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Episode 358: Anti-Diet Culture Eating For People With Small & Bigger Bodies In Pregnancy, with Megan Wallace Registered Dietician

by Sep 24, 20240 comments

Episode 358: Anti-Diet Culture Eating for People with Small and Bigger Bodies in Pregnancy, with Megan Wallace Registered Dietician

In today’s episode, Jessie sits down with Registered Dietician Megan Wallace to talk anti-diet culture nutrition and eating in pregnancy. Eating for pregnancy can be difficult enough with all of the changes to our bodies and lives that come with pregnancy – add on top of it the pervasive layers of body image issues, poor relationship to eating, disordered eating behaviors, and more. How can we eat in pregnancy to take care of ourselves and the fetus we are growing? How can we not get caught up in so many nutritional rules or go down a dangerous path back to disordered eating habits during pregnancy? Listen in – because today’s episode has all of that AND more (including tips for advocating for yourself in any sized body)!
 
This is a portion of a larger interview that can be found inside Jessie’s Prenatal Fitness Specialist Academy program.
 
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Show Notes  
0:57 – Sign up for Jessie’s upcoming LIVE Beyond the Kegel webinar!
2:53 – Jessie introduces today’s special guest and topic
5:42 – Megan gives us a high-level overview on what folks need to feed themselves well in pregnancy, and why nutrition demands change while pregnant
10:29 – The pressures on pregnant folks to “do nutrition” in specific ways, and follow weight gain guidelines in pregnancy – and how it leads to overwhelm for many (it’s not just you!)
13:05 – Megan talks necessary nutrients for pregnancy!
17:32 – Folic acid vs Folate supplementation (and being aware of baseless claims on the internet)
19:34 – What are Megan’s hard NOs for pregnancy nutrition? (and the nuance of it all)
25:13 – Learn about Needed: Nutrition for fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and women’s health (sponsored ad)
27:56 – On diet culture and anti-fatness in pregnancy 
29:34 – Megan shares how diet culture and anti-fatness comes up in her practice with pregnant folks 
35:31 – Megan shares how she works with people in larger/fat bodies whose providers are putting pressure on them to not gain “so much” (pssst – it’s no different from how she works with everyone else – give it a listen for advice on advocating for your needs as well!)
40:05 – On empowering folks to advocate for their needs, honest conversations with clients, and episode wrap up