Nutrition | Ask A Fitness Coach

How to Find the Serotonin Sweet Spot

August 19, 2010 By Chelsea Bush 6 Comments

Feeling frazzled? Lethargic? Too cranky to exercise? Use these three tricks to boost your energy and your spirits.

Filed Under: Exercise, Fitness, Nutrients, Nutrition Tagged With: exercise serotonin, food effects on brain, good mood foods, mood health, serotonin levels, serotonin production, vitamin C energy, vitamin deficiency mood swings

Six Rules for Healthier Grocery Shopping

August 12, 2010 By Chelsea Bush 7 Comments

Should you buy organic produce? Skip frozen foods? Eat samples at Costco? Believe health claims on labels?

Here’s a guide for anyone sick of leaving the grocery store with a cartful of crap.

Filed Under: Nutrition Tagged With: Costco samples, decoding food labels, farmers market, Fast Food Nation, food manufactures health claims, Food Rules, frozen food, grocery shopping, grocery store, health benefits of produce, Michael Pollan, organic food, small farms

Women Food and God: An End to the Food Fight?

August 5, 2010 By Chelsea Bush 10 Comments

In her guide to food, fat, spirituality and pretty much everything else, does Geneen Roth give us the keys to weight loss and wellbeing at last?

Filed Under: Cravings, Nutrition, Reviews, Weight Loss Experts Tagged With: binging, compulsive eating, dieting, eating guidelines, fad diets, fast food cravings, food relationship, Geneen Roth, intuitive eating, obesity, overweight, Women Food and God, women’s wellness

Quick and Dirty Guide to Eating Post-Workout

July 29, 2010 By Chelsea Bush 5 Comments

Wondering what, when and how much you should be eating after your workouts?

Here are the answers, plus a few tips for fighting the urge to pig out post-exercise.

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365 Days Without a Pepsi

July 26, 2010 By Ryan 9 Comments

My story of going from soda lush to soda free and how you can too. The sun is blazing, the temperature is rising, and you’re stuck outside diggingpost holes for your new fence. An oasis of a Coca-Cola waterfall is all you can see rising up from the pavement three blocks away.

Filed Under: Cravings, Nutrition, Real Life from Ryan Tagged With: 4 ways to quit soda, coca-cola, diet coke, how to quit drinking soda, importance of hydration, pepsi, stop drinking diet coke, stop drinking diet pepsi, stop drinking soda, water, ways to stop soda drinking

Drop the “Freshman 15”: Six Food Rules for Students

July 15, 2010 By Chelsea Bush 8 Comments

College weight gain is common: With labs, lectures and late-night study sessions, we eat fast food, guzzle caffeine and think “I’ll deal with my body in four years.”

Good news: you CAN gain a diploma without gaining 30 pounds. Just follow these college nutrition commandments.

Filed Under: Cheat Day, Cravings, Nutrition Tagged With: 80% full, breakfast, caffeine, cheat days, coffee, college nutrition, college weight gain, dining out, farmer’s market, fast food, Food Rules, freshman 15, grocery store, natural energy boosters, processed food, school nutrition, student nutrition, student weight gain, treats

So How Do I Know When I’m 80% Full?

July 8, 2010 By Chelsea Bush 19 Comments

Sometimes, when I’m really starving (or eating at my favorite Mediterranean restaurant), I go straight from 0% to 110% full without even realizing it. There’s no pause, no warning, no hint to stop forking up every last bite — and suddenly I can’t move.