Why your ideal body

still feels out of reach, no matter how hard you diet?

1:1 coaching for women who overeat, stress eat, or can't switch food off — with a registered dietitian who has been there. Online, in English or Polish.

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A woman with long brown hair sitting on a wooden floor next to a large window that looks out to a forested area with trees and blue sky. She is smiling, wearing a green jacket and dark jeans.

Is this you?

Most of the women I work with recognise at least four of these.

You're capable everywhere else. With food, a different person takes over.
You judge every bite — and at night, you judge the whole day.
If someone tells you that you need to eat more to lose weight, and your first thought is, “No — I just need to be more disciplined,”
The first thing you check every morning is your stomach.
You're fine all day, and then craving hits at 9pm.
And food still takes up far too much space in your head.

You know better. That's the hardest part. You've read everything and tried every plan, and the harder you push, the louder the food noise gets. Because it was never really about food. You're reaching for relief. Comfort. Pleasure. A break from holding everything together.

You can't solve a relationship with food by knowing more about food. Until you understand what you're actually seeking, nothing permanently changes.

I have to diet → I get to take care of myself

Portrait of Anna Retel, UK-registered dietitian and founder of Dietless, smiling

Hi, I’m Anna

A UK-registered dietitian with five years of clinical experience, a yoga and mindfulness teacher with 200-hour yoga teacher training, and a Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef.

I help women understand what's driving their eating, and build a relationship with food so natural they'll never need anyone to tell them what to eat again.

For almost 20 years, food took up far too much of my life. There were days when I binged from morning until evening, then woke up and did it all again. In between came strict rules, guilt and promises that tomorrow would be different.

I knew the nutrition science. I drank more green juices than should be legal. Detoxes, fasting, vegan diets, supplements—you name it, I tried it.

And still, I was a dietitian hiding in the bathroom eating, ashamed and confused. I watched people eat one cookie and leave the rest, wondering how that could ever be me.

When I stopped fighting, I started listening.

I began to understand what my body needed, what food was helping me cope with, and how my rules were keeping me stuck. I practised nourishing myself consistently, responding differently to difficult emotions and moving on from a difficult day without another punishment plan.

It was a gradual process. With time, practice and support, I found peace with food. Today, I can enjoy eating, care for my body and have space in my mind for the rest of my life.

That’s why I created Dietless: to bring together professional knowledge and lived experience, helping you understand your body, trust your choices and become the person who no longer needs a diet.

What you can expect from me:

— Someone who understands how consuming this can feel
— Science-backed guidance that fits your life
— Honesty, warmth and zero BS
— A relationship built on trust, with you involved in every decision

This is what becomes possible when food stops being the thing that runs and ruins your day.

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EASE AROUND FOOD
You can enjoy it, feel satisfied and move on with your day.

QUIETER MIND
Food stops being the background noise.

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TRUST IN YOURSELF
You make choices without needing rules to tell you what to do.

MORE FREEDOM
Dinner, holidays, photos, clothes and weekends stop feeling like something you have to manage.

Yes, it’s possible!

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12 weeks. Three phases. One completely different relationship with food.

01. Create stability and build foundation for change

Weeks 1–4

Before we change your relationship with food, we create the stability that makes change possible.

We start by understanding you — your history with food, your current reality, your routines, and the patterns that have shaped the way you eat. No judgement. No trying to fix everything at once.

Then we work with your biology to make eating feel easier.

We'll look at the foundations that influence hunger, cravings and eating — including balanced nutrition, meal structure, protein and fibre, blood sugar regulation, sleep, energy, movement and your daily rhythms.

Together, we'll build a personalised nutrition system around your body, your life and the foods you genuinely enjoy.

You'll learn how to create satisfying meals, recognise what your body needs, and stay nourished when life gets messy — on stressful days, busy weekends, while travelling, or when things don't go to plan.

The goal isn't perfection.

It's stability.

A foundation strong enough that your body is better supported, your cravings feel more manageable, and one difficult day doesn't send you back to the beginning.

You stop starting over.

02. Understand what’s really driving your eating

Weeks 5–8

Once the foundations are in place, we go deeper.

Because knowing what to eat is rarely the whole problem.

We'll explore what's happening underneath your eating — your emotions, behaviours, nervous system, environment, thoughts and patterns — and the role food has been playing in your life.

We'll look at what happens before, during and after you eat. What triggers the urge to eat. What you're actually looking for in those moments. And what makes it difficult to stop, even when you already know what you want to do.

We'll build on the biological foundations from Phase 01 while exploring the connection between your body, brain and behaviour — including stress, sleep, regulation and the way your internal and external environment can influence eating.

This is where we introduce pleasure, curiosity and interoception — learning to notice what you actually want, need and feel, rather than automatically reacting to thoughts, emotions, cravings or external rules.

The goal isn't to control yourself better.

It's to understand yourself better.

Because when you can finally see the pattern, you have something you can actually change.

03. Come back to yourself

Weeks 9–12

This is where the work becomes bigger than food.

You stop asking:

“How do I stay on track?”

And start asking:

“Who am I when food isn’t running the day?”

Most of what stands between you and eating easily isn’t missing. It’s borrowed — rules you picked up, shoulds you never agreed to, a way of speaking to yourself you learned somewhere else.

We'll work on identity, resilience, flexibility and self-trust — so the skills you've built become part of how you naturally live, rather than another temporary phase you have to maintain.

You'll learn how to navigate setbacks without turning them into a spiral, make choices without relying on rigid rules, and trust yourself when life doesn't go according to plan.

Because real life isn't always structured.
There will be holidays, stressful weeks, celebrations, tired days and moments when you eat more than you intended.

The goal isn't to become someone who is perfect around food.

It's to become someone who can trust herself around food — even when life isn't perfect.

You don’t need to become her.

She’s already there.

Work With Me

All sessions are online, 1:1, and built entirely around you.

I'll teach you how to change something you've struggled with for years—and give you the tools to keep changing it long after we finish working together.

  • What's included:

    Sessions
    — First session 90 minutes — deep dive into your history, patterns, bloodwork, and goals
    — 11 weekly 1:1 sessions online, 30-40 minutes each
    — Bonus 13th session whenever you're ready

    Your Personal Protocol
    — Personalised nutrition plan built around your biology
    — Supplement recommendations based on your bloodwork
    — Lab test guidance — what to test and when
    — Recipe collection tailored to your food system

    Support
    — In between sessions, I am here to answer questions, offer support, and build motivation and encouragement. Response within 24 hours
    — Protocol updated as you evolve

    The Dietless Vault
    — Guided meditations for self-discovery and growth
    — EFT tapping session recordings
    — Journaling prompts PDF
    — Habit tracker
    — Lifetime access to all materials

    This is not a plan to follow and abandon. It's a relationship built around understanding yourself — so you never need anyone to tell you what to eat again.

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In their words.

Paula, 38, Warsaw

“I don’t even know where to begin with how much my life has transformed since working with you! So many aspects of my life have improved. I feel more connected with my body and nervous system than I have ever been.”

Diana, 42, Warsaw

“Anna is supportive, non-judgmental, thorough, and committed to the health and wellbeing of her clients. Her expertise is rooted in science. She has grounding energy that makes the entire experience more holistic and comprehensive. Working with her is the best investment I made in 2026.”

Carine, 40, London

“Anna was very attentive and caring. Her attention to detail is a warm welcome. Our meetings were always fun, engaging and helpful. I looked forward to those sessions along with the weekly check-ins. Food started to feel like pleasure again, after 10+ years of battling it.”

FAQ

  • No. Diet culture says: pleasure → danger → restriction. We do it differently: pleasure → curiosity → awareness → enough. You don’t give up the food you love — you learn to enjoy it without losing yourself in it.

  • You’ve tried a lot of diets, or the same one many times. What you probably haven’t tried is understanding why you eat the way you do — and working with that, instead of against it. That’s what changes everything.

  • I don’t work with people looking for a quick fix or a restrictive meal plan, or whose goal is weight loss above everything else — including their energy, their period and their life. I also don’t work with children.

    I can’t do the work for you — but I promise you won’t have to do it alone.

  • The programme is designed around a busy life: realistic habits, not hours of meal-prepping or exercise. There is a time commitment, but it depends on your needs.

  • I don’t offer refunds, as lasting change requires commitment and can’t be guaranteed within a set timeframe.

    Your journey may take a little longer than expected, and that’s completely okay. The habits you build by continuing to care for yourself through life’s ups and downs are the ones that truly last.

  • Stability — a quiet confidence that comes from no longer being in conflict with your body.

    It shows in how people eat, how they handle stress, and how they recover after difficult moments. They stop “starting over” and start operating from understanding. Your body is not the enemy. This work is the foundation — a way of living, and a system you can always return to.

  • Start small, but at the right level. This isn’t about intensity or perfection — it’s about alignment.

    Your body won’t change because it’s pushed harder. It changes when its needs are finally being met. We build foundations first: nourishment, rhythm, regulation and structure that fits your real life. Small shifts, done consistently, can completely change how you feel in your body and how you relate to food.

    You need to learn how to support yourself — not fix yourself.

  • You don’t have to wait until things feel bad enough to change. You can want a different body without hating the one you have — and learn to enjoy your life and your food along the way. You don’t have to choose between changing your body and making peace with food.

  • If you are struggling with an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or any other clinical diagnosis, I strongly encourage you to seek support from a qualified healthcare provider or specialist in eating disorder treatment.

    My coaching is designed to support individuals with disordered eating patterns, body image concerns, or food-related stressors who are not currently experiencing an active eating disorder. I provide tools, education, and encouragement to help you build a more peaceful relationship with food—but this work is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.