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About Jill
Hi, I'm Jill. I have been a practicing Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for several decades--3 to be exact. I have worked in many different areas but have spent the majority of my time in the weight loss industry and eating disorders field helping countless men, women and children overcome their eating disorder. Through working in both industries, I've found that metabolism is the key to feeling better in one's body and improving metabolic health.
I live in Colorado, LOVE to hike with my dog Lily -- you'll meet her in our Reclaim Community on IG---am the mother of 2 amazing boys, and have been married to my husband, Carlo, now for 30 years!
Fun Facts
Education, Specialties & Training
B.S. Nutritional Sciences from Texas A&M University
M.S. Nutrition and Food Management, University of Central Oklahoma
I'm a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and also supervise/consultant for other dietitians wanting to be certified (CEDS-C)
I've have been trained in Motivational Interviewing through WellCoaches
I've been extensively trained in the following modalities: Family Based Treatment-FBT (USCD in San Diego), Emotion Coaching Family Therapy-EFFT (by Adele LaFrance, PhD), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Steven Hayes, PhD), CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy through Baylor University), and some training in RO-DBT (Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy).
- I am an Army brat and have moved close to 17 times in my life because you are often re-stationed every 3 years. I've lived in Alaska, Texas, Minnesota, South Carolina, Germany, .....well you get the point!
- I'm 5'5, my husband is 5'9 and we have 1 son who is 6'6 and another who is 5'9. And, yes the height is from my side of the family!
- In Alaska I survived one of the coldest winters ever recorded: 86 degrees below zero! It was the first time they had to close schools, brrrrrr.
- I'm quite the decorator and am often asked to help decorate friends homes. I'm a bit artsy and actually my grandmother was an artist and I have many of her paintings throughout my house.
- LOVE me some chocolate Ben and Jerry's and LOVE me some White Chocolate Mocha coffee--1/2 the syrup and no whip or foam I might add.
Email: jsechi@wcandnt.com
Phone: 713.997.9613 x 2
Email: jsechi@wcandnt.com
Phone: 713.997.9613 x 2
About Mateus
Hi, my name is Mateus, and I’m so happy you’re here!
I’ve been working in the nutrition field for about a decade now, and it has been quite a journey. I earned my degree in nutrition sciences through a sandwich program between the University of Brasília in Brazil and Baylor University in Texas. The nutrition program in Brazil is very clinically focused, so I spent a significant portion of my training gaining experience in hospitals and other clinical settings.
Throughout my career, I have worked with people from many different walks of life who were facing a wide range of challenges. The beginning of my career was much more rooted in “diet culture,” and I quickly noticed that this approach simply didn’t work. I was considering leaving dietetics altogether, but then I took a class on eating disorders, and my whole world changed.
I learned about the anti-diet movement, Health at Every Size (HAES), and a completely different way of practicing dietetics. I knew I had to pursue it. I ended up completing a residency with Jill that focused on eating disorders, and I have been working in the field ever since.
Then things became interesting again. As a clinician, I began to feel limited by some of the pressures associated with the anti-diet and HAES movements. I noticed that talking about weight loss was quickly becoming taboo. I couldn’t adopt the extreme position that weight has no impact on health because, much like the extremes of diet culture, it can fail to respect a person’s sense of agency over their health and body. It can also begin to feel like another way of controlling what people should aspire to look like or which measures of health are worth pursuing.
There is still a great deal that I draw from HAES and the body positivity movement. I fiercely believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and that people in larger bodies experience demoralizing stigma in both healthcare and everyday life. What I don’t believe in is dictating what people should or should not want for their bodies. Body agency has become a guiding principle in the way I practice.
Outside of the office, I love music and being outdoors. I’m on a journey to visit every national park in the United States and Brazil, and I’ve been to more than 20 so far. I also love concerts and the energy that music gives me. At this point, my friends can’t listen to certain artists without thinking of me!
Traveling has always been a central part of my life. My father is an airline pilot, and I now split my time between Texas and Brasília. By this point, my clients have probably seen me working from more than 10 different countries.
Email: mmilhomens@wcandnt.com
Phone: 713.997.9613 x 3
Speaks Spanish and Portuguese
