If it fits our macros. It’s a common term that's being used as the catchphrase for the new wave of eating. However, this is an old school phenomenon that your average gym patron can easily adhere ... Continue Reading
Ditch the Rigid Meal Plan
After two years of coming to the gym four days a week and not losing a single pound, my client approached me utterly frustrated. After two years of coming to the gym four days a week and ... Continue Reading
Turkey and Harissa Squash Skillet
Squash is a vegetable that many love to hate. Maybe it’s the texture or perhaps the somewhat bland flavor that is sometimes attributed to it, but the squash has a high nutritional value and it is worth ... Continue Reading
How Does a Pro Soccer Player Fuel Up
I’m Lauren Barnes and I’m a professional soccer play with the Seattle Reign FC. I’m also a plant-based athlete, which has been quite the adventure. There have been so many obstacles that have tested me ... Continue Reading
Personalize Your Snacks with DIY Protein Bar Kits
In an increasingly health-conscious world, the landscape of on-the-go snacks is changing. Instead of grabbing chips, sugar-laden granola bars, or other pastry-like snacks, people are instead opting for ... Continue Reading
Eat Big to Get Big?
As I fought to hit the last rep on my less than perfect bench press, I sat up to see a guy had been watching my struggle from across the gym. I'd only been training a few weeks and my form was pretty ... Continue Reading
This Whitefish Dish Saves Time with Meal Prep
This week’s back to school schedule: cross country practice three nights a week, music lessons back to back for two kids on one night, hockey practice and a game two nights, and a school fundraiser on ... Continue Reading
Stay Fit While Traveling
I recently experienced a long week-and-a-half stint of travel. Memorial Day weekend was spent in Toronto for a fitness conference (a five hour drive both ways), arriving back home for a quick two-day break ... Continue Reading
Practical Advice on Peri-Workout Nutrition
Despite all the confusion surrounding pre and post-workout nutrition, what you should consume comes down to common sense, more than anything else. To break it down mechanistically, carbohydrates are ... Continue Reading
Stop Trying To Hack Your Diet
First off, let’s get one thing out of the way: I hate the word hack. It’s overused, trite, and has been misconstrued into something it was never originally meant to be. Long ago a hack was someone who was ... Continue Reading
The Skinny Guy’s Guide: Eating to Gain Muscle
Are you the stereotypical skinny guy struggling to pack on any appreciable amount of muscle mass? If I have your story right it might go something like this: You eat everything in sight, train your butt ... Continue Reading
Are Meal Planning Services Worth It?
Shopping and preparing your own food is the hardest it has ever been in our modern life. We work more, are constantly connected online, and just want to crash when we come home. Food gathering and ... Continue Reading
Fix Your Meal-Prep Mindset
With a full-time job, gym time, social time, relax time, and anything else life demands, meal prep can be a daunting task. Fall brings back-to-school time, and that can be the last straw. Poor meal ... Continue Reading
Create Your Own Meal-Planning Cookbook
As a registered dietician, a common request I get is helping clients create meal plans. Theoretically, meal plans are easy, right? Get a plan and follow it. Unfortunately, it isn’t that simple. A plan ... Continue Reading
Fundamentals for Meal Prep Phobics
As bathing suit season quickly approaches, you may be doing everything right in the gym to prepare yourself, but what happens when you still aren’t seeing results? The answer may be right in your own ... Continue Reading
Intermittent Fasting or Mini-Meals: What’s Right for You?
Many people still believe that eating smaller, frequent meals is the best option for fat loss. While it certainly is an option, it isn’t superior to other meal schedules. Energy balance and food quality ... Continue Reading
Our Family’s Whole30 Journey – From a Teen’s Perspective
<strong">Every year, our family completes two Whole30 programs to refresh our bodies and improve our relationships with food. We just finished our first Whole30 in January and will do another one in ... Continue Reading
3 Tools for a Week of Healthy Eating: A Meal Plan, Grocery List, and Fun
We all know meal preparation, grocery shopping, and cooking ahead are necessary evils in order to stay on track. They can seem like such overwhelming and time-consuming tasks. The Job's a Game I used ... Continue Reading
How to Feed a Big Family Without Breaking the Bank
My husband and I have seven children, and as you can imagine, feeding a family of nine can get expensive. We save every penny and buy only what we need and can afford in cash. My passion is ... Continue Reading
Eating Clean On the Go: It’s All In the Planning
What if someone were to say you could have a full-time job, finish your college degree, have several children, work out, eat well, and have impromptu dance parties, all without losing your mind? Well, no ... Continue Reading
The Cost of Eating Well: How to Eat Better for Less Money
I have always been what one might call a “food snob” and what many might call a little bit “over the top” with the foods and ingredients I eat (or don’t eat). For me, though, it seems routine and normal, ... Continue Reading
