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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.

04/24/2026

Nervous system reset.

Listen, on my journey to fix all the things. I decided to see about regulating my nervous system.

So I’m trying this app Liven.

I have lessons to do daily - sometimes I forget.

But typically they’re short, maybe 5 minutes a day.

I suppose you can do more than one a day if you like.

But this is me in a nutshell.

I tend to error on the side of “well if I can’t do it perfect the first time, it’s definitely not good enough.”

Which leads to procrastination.

Because I’ll be like oh, I don’t have enough time to do it perfect right now, that means I can’t do any part of it.

I need to wait until I have enough time to dedicate to perfection.

Lordt.

It’s a process, I’m working on it.

04/23/2026

Tonsil stones.

I will spare you all the images…jk!

Has anyone ever gotten tonsil stones??

I seem to be plagued with them recently.

Yes, I still have my tonsils.
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So here’s what typically happens.

Nothing being consumed. I feel the urge to clear my throat. I cough.

I cough again.

And then I have this THING to spit out.

Before you go assuming it’s food from whatever I last ate - it is not!!!

No, it’s not actually stone hard.

It’s soft and will definitely crumble if you smash it.

The latest two have been the color of oatmeal. I know there was at least two others I just swallowed because they happened while I was eating or drinking.

How do I make these stop?!

Also…who do I go see??

Is it a dentist? ENT? Voodoo priestess?!

Do I just have to live like this forever?! And why did they all the sudden start?

Someone give me all the answers!
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Side story.

I know for a fact I got tonsil stones when I was younger and dumber.

I remember coughing up one while I was drinking apple juice.

I specifically remember that because for the longest time I wouldn’t drink apple juice because I thought I was coughing up cartilage from some part of my body.

Who knows where I thought it was from but I was sure apple juice was the root cause of my internal break down.

Also I either A - didn’t tell my parents I was coughing up weird things or B - I did and they just assumed it was food…or I guess C - I told them and they went 🤷🏼‍♀️ because the 80s

No apple juice is currently being consumed at 44 and my body is still coughing up weird things.

04/22/2026

Just here to remind you that the women’s wellness retreat is on sale.

You don’t have to be a runner or a yogi to attend.

You can just want to learn and grow and do it in a beautiful house with wonderful people.

And hopefully it won’t be snowing this year so we can do more beach yoga.

February 5-8, 2027.

https://mrcnutritionandwellness.com/events/

04/21/2026

I want to talk about a certain running brand that for some reason women haven’t completely broken up with yet.

I’m not naming the brand because frankly that’s what they want.

But they put some rather interesting signage up along the Boston course this weekend…and promptly took two in particular down.

And from a Boston elitist view, I kind of see what the sign was trying to say.

Boston is one of the most prestigious road running events left.

It has extremely challenging qualifying times.

It’s made to be fast.

But it IS inclusive for a low low price of at least $10,000 in charity fundraising.

Now the signage that was up mentioned walkers were tolerated and honestly, at Boston, they are.
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Is running for everyone? Yes.

Is marathon road running for everyone? Also yes.

But every race course I’ve ever been on has cutoffs.

Even the Disney Balloon Ladies will come after your ass.

MCM has The Gauntlet.

Can you complete 100 miles walking?

Absolutely. I often say that everyone has the ability to complete 100 miles on their own two legs.

Most people just don’t want to take the time to do it.
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What’s my point?

I understand a sliver of the thought behind the signage.

Boston is for elite level running. I’ll even say that’s the primary focus of the race.

But it does also include the charity runners.

And for a running company that has done women dirty time and time again, they should learn to read the room.

Charity runners at Boston have begged, borrowed, and probably bled their way to toe the line at Boston.

And they will compete the same 26.2 miles as the people who go sub 3.

No participant should ever just be tolerated.

Running is for everyone.

04/20/2026

I quit hormones.

Eleven days.

That’s how long I lasted.

To preface, I knew coming into this my body never tolerated oral birth control.

I wasn’t quite sure how my body would react to a patch.

Horribly. The answer is horribly.
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Patch 1 went on on a Monday night.

By Tuesday I was gassy, bloated and uncomfortable.

I stayed that way for 11 days.

My b***s were also extremely just painful.

Being wrangled in a bra hurt.

I also gained 4 pounds.

Which honestly felt like it was mostly in my b***s. (They might have been a little dramatic)

Everything ached.

My knees felt old. My joints felt old.

The only positive - I had more mental clarity and motivation from the overwhelming laziness that took over.

But that isn’t worth it to me.
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I took my last patch off on Friday night and I can already feel the uncomfortable bloating subsiding.

Of course I’m still carrying four extra pounds that make me feel a different uncomfortable, but I’m sure I can drop those quickly?

A lot of providers want you to stick with it for 3 months to get through “adjustments” but eff that.

I’m not about to gain 20lbs for no reason while feeling like I’m PMSing the entire time.

Because that’s what these eleven days felt like - just one long PMS complete with chocolate cravings.
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I’m sending a note to my provider to give her my feedback so we can think about next steps.

But for now, I’m trying to settle back into pre-patch life.

We’ll worry about the hormonal headaches when they come next week.

Lordt.

10/10 does not recommend being a woman
🤣🤣🙄

04/17/2026

Some days a salad just hits.

Arugula. Goat cheese. Candied walnuts. Pickled beets.

Yes please!!

If you just change one ultra processed, unhealthy meal a week to a salad you’ll get some health befits.

You might not see them.

But you’re adding roughage and fiber.

There’s extra vitamins and minerals from the colorful veggies.

When you top it with a healthy protein, you get a nice balance of protein, carbs, and fats.

You don’t have to make a ton of changes, you just have to make changes that will become second nature.

04/16/2026

Training Addie Mae! …and the squirrels 🤣

In the mornings I like to take time to feed the squirrels on the back deck.

We used to just throw peanuts and be done. But then we wanted to get a squirrel to take a peanut from our hand.

Enter training.

I line up peanuts in front of me and the only ones who get them are the brave ones who come get them.

Typically I sit statue still, Addie tries but it’s definitely sensory overload.

But I guess they have some sort of animal code where she’s allowed to twitch within reason.

How would you rate her training today??

04/15/2026

Did we do a lot hard garage workouts in the winter when the temps were ideal for doing stupid stuff?

No.

Did we start back with workouts in the garage when the temps are starting to creep up to the sun level in Mario?

Yes.

Why? Who knows.

Also for some reason I was like “oh I really want to do a rowing deadlift couplet today”.

Which ok, fine, whatever.

But maybe a moderate 5 rounds or so to ease back into it.

Ten.

Ten rounds to start.

After I already worked out in the morning.

I said light it up, back!

Just started back to barebell work with 100 deadlifts.

No joke.
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Will I EVER do this to my clients - NO.

….unless they ask me to. Then it’s RIP☠️

I don’t recommend it.

What I DO recommend is starting is smaller, manageable workouts.

Ones where your body says “yes, I did enjoy that and I would like to do something similar again tomorrow”.

But hey, here where are!

So what time tomorrow are we doing it all over again??

04/13/2026

Do I have LA28 tickets?!

Yes I do!

I can’t recall how long ago I put in for the lottery but my ticket window opened this weekend.

A lot of events weren’t available and a lot of tickets were expensive - track and field, I’m looking at you.

Also, opening ceremonies were extremely expensive 👀

But we’ll be going to women’s cricket, women’s handball, and of course women’s rugby sevens.
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You only get 12 tickets total.

So we’ve used 6.

More tickets are supposed to be available during each drop (we’re only in drop 1 right now) and everyone from drop 1 is eligible for the next drops.
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Paralympic tickets won’t go on sale until 2027 and they are NOT part of the 12, they’re separate.

I’m looking forward to getting tickets to see Hunter Woodhall crush track and field!
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Anyone else making plans to head out to LA28??

04/10/2026

Yesterday was a deep day with my clients.

One of the great things about working with women is that we’re all going through the same stuff.

Most of my clients grew up with 90s diet culture shoved down are throats.

A lot of us have strong emotional ties to food and possibly use food as coping for something we didn’t even realize was going on.

Sometimes we even hold ourselves back because we’d rather choose a different hard.

Or there’s the “if I change too much, people won’t like me anymore” story we tell ourselves.

Honey if people don’t like you because you changed, they aren’t your people.

Bless and RELEASE.

Stop being your own worst enemy.

Start small and peel back one onion layer at a time.

And if you need me to help untangle your emotional ties with food, I’m happy to help!

Crying is optional ✌🏼

04/09/2026

So I came downstairs the other day looking for Addie.

Couldn’t find her.

No noise or movement could be heard.

I’m scanning the living room, her bed, eventually the couch, didn’t see her.

Finally, I see the vulture dog just staring at me.

Apparently, sitting on the arm rest is where she likes to be.

She’s the nosiest of neighbors.
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One thing that came out of her 2 week board and train was confidence.

Before training she was skeptical of jumping on things.

After training she parkours on the couch like second nature.

Sometimes it’s hilarious because she jumps with all four feet landing at once like a goat.

Other times she jumps over the arm rest like an equestrian high jump verses jumping from the front.

Regardless of what she does, she’s always watching…and judging.

04/08/2026

Want to see what $206 looks like?

Here you go.

8 patches = $206.

Technically $251 but we found a manufacturer coupon to bring it down to $206.

What the actual F*CK?!

I have insurance.

This is the first step my primary care wanted to take to see if we could reduce my lethargy and massive headaches I get around my cycle.

And it’s going to cost me $206 A MONTH.

I understand why women unalive people.

I will preface this to say I haven’t had the opportunity to yell at my insurance yet because they are slow as molasses to send over the EOB.

But I know they already called this out of network spend.

My insurance requires me to use CVS, I used CVS, I don’t know how much more in network I could get.

All of my other meds from THE SAME PROVIDER are pennies on the dollar.

Why is this one OON?!

Apparently this patch doesn’t come in a generic either. It’s just brand names only.

Once again, sticking it to women.

Brian says it’s for my health so we’ll pay for it.

I’m mad at the principle of it all.

Someone let me know what time we’re meeting for the rebellion 😒

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