About Me

Hey friends! My name is Sana Khalid, and I’m a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. As a child, I never paid too much attention to my weight or thought of it as a problem. However, in my teenage years, people started to make comments about my weight. I was constantly being compared to my friends who were thinner than me. Many adults would tell me to try different fad diets in order to lose weight. I even ordered weight loss pills and laxative teas in an attempt to shed some pounds. I began to move past the fad diets and weight loss supplements but started something even more dangerous: extreme calorie restriction. In an effort to look like the skinny girls around me, I began eating less than 1200 calories per day. I was working out excessively and weighing myself pretty much everyday. After losing a ton of weight, the same people who constantly told me to lose weight were now saying that I was way too thin and that I looked like a skeleton. It was in that moment that I realized I can never please everyone. People will always judge me no matter what and the best thing for me to do is to focus on what’s best for me. I began to incorporate practices of mindful eating and mindful exercise. I stopped weighing myself every single day. Eventually, I was able to repair my relationship with food and now live a happy and diet-free life.  I call myself the Non-Diet Dietitian because I 100% believe that you can meet your goals without having to go on crazy and unsustainable diets or restrictions. I understand the pains and struggles of wanting to look a certain way. I relate to you because I was you! By working with me, you can avoid the mistakes that I made and learn to live a healthy and sustainable life.