How can you support a client after the consultation ends and real life begins? This question has stayed with me throughout my years as a dietitian. Lasting change happens in everyday life, not during appointments. That is why I have always looked for ways to support my clients between sessions. See How You Eat PRO offers one solution. As an app for nutrition coaches and dietitians, it helps professionals stay connected with their clients and support them throughout their behavior change journey.
I have worked as a dietitian for many years. My job is to understand my clients’ eating habits, learn about their daily routines, and help them find realistic and sustainable ways to move forward. An important part of my work is supporting clients as they experiment with and adopt new habits. Monitoring and follow-up tools play a key role in this process.
Why I Prefer a Photo-Based Food Diary
I have never been a big fan of traditional food diaries. One of their main challenges is that they are often completed from memory. People do not always have a notebook with them during lunch or throughout a busy day, and important details can easily be forgotten. That is why I have long preferred a photo-based food diary.
Taking photos of meals often helps clients become more aware of their eating habits, even before they start eating. In addition, this approach helps professionals gain a clearer picture of a client’s overall eating pattern. From photos, we can see meal timing, portion sizes, vegetable intake, and many other details that are often difficult to capture in written records. In many cases, a photo tells us much more than a written description.
We also know that monitoring supports successful behavior change. Encouragement and feedback from a healthcare professional can significantly improve motivation and adherence. However, the challenge has often been finding a practical way to follow a client’s progress in real time and provide support when it is needed most.
This is where See How You Eat PRO, an app for nutrition coaches and dietitians, comes in. The platform allows professionals to view clients’ meal photos almost in real time, provide feedback and encouragement, and answer questions directly through the app. For clients, it creates opportunities for self-reflection and insight while ensuring they receive ongoing support from their nutrition coach or dietitian. In short, it keeps support available where behavior change happens.
A Client Story in Practice
A recent client case illustrates the platform’s benefits well.
I first met the client during an online consultation. We discussed their current situation, eating habits, and goals. At the end of the session, we agreed on two specific changes they would begin experimenting with in their daily life. I usually recommend focusing on no more than three changes at a time, and often just one.
We also agreed that the client would take photos of their meals and record any thoughts or feelings in the app if they wished. My role was to review the photos weekly and provide feedback. The frequency of feedback is entirely up to the professional; it can be weekly, daily, or anything in between.
During the following month, we stayed in touch through See How You Eat PRO. I monitored the overall picture of the client’s eating habits, including meal timing and vegetable intake, and I paid particular attention to how the agreed changes were progressing. What feelings did they evoke? What felt easy? What felt challenging? Did anything change as a result of trying these new habits?
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The client also asked a few practical questions about food products and choices, which I answered directly through the platform.
After one month, we met again. Together, we reviewed the previous weeks, discussed successes and challenges, and evaluated the impact of the changes. Since the client found the changes relatively easy to implement and felt they had achieved the results they were looking for, we decided to end our collaboration for the time being. If new goals had emerged or additional support had been needed, we could have continued working together seamlessly.
What Were the Benefits of See How You Eat PRO?
As a professional, the greatest benefit was the ability to provide support in the middle of everyday life. I could monitor progress, answer questions quickly, and support behavior change when it mattered most. As a result, the connection between my client and me remained strong throughout the process.
Finnish Olympic Committee uses See How You Eat PRO.
From the client’s perspective, the most valuable benefit was the feeling of security. They did not feel alone as they made the changes. As a result, help was easily available whenever questions or challenges arose. Simply knowing that support was there when needed increased their confidence and commitment.
For these reasons, I believe See How You Eat PRO is a valuable app for nutrition coaches. It brings continuity to the collaboration between professional and client and makes it possible to provide support where behavior change truly happens—in everyday life. The takeaway is that the app helps make support continuous, practical, and available when clients need it most.
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