One Body to Love with Dr. Meredith MacKenzie

Why do you feel out of control with food at night—even when you’ve “done everything right” during the day?
In this episode, I’m breaking down one of the most common and confusing experiences I see in my work as a binge eating therapist: the moment the day ends, everything catches up, and food becomes the answer.
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t even know what I need—I just want something,” this episode will help you understand why.
Inside this episode, I walk you through:
 Why intuitive eating can feel difficult or unclear 
 The deeper reason you don’t know what your body needs 
 How cultural conditioning (people-pleasing, productivity, and diet culture) disconnects you from your internal cues 
 Why nighttime eating isn’t a lack of willpower—but a sign of disconnection and depletion 
 The difference between thoughts, emotions, and body sensations 
 A simple, practical way to begin reconnecting with yourself in those moments 
One of the biggest shifts I want you to take from this episode is this:
You’re not out of control with food—you’ve just had very little practice being connected to yourself.
If you’re working toward intuitive eating but feel stuck in cycles of restriction, overeating, or being “good all day and losing control at night,” this episode will help you understand what’s actually going on beneath the surface.

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Should you weigh yourself in eating disorder recovery? This is one of the most common questions I hear from clients and from women in my DMs, especially when they’re in that uncertain middle space of recovery where things are changing, but the fear around weight is still very present.
In this episode, I’m talking about the emotional pull of wanting to know your weight, why the scale can feel so loaded in recovery, and what often happens before and after someone decides to step on it.
I unpack why blind weigh-ins are often recommended, how the urge to know your weight can show up when recovery starts to feel more real, and why that number can carry so much meaning even when it tells you very little about your actual health, healing, or progress.
I’m also sharing examples inspired by my work with clients to show how learning your weight can affect recovery, body image, compensatory behaviours, and the sense of trust you’re trying to build with yourself and your treatment team.
If you’ve been wondering whether weighing yourself would help you feel more in control, more reassured, or more prepared, this episode will give you some important questions to reflect on before you decide.
In this episode, I cover:
Why the question of weighing yourself comes up so often in eating disorder recovery
The difference between not weighing yourself in recovery versus “throwing caution to the wind”
Why seeing a number on the scale can be emotionally destabilizing
The intense anticipation that can build when you don’t know your weight
How body checking, clothing size changes, and mirror checking can become clues people use instead
The “before and after” effect of learning your weight
Why weight can take on a kind of symbolic or “magical” meaning
Examples of how knowing a weight can disrupt recovery and increase fear-driven behaviours
What to ask yourself before deciding whether to weigh yourself
Why behaviour change, emotional healing, and self-care matter more than a number
If this episode resonated with you, you may also be interested in One Body to Love, my coaching program for women who want support healing their relationship with food, body image, and emotional eating in a deeper, more sustainable way.
You can learn more here: meredithmackenzie.ca/OBTL
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If you’ve ever felt confused about who to trust for nutrition advice, this episode will bring clarity.
There is so much information online about food, weight, health, intuitive eating, and GLP-1 medications. Some of it is helpful. Much of it is conflicting. And it can be incredibly difficult to know what actually applies to you.
In this conversation, I sit down with Amy Chow, RD, founder of BC Dietitians, to talk about what it really means to work with a registered dietitian in British Columbia. We discuss the difference between regulated dietitians and general “nutrition advice,” how dietitians are trained, and why the relationship between a client and a dietitian is so foundational, especially in eating disorder recovery and disordered eating support.
Amy shares her founder story and explains how BC Dietitians was created to make it easier for people to find qualified, specialized dietitians who truly match their needs. We also talk about collaboration between therapists and dietitians, why interdisciplinary care matters, and how to navigate nutrition advice online without getting overwhelmed.
If you’re looking for eating disorder support, help with emotional eating, chronic health conditions, or simply want to build a more balanced relationship with food, this episode will help you understand what professional nutrition care can actually look like.
If you’re in British Columbia and looking for a registered dietitian, you can explore Amy’s platform at:
👉 https://bcdietitians.ca

You can browse dietitian profiles, read blogs and nutrition resources, explore community events, or request help being matched with a dietitian who fits your specific needs.
And if you are working on your relationship with food and body image and want support that integrates both therapy and nutrition care, this episode is a reminder that you do not have to navigate it alone.
If this conversation resonated with you, I’d love to hear what stood out. You can always reach out to me on Instagram or reply to this episode link.
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In this episode, I share honestly about a season of self-doubt and questioning within my business, and how the shifting landscape of body image culture deeply impacted me. Over the past year, as conversations online have moved back toward weight loss, GLP-1 medications, and the revival of thinness as the ultimate goal, I found myself wondering whether there was still space for body acceptance and intuitive eating in today’s world.
I talk about what it felt like to consider stepping away from the One Body to Love program, and how marketing messages around weight loss and “fixing” your body began to challenge my confidence and clarity. I also share how returning to one-on-one therapy sessions with women struggling with binge eating, disordered eating, and body image concerns helped ground me again in what I know to be true.
This conversation is about more than business. It’s about navigating diet culture, healing your relationship with food, grieving the thin ideal, and recognizing the emotional toll that repeated weight loss attempts can take. I speak to the women who have tried everything, who feel discouraged by the resurgence of weight loss culture, and who are ready for deeper, sustainable support rooted in intuitive eating and self-trust.
If you’ve felt confused, discouraged, or disheartened by the cultural shift back toward shrinking your body, this episode will help you feel less alone — and clearer about what support can look like when you’re truly done with dieting.
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There’s a difference between stopping dieting and actually feeling safe with food. Many people expect that once they let go of restriction, food will finally quiet down. That eating will feel calmer. That trust will return.
And when that doesn’t happen, it can be deeply unsettling.
In this episode, I slow down the moment where food still feels loud, confusing, or unpredictable after dieting ends. Not to diagnose you or push you toward a specific path, but to help you understand why this phase is so common, why it feels the way it does, and why struggling here doesn’t mean you’ve failed.
We talk about how dieting creates structure and predictability for the nervous system, and why removing that structure without establishing safety can actually increase fear rather than relief. I explain why insight alone doesn’t change patterns around food, how learned responses form over time, and why intuitive eating often feels chaotic when it’s attempted without enough support or containment.
This is a grounded, compassionate conversation about regulation, safety, and why food feeling “out of control” at this stage is not a personal flaw, but a predictable response to the conditions you’re working within.
If this episode stirred something for you, you don’t need to rush to resolve it. Awareness on its own is meaningful.
If you’re curious about what support could look like for you, I invite you to learn more about One Body to Love, my group program designed for people who know this isn’t just about food and don’t want to keep navigating it alone.
You can read more or book a connection call at:
 https://meredithmackenzie.ca/obtl

And if you’d like to share what stood out from this episode, you’re always welcome to send me a message on Instagram.
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