Foodtrainers’ Blog
Kale is sort of a cliche', 5 other greens that compete
pretty micros via Good Water Farms Fitbit asked me for 5 greens for kale-ed out folks. I actually love to eat kale (shocker) but I am sick of hearing about it. There are other attention-worthy greens. I love micrograms from Good Water Farms and throw them on...
I play for team butter
Byrdie asked for my 2 cents on butter. The writer said, “I know you’re team butter” but will you answer these questions? “Team butter”, could there be a better team-ever? The full butter article can be found here but thought I’d add a few factoids Byrdie didn’t...
12 Swimsuit Diet Secrets
Fun slideshow via Health Magazine for some summer inspo. Yes, I voted for our beloved green tea (extra cred for matcha, try unsweetened almond milk matcha latte at Fika if you haven't). And of course because Foodtrainers help you be booze trainers and "lose while you...
The whole "dad bod" thing
Have you heard the term dad bod? I had heard rumblings but I looked into it further when Kaitlyn Bristowe (the latest Bachelorette) remarked to my beloved People magazine that she didn’t want a mate with the “dad bod”. Even as someone who feel looks matter and fitness...
Eat these foods to keep eating in check Memorial Day weekend
Me/laptop and bulletin board (why crop) Thank goodness there’s a shift away from tiresome calorie counting. If you counted the calories in your breakfast, step away from My Fitness Pal. it’s not a real pal. Instead, think about the quality of your food. What...
Should you be apple cider vinegar-ing?
Today we sent out our Monthly Morsels newsletter. May’s topic is what we call Ferm Foods (fermented/probiotic…too many syllables). We are Ferm freaks at Foodtrainers. If you’re wondering what these foods can do for you, here you go. One of our Ferm faves is...
Do you guilt eat?
I’ve written about peer pressure before and “bossy bosses”. Guilt eating is similar but generally speaking in this case the person gifting or offering food has good intentions. I hear instances of guilt eating all the time. Just this week “My mom left...
A not-super-fit looking yoga teacher may have solved all your problems
Friday, I ventured back to yoga for the first time in two years. Way back when, yoga and I didn’t have a casual relationship. I joined Pure Yoga (membership based = unlimited classes) and approached yoga the way I do all things- obsessively. I swung toward hot yoga,...
How do you feel right now? Give me three words…
Today we kicked off our 3-week Summer Squeeze. This is not a super-strict, quick fix regime (that would be our Whipping Week). This was designed to get habits in line and establish an eating system before summer officially starts. In order to get an...
Hemp-y Breakfast With Anna Kaiser
I had the pleasure of shooting a video you fitness guru Anna Kaiser. The requested topic was hemp and since hemp hearts are lauded in The Little Book of Thin, I was thrilled. An aside, I hadn't meant Anna prior. And you never know what a project will be like in this...
Maybe the "drunchies" are to blame.
So we’ve covered what to drink before; you know us Tulanian girls aren’t afraid of a good time and love our Tanteo tequila and Titos (ok and Veev, too) more than the average person. What you drink and how often are crucial variables when it comes to your...
It aint about the ass
As I was scrolling through Instagram (far less annoying to me than Facebook lately) last night, Tracy Anderson referenced Lena Dunham. I went to look and found this: Promised myself I would not let exercise be the first thing to go by the wayside when I got busy with...
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