Weight-Inclusive Nutrition Counseling
The relationship between food and health can feel complicated, especially when you've spent years receiving messages that your body needs to change before you can be healthy.
At Olive Branch Nutrition, I provide weight-inclusive nutrition counseling that focuses on supporting your health and well-being without assuming that weight loss is your goal or the answer to every health concern.
Rather than giving you a generic meal plan or rigid food rules, we'll work together to understand your individual needs, health history, lifestyle, relationship with food, and goals.
You deserve nutrition care that looks at the whole picture, not just a number on the scale.
Health doesn't look the same for everyone.
What does weight-inclusive nutrition mean?
Health is about more than a number on the scale.
Your nutrition care may focus on things such as:
Improving energy and overall well-being
Managing blood sugar and cholesterol
Supporting PCOS and hormonal health
Improving digestive symptoms
Establishing consistent eating patterns
Meeting nutritional needs
Building confidence around food
Supporting recovery from disordered eating
Finding enjoyable, sustainable ways to care for yourself
Weight can be discussed when it is relevant to your health or personal goals, but it isn't used as the only measure of progress or success.
Nutrition counseling without rigid rules
You don't need to follow a perfect diet to take care of your health.
I help people move away from all-or-nothing thinking and overwhelming nutrition advice and toward practical strategies that work in real life.
Together, we might explore:
How to build balanced meals
How to include foods you enjoy while supporting your health
Meal planning and preparation
Hunger, fullness, and satisfaction
Emotional or stress-related eating
Nutrition misinformation and conflicting advice
Fear around certain foods
Restrictive dieting and the diet cycle
How medical conditions affect nutritional needs
My approach is individualized and flexible; there is no single way of eating that works for everyone.
Who can benefit from a weight-inclusive dietitian?
Weight-inclusive nutrition counseling may be a good fit if you:
Feel exhausted by dieting or constantly thinking about food
Have a history of disordered eating
Want to improve your health without following rigid food rules
Have PCOS, diabetes, prediabetes, or high cholesterol
Experience emotional or stress-related eating
Feel confused by conflicting nutrition advice
Want practical nutrition guidance that fits your actual life
Are looking for a more compassionate and individualized approach to nutrition
Can you support weight management?
Weight-inclusive care does not mean ignoring someone's desire to manage their weight or improve their health.
If weight management is one of your goals, we can discuss it openly and respectfully while also protecting your relationship with food and ensuring your nutrition plan is realistic and nutritionally adequate.
Rather than focusing solely on the scale, we may work on:
Creating more balanced and satisfying meals
Increasing protein and fiber as appropriate
Establishing consistent eating patterns
Improving meal planning
Identifying barriers to behavior change
Supporting sustainable lifestyle habits
Improving cardiometabolic health markers
Building habits that support long-term health
The goal is not perfection. It's finding sustainable changes that support your health and quality of life.
Yes, without relying on restrictive dieting.
My approach
I bring 10 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian and more than 7 years of clinical experience to my work.
Nutrition counseling is collaborative. I won't expect you to overhaul your entire diet overnight or give up the foods and cultural traditions that matter to you.
Instead, we'll identify where you are now, what matters to you, and what changes feel realistic and helpful.
My goal is to help you develop a way of eating that supports your health while also allowing room for enjoyment, flexibility, culture, connection, and real life.
Weight-Inclusive Nutrition Counseling
Available in NYC + Virtually
Olive Branch Nutrition provides virtual nutrition counseling for adults in New York and select additional states.
Not sure if weight-inclusive nutrition counseling is right for you? That's okay. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation to talk about what's bringing you in, what you're looking for, and whether Olive Branch feels like the right fit.