Nutritional Services

Meet your therapist: Kate Fischer

I take a highly individualized approach to nutrition - no matter what your goals are (weight loss, sports performance, disease prevention).

Performance Nutrition for Athletes

Nutrition influences every aspect of performance: training, recovery, fatigue. Fuel your body right, and you will see improved recovery times, better your performance, and be able to train harder along the way.

• Learn to optimally fuel your body--keep your body healthy through your training program and improve your performance
• Learn strategies for pre-fueling, fueling during an event and recovery for different sports and activities
• Learn to optimally hydrate during exercise including forms of hydration and timing.
• Improve recovery from injury or illness. Prevent illness and keep your training on the right track.
  

Weight Loss

• Receive healthy menu plans designed for you, with your input and around your life style and patterns.
• Take the confusion out of weight loss trends, fad diets etc. and find a sustainable path for you that will lead to long lasting success.
• Learn the art of the food log - examine portions, timing, emotions, hunger level, food preparation methods and more that influence your weight loss success.
  

Fine tune your eating for better health

• Adjust portions, learn proper portion sizes
• Menu plans - create a menu plan that works for you within your lifestyle. Boost energy, provide for consistent energy levels throughout the day.
• Healthy recipe ideas and recipe modifications to make your favorite recipes healthier.
• Hydration strategies during the work day
• Heart healthy eating
• And More!
  

Online Nutrition Tracking

Kate Fischer

Kate Fischer is a registered dietitian and co-owner of Edge Performance Fitness in North Portland. Kate's practice has an emphasis on sports nutrition and nutrition for weight loss emphasizing an individualized approach for each client. Kate works with a wide variety of clients including high school athletes and recreational athletes from a variety of sports and assists athletes in improving recovery time, weight loss or weight gain, planning strategies around key events and more.

Kate received her Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, completed her dietetic internship at Oregon Health & Science University, and has a Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology from Oregon State University. Kate also received certification in Adult Weight Management in 2008 and anticipates completing certification in sports dietetics in June.

Kate enjoys outdoor activities, especially running, anywhere from 5K to marathon distance, including completion of the Boston Marathon.  She is a group fitness instructor focusing on running conditioning and core classes, and coach for the Foot Traffic University Half Marathon Training Group. Kate also has a regular column in the local magazine Walk About.