I’ve been feeling breakfast lately. I’m not normally a breakfast gal. Don’t get me wrong… I LOVE breakfast food, just not at the traditional breakfast time. Remember nutrition timing? That was a thing where we’d say you must eat X before or after Y… for Z outcome. Then we found out our bodies are way more efficient generally at providing the nutrients we need when we need them and everything turned [...]
Greetings EMPOWER-ed People Thank you all for coming along on this health, wellness, and fitness, journey with me in one way or another. Today I want to talk about protein. One of the common issues I see with my fitness and nutrition client's is not getting enough protein in their diets. I used to hate talking about protein. As a vegetarian I would roll my eye so hard when someone would [...]
Here is a scene from most mother’s lives at some point. You are exhausted, maybe your youngest isn’t yet sleeping through the night, or maybe your kid is sick. You’ve not had a good night sleep in a week and even when you do catch a quiet moment your mind won’t stop reeling over all the things you need to do, so then you struggle to sleep in those sparse moments. [...]
Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte Did you know a grande pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks has 50g of sugar, 14g of fat, and nearly 400 calories? I always tell my clients “it’s not about the total number of fat or calories you’re consuming, it’s about where these are coming from.” 400 calories from artificial sugar and sweeteners is much different than 400 calories of pure pumpkin. This is an uncaffeinated version but you [...]
I had the honor to be on Good Morning Reno this morning, bright and early to show and chat about some healthy snacks for back to school! I chose these recipes because they are quick and easy to make, I am talking 30 minutes of prep for all 3, tops, and no bake or super short bake times. They provide a big bang for your time, and will leave you with healthy, [...]
