Challenge Day 5: Try a New Food or Recipe Well, Challengers you’ve made it to the final day of the 5-day Challenge! Today builds on the last four days, so today you will continue with no-added sugar, make a green smoothie, meet your daily water requirements, pack your food with you for the day, do [continue reading]
Challenge Day 4: Pack your food for the Day When we were kids, our moms packed lunches and snacks for us. When we were babies, they never left home without a bottle and our baby food. That’s because Mom knew that we needed a steady supply of nutrients to get big and strong, and to [continue reading]
What a difference my clean eating plan has made in my life! Check out my college picture – I was always between 15-25 pounds heavier than I needed to be and thought I was eating healthy by eating salads, pasta and whole wheat bread. I didn’t look bad at that weight (you can see I [continue reading]
Do you ever overindulge in sugar, alcohol or junk? I know I do – Easter being a fine example – it happens, and I would argue those occasional indulgences are an important part of living a healthy, balanced life. If you are focusing primarily on clean eating, those occurrences won’t derail you from your goals. [continue reading]
Today I was sitting in the spin studio, getting ready to start class and I struck up a conversation with the woman to my right who had great tattoos on her arms and back. Ann told me that she got her work at a time in her life when she was really into tattoo subculture, [continue reading]
How many of you travel regularly for work? As someone who used to run a traveling business I can really I appreciate the challenge it is to stick to your clean eating when you’re on the road. Probably the number one reason I got so good at food prep was because every other week I [continue reading]
Green Smoothies are one of the most efficient and tasty ways to ensure you’re getting all the vital nutrients, anti-inflammatory compounds, phytochemicals and vitamins your body needs to function at its best into your body on a daily basis. Commercials for vitamins always crack me up – they are almost always packaged with pictures of [continue reading]
Today I have 5 tips for dropping that last 5-10 pounds. But first, let me tell you guys I LOVE Austin! Thank you so much for all your great recommendations! I took your advice and tried Uchiko; probably one of the best sushi experiences of my life! And I’ve joined Castle Hill Fitness. If you’re [continue reading]
A little inspiration to carry you through the New Year – and to all who are new to my feed welcome! One of my favorite ways to stay on top of my clean, healthy Fitness Food lifestyle is to make Daily Food Journals. I talk about this awesome strategy a lot in the Body Fuel [continue reading]
Just throw away your scale. Right now. The numbers on it don’t tell us anything about your muscle density, your awesomeness potential, your unique body composition. Just like the amount of calories in a meal will never tell you the whole picture about what that meal is doing for your body. Think eating 400 calories [continue reading]