by Nina Mills | 24 Mar, 2023 | Dismantling Diet Culture, Reconnect With Your Body
When we’re pursuing weight loss, the goal is pretty simple. Lose weight. Which kinda makes ‘measuring progress’ simple as well. Because weight loss is tangible, we know when it’s ‘working’. We know it’s working when the number on the scale is decreasing. We know we’re...
by Nina Mills | 3 Feb, 2023 | Dismantling Diet Culture, Reconnect With Your Body
It probably seems a little weird that a DIETitian would be talking about something called a non-diet approach. So, before we get into it, let’s clarify which definition of the word DIET I am talking about here. I’m talking about the ‘diet’ that refers to the ways...
by Nina Mills | 29 Jan, 2022 | Binge Eating, Reconnect With Your Body
With Intuitive Eating’s growing popularity, I receive lots of enquiries from people wanting to tackle their binge eating using it. Given how awful people can feel after a binge, I can really appreciate them wanting to try all sorts of things to heal their relationship...
by Nina Mills | 21 Oct, 2021 | Dismantling Diet Culture, Reconnect With Your Body
Mindful eating is often suggested as a way to practice portion control. But does portion control actually fit with mindful eating? This article will look at what portion control and mindful eating are and whether the two are compatible with one another. What...
by Nina Mills | 11 Apr, 2021 | Reconnect With Your Body
Hunger is just hunger, right? It’s that thing you feel when you need to eat? Technically, yes. But being a human for a number of years now 😉, you may have noticed that you don’t just eat ‘for fuel’ or to quell physical hunger.  Because of this, the other reasons we...
by Nina Mills | 6 Aug, 2019 | Body Respect, Food Allergies and Intolerances, Reconnect With Your Body
To establish a more peaceful and easeful relationship with food and body, we just quit dieting and start tuning into our hunger and fullness, right? If you have tried to listen to your hunger and fullness after having been on a diet, or maybe after having spent years...