Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

                                        I love blueberries. I can easily go through a carton a day in the summer. But now that it is late September (insert tear), local fresh blueberries won't be stocked on the grocery store shelves until next blueberry season (which runs from April to late September). But if you are a blueberry lover like me, we can continue to get our fix in the frozen food section. Yay for frozen blueberries! If you are concerned that frozen fruits and veggies are not as nutritious as their fresh counterparts, I have great news for you. When fruits and veggies are picked and frozen at peak ripeness, they retain a comparable nutrient profile compared to fresh. And if you consider where most fruits and veggies come from (often on the other side of the world), frozen fruits and veggies can actually retain more nutrients when they are frozen compared to fresh. To optimize ...

 For over 2 weeks, I had most of my meals prepared by Karel's mom. And we only ate out five times in the 3.5 weeks throughout our time in Austria and Czech. I can't tell you how many new foods I tried or how many times I yummed. It's very common that eating outside of your home environment, whether for a work conference, an event, vacation or celebration, can make you feel a lack of control, thus making you think you are doing something wrong. I also hear individuals talking about how they feel after eating when traveling, using words like gross, fat, heavy, bloated and uncomfortable. After extended periods of eating outside of the home environment, it's common that individuals will say things like "I need to cleanse" or "I need to get back on track" or "I'm going to be really good for the next 4 weeks" or "I need to diet". There can be an immediate need to gain control and in the mind, the "best" opti...

Food Freedom.   It's a beautiful thing.  When you can eat what you want, when you want and feel better after you eat than before.  Food freedom means not obsessing about the right time or the wrong time to eat something or having a permit as to the only time to eat something.  Food freedom means removing the pressure to eat a certain way and not criticizing yourself for "messing up". It means not terming food or bashing the body but instead, enjoying the variety of foods that fuels your lifestyle and nourishes the body.  I absolutely love pancakes and pizza and many other foods that perhaps, are on the off-limit food list for many people. Certainly I do not enjoy these foods on a daily basis for if I did, I would not yum over them when I occasionally have them. Also, there's a special way that I eat food - all kinds- in that I make sure that when I eat, I am accountable of what I put into my body and I always make sure I portion what I eat so that I f...