You've spent a lot of time in school, but being an RD is not very rewarding for all the time and money you have to spend doing it. I don't know a dietician in town who's doing as well as I am, and I'm a college drop-out.
If you do what you LOVE, you'll be happier, and you'll likely make more money. As Joseph Campbell said, "follow your bliss!"
Then again, maybe those credentials will make your nutritional advice more easy to digest (hee hee! I crack myself up!). Seriously though, if you love what you're doing, and you think it will add something valuable to your ultimate goal, stick with it. It's just a HYOOOGE sacrifice, and unless you plan to work in a hospital planning nutrition for stroke victims and heart patients, I would think that you already know more than 99% of the trainers out there with your base degree to set yourself apart.
Just my $.02.
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