Nutritional Support for Weight Loss
Grasping the basic principles of healthful eating and good nutrition is crucial for successful weight loss and long-term weight maintenance. People come to TriStar with varying degrees of weight loss nutrition knowledge. Some may have already sought nutrition and weight loss advice from a nutritionist or registered dietitian. Others are experienced at counting calories and grams of fat and carbohydrates.
One of the key tasks of the TriStar treatment team is to fill in the gaps in your nutrition and weight loss knowledge. Our aim is to avoid overwhelming you with a lot of useless information. Rather, the TriStar team provides practical nutrition and weight loss information that you can use on a daily basis to make better food choices, limit portion sizes, and feel satisfied with your meals at the same time.
Assisting you with advice on meal planning for "difficult" social or job-related events is an important part of TriStar's nutrition and weight loss support efforts. We provide practical solutions for problematic situations such as the need to entertain business clients in restaurants, or deal with pressure from friends and loved ones to eat at family gatherings. The TriStar treatment team will help you trouble-shoot these kinds of situations before they occur, so they aren't constant sources of frustration and barriers to your success. You will learn to master the nutrition and weight loss skills and strategies necessary to help you get through the toughest food-related situations.
The TriStar approach to nutrition and weight loss counseling and support is "problem oriented" in nature. After reviewing your eating habits and patterns, the TriStar treatment team will focus on finding simple solutions you can easily adopt. For example, simply changing your daily eating schedule will likely enhance your nutrition and weight loss efforts. Many people wait too long between meals and snacks, or they "save up calories" during the day for episodes of heavy nighttime eating. When people become overly hungry they are likely to eat large of amounts of the first food they come in contact with. TriStar will teach you how to eat healthfully throughout the day. Eating small frequently meals throughout the day will optimize your metabolism, ensure steady weight loss, and enhance your energy level. The TriStar treatment team will continually work with you on the planning skills that are crucial for good weight loss nutrition, and long-term weight maintenance.
