Alpine Nutrition
Helping women over 35 undiet their relationship with food.
As an undiet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, I love helping women in their late 30s, 40s, and 50s learn how to ditch diets, reclaim their health, and feel more confident in their bodies.
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- How cultural messages keep you stuck in the diet cycle
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Do you have an unhealthy relationship with food and your body?
If you ever felt like you “just can’t get your eating under control” or felt like a complete failure when you regain weight after EVERY weight-loss attempt,
It’s not your fault!
As an undiet dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor, I love helping active, women in midlife, just like you, learn how to ditch diets, reclaim their health, and live full vibrant lives.
I’ve been there, done that…
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Learn how specific foods can support your body through perimenopause and menopause
The SAVOR Strategies of Healing
Our culture equates weight gain and being “over-weight” with being unhealthy.
However, the scientific literature shows only a correlation between weight and disease, not a causal relationship especially during midlife.
Here’s what you’ll learn in our work together…
- How to create trusting relationship with food by practicing the basics of gentle nutrition for midlife and and honoring your hunger, satisfaction, and fullness cues – in other words, what, when, and how to eat.
- You’ll start to understand why certain foods seem sexier than others – like you’re getting away with something when you eat them
- What specific foods support your changing body in midlife and how to incorporate them more into your daily eating.
- Finally, you’ll put all the pieces together in a continuous practice of honoring hunger, satisfaction, emotional well-being, individual nutrient needs, and fullness (with food and life).
ARE YOU EATING ENOUGH OF THESE FOODS?
Eat this. Don't eat that. Eat more protein. Don't eat too many carbs. With so much nutrition information out there, it's hard to know what to eat. Let's make your life easier!
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Redefine Health
Amanda is a beacon of light helping me navigate through the darkness of Diet Culture. She’s helped me see that health has nothing to do with appearances but everything to do with what you’re feeling in your head and IN your body. She’s compassionate, a great listener, and an advocate.
I’m sure I’d be destroying my body and mind on yet another diet if it weren’t for Amanda’s care. Stop listening to the B.S. of Diet Culture and let Amanda guide you to the positive light of Intuitive Eating and self-care.
Jessica, Savor Food and Body Group Participant
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It’s not just about food!
If you’ve been told that calories in vs. calories out is the equation for weight loss and optimal health…we need to talk.
If your relationship with food and your body feels like a struggle...
If you're confused about what you "should" eat to be healthy in midlife...
if you're exhausted from blaming yourself when you don't live up to health & beauty ideals…
Savor Food and Body Blog
Nutrition for midlife and Body-Image Resources
How to become an intuitive eater in 4 steps
Learning how to become an intuitive eater after you've spent decades following diet-related food plans can feel overwhelming. Unless you have a step-by-step map to guide you through the process. I was recently reminded about how helpful maps can be. On a recent Savor...
How To Have A Positive Body Image When You Don’t Like How You Look In Photos
Episode 51: Standing in my friend's dining room, I noticed a photo of her and her family taken about 7 years ago. My friend looked different - thinner, younger, stylish. Later on during a conversation, I brought up the photo and asked her how she felt when the picture...
How to Love Your Body During Perimenopause
Episode 45: Are you struggling to love your body during perimenopause? You know the days when getting dressed in the morning feels like going into battle? When your inner critic is shouting, "REALLY?? You're going to wear THAT? You can't pull that off...maybe if you...
Time for a physical? What to ask your doctor during perimenopause.
Episode 46: You did it! You've finally made the appointment for your annual exam with your primary care doc! What should you ask your doctor during perimenopause? It's not like you were putting it off on purpose...but you know...taking time out of your day, worried...
3 ways to deal with perimenopause weight gain
Is weight gain in perimenopause really that bad? If you're like many of my clients and women over 40 you'll say "perimenopause weight gain is absolutely, the worst thing ever!" Why is that? Because you have to go buy new pants and you hate shopping. You've been told...
How to get better sleep after 40
What keeps you up at night? Night sweats, an anxious mind, difficulty breathing, a burst of energy at 2 AM? Lying in bed, staring out the window at 2 AM, I'm cursing myself for having that dark chocolate for dessert after dinner. I'm wide awake, ready to start the...
The best natural remedies for perimenopause
Ever wondered what women did before hormone replacement therapy, anti-depressants, or anti-anxiety medications? Frustrated with the conventional medicine approach for perimenopause and menopause symptoms? Try these natural remedies! Welcome to part 2 of my...
How to destress your relationship with food
Want to feel less anxious about what you eat and heal your relationship with food? Feeling stressed about what to eat rarely comes from not knowing what healthy it is. In fact, if you're like many women in midlife, you've spent decades researching the best diet for...
5 ways to improve your relationship with food after 40
Is the pursuit of weight loss destroying your relationship with food? Here are 5 steps to improve your relationship with food after 40. If you feel like your weight is out of control and you struggle to lose weight after 40, you're more likely to try your old weight...
How to improve your relationship with food after 40
I have a new favorite word. Undiet. The short definition? It's the key to improving your relationship with food by ditching diets after 40. Here's the longer definition. Of course, you've heard of diet(ing) and maybe you've heard of anti-diet and non-diet - I've used...
How to tell if chocolate makes your anxiety worse
I can't figure it out. I know, believe, and practice that all foods fit in a healthy relationship with food, but why do I feel so anxious, stressed, and emotionally burned out when I eat chocolate - even the dark, organic, fair-traded, women-supported, fancy stuff? In...
What to do When Weight Loss Slows Down During Perimenopause
Have you ever stayed too long - a job or position at work, in a relationship that made you compromise too much, follow a wellness program that felt too hard for too long or an exercise or weight loss schedule that was a struggle to maintain with the rest of your life?...
How to go from chaos to confidence with food
How do seasonal shifts affect your confidence with food? How do schedule changes affect your relationship with your body? As the saying goes, "if there's one thing that's certain it's change." Changes in season, weather, and schedule can throw your well-intended...
How to eat more brain-health foods without being obsessive
Can you eat to support your brain health without falling into the dumpster fire of diet culture? Yes! You can take a non-diet approach to brain health with intuitive eating and gentle nutrition. Let's do it! Create your meals and snacks with a balance of complex...
What You Need to Know About ADHD and Perimenopause
Episode 35: Dazed and confused? Is it Perimenopause symptoms or ADHD or both? Forgetfulness, lack of motivation, easily distracted...if you feel any of these things, it could be because you're a woman in your 40s and your hormones are on a crazy journey and didn't...
HEALTHY AT EVERY SIZE
Why a Perfectionist Mindset Can Sabotage Your Health and Weight Loss Goals
Episode 8. Are you a perfectionist? Do you ever feel the pressure to keep pushing toward perfection? Does your drive for achievement leave you feeling disconnected from your body and your true purpose in life? Dr. Rebecca Sorenson is a former competitive athlete whose...
INTUITIVE EATING
The Best Strategy To Stop Emotional Eating
The go-to strategy that helped me become more aware of my emotional eating habits was a small, pocket-sized, journal. Yes, size matters.
PODCASTS
Are You Eating Enough to Be Satisfied or Just Full?
Episode 20: Are satisfaction and fullness connected? The most common question I get from new clients is, "How much should I be eating?" My answer is, "Are you eating enough to be satisfied or just full?" If you're concerned about weight and health, I bet this question...