Nutrition Counseling
Achieve Your Health Goals with Nutrition Counseling
“In fact a great diet cannot make an average athlete elite, but a poor diet can make an elite athlete average” Ron Maughan
Nutrition Counseling provides personalized nutrition advice tailored to your specific health goals. Our experts have the knowledge and experience to help you reach your desired outcome.
Nutrition counseling is a valuable service for individuals who want to improve their overall well-being through sustainable lifestyle changes. By working with a food and nutrition expert, clients can establish personalized goals and learn strategies to make healthier choices that fit their individual needs and preferences. Through support and education, nutrition counseling can help clients to manage chronic health and medical conditions, optimize athletic performance, and improve their relationship with food.
Whether you are looking to lose weight, gain muscle, disease prevention, or simply enhance your overall health & feel better on the long term, nutrition counseling can be an effective tool for achieving your wellness goals.
What Sets Us Apart
With specialties in Sports Nutrition, General Nutrition Counseling & Women’s Hormone Balancing, we offer one-on-one counseling and personalized health management. You will discover holistic nutrition; the interrelationships of mind, body & spirit, & the importance of addressing these interactive factors which are unique to each individual. You will receive respect for your goals, tastes, morals, social & life values.
- Help improve your food relationship by receiving education and guidance on healthy nutrition.
- Receive support to improve your nutrition for exercise, allergies, weight loss/gain, and healthy living
- Create individual wellness programs that include nutrient-dense food, menu planning, exercise guidance, natural supplementation and lifestyle changes.
How We Can Help
General Nutrition
From morning walks to marathons or novice hockey to NHL . . . Nutrition counseling can help you learn to:
- Maintain energy balance through the day
- Achieve desired weight & body composition changes while maintaining good health
- Maximize recovery & healing
- Control blood sugar levels
- Enhance immunity
Women’s Health & Hormone Balancing
Women can experience hormonal imbalances in different ways, such as changes in menstrual cycles, shifts in mood, weight gain or loss, & reproductive challenges. Various factors, including stress, poor nutrition, exposure to toxins, or genetic factors can trigger these imbalances. By taking a holistic approach, we aim to uncover the core issues behind these imbalances & provide customized care plans that cater to each person’s unique situation and health goals.
Our Hormone Balancing Coach & Nutrition Counsellor can help women manage:
- Amenorrhea
- PMS & PMDD
- Endometriosis
- Menstrual cycle irregularities & PMS
- PCOS
- Perimenopause and Menopause
- Sleep, Stress and Cortisol
- Insulin Resistance
- Excess Hair Loss or Hair Growth
- Infertility
- Thyroid Imbalance
- Weight Management
Sport Nutrition
- Does your energy fade near the end of your training?
- Do you get lightheaded?
- Do you have energy slumps or slow reaction times?
- Do you lose more than 3% of your body weight in training sessions or competitions?
- Do you feel overly fatigued, tired, cranky, or irritable when training or competing?
- Do you get colds & flus often?
- Do you get upset stomach, nausea, diarrhea after eating?
These symptoms may be due to:
- Dehydration
- Muscle Glycogen (energy) Depletion
- Low Blood Sugar Levels
- Poor Recovery After Training
These are all easily avoided with proper nutrition & hydration!
We provide one-on-one sport-specific nutritional counseling and personalized health management:
- Receive support to improve your nutrition for performance, allergies, weight loss/gain, picky eating
- Individual wellness programs include nutrient-dense food, menu planning & natural supplementation
- Female athlete nutrition & Amenorrhea
- Learn what your sport specific macro and micronutrient requirements are and how to meet them
What to expect from a Nutritional Counselor
During nutritional counseling sessions, clients work with their practitioner to assess their current eating habits and determine personalized goals for health and wellness. The sessions involve discussions on nutrition education and ways to improve food choices, as well as problem-solving strategies to overcome any barriers to healthy eating. By combining knowledge and tools tailored to each client’s individual needs, nutrition counseling provides a comprehensive approach to achieving and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Sessions are broken up to first assess your nutritional excesses and deficiencies by reviewing your usual food consumption over one week, with particular attention paid to the proportions of protein, fat, starches, sugar, and fibre. The first follow up will review the information from the initial consult & start to look at areas to work on to accomplish your goals. You will work with your practitioner to design a program specifically for you, taking into consideration age, gender, level of fitness, health goals, food sensitivities, food preferences, and eating habits.
Additional follow-ups will be scheduled to dig deeper into your nutrition & goals, including looking at nutritional deficiencies, recommendations for food selection and preparation.
Meal planning is an add-on available to help ease you into your new plan.
Whether you’re a professional athlete or just starting out on your wellness journey, our team is here to support you every step of the way. Contact us today to schedule a consultation and start achieving your best self!
Appointment Descriptions:
Initial Consultation (~1hr 15 mins)
- Medical and nutritional history
- Diet recall and 24-hour intake
- Identify nutritional imbalances and lifestyle habits
- Review Individual Goals
- Discover Energy Requirements and recommend daily Kcal and Macronutrient needs
Session 2 (~1hr)
- Nutritional Assessment and Personal Program
- Review of nutritional deficiencies and imbalances
- Suggested vitamin and mineral intake
- Discuss exercise and lifestyle changes
- Tools and Resources to help you succeed
Meal Plans /week
- Custom-designed to the client’s individual needs
- Based on Goals, Energy Requirements, Deficiencies, Allergies, Preferences and Lifetyle
- Includes Recipes for each meal, plus a shopping list
- Easy-to-use online platform that can be accessed via app
- Weekly check-ins via chat, email or phone call
- **Minimum 4 weeks to purchase
Interactive Team Workshops For Nutritional Counseling
Choose from a variety of topics including:
- Nutrition for high-intensity training and endurance sport
- Sport nutrition for travel
- Fuelling young athletes
- Female athletes and Amenorrhea
Additional topics available upon request.
Nutrition Counseling
Certified Nutritional Counselor, Sports Nutrition, Fitness Trainer
With Lacey’s support, you will discover holistic nutrition; the interrelationships of mind, body & spirit, & the importance of addressing these interactive factors which are unique to each individual. You will receive respect for your goals, tastes, morals, social & life values.
Lacey’s Health & Wellness career began in 2017 when she completed her certification from AFLCA as a Fitness Leader & immediately began helping others through their fitness journey. She specializes in Resistance Training, Pre/Post Natal Fitness, & Group Exercise.
During this time, she battled her own health journey & grew a greater understanding that food is our medicine. Lacey knew she wanted a deeper knowledge of how to help her clients through their wellness journey & found holistic & natural nutrition becoming a Certified Nutritional Counselor, specializing in Sports Nutrition & is a member of the Canadian Association of Natural Nutritional Practitioners.
As a mom of two daughters, she understands the importance of nutrition throughout the lifecycle. She knows the challenge of feeding picky eaters, making healthy family meals & educating the importance of body awareness & autonomy regarding food.
Lacey joined Collegiate in December 2022.
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