OUTWEIGH: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Registered Dietitian, Melissa Giovanni, is our expert for the next 3 weeks! Today’s chat (episode 3 of 3) is about how to handle/ways to recover in a diet obsessed culture! We are surrounded by toxic messages, images, social posts, diet ads, etc... so it's really hard to navigate (even though in 2022 we have rounded a corner and seen some change!) Trying to recover feels like you're swimming upstream at times...but hopefully after listening to...
Aug 20, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 15
OUTWEIGH: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Registered Dietitian, Melissa Giovanni, is our expert for the next 3 weeks! Today’s chat (episode 2 of 3) is about having a healthy relationship with exercise in recovery...for some of us it's hard to even comprehend what that even looks like because working out has been our eating disorder "buddy" for years and years. However, there is hope!!! You can get to a point where anxiety doesn't hit if you know you're not working out one day (or five...
Aug 13, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 14
OUTWEIGH: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Registered Dietitian, Melissa Giovanni, is our expert for the next 3 weeks! Today’s chat (episode 1 of 3) is about living in a toxic environment. If you are actively living, working, or in a relationship (friend, family, romantic) with someone that triggers you…what do you do?? Melissa and Amy helped answer that question during this chat and Melissa gave us a good mantra in this chat: “Good for you, not for me.” (listen to hear when you can ap...
Aug 06, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 13
OUTWEIGH: For this chat with licensed therapist Ashley Vicari (episode 3 of 3 with her), Amy and Ashley talk about identifying whether or not you have an eating disorder or body image issues. *Most* eating disorder diagnoses share a common basis surrounding body image: an over-evaluation of shape and weight (meaning that someone with an eating disorder tends to put a lot of their eggs into the body image basket, so much so that it impairs their everyday lives!!) Ashley also shares with us '10 Qu...
Jul 30, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 12
OUTWEIGH: We're excited to have licensed therapist Ashley Vicari back as the expert with Amy! In this episode (ep. 2 of 3) they navigate what to do if you think your child has an eating disorder. There's a blog that Ashley wrote called: 'Teens & Eating Disorders: 5 Helpful Tips for Better Understanding Your Teen' and Amy has Ashley break it down for us. As a parent or caregiver, your support is imperative. Below are a few tips you can use to assist your teen as they move through their journe...
Jul 23, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 11
OUTWEIGH: Licensed therapist Ashley Vicari is our expert guest for the next 3 weeks with Amy. In episode 1 of 3, Amy starts off by sharing this email that was sent in with Ashley: "I would love to hear a discussion on the Outweigh Podcast about gaining weight in the recovery process & all the uncomfortable parts about it. I am so torn between wanting to recover vs continuing to struggle but keep my current body/weight. It would be so helpful to hear about it from someone who has been through...
Jul 16, 2022•22 min•Season 3Ep. 10
OUTWEIGH: Last week Amy shared that the average adult will try 126 diets in their lifetime. That’s crazy!! This week, Amy focuses on how the diet industry is targeting us (especially women!) and we must be aware of their messaging so we don’t fall for it. So what works better than dieting?? Developing a healthy relationship with food, appreciating what we GET to eat, and not being afraid to eat our favorite dessert or the french fries we love! Focus on adding to our lives instead of taking away ...
Jul 09, 2022•20 min•Season 3Ep. 9
OUTWEIGH: It's 4th of July weekend…so Amy took a trip down memory lane sharing ways she used to treat this holiday while living with an active eating disorder. Her life looks very different now…so she wanted to dedicate this episode to YOU living your best life this weekend by giving some tools to take with you to the celebrations/parties/BBQs. She goes over 5 food tips for the holiday weekend (hint: starts with eating breakfast!!!) and went over a list of foods that are bad for you (spoiler ale...
Jul 02, 2022•17 min•Season 3Ep. 8
OUTWEIGH: Advocating for yourself in a gracious way during recovery is totally okay. Amy & Dylan talk through some ways you can respond to diet talk. Also, why do people put up “what I eat in a day” posts?? Our advice: unfollow or mute those accounts…they are not helpful in recovery! They wrap by sharing how to recognize a binge and shut it down. Eating disorder thoughts still pop up in recovery…hopefully fewer and farther between. Dylan’s Instagram: @DylanMurphy.rd (her tagline is ditch die...
Jun 25, 2022•23 min•Season 3Ep. 7
OUTWEIGH: Dylan Murphy is back this week (part 2) and we’re so excited! Find a safe space to talk about your eating disorder or disordered eating behaviors. Someone that is not a therapist…a friend or family member that is in the weeds with you that can be an ear…but will also call you out on things if need be. If you don’t have a friend you can talk to about this stuff and therapy isn’t an option for you right now…following anti-diet dietitians like Dylan or Kat Defatta because they offer encou...
Jun 18, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 6
OUTWEIGH: Food Freedom + Body Image Dietitian, Dylan Murphy, is joining Amy for the next 3 weeks. We hope today’s chat encourages you no matter where you are on your eating disorder journey. Recovery is hard, but you have to want it for yourself. You have to choose it. Dylan says: “In deciding to recover or walk away from diets, that doesn’t mean you have to feel 100% ready or excited about it. Basically you just reach a point where you recognize the life you are living isn’t the fullest life th...
Jun 11, 2022•19 min•Season 3Ep. 5
OUTWEIGH: Samantha Skelly, Pause Breathwork CEO & Founder, is our guest today. She shares with us her eating disorder journey and how breathwork led to healing & recovery. Samantha had been on 50 different diets in 4 years, she was always excited about going to bed so that she wouldn't think about dieting & anxiety…not a fun place to be…but so many of us can relate! She then started reading books and listening to people who had gotten past their ED, and then found breathwork, which w...
Jun 04, 2022•18 min•Season 3Ep. 4
OUTWEIGH: Week 3 with Crystal Lunenschloss (MS, RDN, LDN, CEDRD) is all about addressing this listener email that Amy recently received: Amy, I have a good friend who, pretty clearly, is battling an eating disorder. When we go out to eat somewhere, she often asks the server many questions about what’s in the food and then orders something and doesn’t eat any of it. She makes excuses saying she’s “never hungry”, but I, as her friend, am worried. She is underweight and I have noticed some of the b...
May 28, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 3
OUTWEIGH: What is normal eating? Well, week 2 with Crystal Lunenschloss (MS, RDN, LDN, CEDRD) helps us answer that very question. Amy and Crystal also talk about habits to normal eating, how you don’t have to earn your food, exercise addiction, and the best thing to do after a binge. Crystal became a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian to help people reconnect and heal their relationship with food and their bodies. For more from Crystal check out: HorizonNutritionCounseling.com Best p...
May 21, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 2
OUTWEIGH: Amy’s guest for the next 3 weeks is Crystal Lunenschloss (MS, RDN, LDN, CEDRD). Crystal became a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian to help people reconnect and heal their relationship with food and their bodies. In this episode, Crystal helps us understand how body image is more about our brains than what we look like and she gives us a few things we can do to immediately combat negative body image thoughts, so our brain can rewire to a more neutral/positive state! They al...
May 14, 2022•15 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Amy and Lisa discuss the dangers of Kim K’s recent comment at the met gala and how to F*RK THE NOISE in all areas of life. Plus, a bittersweet announcement about the future of Outweigh and the direction Lisa is going in! Ruthie Friedlander’s article on Elle HERE . Follow the hosts on instagram @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and follow so you never miss an episode and SHARE with your friends & family. Questions? Guest Submissions? Email us: hello@outweighpodcast.com Wanna Ditch the rules but ...
May 07, 2022•28 min•Season 2Ep. 86
Our guest today is @BrookeRozzie (nutritional and fitness coach + expert in women’s hormones). Amy asked Brooke to start off with a little bit of her eating disorder story from her childhood and how she got into recovery. Brooke is a hormone expert…so she also shared why it’s important to not restrict when you’re leading up to your cycle…you need the calories! If you’re craving certain things or you’re more hungry than usual during that time…it makes sense…and we need to listen to our bodies! Am...
Apr 30, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 85
Amy shared a rundown of things she saw online this week that were an encouragement to her and good reminders for us all to keep in our back pockets! Reminders like: Social media is not a dietitian. Eat like you won't binge later. Food is not something that has to be earned. Compliments that have nothing to do with weight. Some diet behaviors start off innocent. Follow the hosts on instagram @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and follow so you never miss an episode and SHARE with your friends & f...
Apr 23, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 84
The day Kathleen accepted her plus size body was the day her success began. In just 2 years she’s not only quit dieting and learned to love (and take care) of her plus sized body, but created a 15M+ business. Yes, 15M. She’s on a mission to show other women how they can too. We learn: The messaging Kathleen received that led her to begin dieting in grade school How to talk about to your doctor about health and weight Tips to deal with bad body image moments/days How Kathleen learned to LOVE sala...
Apr 16, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 83
Amy is interacting with food in a new way! We learn why she’s excited to go grocery shopping, and the reason behind her nutritional decisions. Lisa provides tools to assess if you’re using control to make food choices vs self care and the “seasons of life” where your relationship to food will naturally change. Follow the hosts on instagram! @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and follow so you never miss an episode and SHARE with your friends & family. Questions? Guest Submissions? Email us: hell...
Apr 09, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 82
If you struggle with feelings of shame around your eating disorder, you are not alone and that's the point that Amy drives home in this episode! She started off by sharing an encouraging email from a listener named Sarah (who kindly reminded us that we have the power to tune out "disordered talk" so that we don't end up engaging in toxic behaviors that we're exposed to). Amy also shared a blog post from one of our favorite eating disorder therapists, Jennifer Rollin, that gives a handful of comp...
Apr 02, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 81
Certified eating disorder coach Kristie Amadio is our guest today. After 14 years of battling her eating disorder and seeking treatment in both Australia and New Zealand—where she was told she was ‘chronic’ and should expect to struggle with food and body image issues for the rest of her life—Kristie flew to America for intensive treatment and made a full recovery. Kristie was stunned by the gap and unequal access to support and resources both here and overseas, so she resolved to make cost effe...
Mar 26, 2022•22 min•Season 2Ep. 80
This episode is all about recovery and hope! Being in recovery is not easy and some may wonder “is recovery ever going to be worth it?” Amy is just starting to feel the shift after 2 years of recovery…so she opened up to Kat DeFatta (today’s guest) about the “hijacked foods” that she now feels okay bringing back into her life (i.e. green juice, lemon water, kale, etc…). Letting go of an eating disorder is never easy…but it’s possible…it takes time and hard work…but it is possible…and recovery (s...
Mar 19, 2022•17 min•Season 2Ep. 79
This episode is 4 out of 4 with Michelle Pillepich { @MichellePillepichNutrition }, who joined us for an ‘Outweigh Residency’ of sorts…if you missed the other episodes with her…go check them out! In this fourth episode, Amy shared some of her personal story and how denying a binge could look like restricting {Amy also references ‘Brain Over Binge’ - a book she credits to kick-starting her recovery!} Michelle talked about permission and choice: "You always have the option to do these behaviors." ...
Mar 12, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 78
Michelle Pillepich { @MichellePillepichNutrition } is joining Amy for the next 4 weeks {an ‘Outweigh Residency’ of sorts!} In this third of the four episodes they talk about subtle hunger and how most people are not in tune with their bodies and could be subconsciously undereating. For more from Michelle check out: MichellePillepich.com Follow the hosts on instagram: @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and follow so you never miss an episode and SHARE with your friends & family. Questions? Guest ...
Mar 05, 2022•19 min•Season 2Ep. 77
It is 'National Eating Disorder Awareness' Week. NEDA Week helps spread awareness, reduces the stigma, and educates others about eating disorders, so Amy ( @RadioAmy ) sat down with Kat Defatta ( @Kat.Defatta ), a licensed therapist that specializes in eating disorders, to do just that by answering some questions on the topic. In this episode you will hear their thoughts (personally and professionally) on OA (overeaters anonymous), using Vyvanse for BED (binge eating disorder), and what to do wh...
Feb 26, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 76
Michelle Pillepich { @MichellePillepichNutrition } is joining Amy for the next 4 weeks {an ‘Outweigh Residency’ of sorts!} In this second of the four episodes they talk about practical intuitive eating - how it's not just eating what you want when you want, balancing practical needs and scheduling while enjoying food! For more from Michelle check out: MichellePillepich.com Follow the hosts on instagram: @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and follow so you never miss an episode and SHARE with your fr...
Feb 19, 2022•16 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Michelle Pillepich { @MichellePillepichNutrition } is joining Amy for the next 4 weeks {an ‘Outweigh Residency’ of sorts!} In this first of the four episodes they talk about the polarization of the wellness world—diet culture vs. intuitive eating and how extremes tend to show up online vs. the sustainable approach that actually works! For more from Michelle check out: MichellePillepich.com Follow the hosts on instagram: @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and follow so you never miss an episode and S...
Feb 12, 2022•25 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Fat is feared by most- but it’s not only HEALTHY but a KEY ingredient to finally end obsessive thinking about food. Learn which sources to add in and how, and its effect on digestion and blood sugar control. Plus, you’ll learn the difference between FEELING FULL vs. BEING SATIATED, and how to make choices that support your over all life. P.S. Lisa is taking time off while “RESIDENCY ON OUTWEIGH” begins! She’ll see you soon :) Follow the hosts on instagram: @lisahayim @radioamy SUBSCRIBE and foll...
Feb 05, 2022•26 min•Season 2Ep. 73
Michelle Pillepich is a Registered Dietitian AND personal trainer who knows that exercise (even intense exercise!) CAN be JUST AS healthy for the mind and body as gentle movement. This year, she ran the New York City Marathon– but she shied away from showing it on her social media channels. With some reflection, she realized that it’s important for people to know that YOU CAN RECOVER and ALSO do “intense exercise.” She never restricted, didn’t beat herself up over the number, and honored her bod...
Jan 29, 2022•27 min•Season 2Ep. 72
