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Protocol 001 — The Composition Desk

Change the input.
Change the outcome.

Individual nutrition systems engineered around your body, lifestyle and objective.

Body Composition · Nutrition · Performance

Composition schematic

Lean massFat massEnergyProteinCarbohydrateFat
Hover or focus a marker to read the variable

Decision engine

What are you trying to change?

Awaiting selection

Choose the statement that matches your situation. The desk returns the engagement built for it — with the real price, not a consultation funnel.

03Thesis

Not a template.
A system.

A downloaded meal plan does not know your schedule, your training load, the meal you skip on Thursdays, or the week that always breaks the plan. It cannot adapt, because it never assessed anything.

The desk builds the opposite: a documented system derived from your own intake data, executed in ordinary weeks, reviewed against a trend, and adjusted one variable at a time — with the reasoning written down so you finish owning it.

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Stage method

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Variable per adjustment

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Day trend window

Nutrition coaching and education only. Not medical diagnosis or treatment, and no guaranteed outcomes.

04The method

Assess. Design.
Execute. Review.
Adjust.

Five stages, run in order, repeated as a cycle. Select a stage to read what happens inside it.

05Engagements

Five ways to work with the desk.

Positioning

A forensic read of what you are currently doing, and where the leverage actually sits.

Built for

  • You already train consistently but your nutrition is unstructured.
  • You want an expert opinion before committing to ongoing coaching.
  • You suspect the issue is execution rather than information.

Included

  • Full intake review of history, schedule, training and eating patterns.
  • Analysis of a representative intake sample you provide.
  • Written audit document with prioritised findings.
  • Three to five specific corrections ranked by expected impact.
  • A recommended next step, whether or not that step is with TCD.

Engagement sheet

Price$149 one-time
FormatOne-time review
ScopeNutrition coaching only

Positioning

A complete written nutrition system built for your schedule, delivered once and yours to run.

Built for

  • You are self-directed and want structure rather than supervision.
  • You need targets, meal architecture and rules you can execute alone.
  • You may return for coaching later, but not yet.

Included

  • Everything in the Nutrition Audit.
  • Individualised energy, protein, carbohydrate, fat, fibre and hydration targets.
  • Meal architecture with anchor meals and swap lists built from your preferences.
  • Travel, restaurant and high-demand-day contingency plans.
  • Self-adjustment guidance: what to change, when, and by how much.

Engagement sheet

Price$299 one-time
FormatOne-time build
ScopeNutrition coaching only

Positioning

The core engagement: a full assessment-to-adaptation cycle with weekly supervision.

Built for

  • You want a considered body-composition change with accountability.
  • You can commit to weekly check-ins for twelve weeks.
  • You value understanding the plan as much as following it.

Included

  • Full assessment and individualised protocol document.
  • Weekly check-in review with written coach response.
  • Ongoing target adjustment based on trend data.
  • Client portal access: targets, protocol, check-ins and progress charts.
  • Messaging support during business hours.

Engagement sheet

Price$299 per month, or $897 paid in full
Format12 weeks
ScopeNutrition coaching only

Positioning

For athletes and high-volume trainees where fuelling, timing and recovery load carry the decision.

Built for

  • You train with meaningful volume or compete in a scheduled season.
  • Your nutrition needs to move with training blocks, not sit still.
  • You need fuelling strategy around sessions, events and recovery.

Included

  • Everything in the 12-week coaching engagement, on an ongoing basis.
  • Periodised energy and carbohydrate strategy aligned to your training block.
  • Session-day fuelling, intra-session and recovery nutrition structure.
  • Travel and competition-day nutrition planning.
  • Coordination with your coach or training programme where you request it.

Engagement sheet

Price$399 per month
FormatOngoing, monthly
ScopeNutrition coaching only

Positioning

A private engagement for demanding schedules requiring close, responsive management.

Built for

  • Your schedule is unpredictable: travel, long days, irregular sleep.
  • You want the nutrition decision removed from your daily cognitive load.
  • You require discretion and a direct line to your coach.

Included

  • Everything in Performance Nutrition Coaching.
  • Twice-weekly review cycle rather than weekly.
  • Direct messaging line with same-business-day response.
  • Travel-window planning built in advance around your calendar.
  • Restaurant and hospitality strategy prepared ahead of key dates.

Engagement sheet

Price$750 per month
FormatOngoing, monthly, limited roster
ScopeNutrition coaching only
06Protocol

How the work actually runs.

01Intake

Everything is recorded before anything is prescribed.

History, schedule, training load, preferences, constraints, sleep, travel and health screening. The protocol is derived from this, not from a category you were sorted into.

9 domains

Inputs captured

Referral flags

Screening

Baseline record

Output

02Measurement

Every gram has a job.

Food is measured to calibrate perception, not to control you. Once the estimate is accurate, the scale becomes optional and the judgement stays.

7 days

Record window

Ordinary weeks

Reference

Accurate estimation

Goal

03Architecture

Energy and macronutrients, placed on purpose.

Protein anchored first. Carbohydrate placed around training demand. Fat set to the remainder with a floor. Fibre and hydration written into the plan, not assumed.

Protein

Anchor

Training-led

Placement

Fibre · Fluid

Attached

04Feedback

The week reports back.

Trend weight, measurements, adherence, hunger, energy and session quality — read together, over a rolling window, with context attached to every anomaly.

Weekly

Cadence

7-day average

Read

Single reading

Never

05Adjustment

One change. Written reasoning.

Adherence structure first, then intake, then distribution. One variable per cycle so the effect stays readable — and so you learn what actually moved.

1 per cycle

Change rate

Always

Documented

Referral out

Escalation

07Free document

Free · TCD-GUIDE-001

The Body Composition Audit

The numbers, habits and variables to assess before changing your calories again.

  • 01The eight variables to record before you touch intake
  • 02How to read a body-weight trend instead of a daily number
  • 03A protein and fibre floor you can hold on a bad week
  • 04The questions to answer before hiring anyone, including us

Educational content only. Not medical or nutritional therapy advice.

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08Case data

Three dossiers. Published only when they're real.

Case Study 01

Pending

Body composition

Case data pending. This slot stays empty until a client provides written consent for their record to be published.

Case Study 02

Pending

Performance nutrition

Case data pending. This slot stays empty until a client provides written consent for their record to be published.

Case Study 03

Pending

Demanding schedule

Case data pending. This slot stays empty until a client provides written consent for their record to be published.

Case studies are published only with written client consent and describe individual experiences. Nutrition responses vary with genetics, training history, adherence, sleep, stress and medical context. Nothing on this page is a prediction, guarantee or promise of a specific result, and nothing here is medical advice.

09The practice

A desk, not a franchise.

The Composition Desk is a single-practitioner nutrition practice. Every intake is read by the same person who writes your protocol and answers your check-in. The roster is deliberately small, because the work does not scale by copying documents.

What this is

Nutrition coaching, protocol design and education, delivered with written reasoning you keep.

What this is not

Medical diagnosis or treatment, meal delivery, supplement sales, or training programming.

How claims are handled

No guaranteed outcomes, no invented credentials, no results published without consent.

10Objections

Before you commit.

Final step

Stop guessing. Start measuring.

The intake takes about ten minutes. You'll receive a recommendation based on what you record — including "not yet", if that's the honest answer.