Written By: Lauren Weissman, Dietetic Intern Reviewed By: Lauren Manganiello, MS, RD, CDN, RYT; Intuitive Eating Sports Nutritionist and Yoga Teacher When I left you last, we had gone over intuitive eating principles 1-5 and I encouraged you to be curious and to work on incorporating them into your...
Can You Be an Athlete and an Intuitive Eater? Thoughts From A Sports Nutritionist, Part 3
Can You Be An Athlete And An Intuitive Eater? Thoughts From a Sports Nutritionist, Part 2
Written By: Lauren Weissman, Dietetic Intern Reviewed By: Lauren Manganiello, MS, RD, CDN, RYT; Intuitive Eating Sports Nutritionist and Yoga Teacher In my last post on this topic, I discussed the concept of being an athlete AND an intuitive eater. It’s something that would seem like an impossibility based...
Can You Be an Athlete and An Intuitive Eater? Thoughts from a Sports Nutritionist, Part 1
Written By: Lauren Weissman, Dietetic Intern Reviewed By: Lauren Manganiello, MS, RD, CDN, RYT; Intuitive Eating Sports Nutritionist and Yoga Teacher If you know anything about intuitive eating, it would seem like the answer to this question would be no. I mean, in the world of competitive sports and...
Intuitive Eating, AKA The Anti-Diet: What is it REALLY?? Thoughts from a Sports Nutritionist
Written By: Lauren Weissman, Dietetic Intern Reviewed By: Lauren Manganiello, MS, RD, CDN, RYT; Intuitive Eating Sports Nutritionist and Yoga Teacher I was having a conversation with a friend the other day and we got into the topic of Intuitive Eating. She is someone who has struggled with yo-yo...
The Athlete Mindset and Why I Became a Sports Nutritionist
This originally appeared on my instagram page in 2019 (see original below); however I decided to re-post on here after being inspired by Teddy Bridgewater (NFL athlete). This one is for all of the athletes who realized that it’s more than just a sport . I see you and...
2018 Resolutions & Intentions
Once a month, my older brother, Michael, and I meet up for drinks in mid-town Manhattan. Last night we were talking about this year and how much life has changed in the past 365 days. Last December I was at completely different place in my life. At the...
Fresh Tomato & Basil Salad
Growing up in an Italian household, tomatoes and basil were abundant (my parents grew them in their garden) and olive oil was on tap (just kidding ). Some of my fondest childhood memories of family get togethers always had this tomato and basil salad served as an appetizer. Little...