Your Piechart: Where is your energy going? And where do you want it to go?

Today I want to talk about your pie chart, your pie chart of life, where you're putting your energy, and I just want to chat about where you're at with that and where you want to go.

Listen to the complete episode of “Your Piechart:” from Bites and Body Love (V) here:

Why I Want to Work With You:

So often I’m asked why I care so deeply about helping people heal their relationship with food and their bodies. It’s because I care deeply about how people get to use their one precious life. I am a registered dietitian nutritionist, an expert eating disorder nutrition therapist, and have recovered from disordered eating and food and body obsession myself. I know how exhausted and overwhelmed you feel.

Our days are limited, and the energy we have matters. I want that energy to be spent on living, creating, loving, and giving—to the world and to ourselves. Too often, our time, mental space, money, and openness are consumed by constant noise around food, body, and dieting. And I believe we all deserve so much more than that.

Diet Culture, Social Media, and Food and Body Image Noise:

Culture and disordered eating are so pervasive, along with body image struggles, that they often take over our pie chart. And we think it’s normal.

It’s not.

Assess your own pie chart to understand where you are

So if you can envision a pie chart, a circle, I want you to fill that in in your mind and analyze where your energy goes from day to day.

On a typical day—or when you think about your week or month—where is your energy being spent? Not just your physical energy (what you’re doing), but also your mental energy. Where is it going?

Check In: Where Does Your Energy Go?

☐ Your hobbies and creative interests
☐ The people you love and care about
☐ Taking care of yourself (rest, health, boundaries)
☐ Travel, adventure, and fun
☐ Reading, learning, and exploring new ideas
☐ Causes, values, or work you believe in

Pause and Reflect

☐ Where does most of your energy go each day?
☐ What occupies your thoughts most often?
☐ Where does your mind tend to linger or return to?

Checklist: Food, Movement & Body Image

⬜ Do you spend time preparing meals you genuinely enjoy?
⬜ Do you share meals with family, friends, or loved ones?
⬜ Does eating feel satisfying and nourishing, not stressful?

⬜ Is your movement or exercise enjoyable?
⬜ Does your movement feel intuitive and aligned with your body’s needs?
⬜ Do you move in ways that support your energy, mood, and well-being?

⬜ Do you spend time thinking about your body?
⬜ When you do, are those thoughts kind or neutral?
⬜ Do you practice appreciation or gratitude for what your body allows you to do?

If you've landed here, have listened to the podcast, and are reading the blog, it's likely because you or someone you care about is struggling. You might be struggling with your relationship with food, body image, and exercise overall. You might struggle to trust food and your body, and it’s probable that you can say that a lot of your pie chart is being taken up in some way or another by body shaming, body image distress, counting calories, over-exercising, hyper-focusing on food, trying to figure out how the heck to navigate food binging, restriction, confusion, researching the next diet.

And I want to ask you, if this is you, what does that look like? How much energy does that take? What does that look like? Do you find that you don't have energy or time or the ability, due to this distress, to enjoy hobbies, build relationships, set and work toward goals, all of which are part of your ideal pie chart?

I want you to sit with that for a second.

I want to ask you how long your pie chart has looked like this for you? A year, two years, three years, four years, more than that?

How to stop obsessing over food and body:

You can change your pie chart through effort, work, and doing things differently. If you’re reading this, I think you’re ready. Not sure where to start? Try either one of these options and start to heal today. The most important thing to do is to start showing up for yourself.

I look forward to working with you.