How To Survive an Ultra Marathon

This September I competed in my first ultra marathon – a 50K (31 mile) trail race in The North Face Endurance Challenge series! If you’re surprised, trust me, I was too! I actually thought I was competing in a 20-miler! But, you know what, when it came down to it, I trusted myself and my [...]

30 Days to Help Yourself: A Dietitian, Chef, and Trainer Team Up

Everyone wants to know the best way to lose weight. In a word, it’s support. Support is so important because it fuels your mindset and determination to accomplish any goal. Support comes from family, friends, and if you really want to be successful health and wellness professionals. Not only can dietitians, trainers, and “healthy eating” [...]

Biggest Loser at Home: Changing Behaviors That Matter

I am dedicating my blogs this week to tips for how you can get The Biggest Loser experience at home. As the experts behind the show explain, one of the reasons the people lose so much weight consistently is because of their new environment. But you can change your environment at home, too. Biggest Loser [...]

Biggest Loser Exercises At Home

I am dedicating my blogs this week to tips for how you can get The Biggest Loser experience at home. As the experts behind the show explain, one of the reasons the people lose so much weight consistently is because of their new environment. Biggest Loser success is within everyone’s reach. Earlier this week, I [...]

Biggest Loser Diet at Home

One of the things I think makes this show unique is that more people watch it for inspiration rather than entertainment. As a nutrition and fitness expert who tunes in religiously, I get tons of questions about my impressions of the show. My favorite is the epiphanies and “a-ha” moments people experience on camera. You [...]

Pretty Tough Podcasts

Know teen athletes? Listen to my latest podcast on meals and meal timing with @PrettyTough http://ping.fm/qMetv and while you’re at it, listen to my first one: http://ping.fm/Wk6wh
Episode 3: meal planning
I’m recording dozens of podcasts with Pretty Tough on sports nutrition. This is so important because female athletes have unique nutrition needs and an overwhelming societal [...]

Running For Cancer Research, Please Help

I’m writing this blog post to ask you to help me fund cancer research. On October 11, 2009 I am running Chicago Marathon with Fred’s Team, on behalf of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Aubrey Fund. Fred Lebow was a running legend and creator of the New York City Marathon who was determined to [...]

Exercise When You Are Sick?

Is exercising when you feel sick a good idea? Maybe, maybe not. Read this week’s Workout Wednesday post on the Fuel blog  http://ping.fm/hvB70

The Price of Misinformation in the Media

Misinformation in the media can be dangerous. It breeds confusion, frustration, and even fear.
Just last week I posted some tips for spotting nutrition misinformation on the internet.  Little did I know there would be two national media outlets in print and television (Time and Good Morning America) that would produce misleading stories in nutrition and [...]

Four Keys to Wellness, Just for Women

How many women do you know who put themselves last? Probably a zillion. We can’t help it. We’re women. We nurture. But the reality is that we really can’t take care of others unless we take care of ourselves first. That’s a tough pill to swallow because we feel so guilty when we think about [...]