Underfuelling and Overtraining with Renee McGregor

This is Season 4 Episode 4 of MK on the Mic, a podcast dedicated to having conversations relevant to POC communities.

I, Meera Kumar, called up Renee McGregor for a chat about underfuelling, overtraining, and eating disorders. Renee is a leading Sports and Eating disorder specialist, who specialises in RED-S, overtraining, eating disorders, and female health.

Find timestamped topics below:

1:44 How common are eating disorders?
3:52 Where does an eating disorder stem from?
6:55 Recurring eating disorder triggers in men, and how emotions can trigger eating disorders
11:33 How to stop negative experiences/feelings affecting our relationship with food
13:50 Adopting sport as an identity
15:50 Feeling guilt after eating
18:10 Turning ‘negative’ emotions into something positive, and vulnerability
21:50 Defining yourself and finding an identity
24:50 ‘Losing weight makes you faster’ and losing weight to win
34:40 Symptoms of underfuelling
37:05 Why you may not look like you have a problem
38:08 Why the eating disorder stereotype leads to other sufferers being overlooked
40:48 Resources to help you
42:22 A lovely story about a baker and some jammy dodgers to help you put things in perspective

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Renee’s info:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/r_mcgregor
Website: https://reneemcgregor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mcgregor_renee
Train Brave Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/trainbrave-podcast/id1528899226

Renee’s books are amazing, check them out below:
Training Food, Fast Fuel books. and Orthorexia, When Healthy Eating Goes Bad