My Nutrition Zone
Sheila Leard, RD, CSSD, CPT
Registered Dietitian
Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, Certified Personal Trainer
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Sheila Leard is a Registered Dietitian, Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics, and a Certified Personal Trainer. She became interested in the field of sports nutrition and cardiovascular health when working in the Cardiac Rehabilitation - Applied Exercise Physiology Department at San Diego State University, California. Since then, Sheila began applying the principles of functional nutrition for the treatment and prevention of chronic disease. She has a Bachelor of Science in Foods and Nutrition and attended Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, to complete a Dietetic internship and Master of Science course work in clinical nutrition.
“My goal with all of my clients is to take the science of nutrition and make sense of it on a practical level. I treat the person not the disease. I assess your diet and intervene using food to match your individual biological needs. I believe it is truly possible to have optimal health through diet and lifestyle”.
Sheila applies her own advice to diet and training which helps her understand the nutritional demands of her athletic clients.
Sheila’s approach is to keep it simple. Changing health behavior is a process not an event. Once you learn the concepts on how to be metabolically efficient with proper fueling in training or daily diet to manage blood sugar you will never think of being "on" a diet again.
Diets have an ending - healthy behavior does not.
Sheila's other passions are her family and competing in triathlons. In 2002, after 20 years of distance running, she became a competitive age group triathlete. Since then she has competed in over 35 multiple distance triathlons.
Professional Affliations:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly American Dietetic Association)
Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutritionists, practice group of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
Dietitians in Integrative and Functional Medicine practice group of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics
California Dietetic Association - CDA
American Council on Exercise - ACE
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Some of Sheila's athletic accomplishments:
Iron Distance:
2008 Ford Ironman Couer d'Alene - 5th in age group
2009 Vineman Ironman - 5th in age group
2011 Ford Ironman Couer d'Alene - 4th in age group
Half Iron Distance:
2005 to 2011 competed in 11 Half Iron distance races
2009 World's Toughest Half Ironman Auburn, CA - 3rd in age group
2010 World's Toughest Half Ironman Auburn, CA - 2nd in age group
TBF HIT lll Half Ironman - 1st in age group
2011 World's Toughest Half Ironman Auburn, CA - 1st in age group
Barb's Race Half Ironman - 1st in age group
Austin Texas 70.3 Half Iron - 5th in age group
Olympic Distance:
2004 to 2010 competed in 6 Olympic distance races
Various distance triathlons
2002 to 2011 competed in 17 other triathlons
