How-To: Eating Healthy While Dining Out I can’t even tell you the number of times I broke my healthy eating streak because I couldn’t resist a night out to dinner with the girls or with my family. Not only would I eat unhealthy foods, I would over eat because of the portion sizes that my […]

5 Things Food Manufacturers Do Not Want You To Know Food corporations and manufacturers all have one common goal: To get as much money from you as possible. I am here to make sure you get the best out of your money while still making healthy food choices. Below is a short list of ways […]

Trail Fuel: What to pack for backpacking Did you know that a full day of backpacking can translate to your body burning upwards of 3,000-4,000 calories a day? Most backpackers out on the trails tend to under fuel in attempt to avoid carrying a large amount of extra weight. Understandably so- a backpack usually weighs […]

Alright, so we’ve talked about Green Tea Extract and Coffee Bean Extract as two of the millions of weight loss supplements that promise to make you thin, now let’s talk CLA, or Conjugated Linoleic Acid. You probably haven’t heard as much about CLA as you have about green tea extract or coffee bean extract, because it’s […]

1) What goals are you striving to accomplish in working with Elite Nutrition & Performance? During my time with Elite Nutrition & Performance, I hope to lose body fat, gain muscle definition, increase my strength and endurance, and learn how to maximize my health with diet and exercise. 2) What has it been like to […]

The answer is unfortunately, no.  I frequently get asked the question: “Is weight loss just simply calories in vs. calories out?” or “What is more important, what you eat or how much you eat?” To answer the first question, weight loss is not only calories in vs. calories out. What you eat and how you […]

There is nothing like walking into a kitchen filled with the smells of all of your favorite Holiday foods cooking. That is, until reality sets in and you start thinking about how in the world you will be able to eat all of this food without blowing all the hard work and progress you’ve made […]

Are you confused about what protein powder is the right one for you? Ever wonder what makes one protein powder different from the next? You are not alone. Let’s start from the beginning: the ingredients. The different types of protein powders out there are based on the ingredients they are made of. The most common […]

Has this ever happened to you? You follow a diet, lose a significant amount of weight, end the diet, gain all the weight back and plus some. Now, no matter how hard you try you can’t seem to lose the weight? Or perhaps in your 20’s it seemed so easy to lose weight with just […]

Christmas and New Year’s is right around the corner and we know what that means…lots of food and little to no exercise! What comes next? Everyone in the gym on January 2nd exercising like their life depends on it, only to drop off the radar come March. Instead of taking this approach, why not start […]