Why Restrictive Diets Don't Work

Break free from this endless (pointless) cycle of dieting.

Have you been on a "diet" for as long as you can remember?

I worked for years in medically supervised weight loss programs. Expensive hospital programs with expensive equipment for measuring metabolism. We weight patients every week. We looked at food logs and tracked calories. Talked about exercise.

And success rates were minimal, and I mean tiny. Please read that again. It didn't work!

It broke my heart to see people come in and base their entire happiness on a number on the scale.

It didn't matter how well they cared for their body and mind in that week. They would throw that feeling out the window dependent on the number on the scale. That is what they measured their worth and their success through.

I couldn't continue to work in this environment. That's why I opened my own practice. That's why I created my Foundations of Hormone Balance method. To help women embrace and change their bodies in a positive, healing manner.

For over ten years, I have guided women through whole body healing with my Foundations of Hormone Balance Method. Teaching how to modify your diet + lifestyle to support hormone shifts in your cycle and as we age, through perimenopause.

Break free from the scale and embrace a new approach to health and happiness

The truth is, the number on the scale doesn't mean a thing to anyone else. This is true even if you lost weight. You are the same person to those around you at the weight you are now, and the weight you want to be. Those around you don't measure YOU by a number. I'm sure they'd be happy for you if you lost weight - but that is because YOU would be happy.

Keep this reminder near you because it takes effort and mindset shift to truly change our beliefs.

If you want to break free from unhealthy beliefs and feeling tied to a scale and weight loss diets, you can! By shifting your focus and belief that your health is measured by your weight, we open up discussion and focus on our true health measurements.

Our body's nutrient status, gut health, inflammation, stress resilience, detox pathways, and metabolic health. You may be surprised to see that metabolic health is actually at a cellular level and there is so much to address at this level.

When we take a whole body functional approach, we are addressing symptoms and health through a different lense. Understanding how our hormones, energy, mood, digestion, and sleep are all connected.

You’re not broken—and you don’t need more willpower.

What you need is clarity, support, and a plan that actually fits this season of life. That’s exactly what my program was created to provide.

When you’re ready to take the next step, I’m here.

👉 Apply to work with me

Here to support you!

Liz Riesen, RD, CD

Liz Riesen, Registered Dietitian

works specifically with women's hormones, inflammation, and gut health. Often these conditions coexist and share common disruptive symptoms including fatigue, bloating, weight gain, anxiety, irregular cycles, and other inflammatory symptoms.

Liz is trained in identifying and healing food sensitivities, as well as balancing hormones naturally through nutrition and lifestyle. Follow me @moms.hormone.dietitian