# @amandanighbertrd on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CVNhvewlICG
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19067256-amandanighbertrd-instagram
- **Posted:** 2021-10-19T13:23:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Amanda Nighbert, Registered Dietitian (@amandanighbertrd) — https://gondola.cc/amandanighbertrd

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What it is like to take nutrition advice from your friends!

I talk to a client yesterday. She set up a call because she did not see any results during the lean 7 week program. We started talking and she was 5’6” yet had her calories set at 1250. I said there is not way those were the calories I set for her, why are they so low?

Well her friend did LEAN and lost 40 pounds and her friend told her to take my calorie recommendation and reduce it by 25% so that is what she did. 🙄

So in her quest for faster results she got no results because not only did she underestimate her caloric needs she grossly underestimated her protein needs and like say over and over if you did hit your minimum protein goal daily you can not burn fat!

So here is your PSA for the day, stop taking nutrition advice from people who don’t know what they are talking about or are not qualified to be giving it out. In this case clearly her friend had a lot of weight to loss making a 25% reduction in her calories less significant but this lady only had about ten pounds to lose making a 25% reduction fatal to her results!

We are all not apples and each and everyone of us has different needs and requirements based on many different factors such as age, height, current weight etc etc! So the macros that worked for betty are not necessarily the macros that will work for you!

I have over twenty years experience as a REGISTERED DIETITIAN working in the field of weightloss and this experience allows me to assess my clients and make the tweaks they need for results in a more detail way than others.

If you have a tooth ache you see a dentist! If you need a new roof you see a roofer, if you need a wedding cake you find a bakery. You would never allow a carpenter to do surgery on you so why do you let untrained professional help you with weight loss?

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