My meeting with a Sports Nutritionist

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  • DSTMT
    DSTMT Posts: 417 Member
    In high school, my friend's dad was a doctor and he told us the same thing about eating more around PMS. Glad to hear it from someone else!

    I have read some things to suggest the same, during menstruation, that is. My question here is there is typically a two week window between ovulation and the start of menstruation. That leaves a lot of time for extra calories.

    That's basically what I was getting at too...I have actually read in the past that women burn slightly more calories while actively menstruating (not in the PMS stage) but my impression was always that it was not a significant amount. My concern was just that telling someone they can eat an extra 300 calories a day for the two weeks after ovulation might lead to some unwanted weight gain eventually.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    LOL I would like to see scientific evidence that woman need extra calories when they release a microscopic egg during ovulation. The rest of this is common sense. Hope you didn't pay too much money for this "consultation".

    Well, she is a scientist and nutritionist who trained at Mass General, so I do think she is basing this on research, darlin'.....just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't true.
    10/10 for condescension. :drinker:
    I agree with this. Clark's not basing anything on research, but on common knowledge or myth.

    Just because someone is a "sports nutritionist" does not mean they have all the answers, and she definitely does not. However, when you are trying to sell your product, you usually provide canned answers. All of her "research" has already been said in various wording at various internet venues, and most of the stuff is based on myth. However, as I said in my previous post, she did say some good stuff, which was based on common sense.
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  • ShannonMpls
    ShannonMpls Posts: 1,936 Member
    - people who KEEP weight off do the following: eat breakfast, don't allow themselves to get overly hungry, eat everything in moderation, exercise, weigh themselves regularly and keep a food journal.

    :laugh:

    I've been significantly underweight all my adult life (I'm 50 now) and I haven't eaten breakfast since I was about 11 or so. In fact, on a normal weekend day, I don't eat until the supper meal... too busy.

    I've done no regular exercise until recently when I started experiencing menopause symptoms three years ago and became concerned about loss of muscle and bone density.

    Nor have I adhered to any of the other aspects of the guru's "prescription".


    I haven't read all the replies here so my apologies if this is repeated information. OP's quote of the nutritionist quoted above is derived from the National Weight Control Registry's findings, which are listed (in part) here: http://www.nwcr.ws/Research/

    This is the largest study of individuals who have lost weight and kept it off in the nation.

    Its findings do not reveal that these things are essential to weight maintenance...rather, these habits are associated with individuals who have successfully lost an average of 66 lbs and kept it off for 5.5 years. Basically, most people in the study who have lost have employed these methods. not everyone, of course.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    rather, these habits are associated with individuals who have successfully lost an average of 66 lbs and kept it off for 5.5 years. Basically, most people in the study who have lost have employed these methods. not everyone, of course.
    And that's one of the problems with this sort of thing.

    5+ years ago the "always eat breakfast mantra" was EVEN more prevalent.

    If there had been lots of advice from seemingly respectable people to rub your left elbow with your right arm for five minutes a day and this would promote weight loss, even though it does absolutely nothing, this 'expert' could then use that as advice, being a trait that successful weight losing people do - as it's likely that those that do research are more likely to succeed and thus a lot will likely do it.
  • rowyourboat
    rowyourboat Posts: 125 Member
    I just read the first page, and I want to say, WOW! I just realized I am the most hungry during ovulation time! Funny now that since I'm done having kids and for the first time am really just learning about nutrition, my period is finally regular and I know when I ovulate! :) Good to know it wasn't all in my head.
  • wonderwoman234
    wonderwoman234 Posts: 551 Member
    OMG, this thread has gotten crazy! Glad so many folks found it useful and I appreciate all the private messages and friend requests I received from this post. I am also happy that it provided a lot of fodder for the folks out there who love to keep a thread going by arguing about semantics, word usage, whether a tree makes a noise when it falls in the forest, etc.

    Perhaps I should have been more careful in how I shared the tips. I did not intend to insinuate that people HAD to follow the recommendations in order to be successful. That's clearly not true. But I do think it can be useful for some people and that is why I posted.....to be helpful.

    I am not going to debate the credentials of Nancy Clark. She's had a very solid, reputable career and I trust her guidance for me - an active person who wants to lose weight and continue enjoying my weight lifting journey.

    I think there are many different belief systems with lots of things in life, and weight loss is one of them. We all have different perspectives, trust in different ways (or not at all), and value different things. That is what makes us interesting and sometimes annoying or even infuriating. However, in the end, I am going to go out on a limb and say that most of us here want to be successful at losing weight and want to be supportive of each other in that regard.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    However, in the end, I am going to go out on a limb and say that most of us here want to be successful at losing weight and want to be supportive of each other in that regard.
    And to me it is NOT supportive offering advice that for many people can actually harm their weight loss and make it harder for them :).

    You may not have insinuated people 'HAD' to follow the recommendations, but things like this which been PROVEN to not be true are the sort of thing that WILL scare people if they do it.
    - saving all your calories until dinner causes you to gain weight;

    I would suggest it's not really a case of different perspectives, but when offering advice it should be a case of "does this advice apply to the majority of the population". If it doesn't, that needs to be clarified when the information is offered.
  • fisherj1126
    fisherj1126 Posts: 9
    Thanks so much for posting this!! I enjoyed reading it and found the information useful!
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    However, in the end, I am going to go out on a limb and say that most of us here want to be successful at losing weight and want to be supportive of each other in that regard.

    Indeed. Giving people bunk advice and telling them that they need to do things they don't does not help people be successful.

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