Eating healthy while out and about is not the easiest thing to do. Many chains now offer a few token ‘healthy’ options like side salads but those really aren’t meal substitutes. We eat out so often and I usually try to opt for a healthier choice, plus I’m vegetarian so the options are limited. Personally... Continue Reading →
7+ Go to Garbage Meals
So… I don’t meal plan. I actually did when we were in lockdown briefly and it was great, less food waste and time wasted every week. Sometimes when we’re super busy I don’t cook at all for weeks at a time. In the winter I cook at least 2 meals a day at home but... Continue Reading →
How to Reframe Diet Culture
Even though this blog could be classified as health and wellness I try not to focus on dieting too often. Why is that? There are way more clicks in ‘losing belly fat’ rather than ‘taking up a sustainable fitness routine’. Well I’m not a nutritionist and focusing on the minutia of metabolism which I do... Continue Reading →
The Science of Exercise Fuels, Gels and Sports Drinks
What are they, do you need one, do they help and which one is best? Big questions for sure but do they even work is a pretty good one too! I found it a really weird concept that I would eat while I was running when I trained for my first half. It was a... Continue Reading →
How to Deal with Runger: Don’t Overeat after Workouts
Lots of people are majorly motivated to exercise because they want to lose some weight. It is true that most wight loss happens in the kitchen not the gym but it can help. You certainly don’t want to let the ravenous hunger that can happen after a workout to derail you. So what is runger... Continue Reading →
Mindful Ideas to Limit Your Meat and Animal Product Consumption
I’m largely a vegetarian and my main reason for being so is climate change. So I do eat some sustainably harvested local seafood and game when it’s available. I also found that once I gave it up the health benefits were pretty great too. There are lots of great reasons to be vegetarian or even... Continue Reading →
8 Tips and Ticks for Getting Calories Back in while Training
Lots and lots of people use exercise to either lose or control their body weight. You all can click off this isn’t for you. However, if you continue to train for the love of the sport over the long term all that training potentially leads to a lower weight than you’d like then this is... Continue Reading →
Fasted Cardio: Should you Run on empty and what to eat before a run?
Today is all about fasted cardio. What is it? Why do people do it? And perhaps most importantly should you do it? We will did into a little bit of science here along the way but this time I’m going to put my opinions out there at the start and that is a really strong... Continue Reading →
What’s the Deal With GMOs Really: A Biologist’s View
Some of ya’ll are going to hate this and maybe even unsubscribe and that’s okay. You’re going to want to say that this is just my opinion and some of this sort of kind of is but not all of it really its based entirely on science. What we will cover is legitimate concerns not... Continue Reading →
What Does Science Say You Should Do Once You’ve Lost the Weight?
You’ve put a lot of hard work into losing weight, good for you! That’s a major accomplishment! Now you want to keep it off or even lose a little more. Here’s the thing there is emerging science that reveals that people who have lost a lot of body weight (aka those that are weight reduced)... Continue Reading →