A day for family… and sport nutrition
I was in the right place at the right time, wearing the most perfect hoody, to take on sport nutrition awareness and advocacy. Continue reading A day for family… and sport nutrition
Tag: nutrition
Finding purchase in the world of acute dietetics
That time in internship when you go from following dietitians to leading nutrition … kind of surprising the rotation it happened to me on! Continue reading Finding purchase in the world of acute dietetics
Confidence. Belief. Self Efficacy.
You can’t control the uncontrollable, so don’t waste tears trying. That was probably the most valuable piece of information I walked away with following the running symposium I attended this weekend at Burnaby’s Fortius Sport and Health Centre. Sports psychologist David Cox (who works with the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Canadian Olympic snowboarding team) had just 20 minutes to share his expertise in getting the … Continue reading Confidence. Belief. Self Efficacy.
Refocusing
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! I am so excited!!! Ohmygawd so excited!!! Want to know why? Because it’s birthday ice cream cake month!!! June is hands down my most favourite month of the year, a month I prepare for for 11 straight months. With myself and two siblings sharing this birthday month, as well as my grandma and neice, and all but one of us loving Dairy Queen ice … Continue reading Refocusing
The final count down
Let the count down begin! In T – 12 hours my feet will be racing across that start line and will keep going for another four plus hours. Am I nervous? Nah. Excited? A little. Turns out my endless poking and prodding, urging and reminding (and maybe a little of the threatening to bring out the voodoo dolls) actually worked. I’m pretty sure, by the … Continue reading The final count down
The Sami Salo of runners
Update on this week’s training: I haven’t done anything, nada, nothing, nil, zilch. In my defense, yesterday was technically a rest day, although I usually go to pilates, but because of Victoria Day, the pilates studio was closed, and today when I got to work, my first day back after two-weeks of holidays, I discovered I had a school board meeting tonight (which by the … Continue reading The Sami Salo of runners
