This is a post that my colleague Becky wrote recently.  She gets most of her recipes from the MissFIT Meals and Morsels Cookbook .  You can click on the title to learn more about it. Here is her post.

I care about nutrition.  A lot.  I blog about food.  Duh.  I cook nearly every meal using whole foods.  I read about food.  I research about nutrition.  I meal plan, shop and try new recipes.  I am pretty much the food manager for my family.  I have a high level nutrition certification and nutrition is something that is almost constantly on my mind.

I eat pretty clean, as I should, or I’d be a huge hypocrite, right?  But, I am far from perfect and I’m okay with that.  I like to live and eat in a way that fuels a healthy body as well as gives peace about my choices.  I strive to create an encouraging, stress-reducing atmosphere for myself as well as those I coach on nutrition.  Food is fuel, yes.  Food is also for enjoyment.

This means I can have my whole wheat dark chocolate cake and eat it too.

There is always room for improvement, though.

To keep myself in check and be sure I live consistently with what I preach as well as what I practice, I like to have goals I am constantly working on.  I’ve previously let you all know what I eat as a personal trainer .  Here are 5 nutrition practices I’m working to incorporate as of late.  Read More...