How online nutrition consultations work
The process is short on ceremony: you book, you get a link, you talk about food for an hour, and a written plan arrives afterward. Below is the full sequence, including what happens between sessions.
One loop, five beats
Every consultation runs the same way, whether it is your first or your fifth. Booking opens the loop, the intake form tells us where you actually are, the session moves the plan, and the written document closes the turn. Follow-ups restart it when something has changed.
What follows is the practical version: what you prepare, how long each part takes, what lands in your inbox afterward, and what you keep when the appointments stop.
From booking to plan
Steps tick in the order you meet them. Each one carries the part people ask about most.
Booking a time
Pick a slot and describe in a couple of sentences what you want the consultation to change.
The intake form
A short questionnaire you fill in before the first call, plus a few days of food notes.
The initial consultation
About an hour by video, working from your goals toward two or three changes worth making first.
Your written plan
Notes and a personalized meal plan by email, with portions, swaps, and eating-out guidance.
Follow-up sessions
Usually 30 to 45 minutes to review what changed, then tighten, loosen, or extend the plan.
Booking a time
Use the booking form to pick a slot and describe briefly what you want to work on. You will get a confirmation with the video link and a short intake form. If none of the listed times fit because of work or a different time zone, say so in the form and alternatives will be offered. Booking is not a commitment to a package, just to that session.
Before you book: write down one or two things you want to be different in a normal week of eating — a meal that keeps falling apart, an afternoon crash, a habit you keep restarting. It shortens the first call and gets the plan moving faster.
The intake form
Before the first call you fill in a short questionnaire: medical history as you know it, medications and supplements, sleep, activity, and what a normal day of eating looks like. You will also be asked to keep a food diary for a few days.
It does not need to be perfect. An honest, messy diary is more useful than a tidy invented one — the gaps are often the interesting part.
What belongs in the diary
- What you ate, roughly — portions do not need weighing.
- When you ate it, and what happened around it.
- Sleep hours, if they were unusual that day.
Sent before the call: if you have recent test results and want them considered, email them ahead of the session so there is time to read them. Clinical interpretation stays with your doctor.
The initial consultation
Expect about an hour. The session starts with your goals, then goes through the diary and history, then works toward two or three changes worth making first.
You are encouraged to push back, ask why, and say if something will not work in your life. Questions about conflicting advice you have read elsewhere are fair game and usually productive — better to argue it out with someone who has the context than to leave with a plan you quietly will not follow.
Three things that make the hour land better
- Have your diary open, even if it is messy.
- Name the constraint first — shift work, a kitchen you share, a tight budget.
- Say which advice you have already tried and dropped.
Your written plan
Within a couple of working days you receive notes and a personalized meal plan by email. The plan includes portions, swaps, and guidance for eating out and for low-effort weeks.
It is a working document, not a prescription; if something in it does not fit, the next session adjusts it. Plans are yours to keep and reuse, and nothing in them depends on staying a client.
Portions and swaps
Written in real food you already buy, with alternatives for the two or three things you dislike.
Eating out and low weeks
Separate guidance for restaurant meals, travel, and the weeks when cooking is not going to happen.
Follow-up sessions
Follow-ups usually run 30 to 45 minutes. The first part reviews what changed and what did not, without treating a missed week as a failure.
Most clients need two to four follow-ups. Spacing is usually every few weeks, and you decide when to stop.
First follow-up
Around two to three weeks after the plan lands. Reviews the first changes and where the plan met friction.
Tightening or loosening
The plan gets adjusted to what actually held: bigger portions where you were hungry, simpler meals where cooking ran out of time.
Stopping
You decide. There is no subscription to cancel and no schedule imposed after the last session.
Between sessions
You track only what was agreed, usually a short list rather than a full diary. If a question comes up that cannot wait, you can email it.
Anything clinical, such as test results or new medication, goes to your doctor rather than to this practice. Keeping that line clear is part of how the work stays useful and safe.
Email [email protected] between calls. Weekday replies, 9:00–18:00.
What you need to take part
A phone or computer with a camera, a stable internet connection, and a private spot where you can speak openly. No special equipment or apps are required.
- Camera and microphone on the device you already use for calls.
- A door you can close for the length of the session.
- If you want documents shared, email works fine.
Saturday consultations by appointment only.
After the sessions end
The aim is that you no longer need appointments. You keep the plans, and most clients return once or twice a year for a reset — after a move, a new job, or a diagnosis that reshuffles the week.
Returning is optional, not part of a subscription. If at any point you want a second opinion from a dietitian or doctor, you will be helped to find one.
Questions people ask before the first session
How long does the whole process take?
Booking to first call is usually under a week if you take the earliest slot. The written plan follows within a couple of working days after that hour. Most people then run two to four follow-ups spaced every few weeks, and you decide when to stop.
What if none of the listed times fit my schedule?
Say so in the booking form and describe the windows that do work, including your time zone if you are not in Estonia. Alternatives are offered from there. Saturday consultations run by appointment, so those are worth asking about if weekdays are impossible.
Is the consultation a commitment to a package?
No. Booking covers that single session. Follow-ups are separate appointments you choose to make, and there is nothing to cancel once you stop. The written plans stay yours whether you continue or not.
Can we discuss medical results or medication?
We can use them as context for the plan, and it helps to send them before the session so there is time to read. Anything that needs clinical interpretation, a diagnosis, or a change to prescribed medication belongs with your doctor, and we will say so rather than work around it.
Ready when the week is
Book the first consultation from the contact page, or ask a question first if you would rather check something before committing to the hour. Weekday slots run 9:00–18:00, Tallinn time.