Dining, Resting, Relaxing…and Racing in Austria

Hello from Kaprun! An idyllic Alpine Spa nestled in the Austria Alps has thus far proven to be the epitome of an athlete’s home away from home while preparing for the main event- the 70.3 World Championships this Sunday, the 30th of August. While not as rich in history as it’s big brother, the Ironman […]

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Eating Right on the Road…Literally On the Road

This morning, as Chris, my husband, and I, packed up and left our charming little villa in Venice where we’d spent the last three nights to make the journey first to the main land, then by car to Austria, I wondered what was in store for us in terms of dining options along the way. […]

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Dining in Venice, Paleoista Style

What are the options above and beyond looking for gluten free pasta? Any time I travel, whether to a not too distant race up the coast, a vacation in Mexico or spending the holidays with family across the pond, the first thing I do is determine what type of exercise I’ll be able to do, […]

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Healthy Eating on the Plane? Make it Easy…and Fast!

It’s one thing to have a strategy in place for travel…once we arrive at our destination.   We can select the places where we’ll be staying and dining in order to determine which will offer the balance of being able to enjoy the local cuisine without compromising your nutrition choices.   In addition, it’s not hard […]

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Starting Your Day the Fat Burning Way

One of the trickiest things to get your head around once you’ve nixed the grains and the dairy is what the heck to eat for breakfast. Starting the day off with that bowl of oatmeal and low fat milk or the whole-wheat bagel with low fat cream cheese, in actuality, isn’t the best route to […]

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Ground Meats: Convenient, but Safe?

When it comes to cooking proteins quickly and easily, ground meat comes to mind as one of the top go-to choices. Not only are ground meats extremely versatile in terms of what you can prepare with them, from burgers to meatballs to scrambling them with eggs and veggies, they’re also incredibly easy to cook, making […]

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Laws of Leftovers: How Long do they last?

One of my top five suggestions on how to make eating properly an easy thing to do in terms of time and cost management has always been to make leftovers a regular part of your regime. Whether you prefer to prepare extra dinner to have the rest tomorrow at lunch, or include two ‘Hour in […]

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Can Convenience Food Be Healthy?

Convenience. Food. What comes to mind when you pair these two words together? Chances are, it’s not pretty. Accordingly, even the definition on Wikipedia[1] is right in line with what you might expect: convenience food, or tertiary processed food, is food that is commercially prepared (often through processing) to optimize ease of consumption. Such food […]

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Is There Room for Cheating in your Diet?

I fell in love with the Paleo approach over ten years ago, when I first learned that it was my ticket to pain-free, stomach-issue free, high performance living. A simple approach of eating fresh, local foods and avoiding highly processed, packaged items not only made sense, it was easy to follow and made me feel […]

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Healthy Food For Our Canine Companions

All this week, I’ve focused my blog posts on family. Getting the kids eating right, exercising as a family and tuning in to what type of overall regime might best suit the whole family is key in ensuring everyone is on board, healthy and bonding as a family unit at the same time. There’s one […]

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