Fabulous, Fit, and Whole Women Everywhere
It depresses me to hear women who generally have healthy habits most of the time associate shame and guilt with their food choices. We all deserve the pleasures of good food and healthy eating.
All posts tagged: nutrition
Four Nutrition Tips for More Energy while Skiing and Riding Your Favorite Mountains
Five Nutrition Tips for More Energy while Skiing and Riding Your Favorite Mountains
Six Nutritents to Pay Attention to When eating Mostly or All Plant-based
For people who cut out animal products completely, there are several nutrients that need special attention.
Four Things to Consider When Making or Eating Food
What really gets me are the foods that nutri-wash. These are foods made to meet criteria for putting claims like high-protein, less- sugar, or plant-based on their package but a look at the ingredient list reveals junk like artificial flavors, colors, preservatives, or sweeteners.
Three Things to Anwer Before Braving the Grocery Store
Three Things to Anwer Before Braving the Grocery Store:
7 Things to Reduce Mindlessly Munching Through SIP
7 Things to Reduce Mindlessly Munching Through SIP
Fueling Summer Running
Back in May, I started ramping up the running miles. The snow had (mostly) melted and it was time to get base miles in for summer running adventures. By the end of May a starting feeling run down, worn out, and just wasn’t recovering from even short runs. My first instinct was “panic”. “What is wrong with me? Chronic fatigue? Adrenal Insufficiency? Imbalanced hormones?” I had already spent the winter not running and focusing on replenishment of nutrients, muscles, and rest. As I struggled through a twelve-mile Memorial Day run with my new running group, The Donner Party Mountain Runners, I felt like I had no energy and picking up my legs was more work than it should be. “Should I be on the gluten-free diet after all? Am I pre-menstrual, low on vitamin D? There is no way I am bonking! I eat plenty of carbohydrates daily and during my runs.” Or do I? I am a fueling expert. I know what I need and how often. At least that is what I have …
Nutrition Daze and Concussion Recovery
Literally it has been a few months since my last post. Recovery from a concussion incurred when walking my dog has set me back months on 1) Resigning my from eighteen year post as the lead nutrition strategist for Clif Bar & Company 2) Launching my own nutrition strategy company, and 3) Training for mountain adventures! No matter how a head injury is obtained, it is no joke. After a febal attempt at slowing down for two weeks and coming back to full speed the third week post concussion, I set myself back further. Big plans and big ambition have had me in over drive for the last year. When my doctor said take two days off and take it easy for a few weeks, she had no idea how ampt up my baseline was. Leaving one of the best offices and companies to start my own business from the mountain town of Truckee has been a year in the making and had me in a whirlwind of driving, texting (not while driving, thank you!), …
Mother’s Days. Adventures Are On!
Mother’s Day doesn’t seem right unless I am on the Northern California Coastline unplugged and with my dudes soaking up all the outdoor adventures we can squeeze into a long weekend of car camping. Some moms long for breakfast in bed, pampering of the nails, or brunching fine-dining style. Those things are great but, me? Nah, I ask for a family adventure. Even car camping is an adventure when you add kids and a new puppy to the mix! I wouldn’t have Mother’s Day any other way right now. Last year we opted for a Mother’s Day of regularly scheduled little league and a nice home cooked dinner. It was great but, we all longed to be under the oak tree near the stream hiking, biking, trail running and roasting s’mores. So this year we went back to the tent. This time of year Mama is usually training for some kind of mountain running/scramble race. My sights are on running the Broken Arrow 26km which, covers some of Squaw Valley’s famous terrain ascending to elevation of 8750 …
Performance Nutrition Behavior Number One: Eat!
Working along side some of the world’s most talented athletes and athletic adventurers I see and hear a lot of interesting food-related behaviors. Not all are good. Some folks seem to have a challenging relationship with food that gets in their way of helping them accomplish their goals. Whether those goals are to pick up running again after having a baby or to traverse the big ridge lines in the mountains, it isn’t just what you eat that is important but, also HOW you eat. Through my work and my own experimentation with food as fuel for my tara-sized adventures have identified three easily stated but, most difficult to accept practices around food. I refer to these behaviors as practices because like a yoga pose, there is always somewhere to realign or let go. Over the next three weeks I will share my food practices. Eat! Yes, just eat. That is practice-pose number one. Eat in a way that helps you achieve what you have in mind for the day. For example, if you plan …