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The Nutrition Room, Calgary, AB (2026)

10/14/2026

If I had 6 months to work on my body composition during perimenopause, would I make some intentional changes?

Absolutely.

Would I cut out carbs, start eating 1,200 calories, spend 6 days a week at the gym and give up everything I enjoy eating?

Absolutely not. 😂

Here’s the thing about perimenopause: our bodies are changing, and some of those changes can make managing our weight, maintaining muscle and feeling like ourselves a little more challenging.

But that doesn’t mean we need to throw everything we know about nutrition out the window and start following a whole new set of rules.

As dietitians, we’d rather help you figure out where your effort is actually going to make a difference.

For example, getting enough protein and fibre? Worth paying attention to.

Building and maintaining muscle? A big one.

Getting support for sleep that’s being disrupted by night sweats? Also important.

Trying to make every single meal as low-calorie as possible while surviving on willpower and coffee? Not so much. 😅

And here’s something we really want you to remember:
You don’t have to start doing all five of these things tomorrow.

Maybe you start by adding protein to breakfast. Maybe you find two days a week for strength training. Maybe you finally talk to your healthcare provider about the sleep problems you’ve been putting up with.

We want you to understand what supports your health AND feel capable of making it happen in your actual life.

That’s the kind of nutrition care we believe in. ❤️

Save this for when you need a reminder of where to put your energy. And tell us: which of these five would make the biggest difference for you right now?

10/01/2026

The funny thing about this story is that if I only looked at what happened at the end of the day, I could come to a completely different conclusion.

“Wow. I really lost control around those Oreos.”

Maybe I shouldn’t keep them in the house.
Maybe I need more willpower.
Maybe I need to be more discipline.

Except when I rewind the day, the Oreos make a lot of sense.

I’d exercised that morning. I was hungrier than usual. I rushed out of the house already hungry. I delayed eating. I underestimated how much food I needed. And when I DID eat, I kept telling myself I “shouldn’t” still be hungry.

Eventually I ran out of food at work and had several hours left before I could go home.

By the time I walked through the door, I wasn’t lacking discipline.

I was severely under fueled and needed something easy to eat while taking care of my kids.

Hello, Oreos 👋

Did eating that many make me feel great? Absolutely not. 😂

But I don’t need to turn that experience into evidence that I can’t trust myself around Oreos.

I can get curious about what happened BEFORE I reach for them.

Next time, supporting myself might mean packing more food on a high-hunger day. Eating before I leave instead of convincing myself I can wait. Keeping backup food at the office. Or simply believing myself when I’m still hungry after the amount I thought “should” be enough.

That’s a much more useful lesson than “don’t eat so many Oreos.”

Sometimes, instead of asking “Why did I eat that?” It helps to ask:

“What did I need earlier that I didn’t get?”

And sometimes… the answer is just more lunch. 😂

09/23/2026

Getting a blood sugar result that’s higher than you’d like can make food feel complicated very quickly.

Suddenly you’re looking at bread differently. Fruit differently. Pasta differently. Dessert differently.

And often the first instinct is:

What do I need to stop eating?

Sometimes changing the amount, type or timing of carbohydrates absolutely can be useful.

But good diabetes nutrition is much bigger than making a list of foods you can’t have.

We want you to understand what’s happening, learn what actually makes a meaningful difference to your blood sugar, and figure out how to apply that information to your actual life.

That might mean changing something.

It might also mean adding something.

Combining foods differently.

Eating more regularly.

Making one meal more supportive instead of trying to overhaul your entire diet overnight.

Because ultimately, we don’t want you leaving nutrition counseling thinking:

“Just tell me what I’m allowed to eat.”

We want you to eventually be able to think:

“I understand how to support my blood sugar, and I know how to make this decision.”

That’s a very different kind of confidence.

💾 Save this if a blood sugar result has ever made nutrition suddenly feel much more complicated.

09/16/2026

As a dietitian, I can find something to “improve” about almost any meal.

More fibre. More protein. A different fat. More vegetables. Less sodium. A different bread. A different cooking method…

There’s almost always something.

But knowing more about nutrition has also taught me that not every decision deserves that much attention.

Sometimes supporting myself means being intentional about what I eat, especially when there’s something specific I’m trying to support with nutrition.

And sometimes supporting myself means deciding that my grilled cheese + veggies + hummus is perfectly good enough and then eating my lunch 😂

I don’t want good nutrition to require constantly evaluating, correcting and optimizing what I eat.

I want to understand what matters, make choices that support me, stay flexible when life changes and then move on with my life.

That’s something we want for our clients at The Nutrition Room too.

Because the goal isn’t perfect nutrition.

It’s becoming confident in knowing how to take care of yourself.

💬 What’s one nutrition decision you wish took up less brain space? 👇

09/09/2026

My husband has high cholesterol + elevated Lp(a), and these are 5 breakfasts he genuinely loves that absolutely meet his goals.

When I’m thinking about heart health, I’m much more interested in the overall pattern than whether an individual food is “good” or “bad”.

Think: more fibre and whole grains, plenty of plants, unsaturated fats, satisfying protein and food that you actually enjoy eating.

And an important distinction: elevated Lp(a) is largely genetic.
Nutrition can’t simply lower Lp(a), but it can help support the cardiovascular risk factors we CAN influence, including LDL cholesterol.

Because heart-healthy eating doesn’t need to mean eating perfectly or giving up the foods you love.

It’s about adding more of what supports you ❤️

Which breakfast are you choosing - 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5? 👇

09/02/2026

3 high-fibre dinners to make this week 👇

If you’re trying to eat healthier without giving up the foods you actually love, start by adding NOT subtracting. ❤️

🍝 Creamy White Bean Pesto Pasta (serves 4)
8 oz whole-grain pasta, dry
1½ cups canned white beans, drained and rinsed
12 oz chicken breast, cooked and sliced
3 cups baby spinach
  ⅓ cup pesto
  ¼ cup grated Parmesan
  ½ lemon
  Salt + pepper to taste

🌱~11–13 g fibre per serving

🌮 Loaded Black Bean Taco Bowls (serves 4)
2 cups cooked brown rice
2 cups canned black beans, drained and rinsed
12 oz lean ground turkey or chicken
1 cup corn
1 bell pepper, diced
2 cups shredded cabbage
1 avocado, diced
½ cup salsa
½ cup plain Greek yogurt
1 tsp chili powder
½ tsp cumin
Lime wedges

🌱~14–16 g fibre per serving

🐟 Salmon Lentil Bowls (serves 4)
4 four oz salmon fillets
2 cups cooked lentils
2 cups cucumber, chopped
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved
4 cups mixed greens
1/2 cup crumbled feta
4 small whole grain pitas
1/2 cups cooked lentils tzatziki
1 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon
Salt + pepper

🌱~15-17 g fibre per serving

Notice what these meals have in common?
I’m not starting with:
“What do I need to stop eating?”

I’m starting with:
“What can I ADD to make this meal more supportive?”

That’s a very different approach to healthy eating.

You can keep the pasta.
You can keep the tacos.
You can keep the foods you love.
And simply look for opportunities to add more fibre, plants and nourishment.

Save this for your next grocery trip and tell me which one you’re making first. ❤️

08/26/2026

A little peak into my actual kitchen on this day, but every day looks different!

I have real health goals, but I also want food to be enjoyable, family meals to be realistic, and healthy habits to be sustainable.

So yes, you’ll see chia seeds, chickpeas, salmon, whole grains and plenty of plants.

You’ll also see Kewpie mayo, cookies, and coffee.

Because I don’t think lifelong health comes from making every bite perfect.

I think it comes from repeatedly making supportive choices while leaving enough room for the things that make life enjoyable.

That’s the kind of eating pattern I want to build for myself and teach my patients to build for themselves.

Which meal would you most want the recipe for? 👇

08/19/2026

I almost didn’t share this because “dietitian eats “Nutella” every day for a week” isn’t exactly the nutrition advice you’d expect from me.

But I think that’s precisely why it’s worth sharing.

I have serious health goals. I care about my cardiovascular health, reducing my future risk of diabetes, navigating the years ahead well, and having the energy to be the mom I want to be.

And eating “Nutella” multiple times a day isn’t something I’d consider a particularly health-promoting habit in and of itself.

But one week of eating “Nutella” didn’t undo any of those goals.

I didn’t need to compensate for it, restrict afterward, or decide I’d “fallen off track.”

I simply kept making supportive choices around it.
And eventually, the craving quieted down.

This is why I don’t want my approach to nutrition to be about perfect food choices.

I want it to be about learning how to support yourself in real life.

Because confidence isn’t built by always making the “right” choice.

It’s built by trusting yourself to make a supportive choice, even when the choice isn’t perfect.

And sometimes, the supportive choice might actually be to eat the “Nutella”.

Have you ever found that trying really hard not to eat something made you think about it even more?
Comment which food below 👇

08/12/2026

If someone I loved asked me how to lower their cholesterol, I wouldn’t start with a list of foods to cut out.

I’d start by asking:

“How can we make your everyday meals work a little harder for your heart?”

That usually looks like adding food that provides more fibre, healthy fats, protein, and variety. NOT chasing perfection or eliminating everything you enjoy.

The truth is, most people don’t need a complete overhaul of their diet. They need a realistic way of making supportive decisions that they can repeat again and again.

Heart health isn’t built by one “perfect” meal.

It’s built through the small choices that become part of your everyday life.

Which of these foods is already a regular part of your week? 👇

08/05/2026

Are you trying to optimize your health before you’ve built the foundations?

We see this all the time.

People spend hours researching:

💊 the perfect supplement
🍛 the newest diet trend
🍽️ whether you should eliminate a certain food
✅ the “best” way to improve your health

But often the biggest opportunities are much less exciting.

They are the habits that support your body every single day:

✔️ eating enough nourishing food
✔️ building balanced meals
✔️ getting enough protein and fibre
✔️ moving consistently
✔️ prioritizing sleep and recovery
✔️ creating routines that fit your actual life

This doesn’t mean the small details don’t matter.

It means they work best AFTER the foundation is in place.

At The Nutrition Room, our goal is not to overwhelm you with more things to do.

Our goal is to help you figure out:

What is the best most supportive decision I can make?

Because lasting health is not created by doing everything perfectly.

It is created by consistently supporting yourself in the moments that make up everyday life.

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