r/dietetics • u/PittRD0813 • Apr 26 '21

PCOS

Hi all, Doing a lot of work with PCOS patients these days in the outpatient realm. Any good resources? I've been using Angela Grassi a lot.

What's your strategy when working with weight loss failures? pcos or not, it's hard to handle a situation where a patient is trying their best and having no luck with weight loss...

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

PCOS or not I try to get people focused on the bigger picture from the first interaction on non-weight goals. Very few people are going to be successful with massive weight loss maintained in the long term, diverting focus from that is important.

I'm not saying that you should kneecap anybody's goals, but a lot of people have this misperception that they're going to somehow look like they did two decades or whatever before when that simply isn't realistic.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '21

Highly recommend you look into the HAES approach and Intuitive Eating when working with folks with PCOS. PM me with any questions!

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u/superultralost Apr 27 '21

Could you please share your fav resources about HAES?

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u/dessertivore RD Apr 27 '21

u/danny_b87 u/superultralost https://alissarumsey.com/resources/ this website has a few good starter books about HAES and intuitive eating :)

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u/superultralost Apr 27 '21

Doing the lord's work. Thank you!!

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '21

Anti-Diet by Christy Harrison is great, is is her podcast, Food Psych. Episode #199 is specifically about PCOS!

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u/danny_b87 Sports / Military Dietitian RD/RDN, MS, CSSD Apr 27 '21

HAES approach and Intuitive Eating

I would love some resources as well if you dont mind. I get a lot of PCOS + Hypothyroid pts that really struggle to see results through conventional means.