Brief Summary & Bio:
Today we’re talking about stress eating, obsessive dieting, disordered eating (and how that differs from an “eating disorder”), and binge eating. We’re all going through a lot in the last several months, and so many of us are turning to food for comfort. Our guest today is a disordered eating specialist and she’s here to help us understand how to cope and find support for stress-eating and beyond. She’s totally relatable and compassionate, too.

Melainie Rogers is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian
and Supervisor, and she is dedicated to supporting others in their quest to achieve long-term recovery. She is the Founder and Executive Director of BALANCE eating disorder treatment center in New York City. She’s the co-founder and first President of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals New York and currently sits on the Advisory Board with Center for the Study of Anorexia and Bulimia.

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Points of Discussion:
- 10 percent of the population will struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their life
- Melainie says there’s an absolute spike in the number of people reaching out for their help since covid-19
- Melainie shares her story about turning to nutrition for heart disease prevention and obesity research
- Disordered Eating - not having a neutral relationship with food (vast majority of the population)
- Melainie gives examples of disordered eating where we question every decision around food or judge ourselves by our food choices
- being neutral around food requires a conscious decision to live that way
- “Intuitive Eating” helps keep us neutral around food and mealtime
- Discussing environmental factors as a role in disordered eating, stress eating, and overeating
- The excessive accessibility of food means the average person will eat 30% more food than they would otherwise
- Stress snacking: perhaps we should give ourselves a break at this time. We all comfort eat, and this is an exceptionally challenging time we’re living in.
- Binge eating due to stress is a cue to reach out for external support (lots of free online support groups now during covid)
- Getting support without getting diagnosed with an eating disorder
- Book: Redefining Wellness: The Ultimate Diet Free Guide (proceeds go to project heal for eating disorders) - redefiningwellness.co
- https://amzn.to/3gIH0CV
- Quiz: Do you have an eating disorder? (many of us will be checking all of these boxes) https://balancedtx.com/do-you-have-an-eating-disorder
- Normative Discontent: we don’t even realize there’s so much discontentment within us because it’s so normalized (in our society or our circle)
- “Health at every size” philosophy
- Being more accepting while you’re also trying to lose weight
- Quarantine mindset tips:
- stay “safe, sane, and sober”
- How does excessive sugar and carbs affect our stress levels?
- try having more protein with your carbs, and be more aware of the conscious choices you are while stress eating
- HALT: hungry, angry, lonely, tired (and bored)
- notice the urge to turn to food when you experience these states of mind and plan ahead for replacement behaviors or activities.
- it takes time to develop enough awareness
- Binge eating is often the product of too much food restriction
- physiological binge vs emotional binge

Intro/Exit Music  - "Ukulele Whistle" by Scott Holmes