Join the next group challenge, starting 9/2/24! Hi friends! Here is your biweekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing my current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: "hoping" isn't helping There is a short list of wellness phrases that make me cringe just a tad when I hear them. Having a "cheat day" is a big example. Another common phrase that does more harm than good is "hoping". It's usually expressed something like..."I ate badly...
22 days ago • 4 min read
Join the next habit challenge, starting soon! Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing my thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: manipulating ingredient lists Since adults consume 60% of their calories from ultra-processed foods (UPFs), and children consume 70% of their calories from UPFs, our nation's health is in a crisis. It is tragically sad for the current generation of young children, who are growing up...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Join the final group challenge of 2024, starting Sept. 2nd. Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: the no two-strikes rule My nutrition approach is all about progress, not perfection. To have a sustainable and positive relationship with food, it’s transformative to break the all-or-nothing mentality. When you can shake off the expectation of perfection, you...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Join the Challenge - Starting September 2nd Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: impatience is killing your success In today’s age of fad diets with harsh restrictions, and a nutrition industry selling false promises, people have come to expect maximum results with minimal effort. The roller coaster dieting may bring dramatic weight loss initially, but...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Join the September Group Program 💪9/2/24 -11/10/24 Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: reading ingredients Ultra-processed foods are the number one killer in America, causing more chronic diseases and killing more people than smoking and drinking combined. Still, not enough people are talking about it or challenging our food industry. My approach to...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Join the next group challenge starting 9/2/24 Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: #1 recipe for hitting protein at breakfast Breakfast, or the first meal of your day no matter what time it is, is the most important meal to hit your protein goal. I recommend hitting 30-50 grams of protein at each meal, especially breakfast. Your exact numbers per meal...
2 months ago • 5 min read
Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. The April Group Challenge has just concluded and I am in celebration mode along with the members who participated. The final week is always emotional for me, as I get to hear feedback from participants on how it changed their lives. Gratitude is an understatement. Food: progress, not perfection Progress, not perfection....
3 months ago • 4 min read
Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: what is the best pre-workout supplement? This is a question that I get asked often, and my answer may surprise you. It's not a fruit-flavored powder you mix in a shaker cup, or an energy drink in a can. It's straight-up caffeine. Old school, black coffee, with no sugar added. This popular drink has been linked to...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Hi friends! Here is your weekly Tri-Tip Tuesday, sharing our current thoughts on food, fitness, & travel. Please forward this to others if you think they may be inspired. Food: ozempic lawsuits Ozempic, the brand name for semaglutide, is an injectable medication manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk and used to manage type 2 diabetes. While Ozempic, Mounjaro, Wegovy, and others in the GLP-1 agonist category are only FDA-approved to manage diabetes, they have become...
3 months ago • 4 min read