Nutrition Support for Retired Athletes


Rebuilding Nutrition After Competition
Life after sports often comes with big changes to your body and eating patterns. The nutrition strategies that fueled peak performance may no longer fit your new lifestyle—and that’s normal. At Transition Nutrition, we help retired athletes adjust their fueling approach to match current activity levels, goals, and overall well-being.

We focus on building sustainable habits that support energy, recovery, and long-term health, helping you feel confident and nourished without obsessing over macros, calories, or rigid plans.

Healing Your Relationship with Food and Body
For many retired athletes, years of performance-driven eating can create complicated feelings around food and body image. Our approach is body-positive and HAES®-aligned, helping you reconnect with intuitive eating, joyful movement, and self-trust.
We work with you to reduce food-related stress, improve body confidence, and develop a balanced, sustainable approach to nutrition that feels freeing rather than restrictive.

Life Beyond Sport: Identity, Purpose, and Well-Being
Retirement from athletics isn’t just a physical transition—it’s emotional and psychological too. Nutrition support is part of a bigger process of rediscovering purpose and aligning your lifestyle with your current values.

Whether you’re exploring new movement routines, adjusting to a different training schedule, or simply learning to enjoy food without guilt, we guide you toward a healthier, more fulfilling life beyond competitive sport.
What our clients are saying
Lizzie was so patient and kind to me. When I first started seeing her, I was in the depths of my eating disorder and I was a mess. She continued to be patient and give her best advice even when I refused to listen to her.
After a year I got my first period in 10 years! With her help I feel more confident in my body, have more energy and an improved mood, and no longer struggle with compulsive exercise and food restriction. She helped me move away from obsessive calorie counting and I can listen to my body and eat a wide variety of foods.
She always included me in the treatment, she never forced me to do anything I was not comfortable with, although she would strongly encourage me when I was struggling to see what was best for my body.
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I have been seeing her for almost 2 years now and I am in a much better place than where I started.
Greer F.
-retired distance runner
I was a collegiate athlete with a history of bone injuries trying to return to running.
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Lizzie had experienced Division I running and helped put gaining weight into perspective of having a healthy life as a woman rather than a number on a scale. She took the time to teach me the science behind why I was getting injured and how food can play such an important role.
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She made me feel heard and did a grand job of rolling with the punches. I would highly recommend Lizzie to others solely based on her energy and dedication that she uses to serve you.
She cares about you as an athlete, but most importantly a human.
Madeline L
-retired distance runner
Lizzie's expertise working with retired athletes allowed me to shift my perspective and shed old views that no longer served me.
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I stopped seeing food as an equation of calories and macronutrients. Now I see food as a mindful, satisfying experience. I've been able to shed shame and embarrassment of my food choices.
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I'm eating a wider variety of foods and understand that "food is food" and not tied to morality. I'm no longer using food as a coping mechanism.
I felt safe to be honest and vulnerable with Lizzie. This really helped get to the root issues of my situation.
Michael
-retired football player
The retired athlete workshop
Specifically designed & created by retired athletes, for retired athletes.
The Retired Athlete Workshop (R.A.W.) is a virtual course that addresses the major sticking points for athletes who have retired from sport: identity & purpose, relationship with food, finding joy in movement, and building back body respect & trust.
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Athletes of all sport backgrounds, competitive levels, and time removed from sport have participated in R.A.W. Whether you were once a runner or now consider yourself a swammer, retired from sport 10 months or 10 years ago, this workshop is for you.
If you haven't already, sign up for the R.A.W. email list. You'll receive our free guide, "5 Tips to Get Your Shit Together Post-Sport" and be the first to know when the 8-week group is available for a limited-time discounted price. We'll also send you monthly-ish (emphasis on the ish) tidbits that every retired athlete should know about, centering a mix of identity, food, movement, and body image that will be short, sweet, sassy, and, most importantly, sans spam.
Testimonials
I loved how real and honest everything was, and how it was approached.
Though some very raw topics at times, they are also very necessary to talk about and address, even though I didn't know I had things to address until I went through this workshop.
-retired volleyball player
The identity module was my favorite because it really opened my eyes to just how much I didn't realize I was still identifying with an athlete "persona."
It's hard when you've been retired from sport for a long time to realize how tethered to it you still are. It's going to make self care, mental health, and talking about those things a lot easier because now I feel like I have a blueprint/map to show people and help them understand me & where I've been.
-retired volleyball player
I loved the interactive worksheets, the values driven concepts, and the short yet comprehensive presentations.
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The body image and exercise modules were the most helpful because they introduced a lot of values-driven concepts that I resonated with.
-retired track & field athlete
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN R.A.W.
The Retired Athlete Workshop has two options to suit your needs: solo self-paced to align with your schedule, or an 8-week community-based group program to foster connection and peer support.

Best for busy bees who prefer doing things on their own time instead of making a weekly commitment.
solo
self-paced
$199
Self-paced so that you can watch as & when you please
Video presentations and activities created by retired athlete & anti-diet dietitian Lizzie Briasco, MSc, RD, CSSD, LDN
Videos & activities broken down into 4 core modules: Reassessing Identity & Purpose, Reclaiming Food, Rediscovering Play & Joyful Movement, and Rebuilding Trust in Whole Self & Body
50+ individual videos, 5-10 mins long (5 hours video content)
25 downloadable & printable handouts, worksheets, and prompts you can start using ASAP
Unlimited access to videos & downloadable & printable content for a year
Unlimited email correspondence with Lizzie
Discount on the community-based R.A.W. if you decide you want more support & extended access to content
Best for retired athletes who enjoy feeling connected and engaged, sharing ideas, hearing from others' experiences, and group discussion.
All of Solo PLUS:
8 week online community program
$299
Four 60-minute virtual community groups facilitated by Lizzie, held every other week to allow time for you to watch the corresponding modules, complete activities, and meet for 1:1 nutrition sessions if you opt for additional support*
Connection with & support from other retired athletes

Accountability to stick with & complete the modules
Additional ideas from peers to implement concepts and action strategies discussed in each module
Lifelong access to private community Facebook group & discussions
Unlimited access to video content for a year
Unlimited access to downloadable & printable content for a year
Unlimited priority email correspondence with Lizzie
Discount on future workshops if you decide you want more support by joining another R.A.W. 8-week group
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Take a peek inside R.A.W!

module 1
Reassessing Identity & Purpose
-Retired Athlete Workshop introduction
-Acknowledge significance of sport & impact on your identity
-Understand what values are & why they are integral to your sense of identity & purpose
-Learn to hold space for athlete self while moving forward with post-sport identity & purpose.
Worksheets that guide you in...
-identifying values & purpose of your athlete self vs. "normal human bean" self
-assessing your whole self and prioritizing parts of your self post-sport
-choosing values-based activities that align with your post-sport identity & purpose

module 2
Reclaiming Food
-Explore how to start shifting your mindset around food from rules & guilt to freedom & trust
-Understand how diet culture presents in sport
-Identify where you are on the eating spectrum
-Understand what impacts internal cues
-Learn how to keep *those* foods around without losing your shit & bingeing on them
Worksheets that guide you in...
-identifying & ditching diet culture tools that have interrupted your body attunement
-listening to & honoring your "here & now" body
-distinguishing between fullness & satisfaction
-starting to cope with uncomfy situations & emotions with kindness - not food

module 3
Rediscovering Play & Joyful Movement
-Validate the variety of reasons exercising as a retired athlete can be challenging
-Normalize taking a fucking break
-Shift your mindset from quantitative exercise to qualitative movement
-Assess the past, current, and desired role(s) of movement in your life
-Explore fun options available to you outside of traditional exercise or workouts.
Worksheets that guide you in...
-identifying & moving away from compensatory or compulsive exercise
-identifying & practicing mindful movement
-thinking about & trying a wider variety of movement options

module 4
Rebuilding Body Respect
-Understand body duality & how it has impacted your view of your body
-Acknowledge athlete-specific body pressures
-Explore & understand body positive and body neutral mindsets
-Understand how to use your athlete experience to build body image resilience
-Learn how to start practicing body respect for your here & now body
Worksheets that guide you in...
-identifying & creating empowering body affirmations that you actually believe
-shifting your attitude about your body when feeling some type of way in the moment
-prioritizing your values over your fears
You trained your body for years—now it’s time to fuel it for your life.
We help retired athletes shift from performance-focused eating to sustainable, enjoyable nutrition that supports health, energy, and confidence every day.







