Why I started “me” movement

Rebecca Scritchfield, RD, ACSM HFS

Chances are you have taken a ride or two on the diet/overeat roller coaster. You wanted to be thin, skinny, lean etc. and went for some type of restrictive diet/cleanse/fast or what not.

For me, I was either plotting what food I would stuff myself with or what I would avoid like bubonic plague. While it took me awhile to learn that diets don’t work, it was worth the journey because now I get ideas like “me movement”…

I decided I want to be part of something positive. How about a new kind of “challenge”? One that focuses on self-care and nurturing. One where YOU decide what you want. One where you are accountable to yourself and not some sufferable plan that someone who doesn’t even know you made up.

Watch this short video below to learn more about why I started the me movement. Sign the pledge. Join the Twitter chats. Give yourself the gift of wellness and BE the “me” movement. I hope you get what you need out of this supportive community.

In health,
Rebecca Scritchfield

Meet the Team

The “me” movement happens from the sweat equity of volunteers. Rebecca oversees the community. She has several eager dietetic interns who assist with finding experts for our Twitter chats, writing blogs, and finding guest bloggers.

Rebecca Scritchfield, MA, RD, ACSM Health Fitness Specialist blogs about everything!

Rebecca is living her passion of inspiring people to take back their health.  Through nutrition counseling, speaking, and media work, she advocates a balanced lifestyle of realistic eating, exercise, and stress management habits that promote self-care, not self-harm.

As a nutrition therapist, she helps clients “detox” themselves from dieting and all the negative habits that have left them confused, frustrated, and deprived while seeking thinness. She helps people embrace “it’s not what I weigh, it’s what I do” and focus on building positive, “feel good” behaviors that motivate and boost confidence.

Rebecca is creator of The Nurture Principles  five motivational “mantras” to help people navigate their personal path to wellness, which she presents to organizations nationwide.
@ScritchfieldRD on Twitter
Leslie Goldman, MPH blogs about health and body image trends

Leslie Goldman, MPH

Leslie Goldman, MPH, is a Chicago-based health writer, specializing in women’s issues. A regular contributor to Health, O: The Oprah magazine, Women’s Health, Self, Runner’s World, Natural Health and more, she frequently appears on the Today Show as a body image expert. She is a columnist for espnW.com and blogs at her personal site, www.HealthBreaksLoose.com. She’s also authored a book, Locker Room Diaries: The Naked Truth About Women, Body Image, and Re-Imagining the “Perfect” Body,

@Leslie Goldman on Twitter

 

Marsha Hudnall, MS, RD, CD, is director and owner of Green Mountain at Fox Run
Green Mountain at Fox Run is women’s retreat for healthy living without dieting.   Now in its 39th year of operation, Green Mountain offers the country’s oldest non-diet residential program to help women establish healthy relationships with food and eating, and develop healthy lifestyle strategies that can be integrated into their busy lives. Marsha is the author of seven books addressing topics such as carbohydrates and weight management, vitamins and other supplements and eating for a healthy pregnancy. You can also talk to her on Green Mountain’s blog A Weight Lifted.
@GreenMtnFoxRun on Twitter

 

You???

Rebecca is currently building a core team of permanent bloggers who have submitted guest blogs in the past and have expertise that fit right in line with the “me first” mission. Please e-mail her (rscritchfield at gmail dot com)  if you would like to be considered as a guest blogger, Twitter chat moderator, or a permanent blogger with the community.

Meets Rebecca’s 2011 Interns:

 

Allison Richards is a dietetics senior at St Catherine University in St Paul, MN.

I grew up in Anoka, MN and currently reside in New Brighton, MN, both of which are northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. Some interests of mine include yoga, biking, baseball, drumming, cooking/baking and of course nutrition. What I love most about nutrition is how complex and dynamic it is. There are so many aspects of nutrition- from agriculture to food labeling laws, from food security to food science, from sports nutrition to total parenteral nutrition, and all these fields are constantly changing and evolving.

 

Amanda McKinney is a senior at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

I have been on the Cross Country and Track team for Texas State from 2007 to the present, so I obviously enjoy running quite a lot. I am not only an athlete, but also a student. I am going to graduate in the fall with a major in nutrition and foods and minor in sports psychology. I am also currently working at a Chick-Fil-A in San Marcos. I came to DC from Texas for the summer, but I hope to live here after I graduate. I knew that I was going to major in nutrition from the day I started college. My mom and dad have always talked to me about the importance of eating healthy foods in order to succeed, so it has always interested me. As I have grown in college I have learned more and more about how nutrition fuels your body and I just love that it is constantly changing and that we can always learn something new about our field.

@stplechselover1 on Twitter

 

Liz Micale is in graduate school at Columbia University in NYC.

I did my undergrad in nutrition at UMass Amherst.  I am originally from Boston (so I too am a Red Sox girl).  I love living in NYC though, there truly isn’t any other city like it (at least that I’ve been to).  I love running and keeping active, I really like kayaking and wish I could do it more.  What I love about nutrition is that it takes something that is so personal, which is food, and it can scientifically explain how/why our bodies react to it the way it does. I also love the idea that maybe I can help people (the ones who want help) to educate them and allow them to make better choices so they feel great, body and mind.

 

Michelle Snowman is currently a junior at the University of the District of Columbia.

I grew up in southern Maine and got a BS in Business Administration from the University of Maine in Orono, Maine in 2005. I was working in advertising for 5 years and quit my job last year to pursue my passion for food and nutrition and go back to school full time to become an RD. I’ve lived in DC for the last 5 years with my fiance Dave, and am excited to be getting married in August up in Maine. I am also volunteering at GW Hospital in their nutrition department and working as a Research Assistant for my advisor this summer.  I really enjoyed giving people the knowledge, skills and confidence to nourish themselves and their families on a budget. What I love about nutrition is  that it’s the opportunity to make a difference in a person’s quality of life in the most basic and fundamental way — the way they fuel their body.

 

Carla Cardona Sidhu

I have just wrapped up my first year in an Online Coordinated Program in Dietetics at Eastern Michigan University.   I am a career changer who left a long career in technology and consulting to pursue my passion in nutrition. What I love about nutrition is how fundamental it is to our life – it provides nourishment, gives us energy and helps us to develop and grow. Learning about nutrition has inspired me to cook more, grow a garden and share my knowledge with others.  I recently secured my own website, started a blog and have been tweeting regularly.