[quote]Bricknyce wrote:
Thank you VERY much! I appreciate it a lot. You’d think that a fitness fanatic like myself would have loads of pics but I don’t. I need to get some new ones. That was quite some time ago. I’m thicker now.
Look, of course some RDs no next to nothing for improving performance and body composition. That’s true; but you have to think of what RDs are really trained for and where we work the MOST. Sure, some RDs work as sports nutritionists. We even have a certification for that through the American Dietetics Association, the CSSD. Most RDs work in clinical settings like nursing homes, dialysis centers, hospitals, and the like. So that’s where a lot of the education and training goes for. Some RDs pursue MS and Phd and MPH degrees. Some go on to get an MBA.
Aside from clinical settings, we also work in public relations and food-marketing firms, private practice, sports, school and insitutional foodservice, academia, writing and editing, and so on.
MOST of this doesn’t require or have really anything to do with getting jacked at all. So I don’t think it’s fair to judge us on that premise. [/quote]
Truth!!
Are all PT’s in great shape, NO, I dont see why everyone harps on the dietitians the most.
I’ve dieted a number of times with different types of diets (low carb, low fat, carb cycle, zone), logging my intake and tracking my body comp with calipers, and at this point, I don’t think that it matters much for body comp in the SHORT TERM what you eat as long as protein and calories are equal. (The first couple times I tried low-carb diets, I thought I was losing LBM, but I now realize it was just glycogen.)
However, I do believe that over the long term, like years and decades, the foods you eat matter to your health, and your health in turn could affect your body comp.
There is also a big difference in how I feel with different diets/foods. Low fat was my most hated diet for the horrible blandness of the food. Low carb, after the initial period of misery adapting to it, was probably best for controlling hunger. And it is my favorite for good-tasting meals. Zone was also pretty good at hunger control, when using slow-digesting high-fiber carbs. I was very picky with carb sources, aiming for 15% fiber (plain brown rice doesn’t make it, nor do many “whole grain” breads) and felt good with those foods. Targeting carbs to training is now my favorite approach, though, as I had FAR better training while taking in carbs pre-, during-, and post-workout.
It just doesn’t make sense to diet on McDonald’s – even if body comp results are equal – unless you think that somehow your body doesn’t need nutrients from, say, vegetables or EFAs, and will thrive on trans fats and sugar.