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20+years healing relationships with food & body
NonDiet, IntuitiveEating, Size Inclusive, Food intolerance/Gut Issues
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My client and her partner were visiting the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. They...
15/10/2026

Shared with permission from my client.

My client and her partner were visiting the Botanical Gardens in Melbourne. They had planned to have lunch at the cafe but found it was closed. The only food available was from a coffee truck also selling pastries.

My clients first thought was “I can’t eat that, it’s not healthy” - and then she paused and remembered the conversations we’d been having around no one food being unhealthy and the importance of eating when you’re hungry.

My client was hungry, very hungry, and the plan was to walk through the gardens after lunch and if she didn’t eat now, it would be another couple of hours until she could get something to eat. So she made the decision to enjoy a pastry with her coffee and this turned out to be the healthiest decision she could have made.

Upon eating, her mood changed considerably and she felt much better, her manic thoughts about food settled and she was able to be present with her partner which she couldn’t do on an empty stomach. They had a lovely time together walking through the gardens, something she was able to recognise as a truly healthy behaviour.

Need help with your relationship with food? Text us today on 0419 585 415 to make an appointment.

Zoe and Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!




While there is nothing wrong with doing this, it doesn’t make the meal healthier just because it has less carbohydrates....
08/10/2026

While there is nothing wrong with doing this, it doesn’t make the meal healthier just because it has less carbohydrates.

Cauliflower rice and zucchini noodles are not superior nutritionally to ordinary rice, noodles or pasta.

Carbohydrates are an important source and energy, B vitamins and dietary fibre. Mix your regular rice/noodles/pasta with some protein and veggies and you have a balanced meal!

Now of course if you have a food allergy or intolerance, that’s a a different story, but then large quantities of cauliflower or zucchini may also be an issue.

Enjoying regular rice and noodles can be just as healthy, if not healthier, if it means your relationship with food is such that you don’t ever feel bad eating them.

If you enjoy the cauliflower rice or zucchini more, or just as much, then go for it!

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

Fortunately there are many health practitioners who do ask, so this is to help get the message out to more people (or th...
07/10/2026

Fortunately there are many health practitioners who do ask, so this is to help get the message out to more people (or those who don’t).

Please share this with anyone you think it would resonate with, or who would appreciate reading it.

As they say, “assumptions are the mother of all…”

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

Despite the BMI scale being well known to NOT be an accurate measure of health, it is still widely used.Many clients com...
03/10/2026

Despite the BMI scale being well known to NOT be an accurate measure of health, it is still widely used.

Many clients come to us with the belief that if their BMI is above 25 and especially above 30, they are somehow damaging their health; even when their bloods are good and they have no health conditions. Often these people have tried all the diets, lost weight and regained only to end up heavier.

For those with increased risk factors, the pressure to lose weight and our culture’s weight stigma can often mean their eating behaviours have been damaged through dieting. The increased shame that comes along with this can also prevent people from being more active. 

What this means, is the very people our weight centric health system is trying to help, are actually being harmed.

In my 20+ years of practice I have seen hundreds of people with BMIs in the 30s (and 40s) whose blood tests are excellent, they are active enough and they eat well enough. If anything is damaging their health, it’s our cultures weight stigma and constant pressure to lose weight. Of course some people with higher BMIs have health issues, but so do thin people!

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

Shared with permission from my client.This experience has had a profound effect, both mentally and physically, and all w...
29/09/2026

Shared with permission from my client.

This experience has had a profound effect, both mentally and physically, and all without weight loss.

It’s so rewarding to see the depth of soul searching and resilience from another human.

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

I would like to acknowledge that I completely understand why GLP-1s/weight loss medications have become so popular and I...
22/09/2026

I would like to acknowledge that I completely understand why GLP-1s/weight loss medications have become so popular and I don’t judge people for using them, but I am super concerned with how they are being used in some cases.

Shared with permission from my client.


I’d also like to acknowledge that many people are using them as safely as they can, ensuring they are still eating even if they have little appetite as they understand the importance of nutrition and the need to eat to stay healthy and alive.


When it comes to health and weight, it is a complex, messy, misleading and money driven world out there.

In recommending this book, I’d also like to add, as the author does, that health professionals are not to blame, they are following the guidelines - it’s the guidelines and the weight loss industry that’s behind them that needs bringing to justice.

I would like to acknowledge I came across this concept in the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch 

...
17/09/2026

I would like to acknowledge I came across this concept in the Intuitive Eating book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch 

Why do I believe this is so important? 

Aside from its truth, it allows us to enjoy nutritious food that may not contain veggies (see last caption) and it removes the pressure that very meal needs to be “perfect”.

Why do I believe this is so important? 

It allows for a bowl of cereal for dinner or eggs on toast when you’re exhausted and too tired to cook - or haven’t had a chance to get to the shops and have run out of veggies. 


I have seen people who, because they thought cheese on toast or cereal for dinner was a “no-no”, end up skipping dinner and then eating a packet of sweet biscuits. Nothing wrong sweet biscuits of course, but these people would have gone the cheese on toast if they hadn’t been taught by diet culture that such foods where “unhealthy”. 

It also allows for what should be normal healthy human experiences such as a meat pie at the footy!

A few example of nutrient rich meals without veggies;

Toasted cheese sandwich 
Cheese on toast
Fish & chips (although potato is a vegetable)
Pizza (although most involve at least tomato)
A bowl of cereal 
Eggs on toast

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

Not only do you deserve to eat, you deserve to eat food you enjoy.You deserve to eat for pleasure and satisfaction as we...
09/09/2026

Not only do you deserve to eat, you deserve to eat food you enjoy.

You deserve to eat for pleasure and satisfaction as well as nourishment.

If you find yourself fighting food and struggling with eating, you’re not alone, our current diet culture and weight centric medical system causes many to struggle. 

But there is a way out with non-diet, weight inclusive approaches to health.

Note: we would also like acknowledge that it is a privilege to be able to eat whenever you’re hungry, and to be able to eat food of your choosing. Not everybody has access to the food they need and want.

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

Necessary food noise is like “wee noise”. It’s needed to let us know when it’s time to eat. It includes thinking about f...
06/09/2026

Necessary food noise is like “wee noise”. It’s needed to let us know when it’s time to eat. It includes thinking about food and physical sensations of hunger.

Physical sensations of hunger can anything from thinking about food, a gentle stomach stirring, a stronger tummy rumbling, fatigue, brain fogginess, nausea and mood changes where you’re more likely to feel irritated or stressed (aka getting hangry).

We don’t tend to ignore wee noise as that would be uncomfortable and embarrassing. But it seems our culture encourages us to ignore necessary food noise in the name of “health” (or more precisely weight loss).

When we ignore the necessary food noise, that’s when the “unwanted” or what feels like intrusive food noise starts to appear and the more we ignore it and don’t respond to hunger, the louder and more constant it gets. Unwanted food noise can feel like a preoccupation or obsession/addiction with food. It can be exhausting and result in what feels like over-eating, binge eating or a loss of control around food. You need to respond to necessary food noise to avoid unwanted food noise.

Often by the time people come to see us, they are so “good” at ignoring their hunger, they don’t even know they are doing it. It’s amazing how quickly the “unwanted food noise” can settle down once people are eating enough.

One of the key things people love about the GLP-1s weight loss medications is how they seem to block the unwanted food noise. The problem is when they also block the necessary food noise. Without necessary food noise you can forget to eat, lose motivation to eat, lose joy in food and many people are simply not eating enough food to sustain health long-term.

It is possible to reduce/get rid of unwanted food noise without a GLP-1? Short answer is absolutely YES! This is what non-diet dietitians have been helping people with long before these meds came along.

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

Keen to learn more about this? You can with a non-diet and weight/size inclusive lens to health… Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet ...
02/09/2026

Keen to learn more about this? You can with a non-diet and weight/size inclusive lens to health…

Zoe & Kerrie - NonDiet dietitians and food lovers!

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