Becki Parsons Nutrition & Fitness

09/26/2025

The #1 predictor of a healthy lifestyle that lasts: ditching all-or-nothing thinking.

09/04/2025

An oldie but goodie…😆 Nobody is ever happier when they’re starving their metabolism.

08/27/2025

Trauma is a common root that needs special support.

In the documentary, both Tracey and Joelle mentioned how abuse related to their journeys with obesity. Trauma can lead to weight struggles in several ways:

- dysregulated cortisol
- food cravings
- emotional/stress eating
- undeveloped coping behaviors
- psychological desire to gain weight or remain heavy for a feeling of safety from sexual abusers

When this is a piece of someone’s puzzle, it needs to be addressed to help them understand the neurochemistry that patterns their habits, and provide them with tools to address and change those patterns.

It’s a rare person who can dig their way out of food and weight struggles without addressing these root causes - it’s not common knowledge!

08/23/2025

Focusing primarily on speed of weight lost is almost never healthy.

Instead, find other indicators of progress:
👚 clothes fit
💪 visible muscle
🏃‍♀️ workout performance and recovery
💡 energy and mental clarity
💤 sleep quality
😊 skin clarity
☺️ mental health

All together, they will be able to give you a far more accurate picture of whether or not you are making strides with your health or not.

Being married to numbers on the scale is a direct path to discouragement when it inevitably fluctuates.

08/23/2025

Different people need different approaches.

Some people LOVE to sweat hard and feel the burn.
Some people NEED to have fun working out or they won’t stick with it.
Some people THRIVE on repetition and routine that minimizes decision making.
Some people MUST have flexibility or they will feel hemmed in.

As a practitioner, you have to get to know your client well enough to make recommendations that are a good fit for them. I often joke with my clients that they are eating healthy changes and I am their matchmaker. It’s my job to get to know them well enough to introduce them to really good potential partners. We may not always get it right the first time (and hey, bad dates are always a bummer), but I learn how to tailor things to them even more through the process.

08/21/2025

Skinny does not equal healthy. Healthy does not equal skinny.

Your habits are FAR more closely-tied indicators to actual health outcomes (likelihood of getting sick or dying) than your weight.

Here’s one study on that:https://www.jabfm.org/content/jabfp/25/1/9.full.pdf
Here’s another:https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/370/bmj.m2031.full.pdf

Now, typically if someone has a healthy lifestyle are they likely to lose weight? That depends on a lot of factors, but in many cases yes. That’s why we do find some connection between weight and health outcomes, but that’s confounded by a lot of factors.

Also, the method and rate of weight loss can impact just how healthy that weight loss is.

Here’s the article on how the contestants’ metabolisms were affected: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4989512/

08/19/2025

Interested in thoughts from a Registered Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist, and former Biggest Loser fan on the recent Netflix documentary Fit for TV?

Let me know if you want me to do a series of videos on it - I've got so many thoughts!

08/05/2025

Congratulations to Evergreen Family Chiropractic !! It’s been a goal of mine to be part of a team of practitioners in one office, and these are some of the best (I personally see them all)!

If you need chiropractic, Dr. Martin is efficient, effective, and listens carefully about what you need. If you need massage (trust me, you do), Bre is small but mighty! Don’t let her size fool you - she will get some serious tension relief done. For acupuncture and body work, Kara is nothing short of a miracle worker. A couple weeks ago, I had a back spasm and literally gimped into her treatment room and walked out 15 minutes later. Meanwhile, Ryan, Emme, and Maddie keep the ship running smoothly and make sure you have everything you need. Give them a try! And on Tuesdays you can come see me there too! 😉

We are incredibly honored and grateful to have taken first place for best Chiropractic office in the South Sound 🏆 Thank you to our amazing community for your continued support and trust. We couldn't have done it without you!

08/01/2025

Thank you SO much to every single person who submitted a vote for me - I am so grateful for your support. ❤️

This means so much to me, and I am honored!

P.S. Evergreen Family Chiropractic won Best Chiropractor too, so you can now see the best Chiro and best RD in one place! 😉

07/11/2025

It was so nice meeting Caroline at Meals Hero for this interview - what a lovely article! Read the full article here:

https://www.mealshero.com/blog/dating-your-way-to-a-healthier-life

06/07/2025

It’s not as simple as “eat less, move more.”

Heck, it’s not even as simple as weight loss = fat loss.

Anyone who has ever tried to lose more than 5 lbs knows that.

1. Your weight doesn’t tell you if you’ve gained or lost fat, it tells you the sum total mass of your skin, bones, organs, digestive goodies, muscle, fat, and water.

2. Hormones, stress, and fluid can fluctuate your weight much more prominently than fat loss or gain.

3. Your metabolism (the number of calories you burn) is not a fixed target. Your thyroid, adrenal system, eating patterns, movement patterns and more are constantly compensating, adjusting, and adapting. Just “eat less and move more” oversimplifies what can be a very complex concept. About half of my weight loss clients lose weight when we add calories, because of these adaptations.

4. Functional disruptions can freak your body out and make it resistant to fat loss. Gut dysbiosis/malabsorption, PCOS, and stressed-out adrenal systems are issues I see often. If you don’t address the functional root, you can deficit all you want and you may or may not see significant change.

So don’t bet everything on “eat less and move more.” It’s a good place to start for many, but if it isn’t working, dive deeper and find out why not. Want some support for your fat loss journey? DM me to get scheduled - it’s covered by most major health insurances!

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