body bop program
A 6-week 1:1 body appreciation and nutrition program for teens to reframe their relationship with food and their body.
Many young people carry the burden of hyper fixation around their physical appearance and use restriction and deprivation to reach unattainable physical goals. Cooking creativity is used to inspire and empower your teen to make food choices for their wellbeing over their physical appearance. This program guides your teen away from toxic diet culture and towards a life where they celebrate and appreciate the body they’re in!
What your teen will learn in the program
The influences that shape the way we eat and feel about our bodies
How nutrition can be used to support their health and wellbeing
Cooking creativity! We get into the kitchen and learn how to cook!
Ways to incorporate new foods into their diet
Shifting from diet mindset of restriction to one where all foods are welcome and focusing on what we want to add to the diet
Why might your teen need 1:1 support?
They’re always tired
Gut issues (bloating, constipation, loose bowel movements)
Always catching colds
Don’t know how to fuel themselves for the sports they’re playing
Can’t concentrate/focus in class or when doing homework/studying
Managing stress and anxiety
Support with their menstrual cycle
Issues with their skin (acne, eczema, dermatitis)
Not sure what to put in their lunchbox
Nervous to eat in front of friends
what’s included in the program
working 1:1 with our founder
As a Clinical Nutritionist, it is my role to listen and learn from your teen so I can understand their challenges, concerns or even just the areas of their health that they want to know more about. I create detailed and individualised treatment plans specifically designed for your teen! If need be, I am also able to refer your teen to a general practitioner for blood tests, prescribe supplements, or recommend further support with a registered mental health practitioner if needed.
hear it from our teens
ready to get your teen into Body Bop?
Let’s bop on a call so I can learn more about you and your teen and how we can work together to help them feel inspired to get messy in the kitchen and celebrate the body they’re in.
FAQs
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1. Book a chat
In this 15-minute chat we get to meet! Gel will get to learn about you and your teen and what you would LOVE to get out of our 6-week program. Gel walk you through our process, your investment and what you can expect from working with her.
2. Lock in a start date
We find a start date that works for YOU and your teen and map out the sessions that will follow over the six-week period.
3. Let’s talk details
Your teen fills in their initial consultation form so Gel can learn more about them and what they would like to chat about during their 1:1 nutrition consultations. We also OFFICIALLY welcome you into our Facebook Community so you can connect with other teens and families that are embracing and celebrating their bodies alongside YOU.
4. It’s time to begin
Gel takes your teens hand and we start their six-week journey together towards celebrating and appreciating the body they’re in! Here we go!!
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There are two payment options, either once-off or 3 x fortnightly instalments. Once you pay you get lifetime access to all the recipes and treatment plans provided! You are also ALWAYS welcome for our community cook alongs!
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In addition to the 1:1 sessions that are included as part of the program, you and your teen are also able to reach out to Gel via email if you have further questions or queries.
No two teens are the same so we make sure each person feels cared for and appreciated for their unique self! Gel operates in a judgement-free ZOOM zone to allow your teen to feel safe and comfortable during their time together.
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There are so many reasons for your teen to be part of the… program! Here are just some of the things your teen will get access to:
Our Facebook Community – This is a place where they can upload photos of the food they’ve tried, share the ways they are celebrating their body with the community and show off their cooking creations.
Teen cookbook – Cookbook filled with recipes for your teen to make throughout the program.
Body Celebration prompts and ideas
Two individualised treatment plans
Email support
LIVE Cook Alongs!
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At This is Your Body our focus is creating sustainable and enjoyable nutrition practices for your teen so you will definitely not find any meal plans here! What your teen WILL get are loads of recipes and access to weekly LIVE cook alongs for life to inspire them to get messy and creative in the kitchen!
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Gel is a Clinical Nutritionist (BHSc) registered with the Australian Natural Therapists Association.
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Wanting to be ‘skinny’ and wanting to be ‘healthy’ are two very very different things.
The health industry is hung up on the view that being skinny is the ticket to health and it couldn’t be further from the truth. We all are biochemically unique, which means that all our bodies are going to look, move and feel different. Our DNA is our genetic blueprint. It determines characteristics like our eye colour, hair colour, whether we have curly hair or straight hair. It also determines our weight and height. Even if your teen ate the same foods, did the same amount of exercise, used the same products and got the same amount of sleep as their best friend, the physical and psychological outcome would be completely different.
It is important that our teens learn to value their health over their physical experience. Research has shown that when young people shift the focus from their ‘weight’ to their ‘health’ they are more likely to:
Maintain relatively stable growth and development.
Move their body in a way that is enjoyable (not focusing on changing their body).
Be in tune with their bodies need for rest, comfort, healthcare and movement.
Have high self-esteem
Prioritise getting enough food over having to get “healthy” foods.
Have lower rates of disordered eating and eating disorders.
Collectively, these behaviours move your young person away from diet culture and towards a life where they can feel proud of and appreciate the body they’re in!
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There are a few behaviours that might be present if your teen is struggling with their body image. They may show one of these things, some of these things or none of these. Struggles with food and body image look different in each person. That said, here are a few signs that might indicate that your teen is struggling with their body image and/or their relationship with food.
Labelling foods as ‘good’ or ‘bad’
Restricting intake of foods they previously enjoyed
Compulsive exercise or over exercising
Depression and anxiety
Limited social interactions
Disengagement from family and friends
Eating in private and avoiding meals with other people
Preoccupation with eating, food, body shape and weight
Loss or disturbance of menstruation
Fainting or dizziness
Feeling tired and not sleeping well
School workshops
This is Your Body also offers school workshops for teens.