12/06/2026
Back when books were where I got my nutrition information, 18 years ago, is when my complicated relationship with nutrition started. I was 18, I found this book in the office lunchroom, and thought I’d found the answer to everything.
I followed it to a T. My skin didn’t clear (I learnt the long and hard way that hormonal acne doesn’t care how many smoothies you and salads I had, it needed medical intervention from a dermatologist). And my weight kept going up even though I was eating beautifully, because nobody had told me that healthy and low-calorie are not the same thing.
What I’d tell that 18-year-old now would be you’re doing an amazing job starting. But you’re asking one book to be everything, and it can’t. It was never going to be specific to you, your body, your actual life, and it can’t support you when you're going through the ups and downs of trying to make a change.
I see this in so many of the women I work with. They come to me frustrated after chasing endless info and voices, trying to piece together a mismatched puzzle! And all I have is a huge amount of empathy and understanding for how frustrating this can be!
So if you’re someone trying to figure it out alone, with hundreds of articles, blogs, challenges, family, friends, and influencer “well-meaning” insight under your belt, and the information is causing confusion rather than clarity, then you're in the right place. I get it, and rather than smashing you with more information, I can’t recommend enough that you start exploring whether there is a professional you can trust to walk your journey with you.
And if what I am saying is speaking to you, and you're at that point where you're starting to look, you can comment or DM me “PIECE”, and I’ll send you a short form so we can work out if we’re the right fit.