A Year in Review for Rachelle Wood
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Rachelle Wood
Rachelle Wood, RHN is an honors graduate of CSNN Halifax 2002. After working a few years in the industry, Rachelle started her own company in 2005 that specializes in weight management. She has 2 office locations and has helped PEI lose over 75,000 pounds! She is the author of the See Results Holistic Weight Loss program and the Positively Charged Holistic Detoxification program. Rachelle teaches Business Mastery for CSNN Moncton, and is the CSNN Alumni Board Maritime Representative on the Board of Directors. In 2009 Rachelle won the PEI Business Women's Association Emerging Business of the Year award.In 2010 she was nominated for the Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Health Care award. Check out her company website, rachellewood.ca and nutrition blog.rachellewood.ca or lose weight online with her seeresults.rachellewood.ca.
In 2010 Rachelle launched, See Results, an online weight loss program and client management tool. With the help of See Results, Rachelle is now able to work with clients nation wide online. See Results provides clients with: customized meal plans, healthy recipes, holistic education, interactive tracking tools, charts/graphs, journals and homework questions to submit. It is easy to use for the client and nutritionist. The system was designed and developed over 2 years and based on Rachelle's successful in office program. To find out how See Results can help to grow your existing or start-up nutritional consulting business, please email us at info@seeresults.ca
By Rachelle Wood
Published on 01/12/2010
Over the past year my clients at Rachelle Wood Nutrition lost over 18 000 pounds! Yes indeed, PEI is floating higher above sea level. Better yet, over the past 5 years my nutritional consulting practice has helped Prince Edward Islanders lose over 50 000 pounds (and counting). From Alberton to Souris and all points in-between, Islanders have been shedding major amounts of weight. Through making simple dietary and lifestyle changes, with many reaching a healthy body weight and optional health and wellness.
As a Holistic Nutritionist and Small Business Owner, I take great pride in improving the health and wellness of fellow Islanders. From workplace Lunch and Learn sessions, to 6 week group Weight Loss Challenges, to CSNN classrooms across Canada I have helped to share my knowledge and expertise with so many wonderful people. Blogging and social networking sites have opened my eyes to some of the world’s healthiest living online communities. For my year in review for 2009 I would especially like to thank those who I met for the first time whether in person or online.
This year I welcomed to my staff Registered Holistic Nutritionist Susan Foster in April 2009 and Suzanne Friolet September 2009. Susan is also a graduate of the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Halifax campus. She had battled weight issues most of her life and now enjoys educating clients who to achieve a healthy weight l loss. Susan enjoys writing blog posts and shares a comical writing style. Suzanne is a Quantum Leap Certified Life Coach who works in the Summerside location on Tuesdays with me. Suzanne loves to research health and wellness and enjoys empowering others to make simple changes to improve quality of life. She is a mother of 2 children.
My biggest accomplishment of 2009 was winning the PEI Business Women’s Associations Emerging Business Award in May. This was the first year for the awards, so winning the very first one is such an honor and a privilege. My kind hearted health inspiring clients make the 80 hour work weeks much more tolerable. I feel a great sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction through helping them and others.
In January 2009 Mary MacKay from the Guardian newspaper, Charlottetown PEI, wrote an article about me and my company. You see, I’ve lost 100 pounds from my heaviest weight. I guess you could say I was my very first client. This puts a personal spin on my consulting services, and in all honesty was the reason behind me studying at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in 2001. The story was picked up by the Canadian Press and was printed in 12 newspapers from BC- NS. I began getting fan mail from all across the country from people who were motivated by my story to lose weight and/or study nutrition. The story was even picked up by a USA newspaper chain and printed in NY and California.
Although I keep to a very tight schedule (with many trips to the mainland for work) I try to give back to them community whenever I can. I volunteer to speak for the Charlottetown Overeaters Anonymous Chapter once per month and enjoy educating them about nutrition. This year I hosted a Client Celebrity Weight Loss Challenge where we raised money for a local charity, The PEI Humane Society. I also hosted an in office food drive last winter and donated over 500 pounds of food to families in need.
I spent 4 weeks in Ontario this year, and attended many nutritional conferences and scheduled meetings. One of my most memorable was the CSNNAA Holistic Nutrition Conference in May 2009 where I was a booth exhibitor. I also enjoyed attending the Whole Life Expo in November 2009. In September 2009, I was voted in as the Maritime Representative for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition Alumni. This position requires me to be the voice of Eastern Canada within my profession.
My office locations changed throughout the year. After much consideration, in August 2009 I closed my Souris office. It seems that traveling across the Link was taking a tole on me and I was getting exhausted. Many of my Souris clients come to see me on, “town days as long as the weather is good”. I enjoy everyone of them and am from eastern PEI as well, (Tarantum to be exact with is just before Fort Augustus). With Suzannes help in September I opened a Summerside office location first within Atlantis Health Spa but within 2 months switched locations to the Vibe Health anfd Wellness. I am very happy in the new location and enjoy working with Carol, Shawn and Amanda so much on Tuesdays.
My biggest challenge this year was balancing an 80+ hour work week with living a healthy lifestyle. From January 2009 I made exercise a huge priority for me and included many forms of physical activity. I worked out at the gym and faithful to Ufit this fall. In the summer I road my mountain bike across the many rails to trails in PEI as well as in the Bay of Fundy. I spent 2 days kayaking and camping in St Margrets Bay, NS (no blackberry allowed), and now this winter am hooked on spin class at MacQueens indoor cycling studio. Another great workout in Charlottetown is kettle-bell training with Wendy at the Whole Way. I’ve only tried it once but loved it, and will work it into my 2010 exercise schedule, I promise.
Time management is the glue that sticks my agenda together. Though sometimes a little sleep deprived, I actively live as an example for my clients and should you say practice what I preach. My clients motivate me as much as I to them. For that I am truly blessed. My secret is my memory, my clients will tell you, and “she never forgets anything and can even remember what I ate last week.”
What does the future hold for me and my company? Online development and mass education by creating online software for my successful customized weight loss program. In early 2010 you will be able to lose weight with me online by subscription. I am so excited to launch this next stage of development for my company and look forward to working with the online community. In 2010 Rachelle Wood Nutrition will begin changing the way the entire world eats!
So 2009 was a year to remember in more ways than one! My New Years promise is to continue following mt own personal mission statement taken from my website bio,
Rachelle's Mission Statement: To share my knowledge and passion for natural nutrition by inspiring my clients to achieve a healthy body weight and lifestyle. To act as a role model and continue my own health journey through
education and clinical experience.
Yours in good health and whole hearted holistic happiness,
Rachelle Wood, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, CEO and company founder of Rachelle Wood Nutrition Inc.
This year I'm celebrating my 5th year operating Rachelle Wood Nutrition. In 2009 my company thrived by helping Islanders lose over 18 000 pounds. Read this article to find out more about our year in review, 2009. 
Over the past year my clients at Rachelle Wood Nutrition lost over 18 000 pounds! Yes indeed, PEI is floating higher above sea level. Better yet, over the past 5 years my nutritional consulting practice has helped Prince Edward Islanders lose over 50 000 pounds (and counting). From Alberton to Souris and all points in-between, Islanders have been shedding major amounts of weight. Through making simple dietary and lifestyle changes, with many reaching a healthy body weight and optional health and wellness. As a Holistic Nutritionist and Small Business Owner, I take great pride in improving the health and wellness of fellow Islanders. From workplace Lunch and Learn sessions, to 6 week group Weight Loss Challenges, to CSNN classrooms across Canada I have helped to share my knowledge and expertise with so many wonderful people. Blogging and social networking sites have opened my eyes to some of the world’s healthiest living online communities. For my year in review for 2009 I would especially like to thank those who I met for the first time whether in person or online.
This year I welcomed to my staff Registered Holistic Nutritionist Susan Foster in April 2009 and Suzanne Friolet September 2009. Susan is also a graduate of the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, Halifax campus. She had battled weight issues most of her life and now enjoys educating clients who to achieve a healthy weight l loss. Susan enjoys writing blog posts and shares a comical writing style. Suzanne is a Quantum Leap Certified Life Coach who works in the Summerside location on Tuesdays with me. Suzanne loves to research health and wellness and enjoys empowering others to make simple changes to improve quality of life. She is a mother of 2 children.
My biggest accomplishment of 2009 was winning the PEI Business Women’s Associations Emerging Business Award in May. This was the first year for the awards, so winning the very first one is such an honor and a privilege. My kind hearted health inspiring clients make the 80 hour work weeks much more tolerable. I feel a great sense of accomplishment and personal satisfaction through helping them and others.
Although I keep to a very tight schedule (with many trips to the mainland for work) I try to give back to them community whenever I can. I volunteer to speak for the Charlottetown Overeaters Anonymous Chapter once per month and enjoy educating them about nutrition. This year I hosted a Client Celebrity Weight Loss Challenge where we raised money for a local charity, The PEI Humane Society. I also hosted an in office food drive last winter and donated over 500 pounds of food to families in need.
During the spring 2009 aside from my busy nutritional consulting practice I began teaching at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in Moncton, NB. My courses of instruction were, “Business Mastery”, and “The Body Mind Spirit Connection”. How ironic, Nutrition, Business and Spirituality are 3 of my favorite things! In the fall I went on a CSNN Ontario tour, which had be teaching workshops at the Ottawa and Toronto locations.
I spent 4 weeks in Ontario this year, and attended many nutritional conferences and scheduled meetings. One of my most memorable was the CSNNAA Holistic Nutrition Conference in May 2009 where I was a booth exhibitor. I also enjoyed attending the Whole Life Expo in November 2009. In September 2009, I was voted in as the Maritime Representative for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition for the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition Alumni. This position requires me to be the voice of Eastern Canada within my profession.
My office locations changed throughout the year. After much consideration, in August 2009 I closed my Souris office. It seems that traveling across the Link was taking a tole on me and I was getting exhausted. Many of my Souris clients come to see me on, “town days as long as the weather is good”. I enjoy everyone of them and am from eastern PEI as well, (Tarantum to be exact with is just before Fort Augustus). With Suzannes help in September I opened a Summerside office location first within Atlantis Health Spa but within 2 months switched locations to the Vibe Health anfd Wellness. I am very happy in the new location and enjoy working with Carol, Shawn and Amanda so much on Tuesdays.
Time management is the glue that sticks my agenda together. Though sometimes a little sleep deprived, I actively live as an example for my clients and should you say practice what I preach. My clients motivate me as much as I to them. For that I am truly blessed. My secret is my memory, my clients will tell you, and “she never forgets anything and can even remember what I ate last week.”
What does the future hold for me and my company? Online development and mass education by creating online software for my successful customized weight loss program. In early 2010 you will be able to lose weight with me online by subscription. I am so excited to launch this next stage of development for my company and look forward to working with the online community. In 2010 Rachelle Wood Nutrition will begin changing the way the entire world eats!
So 2009 was a year to remember in more ways than one! My New Years promise is to continue following mt own personal mission statement taken from my website bio,
Rachelle's Mission Statement: To share my knowledge and passion for natural nutrition by inspiring my clients to achieve a healthy body weight and lifestyle. To act as a role model and continue my own health journey through
education and clinical experience.
Yours in good health and whole hearted holistic happiness,
Rachelle Wood, Registered Holistic Nutritionist, CEO and company founder of Rachelle Wood Nutrition Inc.