Everyday Nutrition: What Does a Dietitian Eat?

Friday, March 18, 2011

What Does a Dietitian Eat?

So two weeks ago was my mom's birthday and as a surprise my brother and I showed up two days early to celebrate with her! We flew out to LA on Thursday night and then took the first flight to Honolulu in the morning so that we made it to the hotel in time for happy hour. It was a long day but well worth it to see how excited she was to see us.

I started the day with breakfast on the plane. Apparently some airlines still serve breakfast!

Our breakfast showed up in this cute little box

Inside was a spinach and cheese fritata and a blueberry muffin! I would like to say that I saved the muffin for later but I was really hungry since 10am LA time was really like noon Chicago time so I ate it all...

Following breakfast we decided not to waste any time starting our vacation and ordered a cocktail. One of my favorite things to drink in Hawaii is guava juice so I figured why not add it to vodka and it was delicious!

The other advantage of having a drink is that it helped me sleep for a few hours. 6 hours is a long time to sit in one place so a few hours of napping made the time go by quicker. When I woke up I had a cup of coffee and a glass of water. Dehydration-wise they kind of canceled each other out but I needed a little caffeine.

We finally made it to Honolulu for the big surprise and I think that it is safe to say that our mom had no idea. We decided that we would call to wish her a happy birthday "from chicago" and in our conversation we casually asked what she was doing to which she responded that she was at the pool. Little did she realise that we were actually only a few miles away and would now know exactly how to find her!

After the initial suprise we had a few hours of pool time and then a everyone went to their rooms to get ready for dinner. My brother and I checked into our room and got ready before everyone else so we headed down to a restaurant in the hotel for a drink and split shrimp cocktail, yum!

Off to dinner we went. My grandpa made a reservation at the Halekulani, a beautiful oceanfront restaurant with a live hula show at sunset.

La Mer

We started with a celebratory bottle of champagne

For dinner I ordered pan seared grouper with shrimp, mussels, spinach and coconut curry.

And then came dessert! How beautiful is that? My mom was served the cutest little coconut cake with fresh raspberries and a vanilla cream sauce.

But they didn't stop there! My grandpa and I also had February birthdays so they surprised us with treat as well.

It was a lovely day with delicious food and drink to celebrate my wonderful mother's birthday!

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UnknownMarch 24, 2011 at 11:40 PM
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Welcome!

My name is Kristin and I am a Registered Dietitian living in the heart of Chicago.

Everyday Nutrition is a blog set out to show how nutrition can be easy, fun, creative and most importantly part of everyday. Some posts will be nutrition and health focused where as others may be more indulgent to show that in moderation any food can be part of a healthy lifestyle.

I have worked in a variety of settings including home health care, women, infant and children's nutrition, diabetic wellness, rehabilitation as well as community health promotion.

I feel that nutrition is one of the most important components of a healthy lifestyle, but in addition to nourishing our bodies food has to make us happy, fit our budget and must be adaptable to daily changes we may face.

I like to think of myself as a realistic Dietitian and strongly believe in the following:

1.) There are no "bad" foods. Eat in moderation and don't deny yourself. Eat healthy 80% of the time and splurge the other 20%, not only will it help you stick to a healthy eating plan but you deserve it!

2.) The more visually stimulating your meals are the more you will enjoy them. A low-fat item will taste better if it looks appealing so add some creativity into your meals and save calories while eating healthy.

3.) Save money where you can so that you can afford healthy foods or match sales with coupons to pay less for those foods. I hear patients say all the time that healthy foods are expensive but it is possible to make healthy foods part of any budget.

4.) Eating is a numbers game, keep your "calories in" and "calories out" the same and you set yourself up for weight stability over time. Know that you will be eating a larger dinner? Make sure to hit the gym in the morning or scale down breakfast and lunch portions to compensate.

5.) Nutrition does not have to be difficult! Eat a balance of foods, avoid high calorie high sugar items and make sure to have a large glass of water at each meal, it can be that simple. I often tell patients to eat as their mother taught them growing up, going back to basics helps ground us in good health.

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What Does a Dietitian Eat?

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