Trimarni Coaching and Nutrition

Snacks often get a bad reputation because most people choose packaged snacks that are packed with sugar, salt and artificial ingredients, adding energy dense and nutrient poor calories to the daily diet. Additionally, it's easy to snack out of boredom and stress. But if you choose your food wisely, snacking can give you energy to survive the day, help stabilize blood sugar, decrease hunger and fill in nutritional (or energy) gaps. While reducing mindless, boredom snacking will reduce unwanted calories, going too long without eating may slow your metabolism – making it difficult to lose weight, particularly if that was your intention by not eating between meals - and may lead to overeating at your next meal.  Snack tips: Change up your snacks based on appetite, energy, mood and meal options.  Keep non-perishable snacks on hand for all situations (ex. meeting, traffic, errands) Snack with reason and purpose - hold you over until the next meal, fill in nutrient gaps ...

    Our society loves to focus on foods that we should eat but rarely do we address the lifestyle that could be affecting our food choices and habits.   Often do I hear people saying that they don't have time....time to strength train/stretch, time to cook, time to sleep.   But if you are sick - how can you work? But, if you are injured - how can you workout or race? But if you are exhausted - how can you make smart choices, be productive and be consistent in life?    source When you think about a hunger scale, it's evident where we should be staying with our body when it comes to identifying the biological hunger cues for eating as well as when to finish a meal. So when someone speaks about not eating x-y-z food because it is bad or regretting eating too much at once, it may be helpful to refer to this scale..... or the lifestyle. I don't believe in bad foods. I think our society has it all wrong when they talk about how bloating, fe...

Wow - I can't believe it's been two weeks since IM KONA. After a few days, the aches, burns and chaffing subsided and that was a sign that I was officially in my off-season...and  I'm totally enjoying every day of it! Three full weeks of no weight bearing activity (ex. no running, plyometrics, etc.), no workout structure and no alarms. There's plenty of time to catch up on house chores, be super creative in the kitchen, take longer walks with Campy and just give a little TLC for my awesome body for what it allowed me to do this summer. And to rest up for a very exciting season of destination races: St. Croix 70.3 (May), IM Austria (June), IMWI (July). There's a lot of work to do in the off season after my recovery period and I am really excited to set new goals and to enjoy another exciting year with my healthy body. Just to recap the past few weeks, there have been no post-race blues, no guilty feelings about no structured activity (typically 30-60 min o...

Interesting article on snacking.. Snacking Also, interesting that I read the snacking article after reading this one.... America's fattest cities The way I see it, snacking is used for several reasons. 1) To compliment meals - what are you lacking at meals and can you include that in a snack to make the daily diet more balanced? 2) To prevent drops in blood sugar - going too long between meals can encourage a drop in blood sugar. Naturally, the body will crave sugar or "carbs" since the body is "craving" something to boost blood sugar. 3) To satisfy hunger - pre-meal snacking can help cravings and overeating. 4) To give you energy - research shows that with an increase in lean body mass, your body burns more calories at rest. As you work toward building more muscle, keep in mind that the more often you eat, the more likely you may be able to boost the metabolism. For many people, excessive and high calorie snacking results from meals being inbalanced (for many ...