Alex Rodriguez: Dietitian - APD

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If the word “lazy” didn’t exist, how else would you describe your difficulties when setting nutrition, movement, or heal...
30/10/2024

If the word “lazy” didn’t exist, how else would you describe your difficulties when setting nutrition, movement, or health related goals? ❤️

I teared up at one point during the last Sunday. I was sentimental to be running back home in Melb, after having raised...
18/10/2024

I teared up at one point during the last Sunday.

I was sentimental to be running back home in Melb, after having raised over $2700 for thanks to my broader community’s heartwarming generosity. Not to mention my sentimental reflections on how something (running) was something which nearly took my life away 12 years ago, has now become something which has positively enhanced my life in so many different ways. I am grateful to have taken running back from my eating disorder for myself once and for all.

As previously discussed in a previous post, I deal with feelings oh hypocrisy and guilt when posting about running on an account which I originally built to be an eating disorder recovery focused nutrition/mental health account.

However, as I pivot to start including more focus on sports nutrition, and fostering a healthier relationship with exercise and sports related nutrition, I aim to continue generating hope for those recovering from disordered eating, whilst also speaking to + embodying what movement can provide us as we navigate further into recovery. IF someone so chooses to do so. ❤️

A healthy relationship with food welcomes ALL foods into someone’s dietmeaning that we have unconditional permission to ...
09/10/2024

A healthy relationship with food welcomes ALL foods into someone’s diet

meaning that we have unconditional permission to include all foods into our diet

without anxiety, guilt, self criticism, and/or the felt need to ‘make room for’ or compensate for anything.

We are sold the messages that to eat ‘healthily’ we need to restrict certain foods/food groups/nutrients to some extent, and/or hold limitations around when we permit ourselves to eat certain things.

A healthy diet considers that food is about more than physical health and macro/micronutrients, is free of restriction, compensation and excessive substitution, and enhances someone’s life rather than detracting away from it.

It takes a long time to learn this, so be kind to yourself and others in the process of improving your relationship with food 🩵

This is not to say that binge eating isn’t a problematic experience for people. It is potentially an extremely distressi...
23/09/2024

This is not to say that binge eating isn’t a problematic experience for people. It is potentially an extremely distressing experience which can have significant impacts on someone’s physical, social, emotional, financial and psychological wellbeing.

It is NOT a casual choice, or lack of self discipline.

However, for many reasons, the binge eating itself is often perceived as ‘the problem to target’.
This happens for lots of reasons, unfortunately a lot of it is underpinned by naive diet culture fuelled narratives of binge eaters being ‘greedy’ and binge eating being ‘bad’ with reference to being ‘risky’ for weight gain.

In reality, binge eating is often a;

- very expected response of someone’s mind and body to long term restriction where someone isn’t getting what they need or what (deprivation)

&/or

- someone coping with past &/or current extremely difficult emotions and states where they don’t know how else to escape or feel safe again

This post is not to dismiss binge eating, but rather to encourage people living with binge eating, and people who have someone who is a binge eater approach them for help, to look more deeply as to WHY someone is binge eating- this is essential for long term recovery and learning to cope in a greater variety of ways. 🩵

Living with disordered eating and eating disorders is often in part related to avoid in things we don’t want to feel. It...
13/09/2024

Living with disordered eating and eating disorders is often in part related to avoid in things we don’t want to feel.

It’s normal for us to avoid danger and pain as humans, so this is valid. However, rebuilding our relationships with food, our bodies and exercise requires deep reflection, vulnerability and honesty with ourselves and others.

These are some key areas where I had to reflect on and be honest with myself in my journey, and I often ask similar questions to people I work with nowadays. I hope you find them useful🩵

I’m actually in a fairly neutral stance on WIEIAD videos. If they are being used for ideas, and inspiring people to try ...
29/08/2024

I’m actually in a fairly neutral stance on WIEIAD videos.

If they are being used for ideas, and inspiring people to try new things & have fun with food exploration/preparation, it can be positive.

However, they are problematic when they drive comparison and insecurity in audience members, promote disordered eating behaviours, and encourage food preoccupation & obsession.

Some very key things to think about/keep in mind when watching them:

- How many times does the person pose/check their (often slim/muscular) body appearance in the frame?

- What sort of food patterns are (and aren’t) being promoted in the videos

- How much flexibility is encouraged/shown in the videos, IE normalising eating things which are spontaneous, takeaway, on the go or not requiring lots of preparation, resources, cooking literacy and money?

- how much does the person acknowledge time, financial, educational, body (to name some of many) forms of privilege enabling them to eat in specific ways?

- how often are supplements/products (the person is sponsored by) promoted in the videos?

SAVE THIS POST 👆Which one resonates with you most as something you have changed your perspective on over time? Diet cult...
21/08/2024

SAVE THIS POST 👆

Which one resonates with you most as something you have changed your perspective on over time?

Diet culture and toxic hustle culture around exercise is getting old. We’re working hard to build spaces for nutrition and movement which are more inclusive, safe, sustainable and enjoyable. ❤️‍🔥

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