Nutrition Counseling

Sunday, November 16th, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Receive individualized nutrition advice from a known expert in nutrition!

Dr. Judy Siegel specializes in teaching people to eat properly for good health and weight management. Dr. Siegel has more than twenty years of experience with helping individuals resolve their questions and concerns about healthy eating and weight management. She counsels clients one-on-one at her private practice at The Exercise and Nutrition Counseling Center as well as her new online and phone coaching program that allows her to work with people outside of the immediate area.

Dr. Siegel’s Nutrition Programs are designed to help people who:

Realize that nutrition is the missing link to living a healthier life.
Feel chronically fatigued and routinely lack energy.
Struggle with weight issues and dislike their body image.
Routinely go “on” and “off” diets, only to regain the weight they lost.
Have problems with emotional eating and often have eating binges that can seem out of control.
Have a slow metabolism and feel like it’s impossible to lose weight.
Have high cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, or medical conditions.
Are ready to invest in their health and future well being.

Individualized diet and exercise information is the basis of an effective weight loss program. Problem solving is next, so that each person can use the new information. Ongoing support and continued education is the third part of this program. Each client receives a notebook for storing handouts which spell out the new material. This approach with weekly counseling sessions is meant to lead to permanent lifestyle changes, taking weight off and KEEPING weight off.

Components of the nutrition program include:

The individual calorie goal is based on an estimate of total energy expenditure per day based on age, sex, height, and weight. A reduction of 500 kcal will result in a one pound weight loss each week. Exercise can add to this loss.
Body composition (% fat) is estimated, to project the goal weight based on lean body weight. Body mass index (BMI) is followed weekly to see progress.
A daily journal is kept by each individual and analyzed to evaluate calorie intake, protein, carbohydrate, and fat grams. This is repeated weekly for teaching and problem solving.
We will develop personalized meal plans and eating patterns to help increase your energy levels and encourage weight reduction.
Individual exercise programs are encouraged and progressed from your present levels of fitness.
Weekly counseling sessions include weigh-in, nutrition and exercise Information, handouts, and problem-solving.

If you understand how food works for you, set up new habits, practice them for a lengthy period of time, weight loss is a slow, but steady process. Maintenance is based on finding your own calorie expenditure and staying within it.

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If you live outside of the Central Connecticut area and are looking for a nutrition and exercise program, The Exercise and Nutrition Counseling Center does offer an Online Coaching Program were we will work with you over the phone and through email..

Click Here to Learn more about our Online Coaching Program and how it can help you!