It can betough for a lifetime fitness fanatic or a newbie enjoying a regular gym routine to travel when the “when in Rome” trend prevails. We get bullied for trying to find accomodations with a gym, and feel cruddy after wine, late nights and indulgent vacation fare if we can’t workout. Now I regret missing those excursions as I realize a little ingenuity and/or planning can certainly keep us fit while traveling.

Love Poker? Charitable Celebs? Helping children? Three of our favorites come together on Saturday, October 17th. Join us for the …

The best of two diet-dealbreakers – cheesecake and brownies – fuse together in this twisted treat. Free of gluten and refined sugar. High in natural protein. So make, bake and indulge a little. You’ve been working out, right?

All natural, gluten free, dairy free, no sugar added Cherry Chocolate Sorbet recipe. Definitely quells a sweetooth. Cients are raving about their new dessert that hasn’t disrupted their shrinking waistlines.

I admit it, I’m an addict. Friends and clients know I “sushi quest” several times a week in effort to …

If you enjoy sushi, you typically imagine it’s super-healthy. Ignorance can be bliss…unless you’re trying to downsize the waistline, tone-up, …

Pack your lunch to save time, money and stay on track with your diet. Nutrition Counselor, Whitney Cole provides her tips to prep a week of lunch and snacks to ensure freshness.

Alternatives to fatty salad dressings. Recipes: Hummus, Cilantro Avocado Vinaigrette & “Bowls of Chaos”

Hopefully, everyone’s gotten the memo about the potential danger of consuming food stored and/or heated in plastic containers. If not, …

Missing potatoes or just want a few fun ideas to refresh the diet, try some of these surprisingly savory recipes involving sweet potatoes, including a healthier tuna salad, pre-workout snack and for dessert: cocoa mousse.

A low-fat variation on traditional southern fare with international flare. Less than ten minutes from fridge to plate. A WMC “what’s in my kitchen, I’m too exhausted to go to the store” original.

This salad pairs well with most every meat or fish.

For an oil, butter and gluten-free, no sugar-added, protein and fiber-rich (!) chocolate dessert…I say let them eat cake!

I hope you’ll find the “Pre-Workout Smoothie” recipe below useful not only before a workout, but also after a workout, for breakfast, sweet fix, or anytime you’re starved and short on time. It provides a good balance of natural protein and carbs, antioxidants and optional caffeine for those needing to perk up.

You know the Burpee, aka squat thrusts…drop to the floor, kick your legs back to a plank, pull legs back to start and jump up, throwing arms to the sky….Now, take it to a platinum level, adding a Bosu for an additional core stabilization challenge.

Experience proves this recipe a winner for the single person cooking for him/herself, impressing a late-night/come-morning guest, the parents who didn’t teach you to cook, or for anyone short on time or cash (eggs are cheaper than alternative protein sources such as chicken, beef and fish).

While the yolk is fattening by comparison with the white (5g vs. 0g for a large egg), it also contains 3 of the 6 grams of protein in the egg, along with calcium, copper, zinc, Vitamin E, Omega 3s, riboflavin, Vitamin D, etc. The white alone really only provides protein, and surprise, most of the egg’s sodium. By tossing the yolk entirely, you miss out on the above nutrients which actually work in conjunction with the protein in the white for muscle growth, cell repair and memory function, to mention a few.

It’s a salad. It’s healthy, right? Hold that deep fried, mayonnaise slathered salad tong a min. Let’s examine what foods to avoid, to control portion size of, and what to indulge on at the salad bar.