I had to go to school for years to become a dietitian. Then even when I was done there were exams to write, volunteering so that I could get more experience, and a college that I am responsible to to tell me what is and isn’t expected of me. So, when having kids I thought […]
Very often I hear myself telling patients that my advice is “easier said than done”. A fact which I know to be true…because while sometimes it’s super easy for me to give the advice at work when I put my dietitian hat on, it’s SOOOOO much more difficult to follow through on when I walk […]
Parents always want to know how much their kids should be eating. Whether they’re infants or teenagers, parents will ALWAYS be concerned that their kids aren’t eating enough- ALWAYS. I’m fairly certain that there is something about becoming a parents that changes our genes or something. So fairly often I’m asked by parents what serving […]
Very often people are surprised when they hear what I do. Dietitian who promote weight loss? Not so surprising. Dietitans who counsel patients on managing specific diseases? Definitely. A dietitian who is supposed to help parents figure out how to feed their kids? I get more than my fair share of eye brow raises. I […]
I am more than happy to admit it- I am a flyer shopper. My husband has many a time watched me haul 50 (give or take) cans of tuna into our apartment at one time because they were on sale ($0.89- that’s like more than a dollar off each one!). And does he look at […]
