"Eating disorders are dissociative by nature. It's very difficult to be connected to your feelings while you're engaging in eating disorder behaviors. So it makes a lot of sense that people develop eating disorders as a way of keeping themselves as “safe” as possible."

In this special episode, Abbie is joined by the incredible Monica Ostroff, a therapist and eating disorders specialist, to explore Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and its overlooked intersection with eating disorders. They also have a deeper conversation about the relationship between trauma and disordered eating.

Monika shares her personal journey, detailing her experiences with anorexia and trauma, and how these experiences shaped her professional path in the field of eating disorders. 

Listen to hear more about:

• The misconceptions surrounding DID 
• Trauma-related origins of both DID and eating disorders
• Taking a strengths-based perspective in recovery
• Trauma-informed approaches to treatment
• The complex relationship between trauma, eating disorders, and self-compassion
• Understanding our internal voices
• Using inner world tools for healing 
• The protective nature of eating disorders
• What it means to be gentle in recovery
• Addressing the challenges of worthlessness
• Coping with societal pressures surrounding body image
• Why healing is really about connection
• How we can show up for ourselves with kindness and understanding
• So much more!

About Monika: Monika Ostroff, LICSW, CEDS-S is the Executive Director of the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association, Inc (MEDA). Prior to leading MEDA, she directed several residential, partial hospital and intensive outpatient eating disorder programs in addition to having owned a thriving private practice. 

Monika is the co-author of Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery and a contributing author to Self-Harm Behavior and Eating Disorders. With more than 25 years of experience in the field of eating disorders, Monika has presented at many national conferences, taught at the university level, and appeared on many media broadcasts, publications & podcasts. 

Practicing from a trauma informed, social justice and staunchly HAES® aligned lens, Monika is a dedicated ally and strong advocate working to ensure access to equitable, compassionate, and affirming care for all. Her passion for treating eating disorders and mentoring other professionals was borne out of her own struggle with severe and enduring anorexia nervosa and life experiences.

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Transcripts: If you’re looking for transcripts, you can find those on Abbie's website, www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/podcast

 

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Abbie chats with Jo Walduck, a recovery coach, about the intersection of gender, mental health, and personal growth. Jo shares her multifaceted identity and journey through recovery from both disordered eating and alcohol use while navigating the world as a trans person. She discusses the complexities of healing through multiple identities while overcoming addiction and chronic illness. 

This episode is an exploration of the non-linear nature of recovery – from the importance of compassion, to the impact of childhood experiences, to why our coping mechanisms need to be seen with nuance and respect. 

Jo reflects on the challenges of feeling at home in her body, letting go of perfectionism, and why it’s so hard to reach out for help when we’re struggling.

Listen to hear more about:

• What’s on Jo’s plate—literally and metaphorically
• Navigating life as a collection of niches and identities
• The ongoing nature of recovery and learning to set things down
• Why self-compassion is essential in the healing process
• How childhood experiences shape our coping mechanisms
• The role of food and alcohol as tools for survival
• The intersection of gender identity and substance use
• How therapy offers tools but isn’t a quick fix
• The pivotal moment of moving beyond coping mechanisms
• The importance of support and community in building a new life
• Grief as a part of understanding identity and healing
• The parallel journeys of sobriety and gender transition
• How chronic illness can complicate the recovery process
• Why recovery is non-linear, layered, and deeply personal
• The role of self-love in living authentically
• Finding a sense of home in one’s body
• Reaching out for support as an act of strength
• Letting go of moral judgments around food and prioritizing self-care
• Embracing uncertainty as part of being human

You can access the first 30 minutes for free, but if you want access to the whole episode, subscribe on Patreon right here! 

More about Jo:

Jo Anne Walduck (pronouns she/they), is in her late 30s, a Brit who’s lived in France for almost all her adult life, a trauma-informed business, life, and recovery coach, a cat lover, a woman in recovery, a writer, a dreamer, a napper. A storyteller and a delighter in the growth and healing that happens when we turn our nurturing energy inwards and let it overflow outwards, rather than focussing on everyone else and gasping for the dregs. A trans femme living with chronic illness and fatigue, a human navigating the waves of generational trauma, familial grief, and queer joy.

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Group program:

Looking for more support and concrete steps to take to heal your relationship with food and your body? Apply for Abbie's next 10-week group program: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/group-coaching

 

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Transcripts: If you’re looking for transcripts, you can find those on Abbie's website, www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/podcast

 

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Abbie answers a listener question about the challenges of dating and relationships amidst diet culture  -- especially while navigating a history of body control, body shame, and disordered eating. Our listener's concerns are about dating men who are overly focused on fitness and diet, and how to know whether those concerns are a reflection of her gut instincts, or a sign that more healing needs to happen.

What you'll hear:

• The importance of safety and self-worth in relationships
• How we can learn to trust our intuition in dating
• Exploring shared values beyond diet culture
• Ways to set both internal and external boundaries
• Knowing when to share your mental health history
• Working through dating app parameters
• What is a trigger versus what is something to work through
• Abbie's experience with ED recovery and dating

Jeb, Abbie's husband, joins later in the episode to have a conversation about the way they met:

• What happened when they shared about eating disorders and addiction
• Vulnerability and when to talk about hard things
• Jeb shares his initial anxiety about dating post-treatment
• What it was like meeting on a dating app
• Why Jeb needed to find someone open to discussing hard topics
• This is an episode that ultimately centers on the nuances of vulnerability and openness, what it means to prioritize our mental health without sacrificing important relationships, and getting clear on what we truly value in a partner.

This is an episode that ultimately centers on the nuances of vulnerability and openness, what it means to prioritize our mental health without sacrificing important relationships, and getting clear on what we truly value in a partner.

LISTEN TO THE FULL CONVERSATION HERE!

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Transcripts: If you’re looking for transcripts, you can find those on Abbie's website, www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/podcast

 

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Christy Harrison, RD MPH CEDS, joins Abbie on the pod to talk all things wellness culture. This conversation is such an important one, as they explore how the diet culture contrived version of wellness preys on those with medical conditions, is steeped in healthism, and perpetuates misinformation about pseudo-scientific diagnoses. Christy's second book, "The Wellness Trap", just released last week, so you'll also get to her more of the BTS on her book launch and writing process in this episode, too!

Topics discussed:

• Our love affair with chips of all kinds
• Christy's experience launching her second book in a different stage of life and as a new mom
• Creating boundaries and protecting your mental and emotional well-being on social media
• Wellness misinformation during pregnancy and postpartum
• Debunking dubious diagnoses: "adrenal fatigue", "candida overgrowth", and "leaky gut"
• How our consumption of social media influences our experience of diet and wellness culture
• The spread of misinformation and disinformation about health conditions
• How fearing food harms our health and wellbeing
• Chronic illness and wellness culture
• Finding trustworthy sources of information
• How diets cherry-pick insignificant studies or cite studies that don't support their claims
• The meaning behind Christy's new book cover and new podcast art

Christy Harrison, MPH, RD, CEDS is a journalist, registered dietitian, and certified intuitive eating counselor. She’s the author of The Wellness Trap: Break Free from Diet Culture, Disinformation, and Dubious Diagnoses and Find Your True Well-Being (coming in April 2023) and Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating.  

Christy is also the coauthor, with psychotherapist Judith Matz, of The Making Peace with Food Card Deck.

Christy is the producer and host of two podcasts, Rethinking Wellness and Food Psych, which have helped tens of thousands of listeners around the world think critically about diet and wellness culture and develop more peaceful relationships with food. In addition to her media work, Christy offers online courses and private intuitive eating coaching to help people all over the world make peace with food and their bodies.

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon. 

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

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Apply for Abbie's summer group coaching cohort: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/group-coaching 

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribe

You won't want to miss this incredibly healing conversation. Dr. Anita Johnston joins Abbie to discuss the magic of metaphors and story-telling in ED recovery, and how we can return home to our authentic selves to find freedom. They discuss why highly intuitive and deeply feeling people tend to be most vulnerable to eating disorders, and how to use those gifts as superpowers in recovery.

Topics covered:

• How being highly sensitive impacts disordered eating and healing
• The safety and security that EDs can provide
• Anita's childhood in Guam and how that shaped her experience with food, body, and herself
• Our illusion of control in having an eating disorder
• Storytelling and metaphor in ED treatment
• Language of recovery and healing
• Disordered eating thoughts and behaviors as a coping mechanism and distraction
• Following our joy and authenticity to freedom from diet culture
• Emotional literacy and boundaries
• Why those who suffer from EDs are the ones that the world needs most
• Mothering energy and how to provide that to ourselves

Anita Johnston, Ph.D., CEDS is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist and supervisor, working in the field of women’s issues and eating disorders for over 35 years. She is the author of the best selling book, Eating in the Light of the Moon and co-creator of the Light of the Moon Cafe, a series of online interactive courses and women’s support circles, and Soul Hunger workshops. She is currently the Clinical Director of Ai Pono Hawaii eating disorder programs with out-patient programs on Oahu and the Big Island of Hawaii, and an ocean-front residential program on Maui.

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon. 

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

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Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com

Light of the Moon Cafe: https://lightofthemooncafe.com/

Anita's website: https://dranitajohnston.com/

Find Anita on Instagram: @dranitajohnston

 

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We're REALLY getting into it today with this one. Hunger, as a broad topic, is something that I continue to receive the most questions on. We will likely have a part two to this episode in the future, so stay tuned!

FAQs covered:

• What even is hunger? What is the physiology and psychology behind it?
• What are the signs of hunger that we might be ignoring?
• Why do we lose our hunger, or become disconnected from the hunger cues themselves?
• What happens to our appetite and hunger as a result of dieting, accidental under-eating, and / or disordered eating?
• How can we approach eating when hunger is absent?
• Abbie's analogy for rebuilding trust with our body and hunger
• What do we do to get our hunger cues back?
• Abbie's go-to meals for when hunger feels confusing

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon.

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Abbie chats with Dr. Kim Daniels, a licensed clinical psychologist and emotional eating coach, about the biospychosocial components of eating disorders, the diagnosis of binge eating, and how so many factors come together to create our relationship with food and our bodies.

Topics discussed:

• What’s on Kim’s plate right now as a mother, and her current favorite snack
• Kim's relationship with food and her body as a child
• How our experience of puberty impacts body image
• Working in bariatric surgery prior to finding the weight-inclusive approach
• Binge eating as a diagnosis
• Assumptions in ED treatment
• The hurdles of transitioning into anti-diet work
• The problem with emotional eating and the restrict-binge cycle
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a model for healing our relationship with body and food 
• Using self-compassion in understanding our parts
• How to begin using IFS without overwhelm

Dr. Kim Daniels is an emotional eating coach with a degree in clinical psychology. She is also trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon. 

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

Find Abbie on Instagram: @abbieattwoodwellness 

More info on Abbie's monthly "advanced!" group: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/circle-monthly-group

Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com 

Find Kim on IG: @kimdanielspsyd

Kim's website: https://www.drkimdaniels.com/

Upcoming webinar series with Kim: https://bit.ly/eewebinarseries

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribe

You're in for a treat with this one! Sharon Maxwell (@heysharonmaxwell) joins the pod to chat with Abbie about her experience recovering in a fat body, the cost of delayed eating disorder treatment, weight stigma in recovery, and so much more. Sharon is incredible. She speaks bravely and openly about her ED, her recovery, and the things that both harmed and helped her become the person she is today. You'll want to follow her on IG if you're not already!

Some of the topics discussed:

• Restaurants and leftovers in eating disorder recovery
• Reclaiming space, energy, and mental capacity through recovery
• Experiencing medical weight stigma as a young child, and how it leads to avoidance or delay of care
• Growing up in a religious cult and how that influenced her body image and relationship with food
• The harms of delayed eating disorder treatment
• Binge eating and anorexia being assigned to body sizes
• The difference between thin and fat folks with eating disorders
• Weight bias in eating disorder treatment centers
• The fat activism that has to take place at every level of eating disorder support
• Partial recovery and fat-phobia
• Where Sharon is in her recovery in this moment and how she is approaching it

Sharon Maxwell (She/Her) is a mental health advocate and fat activist. She works as a weight inclusive consultant, providing education to treatment centers and healthcare providers on the immense harms of weight stigma. Due to her lived experience facing weight stigma, Sharon provides unique insight and offers practical tools to make treatment centers and healthcare settings safe and accessible for fat folks. Sharon is passionate about breaking down the stigma around eating disorders and working to eradicate societal anti-fat bias. When she’s not studying or engaged in her activism work, Sharon can be found exploring San Diego with her dog and her best friend.

Links mentioned:

"You Don't Look Anorexic" in New York Times Magazine

Connect with Sharon on IG: @heysharonmaxwell

Learn more about Sharon: https://www.heysharonmaxwell.com/

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Abbie's husband, Jeb, is back on the pod again! They discuss how to support a partner (or friend, loved one, family member) through their recovery. This episode is focused on recovery from chronic dieting and disordered eating, but we also talk a lot about recovery from addiction, given that it Jeb's background. 

Topics discussed:

• What is "recovery", and how can we think about "full" recovery?
• How Abbie feels about the language of "recovery" and "recovered"
• Ways Abbie and Jeb have supported one another's healing
• Communication and boundaries in recovery
• Asking for support and expressing your needs
• Commenting on food and bodies
• How to show up imperfectly for your loved one
• How to work through and honor the evolution of healing in a partnership
• Being okay with not understanding everything
• Feeling helpless as the supporter of someone else's healing

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon.

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast

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Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribe

Oh my, this is a GOOD ONE, fam. Chrissy King joins the pod to talk about her journey through and away from the harms of diet and fitness culture. And of course, her NEW book, The Body Liberation Project, which you should order and read immediately.

Topics discussed:

• Chrissy's experience with dieting and her body image growing up
• Getting wrapped up in fitness culture and the pursuit of thinness
• The connection between racism, the patriarchy, the beauty standard, and diet culture
• Macro counting and psychological distress
• The difference between body positivity and body liberation
• Chrissy's rock bottom moment with dieting, and how she moved forward
• The impact of restriction and deprivation on our mental, emotional, and physical health
• How diet culture effects our relationships
• Processing grief in healing out relationship with our body
• Cultivating joy in our lives without the distraction of dieting
• Why self-love isn't enough 
• Lack of inclusivity and diversity in wellness culture
• Chrissy's advice for taking one small step towards body liberation

About Chrissy: Chrissy King is a writer, speaker, educator, and former strength coach with a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive wellness industry.  She empowers individuals to stop shrinking, start taking up space, and use their energy to create their specific magic in the world. With degrees in Social Welfare and Justice and Sociology from Marquette University, Chrissy merges her passion for fitness to inspire members of the wellness industry to create spaces that allow individuals from all backgrounds to seen feel, welcomed, affirmed, and celebrated.

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon.

Find Chrissy on IG: @iamchrissyking

Order Chrissy's book: https://chrissyking.com/book/

Apply for group coaching with Abbie: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/group-coaching

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Today's episode is extra special, because it's the first time Abbie has had a client on the pod. It's so important that we hear diverse stories and the real talk from people who are "in it".

Dory joins the pod to talk about her experience with disordered eating (even though she didn't know it at the time), how she always thought that she was just a binge eater and had to use "will power", the diet that ended her dieting, her experience with healing through community and group coaching, and so much more.

If you enjoy hearing from folks who are in the messy middle, please let us know. You can always email the show at fullplatepod@gmail.com with compassionate feedback, questions, or thoughts.

 

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon. 

Apply for group coaching with Abbie: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/group-coaching 

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

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Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribe

Have you been curious about whether an anti-diet / intuitive eating approach can coexist with a food budget, or whether it's possible to meal plan without it being rooted in diet culture? In this episode, Abbie does a deep dive into both of these questions from listeners. 

Question 1:

Hi Abbie!

I’d love to know what you recommend for eating intuitively on a budget. I’ve made so much progress with releasing guilt with food, and incorporating so many things that used to be off-limits, but I’m having trouble approaching it without some financial fears coming up. 

My food spending has increased since embracing anti-diet, and I just want to be able to keep healing without feeling this looming restriction hanging over me with money.

Thank you if you’re able to answer this!

Linda

Question 2:

Hi, Abbie!

I’m curious if you have tips on meal planning without falling into the diet culture mindset. For context, I am a mom of 3 with a pretty demanding job, and I do think it helps me to have some sort of plan for dinners each week. I have a history of dieting and disordered eating, and while I’ve made so much progress (many thanks to your instagram and the Full Plate podcast!), I know I have a lot of work to do on healing my body image and just feeling less crazy about food and exercise. While embarking on this anti-diet journey, it’s occurred to me that my meal planning might be part of the dieting mentality, and maybe even fueling some old disordered eating. But I can’t help but think that it’s still a useful tool in my life to make sure I can feed my family without losing my mind! Hoping you might have some thoughts on how to approach this. Thank you so much for all you do!

Megan

 

Looking for more support on these topics, and a gently structured approach to food freedom? Abbie's April group coaching cohort is open for enrollment: https://www.abbieattwoodwellness.com/group-coaching 

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon. 

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

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Dr. Gregory Dodell joins the pod to chat with Abbie about his work as an Endocrinologist using a HAES-aligned and weight-inclusive approach to treatment and caring for his patients. 

Topics discussed:

• Weight stigma in medicine and in diabetes care
• The harms of weight-cycling
• How stress impacts blood sugar and endocrine disorders
• Stress management
• The problem with the use of diabetes drugs for weight-loss
• Managing PCOS from an anti-diet, weight-inclusive lens
• Treating type II and type I diabetes without a focus on weight
• Taking medications to support your body
• How to advocate for yourself if your endocrinologist (or other providers) are not practicing weight-incusive care
• "Hormone balancing" and "adrenal fatigue"
• Dr. Dodell's hopes for endocrinology in the future

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

Patreon is also home to the episode transcripts (which are publicly available to everyone, not just our patrons!). If you’re looking for those, head over to Patreon. 

Dr. Dodell on IG: @everything_endocrine

Dr. Dodell's website: https://www.centralparkendocrinology.com/ 

Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

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Dr. Jenn Huber joins us to talk all about protein and how to approach eating with menopause in mind (hint, it’s not as scary as you’ve been led to believe!). 

It seems like every day, diet culture finds a new way to make us feel guilty for our bodies changing. It’s not news that women in menopause are a group preyed on by diet culture, but lately this pressure has been heavily centered around protein. We hear it in the news, on social media, and in advertising: How much is enough? Can eating a lot of protein support aging?

If you find yourself unsure about how to feel about the messaging you’re seeing around protein, this episode is for you. We get into the small truths that people extrapolate to make false claims, the pressure women feel to eat in unrealistic ways, and the importance of satisfaction when making meal decisions.

 

Listen to hear more about: 

• What’s on Jenn’s plate 
• Facts and myths about protein
• Aging and protein needs
• A three-pronged stool analogy for eating
• What happens if we make meals without protein (gasp)
• Whether protein timing is something to consider
• Dowsides to eating too much protein
• Malnutrition regarding other vitamins, minerals, and macronutrients
• Why all the macronutrients need to work together
• The difference between looking strong and feeling strong
• How satisfaction can help us build our meals
• Letting food be flexible and forgiving
• So much more!

 

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or confused on how much is really needed for nourishment, you’re not alone. This episode should hopefully make you feel a lot more confident in trusting your body to tell you what it needs, and help you to shed any guilt or confusion you feel when you hear influencers try to convince you that protein is the magic elixir to aging. 

 

More About Jenn:

Dr. Jenn Salib Huber is a Canadian Registered Dietitian, Naturopathic Doctor, and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and she's on a mission to help women manage menopause without diets and food rules. She helps women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence. Working from a health at every size approach, she teaches women to become intuitive eaters and build body confidence at any stage of midlife. In addition to her 1:1 and small group programs, she's the host of 'The Midlife Feast' podcast and community that helps women "undiet" their lives after 40 so they can nourish a relationship with food that helps them discover the magic of midlife!

 

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This episode with Kelsie covers so much that it was difficult to give it a title! Above all, it is a conversation between friends, and just allows for the winding of an authentic and connected chat. 

Topics we discuss:

• We can't keep our plants alive
• What's been on Kelsie’s plate since we chatted last (Episode #14)
• Her experience directing a play and addressing representation and inclusion with bodies
• Unpacking fat-phobia with your therapist
• Experiencing a lot of anger while healing your body image and divesting from diet culture and other systems of oppression
• Setting boundaries with loved ones about fat-phobic comments and diet talk
• Trauma and seeing old photos
• Reparenting ourselves and thinking about our younger self
• Ableism and body acceptance
• Navigating the doctor’s office and medical weight-stigma

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Find Kelsie on Instagram: @iamkelsiejepsen

Kelsie’s website: https://embodyloveworkshop.com/

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We're baaaack! Abbie's husband, Jeb, returns to do Whole30 part two. If you haven't listened to part one, make sure to start there. 

Topics discussed:

• What Abbie and Jeb are fighting about
• Does dairy cause inflammation, skin issues, hormone imbalances, and digestive issues?
• Reintroduction of dairy and symptoms
• "The Pancake Rule" and emotional eating
• Are elimination diets safe?
• IBS and elimination protocols
• Orthorexia and disordered eating in wellness culture

Studies / links mentioned:

• Episode on Sugar Addiction
• Episode on Whole30 [Part One]
• Dairy does not increase markers of inflammation
• Dairy may be anti-inflammatory
• Restrained eating and food cues
• Psychological impacts of restriction and food rules

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Jessica Wilson, author of the forthcoming book It's Always Been Ours: Rewriting The Story Of Black Women's Bodies, joins the pod to explore the ways in which white supremacy has influenced anti-fatness, the thin beauty ideal, and our current understanding of health and wellness. 

This is SUCH an important conversation and imperative to truly understanding the body shame that permeates our society. In order to heal, we must be able to see clearly the social injustice that underpins the diet industry, the pursuit of weight-loss, and the ever-increasing prevalence of eating disorders. Jessica is fantastic, brilliant, and a much-needed voice in this space. Go order her book!

Some of the topics we discuss:

• What’s on Jessica’s plate right now as an author(!!) and clinician
• Jessica’s body story, her experience of medical weight stigma growing up, and how that impacted her relationship with food
• Disordered eating and diet culture in her dietetics education
• How Jessica found HAES and anti-diet work
• Intersectionality and centering black women in weight-inclusive work
• The history of how anti-blackness informs anti-fatness and diet culture
• Where and why intuitive eating can miss the mark when it comes to hunger, whiteness, and privilege

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Connect with Jessica on Instagram: @jessicawilson.msrd 

Learn more about Jessica: https://www.jessicawilsonmsrd.com/ 

Order the book: https://www.jessicawilsonmsrd.com/itsalwaysbeenours 

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TW: Mention of eating disorder behaviors in this epidode. Shira Rosenbluth, LCSW joins the pod to talk about her experience in eating disorder recovery as a clinician in the anti-diet, weight-inclusive space. 

We talk about so much, including:

• What’s going on for Shira in this moment of life with her recovery and her therapy practice
• Balancing structure and flexibility in meals during ED recovery
• The culminaiton of factors that led to Shira's eating disorder
• Weight stigma and diet culture in eating disorder treatment
• The trap of quasi-recovery
• The new AAP guidelines on higher weight children
• The problem with “atypical anorexia”
• Being a “good fattie”
• Health is not a moral imperative
• How we keep healing in this world

Shira Rosenbluth, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker treating clients in New York and California. She specializes in the treatment of disordered eating, eating disorders, and body-image dissatisfaction using a weight-neutral approach. She’s also the author of a popular body positive blog and has been featured in The New York Times, Insider, The Cut, The Everygirl, InStyle, and Healthline. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @theshirarose. Find more about her therapy practice at ShiraRosenbluthLCSW.com.

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Resources mentioned:

Shira's appearance in the NYT article on "atypical anorexia"

Ragen Chastain's post about the AAP guidelines

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Whether or not you’ve done a Whole30, this episode goes through how this diet is a specific example of wellness culture – the new version of diet culture, where restrictive eating is disguised as “health”. Abbie’s husband Jeb joins to keep her from going on a 3-hour tangent, which trust us, is a good thing. 

Topics discussed:

• Wellness culture and healthism as a new form of diet culture
• Abbie’s experience with Whole30
• Using “elimination protocols” outside of medical supervision
• Why Whole30 is popular and seductive
• Is Whole30 a “diet”?
• Food morality and sneaky weight-loss language
• What’s the deal with the food groups that are eliminated in Whole30, and is there science to support it (sugar, grains, legumes, alcohol…)
• The problems with this approach to “food freedom”

More to come on this one! So stick around for part 2.

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Episodes referenced:

#35 - Jeb’s episode on sobriety and alcoholism

#47 - Sugar and sugar addiction research

 

Studies referenced: (TW for weight stigma)

 

Disordered eating and digestive disorders:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16170899/ 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21105315/

 

Restriction and binge eating, loss-of-control eating: https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/10/hunger 

 

Grains and health outcomes:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744518/#!po=22.7273

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26062574/ 

 

Legumes, digestion, and disease prevention:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608274/ 

 

Soy not linked to hormonal imbalances:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5188409/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33383165/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5188409/ 

 

Anti-nutrients and phytic acid health benefits:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19774556/

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Let's talk about MOVEMENT (without a side of diet culture). Kira Onysko Jones joins the pod to share her journey with fitness, body image, and her relationship with food. We discuss so much on this one -- from cooking new foods as a part of healing from disordered eating, to Gilmore Girls (just kidding, that was only for a few minutes at the end, I PROMISE). The main topics include: Disordered eating as an athlete, how wellness culture influences fitness goals, the process of releasing body control when it comes to movement, disconnecting food from exercise, finding joyful forms of movement, and making peace with rest. Abbie leaves you with a tip depending on whether you feel resistant or reliant on exercise at this point in your journey.

Kira Onysko Jones is a certified personal trainer and holds a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. She entered the fitness world during the days when skinny-tea promoting influencers and bodybuilders dominated social media. Because of that, she spent several years never feeling satisfied with her appearance, chasing the workout and eating habits of what she thought were her "healthy" role models, and as a result, developed disordered eating habits and a terrible relationship with exercise and her body. She now focuses her career around teaching people how to enjoy exercise without feeling pressured to lose weight, or letting it consume their lives, and how to fight back from the constant messaging online that tells us that our bodies aren't good enough.

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Find Kira on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kiraonysko/ 

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Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com

 

Studies / research mentioned:

Obligatory exercise and eating pathology: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17606231/

Obligatory exercise attitudes and negative affect: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427598/

 

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Aleta Storch joins the pod to talk about her experience growing up with ADHD, how her disordered eating began in college, and the ways in which that manifested alongside her navigating a mental health condition. Abbie shares ways in which this relates to her experiences with anxiety and OCD. We also discuss food rules when you have a mental health condition, how athletes are impacted by diet culture, how Aleta realized she needed support for disordered eating, what finally propelled her to look into a diagnosis for ADHD, and how she came into the weight-inclusive anti-diet approach. We also explore neurodivergence and eating – how to cultivate a less chaotic relationship with food so you can physically nourish your body while supporting yourself mentally and emotionally. This was a wonderful conversation, and I think there is something for everyone in this one, regardless of what you’ve experienced from a mental health standpoint. 

Aleta is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist as well as a Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She is the founder of Wise Heart Nutrition where she provides weight-inclusive, compassionate nutrition and mental health support. Aleta has combined-type ADHD, and dedicates much of her work to the neurodivergent population.

Find Aleta on IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_adhd_rd/

Aleta’s website: https://www.wiseheartnutrition.com/ADHD 

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In this episode, Abbie answers a listener question from Patreon and talks about the seduction of diet culture in the New Year. You’ll hear about how you can challenge the diet culture mindset using self-compassion rather than comparison, a values-based framework, and the body of evidence on "weight management". This episode is an important reminder of ways to navigate the feeling of wanting to do a “reset”, and how to take tangible action to approach those feelings and desires without spiraling. Diet and wellness culture is STRONG in January, but you are stronger.

The question in this episode comes from Christina, who writes:

Hi Abbie! Thank you so much for everything you're doing! I've been off dieting for a few months, and I've had a generally very positive experience, but I feel like I'm always waiting for the other shoe to drop. I had a couple of big setbacks early on, and with work stress and the holidays coming, I'm really anxious about the idea that the stress will cause me to start panic-dieting again. I'd like to have a game plan for what to do when I start to freak out, and I'd love to know if you have any advice for how to plan in advance for those bad days.

 

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Studies / resources mentioned: *TW for mention of “obesity” and other forms of weight-stigma

• The Weight-Inclusive versus Weight-Normative Approach to Health: Evaluating the Evidence for Prioritizing Well-Being over Weight Loss

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11684524/

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17469900/ 

 

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Summer Innanen joins the pod to talk about body image and self-worth. We go into a little bit of everything on this one – from Summer’s experience of diet culture growing up, to the crossfit world and Paleo diet, to bargaining with herself as she learned about intuitive eating and body acceptance. 

We explore tangible tips on how to get out of a negative body image spiral, how dieting harms our confidence and self-esteem, and the ways in which our sense of worth and value is tied up in our appearance. 

Summer is a professionally trained coach specializing in body image, self-worth and confidence. She is the best-selling author of Body Image Remix.

 

Follow Summer on IG: @summerinnanen

Summer’s website: https://summerinnanen.com/ 

Abbie’s IG: @abbieattwoodwellness

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Let's talk diet talk. It's the holiday season, and that means plenty of opportunities to be surrounded by other people WHILE being surrounded by food. Cue the "I'm being so bad!" and "Good thing I'll be doing a January detox!" and "Are you really eating ALL of that?" comments. 

In this episode, Abbie walks through how to prepare for food and body comments ahead of time and how to navigate them in the moment.

Topics discussed:

- Defining your limits

- Applying your values

- How to prepare to set boundaries

- Three ways to approach diet talk boundaries

- Specific examples of how to respond in certain scenarios

 

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In this week's VERY special episode, we are joined by Abbie's client, Kimberly.

She speaks from the heart in bravely sharing her body story — from childhood adversity and weight stigma, to the decision to get weight loss surgery, to dealing with the aftermath of that experience, to learning how to create real safety and belonging in her life.

Kimberly has magnetic energy, and is an example of why vulnerability is true courage and strength. She doesn’t just talk the talk, she walks the walk, and is a beautiful example of what it looks like to move from constantly seeking external validation to learning to trust our innate worthiness.

Tune in to hear more about…

• Kimberly’s journey from seeking external validation through weight loss to finding internal trust and self-acceptance.

• Her decision to get weight-loss surgery and what she wishes she knew back then.

• The severe physical, mental, and emotional side effects of the surgery.

• Why Kimberly wanted to get the surgery reversed.

• Setting firm boundaries with family as an act of self-respect.

• The difficulty of rebuilding a healthy relationship with movement after experiencing trauma and disordered behaviors.

• How to reconnect with movement in a positive way.

• Overcoming avoidance and old rules to embrace a more compassionate approach to food and exercise.

• The role of a supportive coach in creating a safe space for healing and growth in movement and self-respect.

• Navigating a world that is still steeped in bias, even when you are working to free yourself.

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Dr. Colleen Reichmann joins the pod to talk about her own lived experience with an eating disorder and the rocky road of recovery that led to her becoming a psychologist who specializes in eating disorders. We also talk about how early childhood and our personality and temperament impact why and how we reach for coping mechanisms like food restriction. Colleen speaks openly and generously about infertility and IVF, how that relates back to her experience of ED recovery, and the ways in which she is approaching (and fighting!) diet culture with her children. We get into so much – including plenty of laughs. I appreciate Colleen for her wisdom, her work in this space, and her humor. I think you’ll love this conversation!

Dr. Reichmann is a licensed clinical psychologist in Philadelphia, PA, and the founder of Wildflower Therapy LLC. She is an eating disorders specialist but also specializes in mental health specific to college students, maternal mental health, anxiety, and depression.

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Colleen's website

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Let’s chat about sugar – specifically the concept of “sugar addiction” and what the science says. This topic has been requested countless times, and I can absolutely understand why. Diet culture has demonized sugar in a myriad of ways, leaving so many of us to feel like we “can’t control ourselves” around sweet foods. If you’ve ever felt like you are addicted to sugar (or food, for that matter), tune in to this one. 

Abbie talks through the scientific research on sugar addiction, including:

• How it impacts the reward centers in our brain
• What it means that it lights up neural pleasure pathways
• How deprivation and restriction (including “intermittant access” play a fundamental role in our behaviors with sugar
• Cravings, mental restriction, and more

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Studies / resources mentioned: 

• Exposure Therapy In Binge Eating
• Sugar Addiction: The State of The Science 
• Intuitive Eating Improves Health Indicators
• Episode 35: Addiction, Sobriety, and Disordered Eating: An Interview With Abbie & Her Husband

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Body acceptance coach Kristina Bruce joins the pod to talk about how our thoughts and conditioning shape our the experience we have in our body. We discuss the impact of body comments on body image, why dieting and body control can feel like a form of safety, how diet culture keeps us from living an authentic life, and what we can do to begin challenging the negative beliefs we hold about our bodies. 

About Kristina: As a Body Acceptance Coach, Kristina Bruce specializes in helping women know their worth and value beyond their body size and appearance. Calling upon her training and as a certified Integrative Life Coach, education in health studies, sociology, yoga, meditation, and self-inquiry methodologies, Kristina works with clients to help them re-connect to their deeper selves so they can live empowering lives in the bodies they have.

Kristina’s IG: @kristinabrucecoach

Kristina’s website: www.kristinabruce.com

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Time for some holiday Q&A! In this episode, Abbie answers two listener questions relating to food guilt, over-eating, and general anxiety about holiday food festivities. You'll hear about common causes of guilt with eating and how to rethink guilt in the context of diet culture. These questions also take us on a bit of a road trip through mental restriction and physical restriction and how those impact our experience of over-eating.

Question 1 -  Sarah asks: How do you learn to approach holiday meals with a no-guilt mindset?

Question 2 - Em asks: Hi Abbie! Thank you so much for this podcast. It’s been transformative for me and continues to challenge the way I think about food, bodies, and health. With the holidays coming up, I’m finding myself anxious about all the food-related activities. In particular, I am scared of falling into a pattern of over-eating. I’m about a year into this journey, and anticipating how tough it will be with all the special foods and treats around the holidays. What advice do you have in handling this from an intuitive eating lens?

Full Plate is listener-supported (no ads!) so please support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes at Patreon.com/fullplate

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Find the show on Instagram: @fullplate.podcast 

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Abbie’s website: www.abbieattwoodwellness.com 

Studies / resources mentioned (TW for weight stigma):

• Restrained versus unrestrained eating and responses to food cues: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28205156/
• Children, food rules, and M&Ms: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17490786/ 
• Episode 24 about Food Rules
• Episode 25 about Emotional Eating

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Get ready because this is a good one! First, Abbie and Diane talk about some changes to the pod in the What's New With You segment. Then Abbie introduces us to her favorite (yes, she has a lot of favorites) way to approach food choices. It's something that will help you tune into what you really want to eat as well as how to eat in a more peaceful way. This episode is all about aiming for SATISFACTION with food. What is it? What does it feel like? How has it been stolen from us? And how the hell do we get it back? You'll have to listen to find out, and we think you'll have some ah-ha moments with this episode. 

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Find the show and hosts on Instagram @fullplate.podcast Diane is  @dianesanfilippo and Abbie is @abbieattwoodwellness

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In this episode, we explore the nuances surrounding the distinction between a “food rule” and a true food preference. This can be a tricky distinction to make when you are ditching diet culture, healing from chronic dieting, or recovering from an eating disorder / more generalized disordered relationship with food.

We discuss uncovering your intention with food choices, the importance of tuning into your body, how to reclaim autonomy with food, and why fear is a really good indicator in evaluating your authentic wants and needs.

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We’re tackling another common misconception about anti-diet culture: Is the anti-diet movement anti-nutrition? We discuss how diet culture frames nutrition as a personal responsibility, how class and privilege are involved, what impact nutrition actually has on our well-being, and how we can start to explore it for ourselves without the rigidity and rules.

Let us know if you have any follow-up questions to this one…there is a lot we didn’t get to dig into! 

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In this episode, we explore a common fear: the fear of endless weight gain when moving away from dieting, disordered eating, or other restrictive behaviors with food and / or exercise.

We discuss how the body reacts to deprivation (both physiological and psychological), what the science says about set point weight, and what we can learn about energy deficiency from the Minnesota Starvation Study. 

Resources mentioned:

• "Health At Every Size," by Lindo Bacon
• "Body Respect," by Lindo Bacon
• The Minnesota Starvation Study
• Size acceptance and intuitive eating improve health for female chronic dieters
• Weight acceptance versus body dissatisfaction: Effects on stigma, perceived self-esteem, and perceived psychopathology

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If you’ve ever compared what you eat to what or how much someone else is eating (specifically your partner), this episode is for you. This is a question that Abbie receives constantly from clients and followers, and we’re here for it.

We discuss comparison, gendered perceptions of food intake, and how to move through the muck of food comparison when it comes to your partner (and really, everyone).

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In this episode, we’re talking about a common misconception that comes up when talking about anti-diet culture. What if you follow a particular way of eating (ahem, diet) for “health” instead of weight-loss? How does that fit into the paradigm of food freedom and attuned eating? 

This is a packed episode! We touch on healthism, food morality, intention with food choices, elimination for medical reasons, and how to know if your lifestyle is just another diet in disguise. 

Diane and Abbie also chat about their relationship with Instagram at this moment, plus, of course, some recent food favorites. Come for the diet culture talk, stay for the “Loving Lately”!

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Therapists Ashley Wilfore and Sarah Louer know what it's like to have dieting and body shame passed down to you like a family heirloom. We discuss what it means to experience intergenerational trauma, how disordered eating and body hatred get inherited and perpetuated through family values and behaviors, and what it's like to grow up surrounded by diet culture in your home. Ashley and Sarah and speak with honesty, compassion, and humor about their experiences letting go of the pursuit of thinness, and trying to raise their own children while being cycle-breakers.

Tune in to hear more about:

• What’s on their plates (hint: foods to eat when you're sick, and an ode to eggplant...)
• A clinical and personal definition of “intergenerational trauma”
• Being impacted by generational passing down of dieting and body shame
• How the idea that starving yourself is power has been believed by their family members who were otherwise independent-minded and strong 
• Specific moments and vivid memories from childhood that form beliefs today
• Overhearing the women they looked up to talking about their own bodies
• The moments they realized they couldn’t keep dieting and over-exercising 
• The intentional decisions they made as mothers
• How they handle their parents' anti-fat bias today
• SO much more!!

A final gentle note before you listen: If you are reading this right now as a mom, and you feel like this has been both something you both experienced from your mother as well as something you've been afraid of passing on to your children…know this: our conversation is for you, not about you. It is so that we can hold space for one another and figure out how to not pass this on from generation to generation.

 

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More About Ashley:

Ashley is a wife, a mom of two boys and a clinician. She has her master's in science in forensic psychology and is working on her second advanced degree in social work. She specializes in working with people with IDD and complex needs, but really enjoys talking and working with people who have experienced family trauma and supporting others to break out of social norms.

More About Sarah:

Sarah is a 53-year-old mother of four living in Vermont, working in New York. She's a licensed clinical social worker, an avid traveler, foodie, and a recovering disorder dieter. She's passionate about human rights for all, and a rectal cancer survivor. She loves Costa Rica, the ocean, and craft cocktails.

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We’ve got a wonderful guest for you in this episode! Dr. Alexis Conason joins us to talk about how she found the anti-diet approach after beginning her career in the weight-centric model, the ways she uses mindfulness with her clients as a form of healing from diet culture, and how self-acceptance plays such a central role in our relationship to food and body image. She also busts some myths about weight and health. We loved this conversation and know that you will too!

Alexis Conason, Psy.D., CEDS-S, is a clinical psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist in private practice in New York City. She is the owner of Conason Psychological Services, a weight-inclusive therapy practice specializing in the treatment of binge eating disorder, disordered eating, and body image. She is the founder of The Anti-Diet Plan, an online mindful eating program and is the author of "The Diet-Free Revolution: 10 Steps to Free Yourself from the Diet-Cycle with Mindful Eating" and "Radical Self-Acceptance" (North Atlantic Books, 2021). Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, she is a frequent speaker at conferences, and she has been featured widely as an expert on the topics of mindful eating, body image, and diet culture in the media. 

You can find Alexis on social media @theantidietplan

We’ve cited this research before, but it might be a helpful resource for anyone interested in digging deeper into the problems with weight-loss as an intervention, including how physical activity can improve health markers regardless of weight:

Weight Science: Evaluating the Evidence for a Paradigm Shift

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In this episode, we’re tackling part two of our listener question from last week about how the f*ck to figure out what to eat after decades of following diet rules and living with a disordered eating mentality about food.

Abbie takes us through two foundational places to begin this process, and then we talk about some tangible tips for putting together a satisfying meal.

Episodes mentioned:

Episode 27: Q&A All About Hunger

Episode 24: How To Break A Food Rule

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In this episode, we’re answering a listener question about how to decide what to eat when you’re coming from decades of dieting or disordered eating.

Christie asks: How do you know WHAT to eat after DECADES of eating only "yes" foods and completely avoiding "no" foods? How do you know what food your body is hungry for? 

These two studies reference the impact of lifestyle behaviors like diet and exercise on health outcomes, specifically in the context of the social determinants of health:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26590942/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26526164/

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It’s a husband episode! Abbie and her husband Jeb are interviewed about how they have navigated, and continue to navigate, their relationship with Jeb being a recovering addict and Abbie having recovered from an eating disorder.

This episode is full of helpful thoughts and tips for anyone who is in a relationship or friendship where mental health is central to the partnership (so, all of us!). 

We discuss: 

• Jeb’s story with addiction and how he got sober

• How Abbie and Jeb met and what dating looked like

• How they support one another when they have very different personalities

• What they have learned from each other about mental health

• The similarities and differences between addiction and eating disorders

• Genetic factors and environmental factors for both

• How to approach a friend who is struggling

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We can experience a loss of appetite for a variety of reasons – illness, stress, anxiety, dieting and restriction, and so much more.

In this episode, Abbie walks us through why this is such a common experience in recovery from dieting and disordered eating, the reasons for a loss of appetite, how to identify subtle signs of hunger, and then practical tips for coping with food when you just don’t feel like eating.

Diane and Abbie also talk through their personal experiences with appetite and hunger, and discuss ideas for everyone and anyone who is struggling with this.

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We have a special guest on this episode! Dr. Kera Nyemb-Diop joins us to talk about the way diet culture influences cultural food choices and how she approaches this with her work in nutrition. We also discuss the racist origins of diet and wellness culture, common myths she hears about the “health” of certain foods in the black community, and how we can all decolonize our plates. This is an awesome episode, and not one to be missed!

Follow along with Kera and learn more about her work:

Dr. Kera Nyemb-Diop (@black.nutritionist)

Work With The Black Nutritionist

Group Coaching with Dr. Kera 

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This episode is all about movement. Diet culture has bound up fitness with food and our body image, and it’s so important to unravel that to find out what movement truly means for each of us.

Making peace with exercise means approaching it from a place of self-care – but how do we do that after decades of thinking about it through the diet culture lens of “earning” or “burning” of food? Abbie takes us through three things to consider when beginning to heal our relationship with movement. We hope this is a helpful starting point! We’ll have many more future episodes on this topic to dig in further.

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In this episode, we’re answering a listener question (with recommendations in general for handling medical conditions):

"Do you have suggestions for handling a high blood pressure diagnosis? I recently started blood pressure medication but have been wary of my doctor’s “diet and exercise” suggestion for lowering it without meds. Would love your HAES perspective on this! Thanks to both of you!"

Studies of interest (TW for weight stigma):

1. A review of interventions that promote eating by internal cues

2. Medicare's search for effective obesity treatments: diets are not the answer

3. Health-At-Every-Size and Eating Behaviors: 1-Year Follow-Up Results of a Size Acceptance Intervention 

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In this episode, we’re answering two listener questions about general boundaries around diet culture talk and specific boundaries at the doctor’s office.

1) "Can you recommend strategies for handling constant diet culture talk at the office, social events, with family, etc.? l literally don’t know a single person who isn’t fully engulfed in this, and many very vocally so, and so if I gracefully excluded myself from every conversation, I’d never be able to talk to anyone."

2) "What about strategies for handling doctors weight loss advice and/or an absolute insistence that you get weighed, and handling the guilting and shaming if you manage to refuse?"

Resource from Ragen Chastain for navigating weight conversations at the doctor: https://danceswithfat.org/2013/04/01/what-to-say-at-the-doctors-office/ 

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In this episode, we’re answering some listener Q&As from our Patreon community. Topics include weight loss with intuitive eating, how fitness goals fit into anti-diet culture, and how to navigate cravings for foods that don’t make you feel physically good.

• Hi Abbie and Diane, I hope you’re doing well. I’ve been loving the podcast and recommend it to all my friends. ☺️ I have a question I’m hoping you can cover in a future episode:  I started along my intuitive eating journey at the end of 2020, and gained weight (which I’m neutral about), and I have found I’m losing weight now which I think is because my cravings have shifted and by adding in more potato and rice (thanks to the twin study I did on nutrition), I feel satisfied a lot and not craving sweets as often. I am afraid somehow I’m missing something and slipping back into dieting. Is this normal? Thank you!!
  
  
• How do you recommend navigating cravings for food that you know don’t make you feel well. Lately I have been craving more processed food, things like cereal and chips. I am allowing myself to indulge in them but I normally have some tummy pain afterward. Should I continue down this path or should I make any adjustments. I am new to this journey and have so appreciated your podcast. Thank you!!
  
  
• I would love to see a topic on fitness goals and diet culture.  I do have fitness goals at this time, mostly because I am curious to see what my body can do strength wise at my age, but I would love to hear your thoughts on how/if that fits into anti-diet culture. 

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Dr. Mara Gordon joins the pod to share what it means to be a size-inclusive physician and why it’s time to rethink weight in medicine.

We discuss why it’s harmful to center medical care on a patient’s weight, the stigma and negative health consequences of medical providers prescribing intentional weight loss, how to advocate for yourself with your physician, declining to be weighed at the doctor's, why BMI is so problematic, caring for and treating diagnoses without weight loss, and her thoughts on the GLP-1 hype.

Mara also opens up about what she regrets as a physician prior to finding fat-positive medicine, and how she came to see the harms of anti-fat bias and diet culture more broadly. 

In the EXTENDED version (a bonus episode that you can find at www.patreon.com/fullplate), Mara answers questions about:

• her concerns about GLP-1s like Ozempic, and what we can do to think about them differently
• how larger bodied humans can advocate for themselves at the doctor’s office without giving the unwritten message that they're “noncompliant” or don't care about their health
• how to deal with being told weight loss will help a specific health condition (like diabetes, joint pain, sleep apnea)
• why folks in larger bodies need to receive the same treatments offered to thin-bodied folks
• how “obesity” as a pathological condition has its roots in the pharmaceutical industry, and it started in the 90s

 

More about Dr. Mara Gordon:

Dr. Gordon is a family physician and writer based in Philadelphia. She worked in public health in Tanzania and Malawi before returning to the Philadelphia area to attend medical school at the Perelman School of Medicine at the  University of Pennsylvania, where she was awarded the Zervanos Family Medicine Award for a medical student going into family medicine. She cares for patients of all ages at the Cooper Family Medicine office at the Kroc Center in Camden. She loves working with medical students in preclinical and clinical educational settings. She teaches selectives in Narrative Medicine and Audio Storytelling and co-directs the Narrative Medicine Scholarly Concentration. She continues to write professionally about issues in contemporary medicine. Learn more about her here. 

 

Check out Medical Students for Size Inclusivity here. 

You can read more of Mara’s work here: maragordonmd.com

Here's more about AWSIM: www.weightinclusivemedicine.org

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In this episode, Abbie takes us through 3 tips for improving our body image…right now. Body image is a compex, individual, and nuanced topic.

Healing our own body image can feel insurmountable given that diet culture is constantly moving the target of the beauty ideal, and everywhere we look we’re faced with messaging that makes us feel like we’re never good enough. True healing takes time and support, but there are actually a lot of practical things we can do daily that make us feel drastically better in our bodies.

Give this episode a listen for three tangible tips, and save it for those days when you need a little extra reminder that you are not defined by your body.

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In this episode, we are diving into three listener questions on hunger. Abbie walks us through the science behind these questions along with some practical tips on navigating them, and both Abbie and Diane reflect on personal experiences with hunger in recovering from dieting and / or disordered eating. 

Listener questions we answer: 

• "I love love love your podcast. I am getting more comfortable with eating a wide variety of foods, eating when hungry and having a different body. I do feel uncomfortably bloated many days. Is that normal when you expand your foods? Can this settle down or do I need to get comfortable with bloat?"

• “Now that I can eat whatever I want, not much sounds great and I go too long without eating. Do you have tips for how to navigate this?”

• “Why am I hungrier when I don’t sleep well or enough?”

Studies of interest (please note TW for stigmatizing language, which is prevalent in the scientific literature):

Rhythms of ghrelin, leptin, and sleep in rats: effects of the normal diurnal cycle, restricted feeding, and sleep deprivation

Reductions in circulating anabolic hormones induced by sustained sleep deprivation in rats 

Sleep loss reduces diurnal rhythm amplitude of leptin in healthy men 

[Impact of sleep debt on physiological rhythms]

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In this episode, we get into a topic we both know a lot about - tracking macros! We’re breaking down why and how it may “work” for folks, and dishing up (spoiler alert!) the reasons why it truly isn’t a path to "food freedom" many claim it to be.

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