Non-Diet Support for Athletes and Performance
Nutrition Counseling for Athletics
Whether you are training for competition, trying to keep up with a demanding schedule, or simply wanting to feel stronger and more supported in your movement, sports nutrition counseling can help.
We offer individualized sports nutrition counseling that considers the full picture: performance, recovery, energy needs, health concerns, lifestyle, and your relationship with food and body. Our approach is practical, collaborative, and non-diet. We help athletes and active individuals fuel in a way that supports both performance and wellbeing, without relying on rigid rules, shame, or all-or-nothing thinking.
Individualized support that helps you meet the nutritional demands of training, movement, competition, and recovery.
Why Work with a Registered Dietitian for Sports Nutrition
There is a lot of sports nutrition advice online, but much of it is oversimplified, overly rigid, or not tailored to your body, sport, schedule, and needs.
Working with a registered dietitian can help you understand what your body needs, what is actually evidence-based, and how to make fueling work in real life. We help athletes build nutrition habits that support both performance and a more sustainable relationship with food.
Our Approach to Athlete Nutrition
Our work is rooted in compassion, collaboration, and respect for your lived experience. We take a weight-inclusive, individualized approach to sports nutrition. That means we do not assume that better performance comes from shrinking your body. We do not rely on fear, food rules, or pressure. And we do not treat every athlete the same. Sports nutrition counseling can support:
Fueling for Performance
We help you better understand how carbohydrates, protein, fat, hydration, and overall intake work together to support training, competition, and day-to-day energy.
Pre- and post-workout nutrition
We can help you figure out what to eat before practice, games, lifts, runs, or workouts, and how to support recovery afterward in a way that feels realistic.
Low Energy Availability and RED-S
Nutrition counseling can help address the impact of not meeting the body’s energy needs. This may include support around performance decline, menstrual changes, stress injuries, or other signs that the body is not getting enough.
Busy schedules and real-life logistics
A lot of athletes are trying to juggle school, work, commuting, practice, travel, and life. We help create fueling strategies that actually work in the context of your real routine.
Looking for support with something else?
Sports nutrition is just one of the ways we support clients at CV Wellbeing. Our dietitians also work with eating disorders, intuitive eating, diabetes, GI concerns, body image, pediatric nutrition, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
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A sports dietitian helps athletes and active individuals fuel for performance, recovery, endurance, strength, hydration, and overall wellbeing. Support may also include meal timing, GI concerns, underfueling, and RED-S.
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No. Sports nutrition counseling can be helpful for competitive athletes, recreational athletes, and active individuals who want support around fueling, recovery, and consistent nourishment
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Yes. Many athletes unintentionally underfuel, especially when life is busy or hunger cues are hard to recognize. Counseling can help identify gaps and build realistic strategies for getting enough in.
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Yes. We understand that sports nutrition and eating disorder recovery can overlap. We support athletes in a way that protects both performance and their relationship with food and body.