Foodtrainers’ Blog
Is this mom’s bikini pic bold?
The woman pictured above is a 32-year-old mother of 3 (I was about to be snarky and say she started early but I did too). If Rachel passed me on the beach I would probably notice that her top is orange (my favorite) but not much more. If forced to comment, I’d...
10 Healthy Recipes for Passover and Easter
photo via Smitten Kitchen, mine never as pretty As much as we like tradition, there's nothing wrong with poached wild salmon, roasted asparagus or sweet potatoes or other simple recipes. Make sure to balance out your holiday menus or bring one of the following to your...
Wakaya and Foodtrainers a match made it heaven (or Fiji)
There are foods and food products I like and then those I love. When I love something there is no limit. Wakaya’s ginger and turmericteas and more recently their coarse sea salt (avocados love this) and dilo cream (natural sunscreen in it) are on my love list....
Love Pizza? Top 10 Guilt Free Ways to Enjoy It
Cauliflower Pizza Crust Perhaps? Fitbit posted my top 10 healthy pizza ideas today. You can check it out here. There's no reason why healthy should ever mean living without your favorite food fixes. What's your favorite all time pizza? Healthy pizza tweak? Pizza...
Should you think about food all the time?
Last week a client came in for her first follow-up session. She recapped her week and said, “I feel like I’m thinking about food all the time, should I be?” I have to say I hear this a lot. I dug a little and a lot of this client’s food thoughts were of the planning...
My must-haves for healthy travel
Monday we sent out our Spring break newsletter. If you placed an order, be patient. Many people did (thank you) and my partner in food crime, Carolyn, is conveniently Spring Breaking in Cartagena. I’m going away late next week (thank fucking god). This week I’ve been...
Kate Hudson Says This is Your Cake
I was reading Shape Magazine’s March issue (double Foodtrainers in there, Carolyn discusses “souping” and I explain the pros of pistachios). Kate Hudson is on the cover looking pretty damn good. In her interview she tells a story about an experience in France. I don’t...
What The Fork Are You Eating? Giveaway
I don’t really respect that many people. In terms of nutrition, I could rattle of a dozen RDs whose work I applaud but I am picky. love nothing more than people who are smarter than I am, know more and when they pair that with passion? They’ve got me. Enter...
Maybe you don't need fixing
I’m a clipper. Even though everything is available online when I read an article I like, I rip it out of the newspaper or magazine(when it is my newspaper or magazine, I mean I have manners). This weekend, for some reason I was fascinated learning Tupperware parties...
Coconut milk at Starbucks YOSA (yay or step away)?
You know we are coffee junkies around here but personally I’ve never had a Starbucks habit. My fam tells me this makes me a coffee snob, so I guess I’m a snobby junkie then. I say it’s all Lauren’s fault “be choosy with coffee and anything you consume...
Pinch me, Brie for your heart and bones?
I’ve been working on a heart healthy post for Fitbit since February is Heart Month. Some of my advice will be expected, you know eat your omega-3 foods and exercise but I’ve become obsessed with a vitamin I didn’t know that much about before. I know this sounds...
That one comment about your weight that sticks
A few times each week, I meet with a new Foodtrainers’ client. In these meetings we cover many of the things you’d expect. We discuss sleep and hydration, omega 3’s all that nutritiony/wellness stuff. I also like to gather a little history, a weight history, medical...
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