Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Every now and then I'm approached for an interview. Often times it is for a quote or two in a magazine on the topics of strength training, endurance training, nutrition or fueling.  However, with specialty areas specific to athletes in the areas of sport nutrition, endurance training/fueling vegetarian diets and developing a healthy relationship with food and the body, I enjoy the occasional opportunity when someone reaches out to me for an interview.  Recently I was interviewed by an amazing woman, Dr. Brooke . I met Dr. Brooke at the  Women's Fitness Summit .  Brooke reached out to me as not only an endurance female athlete but also a plant strong vegetarian athlete.  (If you are new to this blog, I don't endorse vegetarianism but I strongly believe that all athletes should embrace a plant strong diet - that is nourishing and fueling the body off real-food, grown with the help of Mother Earth. I have been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for almost 23 y...

Last night, my mom, Karel and I yummed over this meal not only during the meal, but after. It hit the spot.  For a meal that tasted so yummy and looked so colorful, there was not a lot of work needed for this meal.  Green pea lentils - cook according to package and season with herbs/spices of your liking or just a pinch of salt and pepper Mashed cauliflower - steam cut/cleaned cauliflower in large pot until soft. Drain water and mash with fork or potato masher. Season with caraway seeds, a pinch of salt and pepper and garlic to your liking. Avocado and pear salad - Romaine lettuce (chopped), chopped pear, diced avocado, sunflower seeds and artichokes Hard boiled egg or other protein As we enter the holiday season and new year, new habits may be born but more so, old habits will be hard to break. It's likely that you have found yourself at a dietary breaking point once or twice in the year in terms of "enough is enough, this has got to end." So what is i...