Stacey Deayton

My nutrition approach...

Food should be viewed as a way of nourishing & satisfying your body, and taking care of yourself, in order to achieve long term health outcomes.

​

As a dietitian, my aim is to help people learn what foods to eat, appropriate portions to adequately nourish & satisfy, and how to plan for meals. But the key is - this needs to be personalised to YOU ! Following someone else's set of rules or rigid plan may result in short term change, but we often tend to resort back to our old habits. To make long lasting nutrition changes we need to tailor it to ourselves, and this is where I will support you.

​

I promote a Non-Diet Approach to health and nutrition, with a focus on helping clients achieve a healthy relationship with food, movement & their body.  

​

Studies are showing that dietary behaviour change, rather than the weight loss itself, plays a greater role in health improvement.  Whilst I am certainly not "anti-weight loss", if we place too much emphasis on weight as a driver or goal, this can cause disappointment or loss of motivation when we don't see results on the scales. Weight can naturally vary for a number of reasons and is often based on a number of factors out of our control (eg. genetics, hormonal fluctuations, medications). Therefore by focusing on achieving health benefits through behaviour change we are setting ourselves up for long term satisfaction, irrespective of weight changes.

​

For many people, this involves letting go of a "diet" mentality and strict rules around food, and learning to trust your body again to tell you WHEN to eat, WHAT to eat and HOW MUCH to eat.​