SPORTS DIETETICS AND NUTRITION

• Those playing/competing in local sports (such as athletics, AFL, netball, soccer, cricket, swimming)
• Those playing/competing at a state/national level (such as athletics, AFL, netball, soccer, cricket, swimming)
• Those who regularly attend the gym and want to improve their performance and/or body composition
• Those who are training for an event (such as triathlon of all distances, cycling, ultra running, marathon, half marathon) 
• Adolescents juggling school and a busy training schedule 
• Adults with busy full time work and family life or study and are wanting to achieve performance goals and improve their energy levels

During your consult Alice will:

• Discuss your nutrition and performance related aims and goals
• Discuss your lifestyle and personal circumstances including work/study, who does the shopping and cooking
• Discuss in detail your training load, time of day of training, intensity and duration of sessions and variability within game times and schedule. 
• Collect information on your current medical history (including medications, recent blood work, bowel habits including during exercise, energy levels, sleep patterns, menstruation and supplement use)
• If appropriate, discuss weight and weight history
• Complete a thorough assessment of your dietary intake, including habits, likes and dislikes. This will include discussing your intake pre, during and post training and competition. 
• Provide nutrition education and advice to meet your goals, with an emphasis on providing practical and simple suggestions tailored specifically to your needs and goals. This may include providing infographics and recipes. 

Other services that can be provided include:

• Meal Plan (an additional cost will apply)
• Race day nutrition plan (an additional cost will apply)
• Carbohydrate loading nutrition plan (an additional cost will apply)
• Skinfolds
• DEXA results discussion

Kristy is a 41 year old female who presented with the goal to improve her energy levels and performance in training. She is a parent to two young children, aged 8 and 10 and is working 4 days per week. She attends crossfit 5 times per week at 6am before school drop off and work. She finds by the end of the week she has no energy for training. She also reports being hungry in the afternoons and has been loosely following a meal plan. 

In this scenario a topics covered and recommendation would include:

• Education around the importance of adequate energy intake to support her training load. Due to undereating earlier in the day where she is most active, she is finding herself hungry in the afternoons. Focus on increasing energy earlier in the day to support sustained energy across the day. 
• Education around the importance of pre exercise fuelling for energy and performance. Suggestions of some pre training fuelling options to trial. 

 Follow up sessions would entail:

• Assessment of current progress, suggest appropriate changes to energy intake or pre training as needed (ongoing)
• Recommended meals and snacks to ensure an appropriate distribution of energy across the day. Provided recipe ideas to help with new dinner meal ideas for the family. 
• Discussion of intra training fuelling for her 90 min Saturday session with recommendations provided to trial to build to target carbohydrate intake range. 
• Recommended post training meals to consume to support recovery and refuelling.