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Find Your Food Voice

PCOS keeps me dieting & I keep failing (LF 077)

Find Your Food Voice

Julie Duffy Dillon RDN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 ā€¢ 750 Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 3 July 2017

ā±ļø 30 minutes

šŸ”—ļø Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary


Have you dieted for you whole life? Are you looking for a way to help manage your health or a health condition, areĀ being told that dieting and weight loss areĀ the answer, but don't feel that'sĀ the right path for you? Listen now for some new options for better health.

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Episode's Key Points:

  • Dieting leads to bingeing!
  • Diets don't work... but doctors still prescribe dieting to "help" with all kinds of health conditions. What gives?
  • Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS): A super common endocrine disorder that often is "treated" with dieting. But there are other ways!
  • Dieting is the GREATEST predictor of weight gain and developing an eating disorder.
  • There seems to be some connection between eating disorders and PCOS... but there isn't enough research out there to figure out why!
  • PCOS symptoms: Hormonal disregulation that affects ovulation, hunger/cravings, hair growth changes, central adiposity, high insulin levels, weight gain. Many of these symptoms impact body image in a negative way!
  • People in fat bodies can suffer from anorexia!!
  • Symptom changes/increasesĀ means intervention is needed... but it's not the time to blame the individual! It's time to manage the PCOS differently.
  • Be aware of the more uncommon side effects of PCOS (eating disorders, ADD, constipation etc).
  • PCOS is HIGHLY genetically influenced, and there are individuals with PCOS in smaller bodies... so what do doctorsĀ tell clients with PCOS to do when they are in a smaller body?? (This question applies to ALL medical intervention suggestions.)
  • Healthcare providers can be extremely fatphobic... advocate for yourself!!
  • If you have PCOS and your cravings are increasing, look into changing up your medication or increasing that amount of protein in your diet.
  • Keep an eye on which foods energize you and which foods drain you!
  • Try incorporating movement into your life, and make sure you have enough food fueling your body to support that movement.
  • Get enough sleep!! Sleep is SO important for an all-around health-promoting routine. Turn off your screens!

Show Notes:

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:39.9

Say goodbye to the food police and hello to peace. Welcome to the love food podcast, hosted by

0:46.9

dietitian and food behavior expert Julie Duffy Dillon. This authentically engineered series is in

0:53.4

the form of a love letter welcoming you to

0:56.3

reconnect with food. Now pour a cup of coffee or a margarita and let's begin.

1:10.5

Hi and welcome to episode 77 of a love food podcast.

1:17.1

I am Julie Duffy Dillon, registered dietitian, and partner on your food peace journey.

1:23.0

I'm so glad you're here.

1:24.6

Thank you for connecting today.

1:26.7

And are you someone who has dieted her whole

1:31.0

life? Like, can you think back to when you were really small and hardly remember a time when you

1:38.6

weren't trying to make yourself even smaller? I have a feeling if you have that kind of history with diets, you probably

1:47.7

also have a history of falling off that diet or cheating on that diet. And when I say the word

1:54.3

cheating, I hope you notice that I put some little bunny air quotes around it because that's just

2:00.5

the way diets go. Every diet ends up in a

2:03.8

binge for the majority of people. We know diets don't work. Yet dieting is still considered

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