Every holiday season, my clients ask me to share my favorite strategies for navigating the holiday season. I decided to write this to share my tips for maintaining a healthy weight during the holidays, since it can be an easy time to overindulge. Not to mention, once we start to enter the holiday season, healthy habits like eating well and exercising, begin to plummet to it’s lowest levels. With holiday work parties, family events, gift shopping (not to mention, all the wrapping), the constant planning and commitments…
Read MoreAs an athlete and a Registered Dietitian, I thought I had a pretty good grasp on optimal nutrition for performance. I competed in many triathlon and running races, long and short distance, following the general sports nutrition recommendations: high carbohydrates, moderate protein and lower fat. I was always about ten pounds overweight, bloated during training sessions, GI issues before, during and after race day…
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