Diet, weight loss, and healing emotional eating with Cassie Christopher, MS RD CD




At A Crossroads with The Naked Podcaster show

Summary: -Grad school for nutrition, type A personality, super stressed--> emotional eating to cope resulted in feeling out of control around food, weight gain, no energy, etc. -Became a Registered Dietitian and nothing I had learned seemed to help. If anything diets and the belief that food is medicine were making it worse. -Fast forward several years, new Mom, stressful time, using food to cope again. Realized I felt unworthy of self-care because I believed they were more worthy of care. Worked on autoimmune issues with Naturopath, Intensive therapy... stopped eating and began helping other people with overeating and weight loss, and they were successful. -Then the pandemic happened. I would read at the dinner table with my family, I realized books and other acceptable "vices" were my new food for coping. I was using other things to numb rather than being present in my life. -Through intense self-development, I realized I still wasn't feeling my feelings, I started practicing getting present to my feelings. Part of this journey was letting go of old beliefs that my desires and feelings were suspect at best and likely sinful. I realized I was looking for pleasure from food/escape, rather than from identifying and pursuing things I enjoy. -I started to feel very self-conscious about my body feeling like I needed to look like an "after" photo if I was going to help people lose weight. My heart was breaking over my clients and prospects using words like "disgust" and feeling like they hated mirrors when they thought about their bodies. I began redefining beauty for myself and studying how to improve body image. -Many women believe weight loss will help them feel comfortable in their own skin when in reality weight loss helps them fit in with cultural (and patriarchal) beauty norms. My eyes were opened to how these cultural norms stop women from living the lives they were meant to live and keep them small. -I began implementing techniques to help my clients stay in the present with their feelings, body acceptance work, and less of a focus on weight loss so women can feel in control around food and comfortable in their own skin. Focusing on self-care in 4 key areas. FIND HER HERE: Website and blog:http://www.cassiechristopher.net ( www.cassiechristopher.net) Free Facebook group: http://facebook.com/groups/emotionaleatingandwomensweightloss ( facebook.com/groups/emotionaleatingandwomensweightloss) Instagram: @CassieChristopherRD Freebie URL: Cassiechristopher.net/Free You’re Done Dieting, But Still Want to Heal Emotional Eating: A Roadmap to Achieve Peace and Freedom with Food and to Feel Comfortable In Your Own Skin, for Women over 45 Who Have Tried it All Best way to connect: send me an email: hi@cassiechristopher.net CONNECT WITH JENN: https://linktr.ee/momofeighteen The podcast is for those of you who know that there is more to life and that our true authentic souls are built for greatness. You are built with strength and love that is meant to shine through times of conflict and times of celebration. You are ready to get to work and live with your true purpose. FB PAGE - Mom’s Running It https://www.facebook.com/momofeighteen (https://www.facebook.com/momofeighteen) BLOG http://www.momsrunningit.com (www.momsrunningit.com) Rate the podcast - it helps SO much! https://ratethispodcast.com/thenakedpodcaster (https://ratethispodcast.com/thenakedpodcaster) Proverbs 3:5-6 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.