Music City Nutrition & Wellness, PLLC

Music City Nutrition & Wellness, PLLC Emily Haddock is a Registered Dietitian and Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist. She works with a variety of nutrition & health conditions.

08/10/2026

We spend a lot of time talking about WHAT habits we should change - and not enough time talking about what actually makes us want to keep doing them.

Two things I come back to again and again:

→ What is the intrinsic benefit? How does this behavior make your life feel better NOW — not just six months from now?

→ How can we make it more enjoyable?

Sometimes “eating more vegetables” needs to look like broccoli with butter and salt or carrots dipped in ranch. Sometimes “exercising more” needs to mean finding movement you genuinely look forward to instead of forcing yourself through the workout you think you should be doing.

The goal isn’t to create the most perfect habit on paper. It’s to create one that works well enough in your actual life to keep doing it.

Currently reading: Motivational Interviewing for Nutrition & Fitness Professionals 📖

07/13/2026

One of the biggest shifts I’ve made as a dietitian over the years is realizing that nutrition isn’t just about knowing what to eat.

Most people already know the basics.

The challenge is making those habits fit into real life—busy schedules, stressful weeks, and everything in between.

Lasting change doesn’t come from following the “perfect” plan. It comes from building habits you can keep coming back to, even when life gets messy.

What healthy habit has actually stuck with you over the years? ⬇️

06/15/2026

Dietitian confession: I eat sandwiches for lunch all the time. 🥪

I think we’ve set the bar way too high for what healthy eating is supposed to look like. If your healthy habits depend on having extra time, energy, and motivation, they’re going to be hard to maintain when life gets busy.

I’d rather help someone build simple habits they can stick with than chase perfection for a couple of weeks.

What’s your go-to simple lunch?





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06/08/2026

Today’s lunch: a rotisserie chicken sandwich. 🥪

One small nutrition change I’ve been making lately is relying a little less on deli meat and a little more on minimally processed protein sources when it’s practical.

Not because I’m afraid of deli meat.
Not because I think foods need to be “good” or “bad.”

The research does suggest that regularly eating processed meats is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer, but it’s important to keep that risk in perspective—an increased risk does not mean a high overall risk.

For me, this is simply a small, realistic shift that adds variety to my diet without creating unnecessary food rules. Some days it’s rotisserie chicken, some days it’s deli turkey, and both can fit into an overall healthy eating pattern.

Nutrition doesn’t have to be all or nothing. 🤍

05/27/2026

Not every satisfying dinner has to be complicated. Tonight was mixed greens, turkey burger, corn with lime + Tajín, tortilla strips, and cilantro lime dressing.

A lot of salads end up being lettuce + dressing and then you’re rummaging through the pantry an hour later. Adding protein, carbs, crunch, and flavor makes a huge difference in actually feeling satisfied.

05/15/2026

As a dietitian, I recommend convenience foods like this to patients all the time. Real life is busy and having realistic “plan B” meals helps you stay more consistent with your health goals instead of feeling like every meal has to be fully from scratch.

Tonight was leftover brown rice, broccolini from our CSA, and Kevin’s garlic chicken all thrown into one pan while solo parenting 😂

05/12/2026

Easy dinners that don’t feel like sad dinners >>>

This one was baked salmon over one pot Israeli couscous with yellow squash, spinach, and pesto and it tasted way fancier than the amount of effort required 😂

As a dietitian, these are my favorite kinds of meals lately. Balanced, flavorful, satisfying and realistic for a busy weeknight. Bonus points because my toddler loved it too.

05/07/2026

If your lunch leaves you hungry an hour later or ready for a nap by 2 pm, this is the kind of meal I’d build instead.

One of my favorite easy work from home lunches lately.

This pasta salad has 20+ grams of protein, extra fiber from the chickpea pasta, and enough staying power to actually keep me full through the afternoon without feeling overly heavy.

Honestly, meals like this are my favorite because you can make it once and take the mental load off lunch planning for the next few days.





05/04/2026

This is one of those dinners I come back to all the time. Simple, balanced, and actually satisfying.

Nothing complicated, just protein + carbs + a lot of veggies for volume, which makes a big difference in how full you feel after.

Meals don’t have to be perfect to work - they just have to be realistic enough to repeat.





04/21/2026

Not every dinner needs to be creative—this is one of my go-to “don’t feel like trying” meals that still checks the boxes 🙃

Protein + carbs + fiber + something that actually tastes good

What’s your go-to low effort dinner lately?

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