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Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Relationship With Food While Stuck at Home

October 6, 2020

Snacking isn’t a bad thing, as long as you’re reaching for the good stuff.  I talked to Real Simple in for this piece about how to snack healthier while we’re stuck at home:

“I would recommend taking the time to sit away from screens while eating the snack and minimizing eating while walking or while engaged in another activity,” Feller says. That’s right, sit down and take a breather while enjoying your food. That way, snack time becomes a small luxury in itself, associated with positive feelings; as well as a moment to check in with your mood and appetite. Sometimes we don’t realize we’re stress eating because we’re reading the news, or have already gotten full without noticing because we’re buried in emails. Take a pause and give your snack (or meal) its own mindful attention.

 

Maya Feller

Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN is the founder and lead dietitian at Maya Feller Nutrition. In her practice, her team provides medical nutrition therapy and nutrition coaching for cardiovascular disease, diabetes, mood disorders, developmental disabilities, disordered eating, and more. Maya believes in providing inclusive nutrition education from an anti-bias patient-centered, culturally humble approach to help people make informed food choices. Maya shares her approachable, food-based solutions with millions of people through regular speaking engagements, writing, her social platforms, and as a national nutrition expert on Good Morning America, is a Healthline Medical Advisor, and on the advisory board for SHAPE and Parents, as well as appearing on TODAY Show, Tamron Hall, and in The New York Times, mindbodygreen, Well+Good, Food Network, Martha Stewart, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Cooking Light, Eating Well, Prevention, Glamour, SELF, and more. She is the author of The Southern Comfort Food Diabetes Cookbook: Over 100 Recipes for a Healthy Life and Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World (goop Press, January 24, 2023).

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