I know I am biased being vege but that seems like a lot of meat.
I am surprised she hasn't offered you other iron options as well instead of going for the gold ol' red meat line. There are other sources of iron including tofu, soy milk, most green vegs, molasses (surprisingly!). I would think your dietitian would be able to write you out a detailed plan? With the vit c you need to consume it at the same time. Some greens eg. kale have vit c and iron so are a good choice. Otherwise you can have juice etc while having dinner.
Hmmm, she didn't write anything out in detail for me. Infact, it wasn't what I was expecting at all. And she was a bit grumpy with DD2. Not grumpy, but when I kept apologising she didn't say anything!
Rachel I have read your post a few times now and every time I read it I think the dietician sounds shonkier and shonkier.
For starters, every time I've seen a new dietician, they take a full history and then make numerous recommendations, usually in writing, including specifics such as quantities, frequency, as well as general guidelines.
As for 2 hours of exercise not being much, what a crock! I'm assuming you mean you do 2 hours of dedicated aerobic/cardio/musclebuilding exercise on top of your usual daily activity - that is quite a lot (compared to the average Aussie) so I'd be questioning her statement. Agreed that you don't want to overconsume, but a little more in the way of guidelines is called for.
Where did you find this dietician? Is she actually a clinical dietician or does she just have a nutrition qualification? Did anyone specifically recommend her? Just watch out, there are plenty of dieticians out there who are only in the business on account of their own thinly veiled eating disorders. It sounds as if you didn't find the session very useful - have you scheduled a follow-up? Would you consider seeing someone else for a follow-up?
I was going to say the same Marydean! I went to a dietitian a few years back and she took a complete history of everything I ate on a daily basis and looked at blood test results etc. She provided a complete eating plan for me including portion sizes and all the rest in a folder.
And as for 2hrs a day not being much - did she think you said 2hrs a WEEK? 2 hrs a day is a fair bit in most books.
She knows I meant 2 hours a day as she knows i'm training etc.
I was reffered to her by my Dr who gave her all my blood test results. She didn't read the letter though till I pointed it out for a second time She didn't tell me I needed a follow up app either which I suppose is good. She did tell me that what I was eating is pretty good and just gave me some guidelines for mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
All the info she gave me is hand written on the back of a list of foods and their nutrtional values hmmm.
I think a lot of it might have been to do with DD, as I said she was full on and I didn't have the pram. I think she might have been trying to get us out of there as soon as possible.
Rachel, if I were you, I'd be phoning/emailing her with your specific questions. Just say something along the lines of "I was a bit distracted and I didn't get all my questions answered, I missed whether you said how much xxx I should be having" and then ask whatever specific questions you need. Any good dietician should respond to that. Often it might only take a couple of points of clarification for everything else to make sense, kwim?
Good luck, I'd hate for you to feel like you'd wasted time or money.
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She didn't tell me I needed a follow up app either which I suppose is good. She did tell me that what I was eating is pretty good and just gave me some guidelines for mid-morning and mid-afternoon.
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