Unfortunately, it isn’t obvious on many health plans that you can see a licensed dietitian, the healthcare professional trained in working with people to reverse many of the leading causes of disease and death in the US, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Many plans did not cover this service until recent years or after
At the time this is written, it is still too early to tell whether or not the replacement for the Affordable Care Act will result in the loss of coverage for preventative healthcare services or not. President Trump has stated that some parts of the healthcare law will remain. What worries me, as a practice
I am often surprised by the number of people who claim that diets don’t work. Perhaps there is a miscommunication on what they mean by that. If anyone would clarify that for me in the comments, I would love to have a discussion on that. All diets work. You will lose weight if you change
Preface When you’re trying to lose weight, how many calories is too low? This question seems simple up front, but upon researching for “the correct” answer, I found that it comes down to what is called “clinical judgement.” There are a variety of ways to assess how many calories you should be eating, called calorimetry,
In an effort to become a better personal trainer and registered dietitian, I decided to embark upon a weight loss journey on November 1, 2014 that ended December 15, 2014. Granted, I didn’t need to lose weight for any health reasons, but I tend to go on some sort of a reduced calorie modified version
Many people will amp up exercise in an attempt to lose weight because they know the law of thermodynamics that states that calories in must be fewer than calories out. Knowing this, they will drastically reduce dietary caloric intake by adapting strange diets they won’t be able to stay on for the rest of their
Personal trainers are the experts on how to get healthy, fit, gain muscle, and lose weight. Or so much of the public thinks who didn’t do their research. Unfortunately, MOST personal trainers are given WAY too much undeserved credibility. A quick Google search will show you how many certifications are online. Freelance personal training, which
If you follow health news, there are often articles that discuss how much exercise it will take to burn off a cheeseburger. The motivation behind these articles is to dissuade you from having that cheeseburger, logically at least, because it supposedly takes a “5.6 mile hike” required to “burn” it off. When I see these
A study posted on Medline this past week about fat shaming not motivating people to lose weight, possibly even causing more weight gain is the impetus for this blog post. People who are overweight and obese are intimately aware of their body type. Telling people that they are overweight or obese adds insult to injury.
Personal training, ie pure physical activity without diet changes, is not an effective way to see weight loss in a client. Clients are often allowed to check “weight loss” as a goal with exercising for most personal training services, which are generally cheaper than my services as a registered and licensed dietitian. It is frustrating
