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
Some people prefer calorie counting, others like the hand portion size approach, and others like intuitive eating. It is also myopic to think that people are overeating meat portions, vegetable portion sizes, and grain portion sizes as opposed to junk food portion sizes and alcohol. Sure, it can happen, in a few cases, I guess.
Just wanted to link to another weight loss tips article in which I have been quoted. The author, Hristina Byrnes got a number of nutrition professionals, both RDs and CNS to comment. For those who do not know, the CNS is another nutrition credential, albeit not as many of them, that is respectable in that it
I get to work with a lot of women who want to lose weight on the fitness side as a personal trainer and on the nutrition side as a registered dietitian. Most women who come in to “lose weight” really just want to change their body composition, and it is interesting to see whether people
This is something I see over and over again, so excuse the rant post. Everyone thinks they are an expert on nutrition these days. You can find nutrition information all over the Internet telling you how to lose weight and exercise. Everyone believes it is really simple science of calories in = calories out. We
It is utterly impossible for anyone to teach anyone everything they need to know about nutrition and have it stick on the first session. It is also impossible to have counseling and behavior changes occur, question beliefs, motivations, feelings, and lack of motivations with regards to food and nutrition, lifestyle, and exercise in one session.
One thing I have noticed many successful clients, busy professionals, and students do is batch cook. Batch cooking means you make most of your meals on one day of the week and then just have to heat them up when you need them. It makes portion controlling your food throughout the week easy, allowing you
Having written on diet vs exercise a number of times, I thought I’d share with my followers this media quote in StyleCaster. Which matters more in terms of weight loss? What you eat. Can exercise get in the way of weight loss progress? Yes. Why exercise from a perspective of weight management? It helps keep
Joey Gochnour quoted in TheActiveTimes on weight loss tips for grocery shopping. Making a list and sticking to it would be something I’d say is most important. Make that list when you are in a good mindset for making decisions about your future health! Share on
Here’s a tip list through Men’s Fitness about things people should consider after their workout, including nutrition and hygiene. Share on
I would just like to say that I find calorie burn information deceptive and ineffective, bordering on misinformation, considering it is an estimate off an equation even if you are hooked up to a VO2/CO2 analyzer. It’s like telling everyone to get on a 2000 calorie diet–assigning a specific number to a generic, abstract idea. These
Remember the story of the three little pigs? One built his house of straw, one built his house of sticks, and the other built his house of bricks. The big bad wolf came and blew everyone’s down except for the one who built his house of bricks. The same can hold true with making nutrition
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,
For those of you who have lofty goals of personal change this year, I say keep it to yourself. Behavior change experts agree. Unless you are in an environment that is full of supportive people who wouldn’t think of undermining your endeavors because they challenge their status quo and comfort zones (not yours), just don’t
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.
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you probably have heard that everyone wants to lose weight these days. The CDC states that 35.1% of adults over age 20 are obese and 69% are overweight or obese (2011-2012). These numbers are slightly higher than they were when I finished school, meaning the trend isn’t
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
