Frequently Asked Questions

Individual Counsultations

What will I learn?

The following outlines some of the areas or topics that may be discussed at length with you during your follow up program. If you think you have a problem, in any of these areas, or would like to discuss any of these topics, with your Dietitian, then also, please let her know.

• How to balance your diet for optimum health, nutrition and weight management.
• How to plan and vary your food preparation techniques and daily menus for added variety, taste and nutrition to suit your lifestyle, hunger levels, tastebuds and social agenda.
  
• Easy ways to modify your existing recipes and new, tasty, healthy recipes to experiment with.
• How you can incorporate commercial convenience foods into your program and how you can understand and interpret food labels.
  
• How to choose appropriate food and menu choices at different restaurants and take away food outlets.
  
• Understanding your eating habits and learning how to manage your environmental (or external and emotional (or internal) triggers that can lead you to eat even if you are not truly hungry.
  
• How to manage people who try to sabotage your eating plans.
• Individually designed exercise programs.
  
• Body fat composition and analysis (including percent body fat) using advanced Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis.
• How to motivate yourself for weight loss.
  
• How to lose weight permanently, safely, without hunger or deprivation or forbidden foods, without eating differently to the family or having to purchase special foods.
• How you can include even your favourite indulgence foods, like chocolate or alcohol, and still succeed with losing weight.

What happens at my appointments?

Following your first appointment with the Dietitian, in most cases, review (or follow up) appointments are scheduled. At these consultations your progress is reviewed. Often the Dietitian will ask you to keep a record of your food intake between appointments. If you have had any difficulties, then these can be discussed at your consultation as well. Often more literature is given to you (at no cost) to read, at each consultation. The Dietitian will also, discuss different things with you at each consultation, so that you continue to learn and gain new knowledge.

How often should I schedule my appointments?

Review consultations are often fortnightly to begin with, some clients, however, prefer (or benefit from) weekly appointments initially, to gain confidence and to have more support and guidance in the early stages. If you would prefer weekly appointments, please ask your Dietitian or our secretary. As you successfully progress toward your goal (or goals) and are able to follow your eating plan easily, appointments are generally spread out to monthly, until you achieve your goal (or goals).

If for example, you are on a weight reduction program, then your program would need to be reviewed by the Dietitian when you achieve your goal weight. Often changes will be made to your menu plan to enable to maintain your weight (so you do not keep on losing) and the Dietitian will need to provide you with information so that you can permanently maintain your weight, on your own.

From that point, monthly appointments can then either be continued for a few months to review maintenance of goals, and then progress to a 3 monthly interval between appointments. If desired, appointments can be maintained every 3 months, or appointments stopped, as long as goals (eg your weight, blood sugar or cholesterol levels) are maintained.

You have the ability to make your follow up appointments when you wish, at a time that suits you, whether it be weekly, fortnightly, or monthly. If you would prefer weekly (or even monthly) appointments, and the Dietitian suggested fortnightly, then this is fine, just make sure to inform our secretary of your wishes.

You also have the ability to book many appointments at once, ahead of time, to ensure that you get the time that is most convenient for you. For example, you may decide to book 4.00pm appointments, every 2 weeks for a period of 2 months.

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