Nutrition in Motion PA - whole body nutrition & eating disorder recovery coach

Helping athletes fuel their best life - body, mind, soul and sport.

Cramming in calories

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I just read yet another reputable Registered Dietician suggest that we need to take in 250-350 calories or more per hour when training and racing.  Really?  Does cramming in more calories than your body can tolerate really work?  In my experience with athletes, especially … [Read more...]

Burn fat, not sugar

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As athletes, we want to be leaner come race day but the challenge is trying to get the body into that fat burning mode…but not only when we are racing. One thing we don’t consider is what we do outside of race day – if our diets consist of more carbohydrates, then we will burn … [Read more...]

Are Athletes Inflamed?

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I just did a sports nutrition talk at a local cycling shop, and the question about inflammation came up. What is inflammation? How do we athletes or non athletes know we are inflammed? Are there other symptoms we can look for? I know from my own experience with hip replacement … [Read more...]

I Can Eat Anything

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I work with athletes.  Athletes like to eat.  They like to eat a lot.  They like to think that 'I can eat anything...I just trained for an hour".  Or whatever the time or distance is.  In reality, as an athlete, you cannot eat anything you want whenever you want if you want … [Read more...]