don’t want this to be a post that makes you feel guilty or any more anxious about your exams - been there, done that so I totally get it!. • Instead I wanted to share some of my experiences in the hope that it reassures some of you - because boy oh boy do I know how it feels to get super strung out about exams!. • This time last year I had absolutely not started revising yet, don’t worry - I was still in the midst of my 3rd clinical placement which I also ended up needing to do an extra week on to make sure that I had fully met all of the learning criteria (which was actually super helpful) but at the time this stressed me out somewhat (less revision time) 🤯. • My point is, try not to compare your revision to others (I’m so guilty of doing this!) and please please please don’t suffer in silence!. • People are so much more willing to help than you might think, but if your course mates aren’t (remember they’re likely stressed out too!) try your tutor or other lecturers, or other clinicians who are already graduated - we were in your shoes not so long ago 💕. • I’ve also shared a revision template for Diet Therapy modules on the blog which my very clever friend @raachwatt created and shared with me last year when I was having a pre-exam meltdown. I found it so so helpful that I didn’t want to keep it hidden 😜 Hope it’s useful!. • Feel free to share your experiences and any nuggets of advice in the comments below! 👇. • And lastly, good luck! 🌟
Happy Monday!. • What a gorg gorg morning we’ve got down here - feeling like spring 😎☀️. • 📷: @oliviaherrickdesign
REAL VS. FAKE INTUITIVE EATING. • I was a guest on @laurathomasphd podcast @dontsaltmygame this week 😍. After many an office rant about some 🥴 posts about IE, we dismantled the myths and misunderstandings that we’ve seen coming from gym bros, models (🤯) and even health care professionals. • We covered: ✨ What Intuitive Eating actually is w/ a nice lil summary of the principles. • ✨ Whether you need to be hormonally and biochemically “balanced” to work on IE. • ✨ Why emotional eating isn’t inherently a bad thing + what we can learn from it. • ✨ Why the idea that IE = “Eating what you want when you want” is trash. • ✨ How working through IE will look different on everyone. • ✨ Why IE is health-promoting. • ✨ And how to spot fake IE versus true IE. • I’ve linked to the episode on Apple podcasts in my bio, but otherwise search Don’t Salt My Game in your podcast app 🎧. • Let me know what you think in the comments below 👇. • • #dontsaltmygame #intuitiveeating #realvsfakeintuitiveeating #ie #healthateverysize

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