Lisa qualified as a Registered Dietitian from Leeds Metropolitan University in 1990. After a 1 year spell as a hospital dietitian in Bradford, she returned to Berkshire to work as a community dietitian. She has extensive experience of working in primary care, and in particular advising patients regarding weight management in both a one to one settings in GP practice as well as group programmes. In 2007, Lisa moved from community dietetics to more specialised weight management services at The Royal Berkshire Hospital, delivering both surgical and non surgical dietetic interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team. She also specialises in the dietetic treatment of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).

Lisa is fully trained in Behaviour Change. She also teaches at Reading University on the Masters Certificate in Obesity Management, as well as being the Programme Gaurdian for the pharmacist weight management training programme at Manchester University. She is currently a committee member of Dietitian in Obesity Management for the UK (DOMUK).