Dietitian Ellen

Dietitian Ellen ⚡️Sports Dietitian - Here to help you hit your PBs⚡️
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WE DID IT!! 🤩🇮🇹🏃‍♀️ BIBIONE HALF MARATHON ✅🏅2:18:51🏅Considering up until about 8km I was thinking how tf am I gonna do t...
10/05/2026

WE DID IT!! 🤩🇮🇹🏃‍♀️ BIBIONE HALF MARATHON ✅

🏅2:18:51🏅

Considering up until about 8km I was thinking how tf am I gonna do this I am pretty happy with my time 😅🙌🏼 Running in 20 degree heat and full sun isn’t for the faint hearted 🥵

Refuelled the right way 🍦😍

Also promise I didn’t wee myself, the wet patches are from me throwing so much water on myself 😅😂😂

🛒 What I’ve bought to support my carb load 🛒5 days to go till the big day 🇮🇹🏃‍♀️ and the carb load is going to be starti...
05/05/2026

🛒 What I’ve bought to support my carb load 🛒

5 days to go till the big day 🇮🇹🏃‍♀️ and the carb load is going to be starting soon 👀

It’s race season 🙌🏼 so let’s breakdown a few easy ways to help support your carb intake (outside your main meals) 🫶🏼

As a sports dietitian about to run a half marathon - here’s what went in my trolley this evening…

🧃Sports drinks/juice- I honestly feel liquid carbs are key in supporting athletes to meet their carb intakes during a carb load 👏🏼 easy to drink & digest even when you think you can’t take it anymore 😅

🍌 Bananas & tinned peaches - aware my fruit and veg intake is going to be a lot lower while carb loading, so doing my bit to get in a few vits (and a little fibre 🌱)

🍞Easy snacks - soreen loaf, squares bars, & crackers (the ones pictured are 😮‍💨) - the key is getting foods easily transportable & easy to quickly snack on so your working day doesn’t prevent you hitting those carb goals ✅

🥯 The holy grails aka bagels & hot cross buns (will I ever get bored of eating them tho 😍) - these pack a gorg carb punch & even more if topped with honey or jam 🍯

What are your favourite carb loading snacks? 💬⬇️

🌷April 26🌷Suchhhh a busy month and so many things with no piccies 📸 - I’m saying it’s the sign of a good time 🫶🏼The high...
30/04/2026

🌷April 26🌷

Suchhhh a busy month and so many things with no piccies 📸 - I’m saying it’s the sign of a good time 🫶🏼

The highlights:
🌷 tulip fest - absolutely gorg 😍 (even with a quick rain shower 🌧️ aka dash to hide in the phone box 😂)
🐶 became a temporary dog mum for a few weeks
🌅 Getting some sunset walks back in (summer is finally arriving 🤍)
🍪 giant custard cream has to get a mention 😂
🏃‍♀️ Peak half marathon training and seeing the hard work paying off 🙌🏼👏🏼

Hope you’ve all had a gorgeous month 🤍

21/04/2026

⚡️Run 20km with me!⚡️

Back again to help show you how to fuel your long runs 🙌🏼👏🏼 & bring you along for my half marathon training journey 🤍🤩

So, the fueling ⚡️

1-2 hours pre-run: 2 slices white toast + banana 🍌
Focusing purely on getting the carbs in for energy here 🙌🏼⚡️

On the run: 4 x gels (3 x 22g, 1 x 30g to trial a new brand) + sports drink + water - fluid is just as important to consider as carbs 💦
Gels every 25-30 minutes + 1L total fluid over 2hr 9mims running
Carbs + fluid = your best mates when running 🤝

After: protein shake once home (within 20/30 minutes)
Lunch within 60-90 minutes: sandwich, fruit, yoghurt pouch, breadsticks & hummus 😍
A mix of protein and carbs to support refilling our energy stores ⬆️ & muscle recovery ❤️‍🩹 to support adaptation and improvement from our training 📈

Follow for more fueling tips ⚡️(and to see how I get on with my half marathon 👀)

Tried this tips already and need more support? Book an appointment via the link in bio or message for a chat 💬

16/04/2026

🚩Can we please stop restricting ourselves while training for difficult things 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

When training - our bodies require a lotttt of energy to apapt & improve ✅

This energy (in the form of food intake) needs to be had at several points during the day to support ongoing adaptation and recovery between sessions 🫡👀 - no more skipping meals

Wouldn’t be a post of mine without mentioning carbs 😅😂 - but carbs are our bodies preferred source of fuel so it is crucial to include good amounts of carbs in your diet when training (alongside the rest of your nutrients for a healthy & balanced diet 🥰)

If you’re not increasing your energy intake to match your training load - you could be putting your body into low energy availability which can lead to RED-S (relative energy deficiency in sports) 🚨
🦴 Weak bones
❤️‍🩹 Increased injury & illness
🥲 Performance plauteaus
🩸 Irregular menstruation & hormone disruption
& these symptoms don’t always occur alongside weight loss - the body adapts and shuts down important processes in order to preserve weight

Need support with your intake alongside training? Drop me a message and let’s chat 💬

💭5 Nutrition wishes as sports dietitian trying to make social media a more positive food space 🫶🏼Seeing so much misinfor...
14/04/2026

💭5 Nutrition wishes as sports dietitian trying to make social media a more positive food space 🫶🏼

Seeing so much misinformation & nutrition💩atm & here to give some reality - helping you second guess what you might see on social media 🤔 (bc most of it is rubbish xx)

❌ People wouldn’t feel the need to restrict their intake - they’d go off hunger cues and follow regular meal patterns to support health ❤️
Everyone needs different amounts of food & food is also a big part of our culture and social lives - we don’t all eat the same and social media shouldn’t make us feel like we should be 👀

🤳 Social media wouldn’t be so obsessed with one food group - and instead understand that balance and variety are key for a healthy diet 🌈
Having a really high proportion of one food group isn’t actually good for us (yep, even if it’s protein! 👍🏼) & usually means we’re not getting enough of another food group. One food group isn’t going to fix all your problems and make you live forever 🤦‍♀️

🚨They’re were stricter regulations around who could give nutrition advice on social media - to prevent nutrition misinformation spreading & toxic food trends which result in unhealthy habits 🥲
Some of the stuff I see on social media about nutrition is actually crazy 🫣 and often comes from people without any actual nutrition qualifications 🚩- no your PT shouldn’t be telling you to start intermittent fasting and giving you a meal plan 👍🏼 (unless they have actual nutrition qualifications)

💊 People would stop relying on supplements to ‘fix their health’ - a pill can never replicate the benefits of a healthy, balanced, and varied diet ✅
Food provides so much more than what a pill can 💯 and health isn’t as easy as taking a pill or non-communicable diseases (often caused by lifestyle habits) wouldn’t be our biggest killer 😅 There is no supplement that can replace the benefits of a varied and balanced diet 👏🏼

(Continued in pinned comments)

Follow for more honest, positive, and evidence based nutrition advice 🤍

🏋️‍♀️ “I know I need to eat before my morning workout but I don’t know what…” …this is what I hear all the time from cli...
09/04/2026

🏋️‍♀️ “I know I need to eat before my morning workout but I don’t know what…”

…this is what I hear all the time from clients/friends/family 🤝 - and also hearing ‘eating before a workout doesn’t agree with me’ 👀

The importance of the ✨pre-workout snack✨
✅ Supports energy availability for our muscles to perform better during our workouts
✅ Prevents energy needing to be taken from or energy stores where energy is released much slower - meaning our body can’t get access to the energy it needs quick enough
✅ Supoorts bone and hormone health

Some pre-workout snack ideas:
⬜️ Squares bar (or dupe 💵)
🍌 Banana - the riper the better
😘 2-5 dates - dependent on size and tolerance
🍞 Banana bread
🥯 White bagel with honey/jam
And my fave - hot cross buns 🐣

Tried these and still struggling with tolerance or lack of performance gains 👀 - get it touch and let’s get you performing at your best ✅

06/04/2026

⚡️Easy meals for athletes - Episode 1: Greek Style Smashed Pork Tacos 🌮

As an athlete, it can be hard to always know what to make to support training while not getting bored of the same meal over and over… that’s where this series comes in 👏🏼✅

Designed for busy athletes who want quick, balanced meals to support training and recovery - this series will help give you recipe ideas to support recovery, performance, & long term health ⚡️🤝

This 30 minute recipe is super easy, delicious, and has all the nutrition you need to support your body 🙌🏼🫡

Ingredients (serves 2):
- 10-14 baby potatoes
– 1 tsp oregano
– 1 tsp garlic granules
– Salt & pepper
- 500g lean pork mince
– 6 small tortillas

Toppings:
– Cherry tomatoes (chopped)
– Cucumber (chopped)
– Lettuce (finely sliced)
– Tzatziki

Method:
1. Boil your potatoes until soft (10-15 mins)
2. Once soft, drain the potatoes and place in the bottom of an air fryer
3. Use the bottom of a glass to squash the potatoes until the skin cracks
4. Drizzle with oil, season with garlic granules, oregano, salt, and black pepper, then cook in the air fryer at 200C for 12 minutes
5. Meanwhile press your pork mince onto tortillas in a thin layer
6. Heat a pan with oil and cook your tacos pork-side down until golden and cooked through
7. Flip and warm the tortilla
8. Add toppings and serve with your crispy smashed potatoes 😍

✔️ Protein to support recovery
✔️ Carbohydrates to fuel training
✔️ Ready in ~30 minutes

Save for later 🔖
Follow for more easy athletes meals 🤩

🩵 Nov 25 🩵The month of slowing down 😌🫶🏼Honestly this month has absolutely passed me by 😅 how is it December tomorrow!?! ...
30/11/2025

🩵 Nov 25 🩵

The month of slowing down 😌🫶🏼

Honestly this month has absolutely passed me by 😅 how is it December tomorrow!?! 🎄❄️🎁

Some highlights ✨
🤍 Most gorg gals weekend away in Poole
🍃 Countryside wanders with friends
🥪 best sandwich ever from 😍
💇🏼‍♀️ Chopped my hair off
🏃‍♀️ Getting back to some consistency with the gym and running (apart from this last week where I’ve been feeling absolutely rotten 🤧🥲)
📚 Started the last masters module of 2025 (and last one for a while…)

What’ve you been up to this month? 🫶🏼

👋🏼 A little bit about me…It’s been a while and there are a few new faces round here (welcome!) so let me give a brief in...
16/11/2025

👋🏼 A little bit about me…

It’s been a while and there are a few new faces round here (welcome!) so let me give a brief introduction to myself & why I do what I do 🫶🏼

First of I love a bit of gym, running, yoga, and spending time with my gorg friends 🤍 (when I do get free time 😅)

I started this page way back in first year of uni (2020 😮) during covid sharing recipes & nutrition tips with no aim - just a bit of fun (and distraction from doing uni work 😂)

Once I’d graduated, the page became dietitianellen to reflect my new status 💁🏼‍♀️😮‍💨 and the page shifted towards nutrition tips alongside sharing the odd recipe 🥘

While in my final year of uni, I completed my first half marathon 🏃‍♀️🙌🏼 however lost 5kg due to under-eating, and had no fueling strategy (other than scranning a few jelly babies) which resulted in me hitting ‘the wall’ and coming short of my goal time by 6 minutes ⏳🥲 - despite being an almost qualified dietitian, I knew nothing about Sports Nutrition other than what I’d learnt from Instagram 🤷🏼‍♀️

Since graduating, I’ve completed my PgCert in Sports Nutrition and really solidified the power of nutrition in this area. Adequate fueling isn’t an added bonus within sports, it’s essential - even for those who consider themselves amateur athletes 🫡

Under-nourishment can have long term consequences on our health and performance - I’ve learnt that the hard way, and I want to help others to prevent this happening to them ❤️

Join me on my journey & hopefully I can help you on yours 🏅

Suporting both child & adult athletes - book a discovery call via the link in bio or dm me for a chat 💬

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