Kim Porterfield, CN, CFS

Kim didn’t set out to become a Clinical Nutritionist.  Years ago, she reached a point where she felt deeply frustrated with her body and discouraged that nothing she tried seemed to work. She had dieted, exercised and pushed herself harder, but she still didn’t understand what she was doing wrong.

That experience eventually led her to Keith Klein, CN, CCN, founder of the Institute of Eating Management.
Keith became her nutritionist, then her mentor, and later her colleague. Kim went on to study nutrition formally, become a Clinical Nutritionist and Fitness Specialist, and join Keith at the Institute of Eating Management.
What began as a personal struggle became a career that has now spanned more than 20 years.

KIM TODAY
Kim is known for figuring out why a plan isn’t working instead of simply handing someone another diet.
Sometimes the problem is what someone is eating. Sometimes it’s how much, how often, or when they’re eating it. Hormonal changes, medications, stress, sleep, training, travel, work schedules and everyday life can all affect what works.

That’s where Kim’s experience matters.
After more than two decades of counseling clients, she has seen just about every version of “I’m doing everything right and nothing is happening.”

Her job is to find the missing piece.

Clients often joke that she is “the cheapest therapist in Houston” because appointments rarely involve food alone. Kim’s approach combines nutrition education, problem-solving, behavior change and practical strategies that clients can actually use outside the office. 

She believes nutrition has to work in real life.  That means it has to work when you’re busy, eating out, traveling, dealing with cravings, going through hormonal changes or simply having a week that doesn’t go according to plan.

The goal isn’t perfection.
The goal is to understand what works for your body and learn how to manage it consistently over time.

CREDENTIALS

• Master’s degree in Nutrition (graduated with highest honors)
• Clinical Nutritionist (CN),
• Certified Fitness Specialist (CFS)
• Perfect score on the 6-hour Clinical Nutritionist Board Exam
• Cooper Institute Certified in Dietary Guidance & Physical Fitness
• More than 20 years of nutrition counseling experience at the Institute of Eating Management

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Former nationally ranked NPC Figure Competitor placing 6th place at the national level
• Helped numerous clients achieve National and Professional  levels in Figure, Fitness, and Bikini competition
• Extensive volunteer work with crisis-oriented organizations

MEDIA FEATURES

• Featured contributor in Oxygen Magazine
• Contributor to Nutrition for the Active Woman (Oxygen collectors edition)
• Co-hosted Healthy Living with Keith Klein on The Biz Radio Network in Dallas & Houston

Keith Klein built the Institute of Eating Management around practical, individualized nutrition and the belief that a program has to be sustainable to work long term.  Kim had the opportunity to learn from him, work alongside him and eventually continue the Institute after his retirement.  Those principles are still at the heart of IEM today, but Kim has also spent more than 20 years developing her own approach through thousands of hours of one-on-one client work.

Her focus is simple:

• Help clients understand what is happening, make the right adjustments, and build an approach they can actually maintain.
• She does not want clients dependent on a nutritionist forever.
• She wants them to understand their own nutrition well enough to know what to do when life changes.

Click here to see how Kim can help you!