Services - FitWave Nutrition - Registered Dietitian, Sports Nutrition, IBS and the low FODMAP diet

Sports Nutrition

Learn how to fuel your body properly to achieve peak performance. Know what to eat and drink before, during and after exercise and obtain your calorie and macronutrient goals. Kathryn can provide you with a personalized nutrition meal plan that is custom designed to your unique physiology, lifestyle and food preferences. She can also provide you with a race week meal plan so you know exactly what to eat leading to your race or competition. She can help you perform a sweat test and provide you with a hydration plan. She can help you avoid gastrointestinal issues during exercise. If you want to do a food log, Kathryn can monitor it and give you weekly feedback.

Sports nutrition programs are personalized to your desired outcomes and can include the following:

Detailed evaluation of current diet and recommendations to improve performance
Calorie and macronutrient goals based on training phase
Metabolic Testing (dependent on location)
Sweat Test & Electrolyte Analysis
Hydration, electrolyte and fueling plan for training and competition
Pre-training, training, and post-training nutrition guidelines
Eating strategies for optimal energy and recovery based on your personal daily workout schedule
Personalized meal plan according to your goals and recipes
Race week meal plan
Food log monitoring with weekly feedback
Sports nutrition supplementation guidelines

Body Composition and Metabolic Analysis

Using top quality Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA), Kathryn can accurately measure your body composition including your muscle mass, fat mass, body water and resting metabolic rate (RMR). RMR is essentially how many calories you burn at rest for your body to maintain its vital functions. This helps determine more accurately how many calories you should eat to reach your goal, whether it is to lose weight, decrease your body fat percentage, gain muscle mass, maintain your weight or eat enough calories to perform at your best potential.

Gastrointestinal Health

Do you suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms such as constipation, diarrhea, bloating, gas, stomach pain, reflux or an urge to go to the bathroom? Working alongside with your doctor, Kathryn can perform a full nutrition evaluation to identify foods that exacerbate your symptoms and determine the best diet modifications to help you get rid of your digestive issues. Kathryn has extensive knowledge and experience with many GI conditions including Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and the Low FODMAP diet, Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), Food intolerances (histamine, sulfites, congenital sucrase isomaltase deficiency, etc.), diverticulitis, GERD, celiac disease and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis).

Weight Loss

Kathryn does not use FAD diets or weight loss supplements and does not provide a quick fix. Kathryn will begin by reviewing your medical and weight history. She can also perform a body composition analysis to help you set realistic weight loss goals. Together, we will explore your food preferences, habits and behaviors and set some smart goals. She will help you balance your diet and acquire sustainable healthy lifestyle habits in order to lose weight in a healthy way and maintain it in the long term. She will help you improve your relationship with food, discover the pleasure of eating any food without guilt or shame, and reconnect with your body to better listen to your hunger and satiety cues. You will eat real foods, compatible with your family, work and social life as well as your food preferences.

Weight loss programs are personalized to your desired outcomes and can include the following:

Detailed evaluation of current nutrition habits and recommendations based on food habits, medical and nutrition history, and pertinent lab work/test results.
Metabolic Testing (dependent on location)
Personalized meal plan and recipes
Food log monitoring with weekly feedback
Nutrient supplementation recommendations
Education on healthier cooking, recipe modification
Grocery store visit

Chronic Disease

Your genes are not your destiny, rather they determine your potential! Chronic disease is a result of gene and lifestyle interaction. It is definitely possible to prevent cardiovascular disease and diabetes via personalized nutrition and regular exercise if you are ready to make some sustainable diet and lifestyle changes. Kathryn can help you optimize your diet to help you lower your blood pressure as well as your lipid levels such as cholesterol and triglycerides in order to reduce or avoid medication. She can also help you lower your A1c and optimize your blood sugar control as well as treat fatty liver.

Services for Corporate Clients and Sport Teams

Kathryn can provide group workshops and seminars for corporations, sports teams and healthcare professionals on various subjects including but not limited to:

What to eat before, during and after exercise
Sports nutrition for a specific sport
How to make healthy choices on the go
Healthy eating to optimize energy levels during the work day
Debunking fad diets
Ergogenic aids / Supplements
Plant based nutrition for athletes
Food label reading
Customized workshops and conferences

Kathryn and her team can also provide body composition analysis for your employees or athletes located in the Charleston area. Our bioimpedance analysis machine is portable. We can come to your workplace or training site and perform biometric measurements on your employees or athletes including weight, height, BMI, fat mass, muscle mass, body water, resting metabolic rate (RMR), blood pressure, and resting heart rate.