Weigh No More!

If you can control the number on that then you can control everything. Sound familiar? Unfortunately not. Fixating on a number on the scale can both trigger and drive eating disorder behaviours, not helpful when working on recovery.

Isabella OsmondJune 20, 2025

When Health Tracking Becomes Unhelpful

With calorie-tracking apps, sleep monitors, step counters, and a plethora of wearable devices, we can now monitor almost every aspect of our well-being and ironically, rather than improving our health, all this data might actually be increasing anxiety, disordered eating and body dissatisfaction.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondJune 6, 2025health anxiety, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, anorexia recovery, binge eating, binge eating disorder, eating disorder recovery, eating disorders, eating disorder prevention, eating distress, eating disorder nutritionist, eating disorder nutrition, disordered eating, mental health, mental wellness

Why Ozempic and Other Weight Loss Drugs Are Not the Answer

Weight loss injections are not a long-term viable solution to weight management! I feel truly disheartened when I hear people say they love Ozempic because they can “eat what they want and still lose weight”. These drugs are glucose dependant – meaning the worse your diet, the more effective they will be. Sounds crazy, right?

Isabella OsmondMay 19, 2025eating disorder nutritionist, eating distress, eating disorder nutrition, eating disorders, anorexia, buli, weight management, weight loss medications, weight loss drugs, bingeComment

What is Health? A Compassionate Reminder for Eating Disorder Recovery

Here’s the truth: health is not a size, a weight, or a look. It is a collection of behaviours - not rules - that help you feel safe, nourished, whole and, support both mental and physical wellbeing.

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondMay 16, 2025eating disorder recovery, eating disorder prevention, ED, eating distress, eating disorder nutritionist, anorexia nervosa, anorexia recovery, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, bulimia recovery, binge eating, binge eating disorder, disordered eating, eating disorder nutrition, healthComment

The Low-down on Serving Sizes

When you're trying to heal your relationship with food, being told that 30g of pasta is a “serving” (when you know that’s barely a mouthful) can create shame, confusion, and anxiety. So, why are serving sizes so small, why do we need them and who sets them?

Food InformationIsabella OsmondApril 11, 2025food packaging, eating disorder recovery, intui, disor, serving sizes, anorexia recovery, bulimia recovery, binge eating

The Importance of Protein in Recovery

Among the essential nutrients needed for recovery, protein provides the amino acids (the body’s building blocks), essential for rebuilding and repairing tissues, as well as restoring overall wellness.

Eating Disorder Support, MacronutrientsIsabella OsmondMarch 14, 2025anorexia, anorexia nervosa, anorexia recovery, bulimia nervosa, bulimia, bulimia recovery, eatin, eating disorder nutrition, eating disorder nutritionist, ED, diso, disordered eating

Why it's time to ditch the diets!

We are human, we are unique, let’s stop trying to fight our genetics and instead respect and learn to accept them and our bodies because, really, our weight is the least interesting thing about us!

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondFebruary 17, 2025Isabella Osmonddiet industry, eating disorder recovery, eating distress, eating disorder, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, anxiety, binge eating, binge eating disorder, disordered eating

Restriction - A Physiological Response!

A physiological response to restriction (aka - dieting) is for your internal appetite cues to increase. You’re brain thinks you are in a state of famine and due to the reduced calorie intake it wants energy and it wants it fast!

Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondOctober 4, 2024restriction, food restriction, food distress, binge eating, bulimia nervosa, blood glucose levels

5 Ways to Help Kids Build a Positive Relationship with Food

Many eating disorder clients I see have grown up in households where food and experiences around food have not been positive. Fostering a positive relationship with food in children, at a young age, is key when it comes to them being able to make food choices for themselves later down the line.

Practical Tools, ParentsIsabella OsmondSeptember 27, 2024positive relationship with food, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder prevention, parents, food positivity

BOX / WINDOW BREATHING TECHNIQUE

Box breathing can be an extremely useful tool if you are feeling stressed, anxious, panicked and you need to ground yourself.

Practical Tools, Eating Disorder SupportIsabella OsmondSeptember 27, 2024eating disorder recovery, anxiety, self-care tool, grounding techniques, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, ED Recovery, eating distress