Bdyshaper

This is the website for Susan Stivalo, a clinical nutritionist. I was recommended to see her by a former client (a bodybuilder). From what I understood, she is a weightlifting competitor so is knowledgeable about getting a body into shape. I signed up with her for a one month nutrition plan & training guide for $ 300+ and included daily weight check-​in emails. Susan’s day job is a nutritionist for a medical group so this was as her personal client.
I had high hopes after spending a couple hours in her apartment as she sat on the sofa devising my nutrition & exercise plan according to my timings. However I found her nutrition plan to be quite strict, and her plan is not very professional for the high price tag you pay. I paid for a 4 week plan, however it is simply a 1 week plan that you keep repeating. I also found Susan to be extremely defensive when I questioned the daily calorie intake when I was getting headaches daily during the first week. Even after a lot of back and forth emails, she kept saying I was wrong & not counting my calories correctly. Then she irately mentioned how I hadn’t gone to the gym 2X (due to my children’s school closings). To her credit, she did finally add a few more calories onto my plan to help combat my headaches. Dealing with her & staying on her plan was very frustrating for me because not once during this time or during the 4 weeks did she just tell me what my target macro nutrients breakdown should be (!!). I found her personality to be very unsupportive and unwilling to understand any issues. I feel she does not seem to understand that every body is different and in a different state of health.
Regarding her professionalism for the price paid, her nutrition plan was a simple Excel spreadsheet that did NOT give me details on calories/​carbs/​protein/​fat (!!). And for me this was not a livable plan when you eat the same thing daily & cut out fats (oils, avocados, etc.), dairy, 99% of fruits, etc. Since then I’ve found another nutritionist who has more reasonable meal plans and her cost was less than half of Susan’s fee. She also lays out the macro nutrient targets and provided me with sample recipes!
What is the point of getting to the body you want if you can’t maintain it? If you are a bodybuilder then she is probably a good nutritionist for you. However if you are trying to gain a healthy body in a healthy way, I would not recommend her.

This woman is a complete whack job. She will take your money and then not follow thru with answers to your questions. She is totally incompetent at communicating. Don’t let her rip you off!