There are few places on earth I love as much as Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The fresh air, the wildflowers, the crisp, cool mornings… plus, my aunt & uncle live here and we always have a fabulous time when we visit! This gorgeous view is my reward for making it to the top of the hill where …
I confess, my roller-coaster emotions of late have little to do with my struggles to find a new use for my almond pulp as suggested in my previous post… No, they have more to do with the fact that it’s that unique season every ex-pat recognizes, usually at the end of May and early June, known …
I love birthdays!! And it doesn’t even have to be my own! But now… I do have another birthday to celebrate each year: the birthday of this blog!!! Can you believe it was one year ago today that I first hit that “Publish” button to bring “The Expat Dietitian” into being? Friends, looking back on …
So I haven’t had any public speaking engagements since October, then lo and behold, I’ve had two this week, both on childhood nutrition… Go figure! Much of my career has been spent in the realm of helping kids eat healthfully. I’ve done everything from inpatient & outpatient hospital work, to school foodservice, to being a …
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Well folks, I’m back from my trip to Vancouver! And as promised, I did not do one single pushup. Nor did I do one single blog post! I left with what I thought were reasonable aspirations to do a fun “what I ate” post, or a little fitness post… or something! But you know what? It …
Hi friends, what are your best tips for staying fit while on holiday? Spring Break is right around the corner for us, and I’ve been thinking about how holidays break up your routine, for better and for worse. While they provide a much-needed break in every way, taking too long of a hiatus from your fitness routine …
Hi folks! Back to the regular edition of WIAW… I woke up starving! I had my usual green smoothie… But I added to my breakfast by putting almond butter and blueberry jam on my banana oat cookies. Yum! I’m normally not a fan of any sort of PB& J combination but this hit the spot.
Some of you may be under the balmy impression that because I’m a dietitian, my children also tow the line of embrace the near-vegan, low-sugar, no-processed-foods diet that characterizes my lifestyle. So let me describe a conversation that occurred at my dinner table a few nights ago… Kids: “Oh I remember string cheese as such a childhood food…” …
I was just thinking the other day how long it’s been since I’ve had a cold… or any illness, really, and I felt inwardly smug. I prided myself on how my super-healthy eating and workout routines obviously keep my immune system impervious to germs. Well. I’m sitting here this morning with my face completely blocked up with …
It started out, as Katniss Everdeen would put it, as “a hollow day… a day where no matter what you put in your belly, it’s never enough.” (The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Limited, 2008.) I had my green smoothie, as usual, but instead of a plain banana oat cookie (the usual,) I topped it …
