Optimal Wellness: The Crucial Role of Varied Nutrition in Your Diet

Optimal Wellness: The Crucial Role of Varied Nutrition in Your Diet

In the fast-paced world we inhabit, where convenience often takes precedence over conscientiousness, it's easy to fall into the trap of monotonous eating habits. However, the significance of varying the nutrition in your diet cannot be overstated. Our bodies, intricate biological systems finely tuned over millennia, thrive on diversity, requiring a spectrum of nutrients to function optimally.

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What Are Food Sensitivities?

What Are Food Sensitivities?

Food sensitivities are a real thing and impact many people. From nut and dairy allergies to gluten intolerance and soy based issues, we see guests at the fitness retreat each week who are seeking answers and relief. Food sensitivities can show up in the form of an actual allergy to an intolerance and can produce a whole host of symptoms. We’ll cover allergies and intolerances in this blog post as, a list of symptoms and a few strategies that can help identify if you might be suffering from some type of food based issue.

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5 Strategies To Curb Your Junk Food Cravings

5 Strategies To Curb Your Junk Food Cravings

Cravings. We’ve all had them. So many of our guests at our boot camp vacation ask how to curb cravings. For many people, they’re easily fought off at times and too much to fight off at other times. Cravings come from a number of different sources and managing them can be hard to do in the moment. If you’re armed with the right information and an action plan, you’ll have a better chance of keeping them at bay.

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70 Simple Daily Habits You Can Do For Health, Fitness & Wellness

70 Simple Daily Habits You Can Do For Health, Fitness & Wellness

One of the biggest road blocks that people tell me they have is time. We are all living in a super busy, wound up, go all day kind of world. Getting in eating healthy and workouts and stress reduction can actually be a challenge when you’re trying to juggle work, family, relationships and more. (Believe me — I am right there with you!)

I was talking with one of our fitness retreat guests the other day and she wanted simple, broken down ideas of what she could do immediately when she returned home. Change seemed overwhelming for her and I know it is for many other people too. So I decided to create this easy list of 70 simple daily habits to give you ideas of what you can do right now to make small changes in your daily routine.

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6 Nutrition Benefits Of Pineapple

6 Nutrition Benefits Of Pineapple

Anyone else a pineapple lover? I love pineapple. I love the sweetness of it. I like adding it into shakes or just eating it on it’s own. One of my favorite ways to eat pineapple is for a dessert with a little real whipped cream or coconut whipped cream on top…so good! Not only is it delicious but it also has a ton of nutrition benefits as well.

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Starting A New Nutrition Program: 6 Tips For Success

Starting A New Nutrition Program: 6 Tips For Success

Starting a new nutrition program can sometimes be frustrating, challenging and confusing. We know – we’ve seen it with both our fitness retreat guests and our coaching clients. Whether you’re trying to lose weight, improve your health or achieve a sport performance goal, it’s likely you’ll need to make some changes to your diet. Change can be hard but there are some easy ways to avoid having difficulty with nutrition obstacles. Get on the right track from the start with these success tips.

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Vita Boot Camp Recap: Topics, Thoughts and Inspiration

Vita Boot Camp Recap: Topics, Thoughts and Inspiration

It occurred to me during last week’s Vita Boot Camp that it might be a good idea for me to recap some of the weeks. We have great discussions during each week and some of those discussions pack information that everyone would want to have – even if you’re not at a retreat. So while I won’t give away every single thing we talk about (you’ll have to attend a retreat to get ALL of the juicy info), I thought that recapping each week with the most important topics and inspiration would benefit many of you. So here goes writing my first retreat recap – hope you enjoy!

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