Dietician/nutritionist?

rowdylibrarian
rowdylibrarian Posts: 251 Member
in Food and Nutrition
How does one find a dietician/nutritionist who isn't just going to look at a chart and say "with your height and BMI, you should eat X calories...good luck."? That was my experience with the local hospital person. Both my husband (he's " evenintheshower " -- if you still have him on your list, please ask him to come back and join us again!) and I need to get some better answers, and, especially for him, a better calculation for what his ideal weight/calorie intake should be. Or are those people not actually very useful for this type of thing? Thanks for your input!

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  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I went to a nutritionist who specialized in sports nutrition. I really liked her, I just couldn't afford to go back.
  • Chief_Rocka
    Chief_Rocka Posts: 4,710 Member
    (he's " evenintheshower " -- if you still have him on your list, please ask him to come back and join us again!)

    Do you own nagging, don't ask me to join in
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    (he's " evenintheshower " -- if you still have him on your list, please ask him to come back and join us again!)

    Do you own nagging, don't ask me to join in

    Do you know how many hours it took me to figure out what you were saying?! Dammit, man! And bumping, because.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Referrals? Online reviews? And skip the nutritionist - I believe pretty much anyone can call themselves that - look for a registered dietitian. The one I went to was crap so obviously I don't know how to find a good one either. Didn't ask me any questions and told my son to eat what he was eating. I found her through my insurance company (so at least it was free).
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    Locally, very lucky to have a registered dietician from the hospital. She is very knowledgeable about diet, fads, label reading, understanding size and portion of foods. She also was sort of inspirational. She ran a marathon last year(her first) and qualified for Boston this past Spring. She ran the Boston Marathon and had a blast. In terms of measurements for you and your hubby have you tried your local Y and trainer or staff member there? I had one last year who helped me track data points for about 4 months last year, again maybe luck but she was great.
  • icrushit
    icrushit Posts: 773 Member
    If all you want is a target weight, and a number of calories you should be eating, why not do a little experimentation and discover it for yourself ? In the case of the former, I'm sure you can make a rough stab at what would be an ideal weight for you, so just aim for that, and re-adjust if you need to when you reach it, or as you approach reaching it. Re: calories, why not just weigh yourself, pick a reasonable daily calorie intake to start with, then monitor things, adjusting your chosen calorie intake up or down by 250 calories (1/2 lb a week loss), as you need.

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