Hi, I'm Erin. I'm a registered dietitian in Boston, and I've spent 20 years watching people lose weight the hard way — then gain it all back. Here's the part that gets to me: almost none of it is their fault. The diet industry makes fat loss feel complicated on purpose, because when it feels complicated, you'll buy the next miracle. A diet pill today. A "12-week transformation" tomorrow. A juice cleanse the week after. I started this site to be the opposite of all that.
What I believe, in three sentences
Fat loss is a math-and-habits problem, not a willpower problem. It has two halves — what you eat and how you train — and most advice only gives you half. The version that works is boring: eat enough, train hard, repeat.
The boring credentials
Registered Dietitian (RD) — a protected credential, not an influencer with a promo code
B.S. in Nutrition Science, Boston University
Dietetic internship at Brigham and Women's Hospital
20 years: 8 in clinical nutrition, 12 in outpatient weight management
4,000+ clients through my telehealth practice
I don't sell supplements. I don't do before/after "inspiration" posts. I won't pretend a six-pack in 30 days is a personality.
Why both halves?
Most fat-loss advice stops at the plate. But losing fat without losing muscle — and keeping it off — means training, too. This site covers both: The Plate Math (the food) and The Training Floor (the work). They're not two topics. They're two halves of the same thing.
The parts of my life that aren't the clinic
When I'm not working, I'm in my vegetable garden (kale, tomatoes, peppers — half the harvest goes to the squirrels), or hiking the White Mountains with a snack pack. I'm married to Kevin, a high school chemistry teacher — the reason the garden's pH is always perfect. We have two kids: Molly, a sophomore at UMass Amherst, and Finn, in 7th grade.
And yes, I weigh my oatmeal every morning. Not because I'm dieting — because I'm a nerd, and it takes 20 seconds.
What you'll get here
Real numbers— calories, grams, sets, reps — not vague "eat clean" advice
One concrete change to make this week, not ten
The science in a sentence, not a lecture
No crash diets, no detoxes, no miracle supplements, no body-shaming
Eat enough. Train hard. Repeat.