Kathryn Sayre, MPH, RDN, LDN

07/31/2024

I don’t post much on here because social media doesn’t always help my mental health. But I had to come back to share about Ilona Mayer. She’s amazing!

In this post is yet another example of BMI being BS.

Not only did she GO to the Olympics but won USA its first medal in women’s rugby.

So how again, is weight a predictor of health?
(Hint: it’s not)

01/26/2023

11/24/2022

04/29/2022

While this article is satire, it brought forth a lot of what I talk about as a non diet RD

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-are-not-a-diet-company?fbclid=IwAR1_kyLsHM4CU-Issq1-KQpFoWdJ9vd1uxuFlmU2hOVRzWOVm5-VWTqVNu8

First things first: we’re not a diet company! We’re all about lifestyle. Specifically, a life styled around not eating or enjoying food. We employ ...

02/02/2022

The best part of my work is seeing clients feeling better mentally and physically and becoming friends with their bodies ♥️

11/14/2021

Hi! I have some exciting news to share. Starting the first of the year, I will be in private practice full-time offering nutrition counseling. I’m finishing my intuitive eating certification and scheduling new clients for January. I’m looking forward to expanding my ability to support clients in a weight-inclusive, compassionate space to heal their relationship with food and their bodies. I’ll offer both in-person and telehealth appointments and continue to accept BCBS insurance. Visit my website at www.kathrynsayre.com to learn more.

Due to NC licensure laws, I am only able to see clients who live in North Carolina at this time.

02/19/2021

Hi, friends!

It's been a minute. 2020 was hard and gave me an opportunity to assess what I've learned and where I want to go. Now that I've been a dietitian for almost a decade, I've seen what works, what doesn't and the systems that have held us down (diet culture, anyone?). I've heard so many clients share their feelings of failure when it comes to their dieting history when it's the diets that failed them.

This all had led me to start training to become a certified intuitive eating counselor in my free time (ha! free time! I still have jokes). I've practiced from a non-diet approach for quite some time and am now taking that further as I see that intuitive eating (IE) is best for clients' health in the long term.

Thank you for allowing me the space and time to grow, learn, and become a better practitioner. I look forward to sharing what I learn along the way.

~Kate

P.S. Yes, I know the cover of the IE book looks like a diet book. I promise it's great info and is the last thing from a diet. It's a reminder to not judge a book by its cover.

08/14/2020

Thrilled to see this offered virtually now! Please join Colie for yoga for EVERYbody.

06/30/2020

"If weight stigma can influence health directly by raising cortisol levels and blood pressure and indirectly by compromising the quality of care that patients with large bodies receive from their weight-biased doctors, is it possible that people with large bodies have worse health not just because of their literal size but also because of the way they are treated by the world for being that size?"

YES. When prospective clients email me about weight loss, I let them know what I can help them with-their relationship with food, finding lifestyle changes that work for them and positive movement. I'm not going to help with a number on a scale. In fact, I don't have a scale in my office.

Focusing on body size isn’t making people healthier. Some clinicians are trying a different approach

04/28/2020

Saying “quarantine 15” is not cute or funny. It’s triggering for many.

“The truth is, we are all doing our best to mitigate the stress, anxiety and the shared trauma of our current reality. But our best can be, and should be, better than relying on tropes that only cause additional harm. It's important that now, of all times, we be a little kinder to ourselves about our habits, choices and our bodies.”

Diet culture is so ingrained in how we view ourselves and others that even when we’re alone, with no one to “impress,” we are measuring our bodies.