This is a great topic. Anywhere you go, you can easily find a sugary, high-fat, starch-laden plethora of ‘breakfast’ choices, all of which will set you up nicely for a blood sugar crash later in the day. Muffins, gigantic scones, mocha (milkshakes), white bagels with jam. Where is the balance? An even better question, why […]
Read More ›When you’re trying to make lasting changes, quite often it’s a big help if your husband, your best friend or your office mates are on board to support us. Maybe you and your best friend have promised to be there for each other to encourage one another to make it to the gym. Or, your […]
Read More ›You’ve been doing great on your diet- learning what a portion size looks like, making sure to balance your healthy proteins with good sources of fat and whole, unprocessed carbohydrates and then…you go out to dinner. You panic. The waiter brings the bread basket and you find it hard to resist the temptation of the […]
Read More ›You’ve joined a gym, you’ve kept your promise to yourself to make your health a priority, yet you find yourself getting bored with doing 45 minutes on the elliptical 4 times per week. You’ve seen the selectorized equipment and the cables and have even ventured into the free weight area, only to feel overwhelmed and […]
Read More ›I don’t get it! The mere fact that it IS winter and the skies are grey and dreary (here in the Pacific NW, anyway!), and that the bone-chilling cold is around us, is reason in itself to get out and move! Bundle up, get out there and go! At this time of year, many people […]
Read More ›That is a loaded question! I do not claim to be an MD in any way, but I do sometimes have clients who’ll ask me about this. I certainly feel it is up to the person feeling ill (as opposed to me!) to decide whether or not to skip a training session, but I can […]
Read More ›You may’ve decided that you want to stick with your plan to lose some pounds, and as a result, you’ve chosen to go with one of the many ‘diet’ foods out there on the market. You may’ve noticed that coincidentally, when you added any one of the fake sugars to your diet, that you started […]
Read More ›Even though it’s past mid-January, I realized I’d not shared one of my New Year’s Goals with you: I’m writing a book! Since many clients (and friends and fam, actually) often ask similar questions about nutrition and exercise, I thought it would be fitting to put it all together in the form of a simple, […]
Read More ›It depends what you mean by energy bar and power drink! Unfortunately, those two terms bring to my mind items that are not necessarily food and are, furthermore, not such a good nutritional choice for you! Quite often, canned drinks, packaged bars and such labeled ‘energy’ this or ‘power’ that are named so due to […]
Read More ›Chris and I took the ferry to Catalina on Friday, registered and had a few hours to relax before heading out for the usual pre-race meal (for me, as always before a race, I had the mandatory baked potato along with some grilled chicken breast and veg…simple but fool proof after years of experimenting!) Despite […]
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