Over a period of 22 years of my practice as a nutritionist, I realized that ‘weight’ is more in our minds than on our bodies. The ‘weight’ could be of the necessity to cave into societal pressure, the pressure of pleasing your parents, the pressure of pleasing your partner or a self-imposed criterion of reaching a happy space where your body is the most tangible measure of happiness. I have spent 85-90% of my practice managing weight (gain or loss) as unfortunately, that’s what a dietitian is associated with our culture.

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The interesting part of each and every case that remains with me is the association of success with the mental strength and the psychological space that the client is in. I am no psychologist but dealing with eating habits takes you not only in the clients' kitchen but much deeper inside a client’s life. I have been able to guess from the very first diet assessment (most of the time) if the client would be following the instructions or the diet chart would be going in one of his/ her files or even dustbin. The most amusing diet assessment sessions have been of couples who come in together and then just don’t stop squabbling over the honesty with which their partner is answering the questions. Learning for me was to call couples separately for the assessments and then talk to them together when it comes to prescription.