Amanda Mittman, MS, RDN, LDN was featured in an article on CNN about leaving diet culture.

We are so excited to welcome Morgan Mazzone, RDN LDN to the Happy Valley Nutrition team!

I wanted to take a moment to send lots of love to you however you choose to celebrate the holiday and New Year! Happy Valley Nutrition has some incredible stuff planned for 2023 and we cannot wait to share with you. Think more classes, groups, videos and newsletters for you. Yay!

We’ve got some podcasts for your listening pleasure!

Have you heard the term “Anti-Diet” or “Non-Diet” but unsure of what that means? And what does an Anti-Diet Dietitian even do? Read on to learn more.

Let me ask you a question: When you started leaving diet culture and stepping foot in to Anti-Diet land, how did you do it? Did you read a book or listen to a podcast that when finished felt like a lightbulb had gone on over your head?

Or, perhaps you’re like me and it wasn’t as much a lightbulb but a friggin’ LIGHTENING BOLT through your very soul?? (I can be very dramatic, I know.)

Well, whatever happened to you as you tip-toed across the very magical line into food/body freedom land (what a beautiful place!) you needed resources, right? Social media accounts to follow, podcasts to listen to, books and articles to read late into the night as you shouted out loud, “Diet culture is such BS!”

If you want, need, or just love to collect resources, you’re in the right place.

Today I wanted to touch on a topic that I discuss often in sessions- the desire to lose weight.I can hear you yelling: “But wait, Amanda, I thought you were Anti-Diet and anti- people who want to lose weight?!”

Ok, so- yes, I am anti the pursuit of weight loss and dieting because it never leads to ANYTHING good (and I know first hand) and well, down with the patriarchy and capitalism.

But I am NOT anti-the desire to lose weight. <<insert record screeching here>>

So it’s May, and with that, the arrival of warmer weather. Cue the vulnerability and fear around trying on last year’s seasonal clothes AND being seen in public. I get it, I feel this so hard. And my clients do too, so if this resonates, I promise you aren’t alone.

Here are 3 ways to get through trying on your clothes from last year that may be helpful:

I had the immense pleasure of going to the Caribbean with my family last week.

I was genuinely grateful I could take a break from New England winter. However, it wasn't always a week I looked forward to—for as long as I can remember, the anxiety of dressing a body I hated always reared its head before and during the trip, followed by frustration and anger upon my return that I had spent most of the vacation focused on my body and my diet.

Can you relate to this?