Do you have a healthy relationship with food?

Assess my relationship with food quiz

Answer the following questions as honestly as you can.

Q1 – Do you often worry about what you should or shouldn’t be eating?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q2 – Do you ever feel guilt or shame after eating some food?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q3 – Do you think about food in terms of good and bad?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q4 – Are there foods you think you shouldn’t eat because they are unhealthy or bad for you?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q5 – Do you ever feel anxious eating out because you don’t know exactly what is in the food you’re eating?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q6 – Do you ever turn down invitations to social events due to concern about food?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q7 – Do you find yourself thinking about food much of time, especially when there’s no reason to think about food?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q8 – Do you ever think about food in terms of calories and how it will affect your weight?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q9 – Do you find yourself thinking “I’ve blown it now, may as well write off the rest of the day/week and start again tomorrow/Monday”?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

Q10 – Do you find yourself thinking “I’ll just finish this packet off so they’re not in the house and then I’ll never buy them again”?

Yes, oftenYes, sometimesNo or rarely

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Sep 20

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Because diet culture and the “wellness industry” is allowed to say whatever they want with little regulation, we have reached a point where educated and intelligent people now truly believe a toasted cheese sandwich is unhealthy. I am constantly surprising my clients when I explain that a toasted cheese sandwich can be a perfectly nutritious meal.

In fact, if all you ate for an entire day was toasted cheese sandwiches (using white bread), you’d get most of your nutrition, only being low in Vitamin C and a little low Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Iron. Make the sandwich with grainy bread and then you’re only low in Vitamin C and Vitamin B6. Throw in half an orange and you have your vitamin C needs for the day… Just saying...

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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You don't need fancy "superfood"
ingredients to eat well

A toasted cheese sandwich is perfectly nutritious

#cheesetoastie #cheesetoast #nutritiousmeals #healthyfood
#lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement #lovefood #eatwell #intuitiveeating

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Sep 9

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This thought came to me while waiting on the phone to speak with a GP about a shared patient, a young lady with Anorexia. While I was waiting, the clinic advertised weight loss as part of its recorded on hold message. What if this young lady hears that ad when she rings to book an appointment with her GP? Is there a chance it will validate her eating disorder behaviour and desire to avoid weight gain at all costs?

Even without an eating disorder, weight loss advice can worsen people’s health with disordered eating, being trapped in the diet cycle, constant distress around food and body and a sense of shame and failure in “managing one’s health”.

Just some food for thought!!

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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Advocating weight loss can lead to an eating disorder and significantly compromised health and even death in some people.

Is there any other widespread public health message worsens the health of many people and can even result in the death of some people?

#healthateverysize #wellbeing #mentalhealthmatters #eatingdisorderawareness #disorderedeatingawareness #disorderedeatingsupport #generalpractitioner

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Sep 8

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Sep 5

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If these people were truly concerned for your health, why don’t they discuss what health means and looks like to you? Health does not look like a certain weight and health is so much more than just the physical appearance.

Anyone advising weight loss should take the time to explore with you that things in your life that may influence your health - including mental, emotional, social, financial, environmental and genetic factors.

Perhaps if they did, they would start to realise that losing weight is not as straightforward as the medical world would have you believe. And if they did, they would need to start acknowledging that weight gain is very often the symptom and not the cause of health changes.

We are not anti-weight loss and if a person loses weight as a side-effect of making sustainable and enjoyable behaviour changes, then this can be seen as a positive thing. But equally, if a person makes sustainable and enjoyable behaviour changes that benefit their health but doesn’t lose weight, then this should be seen as a positive thing too, regardless of their size.

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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If someone suggest you should lose weight, what are they actually asking you to do?

You can’t just make weight loss happen, your body weight is not a behaviour that you can change.

For many, weight gain is a symptom of a change in health and not the cause.

A person can change behaviours and this MAY affect their weight, but weight is so much more complex than what you eat and how much you move.

#nondietapproach #intuitiveeatingapproach #haes #healthateverysize #wellbeing #selfcare #mentalhealthmatters
#lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement

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Aug 27

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Almost all cultures over the world have some form of bread as part of their traditional diet.

Bread contain many nutrients including carbohydrate, B vitamins, folate, a range of minerals and dietary fibre.

Bread is a nutritious and healthy food and can be enjoyed daily as part of a healthy diet.

*there are many different forms of bread for those with Coeliac or a wheat intolerance

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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This is bread, it is not bad for you

#bread #breadlover #breadmaking #carbsarelife #breadlove #carbsaregood
#lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement #lovefood #eatwell #foodfreedom

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Aug 26

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Yes there is too much readily available food high in added sugar, but we need to stop blaming the sugar itself or placing all responsibility in people’s food choices, instead we need to target and change food industry. If it wasn’t so easy to access excess sugar in food, things might be quite different.

Recently I’ve seen a number of teenagers who believed sugar was truly bad for them. This belief has led some into disordered eating and others to an eating disorder, all feel terrible about themselves and express significant anxiety and fear around food.

The “sugar is bad” message comes from all angles, well-meaning parents, school teachers, diet culture and a certain popular documentary on sugar “that sugar film”.

I do not blame the parents or teachers, they are just doing what they think is best - we urgently need to change how our culture thinks about food.

Even if the adults and documentaries are not saying “sugar is toxic” or “sugar is bad” in so many words, the messages they carry are read by many kids as exactly that. This is exacerbated by a world that is obsessed with “health” and the notion that controlling body weight and avoiding certain foods, is a means to achieve not only this perception of “health”, but also self worth.

The message kids are getting are:
- Any amount of fatness is bad, wrong and unhealthy
- I will be more accepted, liked and confident if I look a certain way
- One must eat a certain way to achieve the “less fat” body and be “healthy”
- Sugar is bad and will lead to fatness and ill health

If you are concerned about your child, please contact @eatingdisordersvictoria or @thebutterflyfoundation or an ED association near you.

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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We need to stop teaching kids that sugar is “toxic” or bad for you. They are ending up with eating disorders or highly disordered eating.

#disorderedeatingawareness #disorderedeatingsupport #edrecoverywarrior #selfcompassion #honoryourbody #sizediversity #sizeacceptance #bodyacceptance #bodyimageissues #bodyimage #bodyimagewarrior #thatsugarfilm

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Aug 18

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Another super delicious @ottolenghi dish, this is his Roasted Butternut Squash with Lentils and Dolcelatte from his book SIMPLE

What are you going to cook tonight?

Zoe

#supereasy #recipeideas #saladideas #easyrecipes #foodie #vegetarianrecipe #beautifulcuisines #ottolenghi #lockdownlife #lockdowncooking #funinthekitchen #lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement #lovefood #eatwell #selfcare #lovecooking #foodjoy

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Aug 13

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Just a little reflection for the weekend… even if the food sharing is over a Zoom catch up!

I find one benefit of lockdown is more time to spend in the kitchen, taking the opportunity to cook things that either take a little longer or that I’ve never tried before.

If you feel cooking is not your thing, that’s totally ok - that said, in my job as a dietitian, I often encounter people whose enjoyment of cooking has been sucked dry by diet rules and all the things we supposedly “should” and “shouldn’t” do with food to be healthy. Often these people find they quite enjoy cooking when they can make whatever they feel like without having to scrimp on all the ingredients that make food taste yum!!

So throw out all the diet and “health” cookbooks and just google a meal you love, or look up a well known chef whose food you like (I love @ottolenghi ) and find a recipe that looks good and go for it!

Note: of course if you have Coeliac or a properly identified gluten intolerance then choosing GF is healthier for you.

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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Food doesn't have to be sugar free, gluten free or packed full of veggies to be healthy

Healthy can be sharing delicious food with friends or loved ones, with appreciation for the food and without any sense of guilt...

#lockdownlife #lockdowncooking #funinthekitchen #melbournelockdown #melbournefoodie #favoritechef #lovecooking #lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement #lovefood #eatwell #foodfreedom #ottolenghi

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Aug 11

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Looking for lockdown cooking ideas?

I’m going to make this baby again! This pic is from the long lockdown 2020. I can’t remember which recipe I used, but this one looks about right https://www.abakingjourney.com/spinach-and-feta-quiche/#recipe

If you don’t have a food processor, you can make the pastry by hand - I did!

Zoe @themoderationmovement

#quiche #spinachandfeta #homemade #isocooking #isobaking #lockdownlife #melbournelockdown #funinthekitchen #melbournefoodie
#lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement

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Aug 8

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This experience with food is way too common in our culture. I often see people for whom the pursuit of trying to eat well has led to stress, anxiety, shame and preoccupation with food.

Now of course, no one food, no matter how processed, is going to harm your health unless you have an allergy to that food, or you eat it in excess and at the expense of other foods. Any food eaten in excess, even vegetables, can be harmful to health.

Check out Amanda’s @food_freedom_coach page for more messages like ours to help you on your way to food freedom!

Food freedom is where you no longer experience all the anxiety, guilt, shame and distress around food, health of your body. It is very possible to live this way.

Zoe @themoderationmovement
Kerrie @kerriehill_dietitian

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Can you relate to this?

"The stress of avoiding processed food was more detrimental to my health than the actual food itself!"

Amanda Food_Freedom_Coach

#foodfreedomcoach #foodfreedomforever
#lovewhatyoueat #moderationmovement #lovefood #eatwell #foodfreedom
#intuitiveeating #intuitiveeatingofficial

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