Entries tagged with "health coach" |

Blast From The Past: When Coaching Was Beneficial

August 26th, 2012 | Add a Comment

Earlier this year, my favorite health coach left our company for a new positive job change. Where I am happy for him, I am sad to loose his coaching. Over 3 years I not only improved physically, but Greg instilled confidence and the knowledge to keep me moving in positive and healthy directions. So why then when I visited my new “coach” and I use the term loosely, was my confidence left shaken? This is only … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blast From The Past

The Slow Gain

January 29th, 2012 | Add a Comment

I had a less than successful visit with my health coach this week. Don’t get me wrong it had nothing to do with Greg, he was motivating and encouraging as ever, it was all me. And the scale! I’ve been struggling to hit my calories. At this point in my training I should be at least 1800 to 2000 calories per day yet I repeatedly get 1400-1500 per day. I managed when my mileage was 25/week, but even the extra 5 mile jump has put me in a fatigued state. When I under eat, I gain weight. Strange as it sounds, it’s true. I’ve been working on ways to incorporate another easy 200 calories of clean fuel per day. I keep searching for a whole food bar with really good … Read entire article »

Filed under: Boston Marathon, DVD Workout, Running, Training

Put Down The Cookies

August 20th, 2011 | Add a Comment

Over the last 18 months I’ve been meeting with a Health Coach who has not only helped me with my running but with nutrition and weight loss. After one food log review at Greg’s gentle nudging I drastically reduced my consumption of cheese. Don’t get me wrong, I still eat cheese, but instead of several times a day it’s just several times a week. During our last meeting we discussed eliminating wheat from my diet. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Eat Clean Diet, Gluten Free, Running

What’s New?

April 8th, 2011 | 4 Comments

Happy Friday all! Hope your week was one that was productive and positive. This evening when I got home from work I was happy to see that my order from OneMoreMile had arrived. I first saw this company’s products at the National Marathon Expo in D.C. last month and decided to log onto their website last weekend and fell in love with some of their slogans. How cute is this presentation!! There was even a handwritten Thank you, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Running

And The Health Coach Says

February 7th, 2011 | 6 Comments

Another month means another check in with my Health Coach, Greg. After our last meeting I recorded 8 days in an online food journal for him to review. I’ve mentioned before that I do this every once and a while to reevaluate my nutritional highs and lows. Even before I handed it over to him, I noticed a few things that I did not like. One, too much cheese. Do I really need to eat this … Read entire article »

Filed under: Daily Lessons Learned, Eat Clean Diet, Green monster smoothies

I Am Done

January 9th, 2011 | 6 Comments

Happy Sunday! Another snow fall last night left us about 2 inches of fresh snow. Daily Mile: Ran 4:45 in 43 minutes. It was a little more difficult to run in and gave my legs more of a workout. I imagine it is a little like running in sand. After my run I shoveled the driveway and sidewalk then came in changed into some dry clothes and stretched with a 10 minute Yoga routine. I was feeling good … Read entire article »

Filed under: DVD Workout, Eat Clean Diet, Running