Welcome to Everyday Chocolate, where I like to write about having a healthy relationship with food, exercise, and your body, as well as living intentionally and pursuing whole-person health and wellness. My hope is that this blog will help you grow in experiencing greater peace and freedom with food and exercise, bringing more joy and fullness into your life.

I am a registered dietitian and owner of my nutrition counseling private practice, Libby Stenzel Nutrition, where I help clients with healing and improving their relationships with food and exercise. I do this by helping you explore the thoughts and feelings behind any disordered eating, and considering the root level causes of the disordered eating. 

My motivation for this practice stems in large part from my own experience recovering from anorexia nervosa ~15 years ago. The freedom I’ve experienced energizes me to help others on their own journeys towards living the full lives they are meant to live! You can contact me here for more information regarding my nutrition counseling services. You can read more about my journey with anorexia and an exercise addiction here. 

I live near Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated in the spring of 2021 from the University of Michigan with my Master of Public Health degree in Nutritional Sciences. I also completed my dietetic internship through the University of Michigan. 

I’m passionate about looking at health from a well-rounded, multi-faceted view, looking at all aspects of our health and well-being – thinking beyond nutrition/exercise and also looking at things like our stress level, sleep, gut health, relationships, environment, and emotional/mental health.

I believe that our relationship with food is just as (if not more) important than the nutritional content of what is on our plates. I believe in expanding the foods we are eating whenever possible, not restricting. I believe we are meant to enjoy food, not to stress about it or seek to overly control and manipulate it.