This week Denae, Vanessa, and Lindsey sit down with Karen, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, to talk about the principle of Intuitive Eating. Are you thinking about food a lot as we head into the holiday season? Karen shares a helpful perspective.

Karen believes Intuitive Eating can move us from a place of chaos and distress to trusting our relationship with food and ultimately enjoy our bodies. We chat about Karen's journey with eating, how she helps her clients as a non-diet dietitian, dieting in general, and using Intuitive Eating principles when feeding children.

As always, we have our weekly check-in, we chat about Lindsey's recent trips, her anger about monthly periods, and Denae's try at viagra awhile back to help her vaginismus.

In this episode we talk about:

Karen Petermeyer, Nutritionist/Dietitian, RDN, CD: https://www.healthprofs.com/us/nutritionists-dietitians/karen-petermeyer-seattle-wa/562363

Intuitive Eating: https://www.amazon.com/Intuitive-Eating-Revolutionary-Program-Works/dp/0312321236

Feeding Littles Instagram Page: https://www.instagram.com/feedinglittles/?hl=en

Set Point Theory: https://www.mirror-mirror.org/set.htm

Why Diets Don't Actually Work: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/05/04/why-diets-dont-actually-work-according-to-a-researcher-who-has-studied-them-for-decades/

Reclaiming the word "fat": https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fat-is-not-a-bad-word

Fat Shaming Linked to Greater Health Risks: https://www.pennmedicine.org/news/news-releases/2017/january/fat-shaming-linked-to-greater-health-risks

Intuitive Eating Principles: https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/

A Quick Guide to Intuitive Eating: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/quick-guide-intuitive-eating

Ellyn Satter: https://www.ellynsatterinstitute.org/

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