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So your child has an Eating Disorder…now what?
"It seemed like a good thing, they really wanted to eat healthy food..." "I thought they just were starting to care about their fitness..." "She's always been picky, I didn't realize that it was this big a problem..." "She won't let me cook for her, she won't eat at...
Happy New Year!
It's January 12, there is snow on the ground here in Connecticut and yet again I'm planning, strategizing and setting goals for Werth Your While Nutrition. After three and a half years of this business thing I thought it was about time for a formal update. It's...
Welcome to our new dietitian!
In 2018, when Werth Your While Nutrition first began I wrote as a long term goal, "hire a team." At the time, I wasn't quite sure what that meant or where this little idea to help and support families through eating disorder recovery would take me. This week, in order...
An open letter to high school sports coaches
Although you may not realize it, proper nutrition is an essential part of performing as an athlete. And I’m not talking about making sure your student athletes cut so called “junk food” out of their diet. I’m talking about making sure they are eating ENOUGH.
The decade of my eating disorder, and of my recovery
I love beginnings, but endings are not my thing. When leaving a party, I'm a big fan of the Irish goodbye (aka sneaking out without telling anyone.) I don't like the awkward hugs, the cheek kisses, the feeling that a good time is over. When writing, I never have a...
Eating disorder recovery is real, and so Werth it
Three years ago I was going through one of my worst relapses. I was injured post my second full marathon and worried that I'd never truly be able to recover from my eating disorder. I'd made it three or four months without purging (my hallmark of a relapse) many...
Making your own wedding cake
Have you ever wanted to do something that everyone told you was a bad idea? I'm not talking about a bad idea because you might get hurt (physically at least), but a bad idea because you might not be able to do it. For me that bad idea was making my own wedding cake....
The marathon: From crazy to crying to smiling again
It starts with a crazy idea. The idea that you should run 26.2 miles consecutively. Then it gets crazier as you commit to 16 weeks of consistent training, running up to 50 or more miles a week. Once you get passed that - and maybe a couple injuries or sore spots, a...
Eating enough for a marathon
This morning, I woke up at 2 a.m. with my stomach growling. Not the kind of growl you can roll over and ignore. The kind of growl that demands immediate attention. My tired feet padded out of the bedroom, into the kitchen and located the only clean knife left, a few...