ALLISON VOGEL, MS, RDN, CDN
I love food, as most of us do. But like may of us, at one point I had an unhealthy relationship with food. I became fixated with calorie counting, restricting my intake based on the "best, new diet" and over exercising. Despite these attempts, I wasn't reaching my goals and just ended up with frustration and anxiety surrounding food.
As I continued my education post college, I realized the many factors that can influence our weight including hormones, inflammation, sleep, environment, and genetics. It took time but I broke down the food noise and repaired my relationship with food, exercise, and most importantly, myself.
I graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in exercise physiology. I went on to graduate school at Columbia University and graduated with a masters degree in nutrition and exercise physiology, learning and experiencing how to use food as physical nourishment and how to work with my body and not fight against it.
I have been counseling now for over 12 years and my aim is not only to help think about what to eat but help empower those who struggle with with food, for many different reasons, to find peace, health and mindfulness as they work toward their goals. I do not believe in diets or restricting any one food or food groups. Instead, I believe in focusing on WHY we eat related to our forever changing bodies and environment so we can understand the food choices we make.
I want to help you overcome your "food noise" and become the best, healthiest version of yourself.
HEALTH IS SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST WHAT WE EAT...
We are born natural intuitive eaters. Kids innately balance their food intake, eating when they’re hungry and stopping once they feel full. As we grow older we create rules around food and lose our inner intuitive eater. We learn that food is for celebrating, for self-soothing, and just for "something to do."
Intuitive eating is not a diet. It’s a way to learn to eat outside of the diet mentality, with a focus on using your own internal hunger, fullness, and satisfaction cues to guide eating choices. It's about thinking what foods you really like and how to appropriately have them. We look at the WHY you eat just as much as the WHAT. No rules, restrictions, and definitely no "should" and "shouldn't."