Premier Women's Dallas Personal Trainer

What You Eat Is Important…and Advice Should Only Be Provided By Licensed Professionals.

Let’s start with some basic education. Just about every single personal trainer claims to be a nutrition expert. While in fact, hardly any have any formal education aside from a weekend class in nutrition. They get most of their knowledge much the same way you do; watching television and reading whatever they happen to find on-line. Some even offer free meal plans; which are created by a program they bought or a subscription to an on-line service. In a nutshell, they really fully understand very little. They often call themselves “nutritionists” because there is no licensing or qualification necessary to be called a “nutritionist”.

 

At Lady Trainers To Go, we take a different approach. Each and every member of our ladies nutrition staff is a Registered and Licensed Dietician, in medical terms an RD/LD. In order to become an RD/LD they need to have a four year degree in dietetics, complete an extensive internship at a healthcare facility, pass a comprehensive test with the American Dietetic Association, and be licensed by the state of Texas. Their extensive knowledge is far from anything a personal trainer can provide and they’re qualified to work alongside doctors as part of a health care provider team.

 

Our approach to maintaining a healthy diet is also different than you’ll find anywhere else. Our female dieticians work with our clients to help them change their eating habits 1 meal at a time, over time. As an example, during your first consultation with one of our dieticians they will talk to you about what you currently eat for breakfast, adjustments that you are willing to make, and food that you like to eat. From that point, they’ll recommend small changes that won’t overwhelm you and that you’re going to enjoy. Subsequent consultations will take place to see how you are doing with the changes they recommended, make modifications if required, and cover other meals and snacking.

 

Why do we take this “one meal at a time” approach? It’s simple. Meal plans are notoriously difficult to stick with, overwhelm you with massive changes to your diet, don’t take into consideration your likes and dislikes, and don’t teach you anything. Our goal is to teach you how to eat correctly on your own so you can make the right decisions in any situation you happen to find yourself in.

 

Finally, if your dietician recommends supplementation they’ll explain why they’ve made the recommendation and let you know where you can purchase the supplements.

 

It’s important for you to know that personal trainers are constantly being approached by vitamin companies to sell supplements. So they’ll often, with no medical basis, sell you the supplements a vitamin company recommends. What they don’t let you know is they get a commission check back from the vitamin company for as much as 80% of what you paid for the vitamins. We believe this approach is unhealthy and highly unethical.

 

Bottom line, we’ve spent years understanding what works best for our clients and it’s a “one meal at a time” approach taught by experts. If you truly want to make a manageable change in your eating habits that will last a lifetime, we’re the only service that will provide you the education that you need along with your personal trainer.