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Basic Framework for Fueling Activity
I love the simple nutrition framework of eating before, during, and after activity is one tool in the toolbox for optimizing the body for more fun in whatever athletic adventure awaits! Whether hiking, climbing, running, sking or anything in between considering what to eat before, during, and after can mean more energy to do the “thing” and better recovery to do the thing again!...
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First of Four Part Series on Getting High: Nutrition Considerations at Altitude.
Anyone attempting to train at sea level and, also loves mountain running has probably experienced the challenges of a high-elevation race. What is the challenge? Well, let me put it this way, my first attempt at climbing mountains in a race felt like being pregnant while also having a big pile of bricks on my chest. In was difficult. But, as challenges are, also...
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Performance Nutrition Behavior Number Two: Determine Your Higher Purpose
eat in a way that enables the freedom to use human power to see amazing landscapes and connect with people who inspire.
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Dietitian Confessions
I don’t survive on broccoli, beans, and blueberries alone. I eat ice cream OR chocolate almost every day. It IS Dreyer’s Slow-churn and only fair trade dark. I love good bread and have zero interest in pre-sliced, manufactured variety. I eat candy corn out of childhood nostalgia. ONLY in the fall I eat candy pumpkins out of college-days nostalgia and sometimes mail them to...
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Caffeine: One Athlete’s Elixir is Another Person’s Poison
Coffee. I love it. I love the aroma, the sounds of it brewing, the rich flavors, and of course the pick-me-up. Coffee makes me feel happy, calm even. I hear the irony in that statement. Coffee has caffeine, which can agitate anxious people into an even more anxious state. Me however, the whole ritual involved and the clutching of my warm coffee cup like...
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A Time for Comfort Food & Running
The smell of fresh baked, oatmeal, chocolate chip cookies wafted through the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) every afternoon at three o’clock. I sat there in the mother’s room expressing milk for my preemie son for the fifth time that day when I first discovered this daily bit of tasty comfort. After completing my milk maid duties, I took great comfort in enjoying two,...