What To Eat Before and After Your Race Race day is coming and you want to be fueled up to perform your best.  What should you eat before and after your race?  What foods will help you to perform your best and help your body to recover quickly?  These can be such tricky questions because...

Day 3: – Why We Need Fat in Our Diet For so many years we have heard over and over that to lose or maintain weight we need to eat a low fat diet.  Period.  While there is truth to this, there is a whole lot more to the equation.  There are many types of fat and fat is not always...

The Importance of Protein in a Runner’s Diet When most of us think of a runner’s diet the first thing that we think of is carbohydrates.  We think of the carbo loading sessions with massive amounts of pasta being consumed and while it is true that carbohydrates are the main source...

DAY 1: Don’t Sugar Coat It -Tips to Keep Carbs and Sugars Under Control I am not a nutritionist or a doctor but I have been successful at both losing and gaining weight over the last 15 years. I’m not saying my eating habits are perfect but I have learned some things that have helped...