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Registered Dietitian, CF-L1, and food sensitivity expert empowering you to peak performance

Registered Dietitian, RRCA Run Coach, Beachbody Coach on a mission to promote health & wellness by eating clean, lifting heavy, & getting a little muddy.

04/03/2026

Yall ever have chips that taste like fish?!

I like to peruse the weird hello kitty looking store in the mall that has weird flavored Asian snacks.

I present - seafood chips.

No joke.

3 different topics of crisps in the bag.

Ones made from fish, ones from shrimp, and ones from squid.

They made the squid ones into little hollow rectangles so you could at least tell those apart.

Seafood flavored chips are…weird.

Like the flavor in your mouth is the same one in your nose on a shrimp boat or in a fresh seafood store.

But then it’s like they added some zataran’s and compressed it into a chip.

Don’t get me wrong, I ate those whole bag.

It was weirdly tasty.

…or I was just starving?

04/02/2026

Did I go to another cookie decorating class??

I sure did!

The Blue Cookie Jar is hosting Easter cookie classes this week and I just had to go make these super cute cookies!

Not going to lie, this class was much easier than the first!

I think it was just from the experience.

You just get into the routine:
Outline
Flood
Move to the side

Working in sections, you do parts of each cookie at a time.

I’m definitely going to have a hard time eating these as they’re too precious.

The chick and bunny might live forever in my freezer like my Schitt’s Creek cookies 🤣🤣
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We have to go the entire summer without another class so I will anxiously await the fall.

I’m also thankful for The Makery for hosting these classes, I just wish they had some of their yummy goodies for sale so I can snack while decorating.

04/01/2026

This is not an April Fools joke - the wellness retreat for 2027 is on sale NOW.

It takes place February 5 - 8 in beautiful Inlet Beach, Florida.

There’s plenty of learning but also plenty of down time to enjoy all that 30A has to offer!!

I do anticipate a sell out this year, so snag your spot sooner rather than later.

And feel free to reach out with any questions you might have.

Book your spot below 👇🏼👇🏼
https://mrcnutritionandwellness.com/shop/

PS - if this link takes you to a blank page, PLEASE let me know. It’s been wonky lately😵‍💫

03/31/2026

Not me patiently waiting for retreat launch day.

Tomorrow is the day!

Alumni have had their time, newsletter subscribers have had their time, now it’s time for everyone else!

So if you’re friends of alumni and you’ve been patiently waiting, tomorrow is your opportunity.

Once this sells out, it sells out. There’s no squishing people in.

When I created this retreat I wanted small, family feel to it.

I didn’t wanted large capacity where you get lost in the crowd or go all weekend without connecting with anyone.

One table with family style meals vs chaffing trays and mass produced food.

Hills I will die on.
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Please don’t forget - it is NOT a running retreat!!!

Just so happened a lot of runners attended this year.

It’s also not a yoga specific retreat, but we will do some gulf side yoga to start the day.

One more sleep, yall!!!

03/30/2026

Bye money 💸

Plantapaloza has come and gone.

It was…chaotic.

Did I get a few new plants, yes.

Did I bypass a lot of overpriced “variants” and blah blah, also yes.

Am I about to spend $30 on a 2” prop that I hope is going to grow big and beautiful?

Absolutely not.

I got some super cute little pothos plants that I didn’t already have.

We also got to eat at a new to us food truck. Which was delicious.

But will I go back to plantapalooza?

Probably not.

I’d rather just get plants from Palafox Market and Facebook Marketplace.

Which I did get 2 new philodendrons and a new giant monstera from on Saturday 😬

03/27/2026

A year ago we were in Australia! ….wearing a live snake as a belt 😳

I miss it.

We were gone for 10 or 11 days and we needed like 47 more days down under.

Last year we started our seven summits journey with Kosciusko.

We actually summited 2 days in a row because the weather was phenomenal the second day.

On our way back to Sydney we found an incredible animal sanctuary that you did private tours at!!

I think we spent close to 3 hours feeding kangaroos, emus, quokkas, and sugar gliders.

Tasmanian devils are adorable and wear their battle scars like championship fighters. Definitely nooooo touchie.

Tawny frogmouths are my literal favorite!! One flew and landed on my arm!

We got to pet the very sleepy koalas.

And then on to reptiles!!

Yall know everything is bigger in Australia and some of the reptiles they have just chilling in their yard was a little wtf. And aussies are just like oh yeah, they come into the houses sometimes and you just shoo them out. WHAT.

But this leg less buddy just wanted to be my friend.

He didn’t wrap around Brian but he sure wanted to come home with me.

…so did the quokka, but like laws and stuff.
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We were supposed to be climbing Kilimanjaro this year…but nothing is looking really fun internationally so we’re not risking the travel.

I guess it gives us another year to train!

03/26/2026

Here’s my favorite nutritional travel hack.

Travel with powdered protein packs.

It’s so simply yet so many people don’t do it.

You can even traveling with random baggies labeled “protein” and make it past TSA.

But it’s so much easier to travel with single serves.

Especially when you know you can’t control the food situation.
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I always have my Thorne packs as back ups in case I can’t find a trash to drink protein option to pair with my coffee in the mornings.

While I’m Atlantis, I added it to my overnight oats and it was perfection.
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What’s your favorite nutritional travel hack??

03/25/2026

If you’ve been watching my stories - or my Strava - you might have seen an uptick in my running.

Don’t worry, nothing crazy.

Literally just running A mile.

One.

Remember Friday when I had my pity party?

Yeah. I decided that 1 mile a day of running would help get back into the swing of things.

…and now I feel like Splits ☠️

Because no, I didn’t stop my Echelon classes in the morning.

Now I’m just trying to run on tired legs.
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I know some people are like “why just one mile? What good is that?”

Honestly, not much health-wise.

But mentally?

What a deposit of confidence!!

Even yesterday when we ran outside, Brian said I was speedy.

I was dragging ass like I normally do when it gets hot.

Again, only one mile.

But it’s enough to bring me back into the game.

One mile is less than 15 minutes of the 24 hours I get in one day.

Such a small chunk of time but such an important one.
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What are you starting small on? Or what have you already been doing that’s getting you further to your goals?

03/24/2026

Does anyone else have a less than helpful “coach” supervising their workouts?

When I’m on the bike, I’m fine.

Treadmill is also fine but it gets way more looks of contemplation than the bike.

Lifting a barbell is also a green light.

Core exercises on the floor?

Straight to jail.

I get headbutted, sneak attacks, you name it she does it.

Today I got my throat stepped on while her tongue examined the inside of my nostril.

wtf.

Worst. Coach. Ever.
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While I might not be as cute as Addie Mae, I promise not to do you dirty or violate your personal space.

Unfortunately I do not accept snacks as forms of payment though…

03/23/2026

I hate cooking in a cramped kitchen.

I hate it.

I enjoy cooking when I have space to set up and prep and prepare.

Cooking where you can have 3 things going at once because you can spread out and have their own stations.

My current kitchen is lackluster.

There’s basically once spot to do anything and everything and it makes things incredibly frustrating.

My retreat house on the other hand, space for DAYS.

I can have so many things going at once it’s unreal.

This allows me to enjoy cooking for the attendees.

All of the retreat meals are on site. We eat together - sometimes outside if weather allows - and I cook all the things!

We did have 2 meals catered which I didn’t hate at all.

I’ve already started planning meals for next year. Think simple, but healthy.
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So am I the only weirdo who needs elbow room to enjoy cooking??

03/20/2026

Oof.

Real talk on a Friday.

I’ve been on a break…for a while.

2025 I did really well with running and cycling but pushed the weights to the back burner.

During that time clearly my body was doing some fun stuff with hormones and perimenopause.

But also…lazy.

I can’t excuse everything off to perimenopause.

There is an onus on me for not fueling my body or picking up the heavy things.

And can I honestly say I was doing what I needed to do to keep the fluff away?

No.
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This photo is back from the retreat in January and looking at it, I know I need to make some changes FOR ME.

I AM proud of this body carrying me through the past 44 years.

And as my birthday came around last week I muttered the same “well, I was supposed to be fit by 40 and here we are…”

Don’t get me wrong, I have a base level of fitness that’s better than most, I fully understand that.

But there’s 20lbs that need to go and Cadbury mini eggs is not the answer.

So yep, it’s a totally random day in March but there’s no reason to put this off until Monday.

Day 1 starts today.

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