Ep47: Why You DON’T Have to Lose Weight with Dana Monsees

Dana Monsees is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and food lover who
loves to make people laugh. She is a Board-Certified Nutritionist,
Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist, and Body Image Coach  who
teaches women how to fix their shitty relationship with food and
their bodies, ditch the diet cycle for good, and heal and thrive
with real food, one delicious meal at a time.
In this episode, Dana and I discuss:

* Dana’s experience with an eating disorder and recovery
* The restrict-binge-purge cycle
* What it means to be a “non-diet” dietitian
* Why you should seek help in recovery
* The misuse of elimination diets and protocols
* The concept of health at every size
* Yo-yo dieting and weight cycling
* Not giving food more power than in deserves
* Focusing on health, not weight loss
* Weight stigma & discrimination
* The physiological effects of stress
* Body image and over-valuing appearance
* Dana’s favorite food blog recipes
* How her blog and her business have evolved

Learn more about Dana and find her Food Anxiety Workshop:
realfoodwithdana.com
Find Dana on Instagram: @realfoodwithdana
Sign up for online personal training with me:
alldayfit.com/online-hub