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I am a dietitian if you are planning to meet with one, definitely make sure they are a registered dietitian, not just a 'nutritionist.' Anyone can call themselves a nutritionist, but a dietitian has at least a bachelors degree and completed an internship and passed an exam. I think one would definitely be able to help you, they will likely look at your diet (try and keep a recall if you can) and make suggestions within your lifestyle on how to lose the weight.

@Mamaof2: I think you and I are the same age....have you had a hormone panel done recently? I met with my Ob/gyn at my well visit and explained the situation and he said that it's common for women to have problems losing weight as they age because of hormones.

@Mamaof2: my mom is a dietician. That is what the RD stands for.

I've meet with various professionals before and the best fat loss advice I got was from a book, Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle. I always worked out hard and ate great, but I needed to change the macronutrient profiles around to maximize results in the gym-fueling my body appropriately and encouraging fat loss. When I hit a plateau after that book, I met with a fitness competitor who provided coaching, and she tweaked mine some more-she said I wasn't eating enough. The previous nutritionist I met with had me on 1400 calories a day. 1400. That's it. Then I got pregnant. 3 days of exercise is also possibly not enough.

But anyways. Check out macros for fat loss! It's really structured and if you're eating in a deficit, it works great

i met with a registered dietitian once because i wanted to lose weight in a healthy way before my wedding. I learned quite a bit about what i was doing "wrong". Turns out i was never eating enough during the day and then overeating at night which was keeping the weight on. She asked me a lot about my preferences and then put together a meal plan where i can choose what foods to have at each meal, but the "plan" was to make sure i was getting enough carbs, fat and protein at every meal. It was so awesome and eye opening. I felt like i was eating more than before, and i lost weight.

@blackbird: I've got the book on hold at the library, I know you always recommend it, now I am finally going to read it.