You set your alarm for 5:30am. You get up, get dressed, and head out the door for your run, lift, or spin class. Eating something before you go sounds great in theory, but your stomach is not awake yet, and the idea of food at that hour feels more like a punishment than a strategy.…
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If you have spent any amount of time trying to eat well, there is a good chance you know this pattern. You are careful with food for a stretch of time, maybe a few days, maybe longer. And then something shifts. You eat more than you meant to, or more than felt okay, and the
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The short answer is no. Calorie counting is not necessary to be healthy, to perform well as an athlete, or to build a sustainable relationship with food. For many people — particularly active adults with any history of dieting — it actively gets in the way of all three. Here’s the longer version. If you’ve
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Most half-marathon training plans will take you from couch to 13.1 miles in detail. They will tell you exactly how many miles to run on what days, when to taper, and how to pace yourself on race morning. What most of them dedicate about one paragraph to is the thing that will actually determine how
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Does this sound familiar? “I do great all day. Healthy breakfast, decent lunch, skip the afternoon snack I don’t really need. And then 8 pm hits, and I can’t stop eating. I eat until I feel sick and then go to bed feeling like a failure.” “I have no problem with food during the day.
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You’re showing up to every workout. You’re eating what feels like plenty. And yet – you’re exhausted, your performance has flatlined, and you’re constantly ravenous by 9 pm. Sound familiar? Here’s the thing most people don’t want to hear: the problem probably isn’t your training plan. It’s your fuel. Underfueling, or eating too little to
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If you’ve ever Googled “intuitive eating for athletes,” you’ve probably found one of two things: either a gentle wellness blog suggesting you just “listen to your body,” or a sports performance site that doesn’t mention intuitive eating at all. There’s almost nothing in between. That gap is exactly where most of my clients live. They’re
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