Nutritional Counselling
Tanya Ternowesky, BASc. (Nutrition), & Counselling diploma

Change your diet, change your life!

You are what you eat! A healthy, natural and well-balanced diet is the foundation of wellbeing. Many health conditions can be completely reversed or avoided simply by making dietary changes.

How do you make these changes? It can be difficult to do on your own, especially when there are so many different theories out there about which diet is best, which foods should be avoided, which should be consumed etc. The amount of information is both overwhelming and often unreliable.

Tanya uses a common sense approach to nutrition. A healthy diet should not be a painful experience in which you feel deprived. Instead it should be simple, affordable and enable you to continue to eat the foods you enjoy!

She can create a personalized nutrition plan that caters to your specific needs, goals and lifestyle. Through a series of questions, she will come to an understanding of your present diet, and revise it in a way that suits you specifically. Areas of focus include examining areas where deficiencies might exist and/or foods best avoided.

Tanya specializes in weight management, prevention/ improvement of health conditions, gluten-free eating, eating disorders, post-natal nutrition. Metabolism testing and cognitive-behavior modification are incorporated into all program choices.

What approach best suits you?

Baby Steps
This is ideal for clients who wish to make moderate changes in diet and lifestyle to enhance their wellbeing. Working with the client’s personal taste and introducing changes at a slower pace increases the likeliness that changes become permanent. For some people, introducing radical changes too quickly leads them to abandon the new diet altogether, as is often the case with “fad” diets.

Extreme Diet Makeover
For clients who are interested in moving over to a completely healthy lifestyle. This category is for those who wish to introduce dramatic changes to diet that can promote optimum health. For some people, making such a change requires an “all or nothing” attitude and approach to keep them motivated and on track with their goal.

Personalized Meal Plan
For clients with hectic schedules finding the time to decide what to eat, create the meal and sit down and eat meals can be perceived as near impossible. This approach is also appropriate for individuals who are unsure how to approach the sometimes overwhelming task of ensuring balanced nutrition. An easy-to-follow, practical weekly meal plan based on your personal preferences and nutritional requirements will be formulated. This personalized nutrition meal plan will ensure your body is receiving all the required nutrients in a well-balanced healthy easy to follow format.

Customized
Don’t see the program above that fits your specific needs? We will work together to develop one that takes into account your individual needs and goals.

Eating is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
We all eat and sometimes overeat for reasons other than hunger. Food or the act of eating is often associated with deeper significance. Once you have selected a program best suited for you, Tanya will guide you through an exploration process to unfold the myriad of underlying cognitive or behavioural issues that could be attributed to unbalanced and/or unhealthy eating patterns.


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About Tanya Ternowesky
BA, CNP, RNCP, Certified Nutritional Practitioner

Tanya Ternowesky has her BASc. (Nutrition and Food) and her Human Services Counsellor diploma, with a major in Mental Health and minor in Addictions.

Tanya offers: · A natural solution to weight management and the prevention and/or improvement of several medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol among many others through a healthy diet incorporated with physical activity · Base-line cognitive-behavioural therapy. · Metabolism Testing · A personalized nutrition program based on your individual goals, lifestyle and preferences.

The prescribed “diet” is based on a healthy balance of all types of foods with emphasis on portion control. Tanya’s philosophy is that total deprivation serves only to perpetuate the dieting cycle, and believes that weight loss and/or changing eating habits, although a difficult journey, can and should be an enjoyable experience. It is important to continue to eat the foods you enjoy! Let Tanya teach you how to do so in a healthy and manageable way.

After working alongside a physician at a Weight Loss clinic, Tanya’s personal passion to live a healthy lifestyle was further developed, and she has since ventured on her own to ensure such services are available to everyone.

Tanya will provide you with the necessary tools and resources to enable you to achieve your personal goals and integrate necessary changes into your daily living allowing you to live a healthier lifestyle.

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