Hey, I'm Caitlin and I didn't always have these RD letters after my name. I was once just a teen who was told to start "watching my weight" at fifteen years old. Close to a decade passed until I discovered food freedom, formally known as Intuitive Eating, and it changed the direction of my life for the better.

You see,  while I was "watching my weight," everything about my life was centered on weight loss efforts- My nutrition, exercise, feelings of self-worth and acceptance, and all of the content I consumed. Throughout the years I've tried many diet culture tactics like low-carb diets, diet foods, vegetarianism,  "clean eating," weighing and portion sizing, meal plans, and meticulous tracking that resulted in my ruined relationship with food,  negative body image, and disconnected appetite cues. Not to mention the time and money I wasted.