Eat For You Dietitian

Specialist Dietitian in Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating

HCPC Registered

Author: Sophia Boothby RD

  • If you’re in your late twenties then you probably also grew up in a society when J-Lo was labelled as ‘curvy’, with Bridget Jones labelled as ‘fat’ and the girl from Love Actually labelled as ‘the chubby girl.’ As a young girl, barely a teenager I hated my stomach and probably tried my first meal…

  • Your Weight Does Not Equal Health

    I regularly find that clients I speak to will measure their outcomes solely based on their weight, despite the previously agreed goals and action plan pretty much all being achieved since the last time I’ve spoken to them. This can be several weeks or even months but if they don’t see a change in the…

  • Finding white space for yourself first

    Recent events have made me consider how I manage time for me, alone, and also how the people I care about find time for themselves. Do other people let them have this time to themselves? Sometimes people pleasers are too busy thinking of others that they ignore this. Maybe if someone is demanding of your…

  • Why have we forgotten how to eat?

    I saw a recent post on instagram this week about why as Dietitian’s we will not provide specific meal plans. I get asked this almost daily in my outpatient clinics for various different reasons. The short answer as to why I won’t, every person eats differently and I can’t decide that for you. As healthcare…

  • For the past few months I put my strength training to one side due to sciatic pain on my right leg and I focused on regular stretching and yoga practice. I found a morning virtual yoga group on facebook where we do a shared Fiit yoga class at 6.05am on weekdays. Every morning wasn’t easy…

  • When was the last time you were present

    I’m one of those people who struggles to be in silence. I’ve noticed that I constantly have the radio on, tv, podcast, audiobook or spotify playing. Even during my morning workout planned by my running coach, I had Friends playing on Netflix throughout. Although most of my week is spent working from home, I am…