My active, healthy lifestyle is such a big part of my life. As a health coach, I love getting the opportunity to share some of my knowledge and passion about health, and to help support my clients in reaching their healthy living goals. I believe there's no greater feeling than feeling healthy & happy from the inside out! That feeling transcends into every other part of life. Making an active lifestyle a priority, feeling like you have the power in your diet, and coping with stress in healthy ways are some of the things that I work on with my clients. Normally, I offer a 6-month health coaching program, where the client and I "meet" (via in person, Skype or phone) every other week to hold an hourlong session. In between those meetings, we often communicate via email, ... [Read More]
Archives for January 2016
How I Recover from Challenging Workouts
Hey friends! How have your workouts been in 2016 so far? I'm proud to say that I've been kicking some serious butt lately! After taking a few weeks off of exercise being sick at the start of the year (I can't remember the last time I took even a week off of workouts before that!), I was so happy to get back into it. Working out truly just makes me feel awesome, balanced, happy and accomplished. (There's a reason this blog is called Foodie Loves Fitness people!) I'm in the midst of week 2 of a 6-week challenge with my HIIT gym, where I've committed to workout there at least 4x a week for the duration of the challenge. So far it's going great, but boy, do those HIIT sessions fatigue my muscles. Since it's the end of January when a lot of people are a good couple of weeks into ... [Read More]
Copycat Lemon Twist Hummus
Last fall, my friend Danielle came into town for the weekend and we had a girls' wine tasting day in Temecula. We had a picnic at one of the wineries, and I had brought apples, cheese, pretzels, almonds, pumpkin bread, and a new flavor of hummus from Sabra called Lemon Twist: We pretty much housed the entire container of delicious hummus into our wine-filled bellies, and I made a mental note to try to recreate lemon twist hummus at home. Last week, my favorite HIIT studio, The Fit Mill, hosted a membership event where we worked out, then enjoyed snacks & wine afterwards. I recently began partnering with The Fit Mill with my health coaching biz, and for the occasion I whipped up a few of my recipes. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to create a copycat lemon twist ... [Read More]
The Diet Trick That’s Guaranteed to Make You Healthier
Nutrition is such an interesting subject. There are so many dietary theories out there with millions of loyal followers, yet often they conflict with each other. (Image via the Institute for Integrative Nutrition) In all honesty, some of them make me cringe a bit. I'm talking to you, Paleo followers that claim they're "eating like a cave man" yet they buy conventionally raised meat that was likely transported from halfway across the country from animals that had been pumped full of hormones and antibiotics, and fed a diet unnatural to them. But I digress. Nutrition can definitely be confusing for people, even for someone whose studied nutrition and is really into food like myself. While dietary theories can drastically differ in ideology, there's one thing that I believe all ... [Read More]
#Gratefulin2016 {Weekend Recap}
If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. Hi friends! I'm coming at ya a day later than my usual Monday post due to my being (mostly) off of work for yesterday's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. After I wrote my post on 10 techniques to develop a positive attitude a few weeks ago, I started thinking about how I could share more positivity on social media this year. I like to post positive quotes and thoughts here and there, but I decided that in 2016, I will consciously spread positivity online each and every week using one of the techniques I mentioned: Take a few moments to count your blessings daily. (source) And just how am I planning on ... [Read More]
San Diego Spotlight on Swami’s Cafe
Hi friends, and Happy Friday! Today is another installment of my new San Diego Spotlight series, in which I share details about local restaurants, dessert spots, and wineries that I love. So far I've talked about Crepes & Corks Restaurant & Wine Bar and Elizabethan Desserts (Note: They were undergoing temporary closures the last time I stopped in there - insert sad teary face). Today's feature is a quintessential Southern California eatery called Swami's Cafe. Swami's Cafe is a wonderful hippy dippy sort of place that has 9 locations around San Diego County. My favorite one that I've been to (I haven't hit all of them just yet!) is their Highway 101 Encinitas spot, which is situated in a great location right next to the beach. This is most likely their first location, as ... [Read More]
