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Hi Heather,
Yes, I've been to a nutritionist off and on for several years.
I used to be a chronic yo-yo dieter and my nutritionist (along with
a therapist) helped me get off the cycle. My nutritionist helped
by giving me alot of information about what diets do to us (chronic,
constant, dieting anyway). I knew quite alot about nutrition but
we discussed this in great detail also. We decided that my problem
was emotional eating and my program was geared to paying attention
to what my body was "telling" me. She helped me define what true
hunger pangs were versus emotional pain. Mostly I had to fill out
charts (scale of 1 to 10 indicating degree of hunger and where on
the scale I stopped eating at - meaning how full/stuffed I was when
I stopped). Yes, she was also interested in the types of food I
enjoyed eating and just gave me some pointers on what foods I could cut
out or down on in order to cut calories.
I was at a point where my body would only loose weight when I ate
500 calories a day, and would maintain a weight at 800 - 900 calories
a day. As soon as I ate 1200 calories I gained weight. This was
due to 13 years of constant dieting. She basically helped me to
become more healthy in my food patterns.
I think a nutritionist is trained to work with individuals and their
individual needs which is good. However, the bottom line is you,
the individual, still has to be willing to do the work, and keep
working at changing eating behaviors and patterns. There is no
simple, easy way out. One of my favorite expressions is "the only
way out is through".
Hope this helps,
Michelle
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There is a health club in Auburn, Mass. that does Nutrition Counseling.
(I am a Nautilus Instructor there but before I worked there, I went
through the Nutrition Counseling and fitness test.) The name of
the club is Your Life Center.
There was a nutrition questionaire to summarize eating habits and
a % body fat test was done using calipers. A strength test,
felxibility test and endurance test were performed to help determine
optimum pulse rate for aerobic activity. There is also cholesterol
screening.
New members are analyzed and given an exercise program based on
their present level of fitness and interests.
After three months, the tests are again performed to see what
kind of progress has been made.
By going through nutrition counseling, people are educated on
what they are doing wrong and what gradual changes can be
made to existing eating habits to improve health.
Coupled with a SENSIBLE exercise routine and monitoring by the
staff - many people have gotten excellent results.
my two cents -
nance
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| Does anyone have any recommendations for *good* Nutritionist (not a
nutritional counselor, or a nurse with nutritional training, but a
real, honest-to-goodness Nutritionist), esp. in the Cambridge or
Nashua, NH area?
Thanks,
Diana
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