Elizabeth McIntyre, RD, LD
Registered Dietitian in Louisville, KY
Elizabeth McIntyre, RD provides dietetic counseling to clients across Kentucky who have been let down by diet culture and unhealthy food practices. She focuses on Intuitive Eating strategies which provide long-term benefits for her clients.
My Mission
My mission is to provide Kentuckians with Intuitive Eating strategies to heal their relationship with food.
Intuitive Eating Nutritional Advice
“Intuitive eating is a practice, which honors both physical and mental health,” argues the Original Intuitive Eating Pros. This is the approach we bring to clients.
We guide you through the pursuit of health at every size instead of the pursuit of short-term diet programs. This avoids potential health problems, such as yo-yoing weight, eating disorders and body image issues.
95% of weight loss programs fail
Most weight loss programs see short-term success but long-term weight regain after the program ends. That’s why our nutritional guidance avoids fad diets and intermittent fasting.
Rather than focusing on weight loss, Elizabeth McIntyre, RD, LD/we embrace an individualized approach to nutrition that values movement, happiness, and overall well-being.
Health at Every Size
The Health at Every Size approach is a continuously improving alternative to weight-centered approaches for treating clients. Health at every size promotes size-acceptance, ends weight discrimination and minimizes America’s fixation on short-term weight loss and unhealthy thinness.
At Appetite for Balance, the nutritional and dietetic counseling that clients receive encourages balanced eating, life-enhancing physical activity and promotes positive thoughts for people’s body image at all shapes and sizes.
About Elizabeth McIntyre, RD
Elizabeth has a passion for transforming people’s relationship with food through thoughtful dietetic counseling that creates happier and healthier Kentuckians.
Elizabeth helps clients feel empowered and more confident in their day-to-day life. Each client comes from a different starting point—whether that’s hyper fixation on weight loss, body image issues, or needing help with a medical condition—which is why sessions can cover a broad range of topics that target the issue and create long-term results.
Appetite for Balance helps clients redefine their self-worth, find intuitive strategies for balancing food in their lives and break free from diet culture. Elizabeth currently offers online intuitive eating counseling that’s based on anti-diet practices. Say no to fad diets, say no to giving up specific foods, and say yes to finding your Appetite for Balance.
“Diets have never worked for me!”
Diets are short-term solutions to long-term problems. In fact, most people who enter diet programs see the scales creep back up after quitting. We help you reject fad diets.
Elizabeth McIntyre, RD helps clients analyze their relationship with food and find mindful eating tactics that focus on the individual’s sensual awareness and enjoyment of food and their experience with food.
This helps individuals savor those moments and the food around them while encouraging their full presence in the eating process. Our purposeful dietetic counseling aims to help return the joy of good food that is robbed by dieting.
“Will I ever feel comfortable in my own body?”
It’s natural for all of us to occasionally feel negative thoughts about our bodies. Americans disproportionately face low body image issues due in part to what we see on TV and in ads. Few people are capable of being a size zero, and that’s okay.
Our bodies are uniquely ours, with our own unique shape and size. Appetite for Balance helps clients improve their body image by investigating the causes behind their body image issues in a positive and supportive environment.
“I’m not sure where to begin.”
The internet is home to a dizzying amount of advice claiming you can “lose 10 pounds with just 10 minutes a day” or “fit back into your old clothes in just a week.” Many times, what one site claims directly contradicts another.
At Appetite for Balance, we set customized goals that directly address your needs and desires. Your needs are different than anyone else’s needs, which is why we look at your health history and current situation to create a holistic solution that works for you.
Our nutritional counseling could be as simple as choosing a larger variety of foods or as complex as redefining your relationship with food. The end goal is always the same though, improve relationships with food and create fuller lives.
Chat with Elizabeth
“I offer no-commitment initial consultations for those interested in finding their appetite for balance. My goal is to help Kentuckians establish a healthy and sustainable relationship with food through intuitive eating practices.”