Fueling for the Sport of Motherhood: RED-S, Disordered Eating & Energy for Active Moms — with MELANIE SULAVER

Send us Fan MailToday I am speaking with Mel Sulaver, a registered dietitian working to bridge the gap between women’s health and performance nutrition. As speaker, counselor, and coach, she works primarily with women in sport, focusing on disordered eating, amenorrhea, low energy availability and relative energy deficiency in sport. Mel believes there is an enormous amount of power at the crossroads of “athlete” and “mother” and is looking to challenge the narrative on what is possible throughout the fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum journey.We talk about:-the shift in identity from athlete to athlete and mother-addressing a history of body dysmorphia and disordered eating behavior as part of family planning-understanding nutrient needs and how they shift during pregnancy and postpartum-breastfeeding and lactating athletes nutrient needs, support, planning-advocating for therapy-eating disorder versus disorder eating-breastfeeding and weight loss-realistic expectationsTime Stamps1:00 Introduction3:37 experience as a collegiate athlete9:28 body/food issues that carry into postpartum15:41 where to begin as a clinician19:40 expectations going into pregnancy23:10 navigating food sensitivities with breastfeeding28:10 postpartum weigh loss & body changes38:15 unexpected toddler eating habits46:31 rapid fire questionsCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH MELANIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/nutritionbymel/Website: nutritionbymel.comThe Active Mom Podcast — a real mom's guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond, for active moms and the professionals who help them get there.Quick-hit conversations with moms, providers, and researchers... because you don't have a lot of free time (you're probably listening at 1.5x right now).Follow so you don't miss an episode. Rate & review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — it's how the next mom searching for these answers actually finds them. Share it with the friend who needs it.Questions or topic requests? DM me 💌