The Food and Life Clinic

The Food and Life Clinic Loves supporting healthy relationships with food.

Accredited Practising Dietitian supporting womens nutrition through midlife so you can feel good and live well. šŸ’«

Specialises in eating disorders, gut health, Autism, ADHD + mental health.

02/09/2026

A peri ADHD brain is not one to rely on! šŸ˜¬šŸ˜…

I have a million and one systems to get me through life but it all goes to s**t when my routine is out of whack.

I was in Sydney recently for the ANZAED conference, and I was terrified of missing my ADHD medication. Sitting and intently listening for hours on end is hard enough with meds, Iā€™d feel like a caged tiger without them. šŸ…

Anywho, I put my bottle of tablets in a ā€œspecial placeā€ the night before so I wouldnā€™t forget to take themā€¦and then couldnā€™t remember where the special place was. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø

No matter how hard I tried to access the thought, it would not come to me. šŸ˜¬ I had to search high and low until I found them hiding in plain sight. I put them on a bench that I didnā€™t end up using that morning. I think I tried to outsmart myself. Should have known better.

So peri is fun, isnā€™t it?!

28/08/2026

Nothing p!sses me off more than this. šŸ¤ÆšŸ¤ÆšŸ¤Æ

It is noones duty, noones business, noones right to tell you how to live to manage your weightā€¦unless you ask them for advice. Even then, make sure itā€™s someone who knows what theyā€™re talking about!

Trust me, Iā€™m someone who supports people daily with body image related issues and unsolicited diet advice sits at the top of the list of things that spiral people. šŸŒ€

Feel free to tell advice giver to shut their trap. Be as polite or as rude as youā€™d like to beā€¦because giving advice about weight management that you didnā€™t ask for is rude.

22/08/2026

How to fill my cupā€¦

Fill my brain = fill my cup.
Spend time with friends = fill my cup.
I totally acknowledge the overuse of ā€œumā€ and ā€œdamnā€ but Iā€™m in a rush to see my friends so no editing here!

28/07/2026

Iā€™m a dietitian and I help people with lots of different goals, concerns, health issues and lifestyles.

Iā€™ve never given the exact advice to two different peopleā€¦ because no two people have exactly the same needs or capacity BUTā€¦

Eating regularly is the only thing I would advise everyone to do. No skipping meals, no delaying first meal of the day (a polite way to say fasting).

Why?

ā­ļø Itā€™s hard to meet your nutrition needs while not eating enough.
ā­ļø Your body appreciates predictable patterns and regular food intake (about every 3-4 hours)
ā­ļø Gut function, emotional regulation and cognition all do better with a regular feed!

So if you want to feel great, think sharp, poo regularly, and manage your emotions, eating regularly is #1 priority.

Next question, what do you need to eat? Well, thatā€™s slightly different for everyoneā€¦

23/07/2026

Finding out I have ADHD has been an absolute game changer. Hereā€™s whyā€¦

ADHD is not a scapegoat for not opening my mail, or impulsive shoe purchases, losing absolutely everything, forgetting appointments and perpetually running late BUT it explains alot.

And knowing why helps me manage all of this without the guilt and shame for not being able to do the simplest things. Itā€™s helped me build systems that work with my brain.

One day, a while after Iā€™d completed my kids assessments, I walked into my GPs office burnt out and bawling my eyes out and he gently said ā€œI think itā€™s time we addressed the ADHDā€. What a legend.

Howā€™d you find out youā€™ve got ADHD too?

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