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Amanda Wagner Nutrition, Chicago, IL (2026)

01/02/2026

Do you prioritize only protein after workouts or do you prioritize carbohydrates as well? If you’re not prioritizing both, you are leaving muscle growth and recovery on the table! 💪🏻

It may (or may not) be surprising to you, but carbohydrates are JUST as important after workout as protein, especially if your workout was cardio based! To learn more about why both macronutrients are vital after a workout, read the article I recently contributed to as a sports dietitian on The Output!

A special thank you to Jennifer Heimlich for featuring me as one of the dietitians in the article! ☺️

The article is linked in my stories today and can be found on my website, but also feel free to comment below and I’ll DM it to you! What is your favorite post workout fuel?👇🏻
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12/24/2025

Happy holidays from AWN! 🎄 Who will be baking up a storm the rest of 2025?! 🙋🏼‍♀️

One common misconception about being vegan is that our baked goods are not as tasty as their non-vegan counterparts… 🤪 I’m here to show that not only can you successfully bake without eggs🥚 or dairy 🥛 , it is also tasty, AND doesn’t have to be complicated! Sure you can bake from exclusively vegan cookbooks and buy expensive egg replacers if you want, but you can also turn non-vegan recipes vegan with a few simple swaps! Save this post as your little vegan egg replacer cheat sheet! ☺️ And you don’t necessarily need to understand food science like dietitians like myself do, to make a successful vegan baked good. 👏🏻

One of my favorite foods to bake is muffins, what about you? 👇🏻 Cookies as well this time of year! Anytime I make a vegan baked good I am confident my recipe will turn out because I choose my egg substitutions wisely. 🙌🏻 For muffins, I use ground flax seeds for the egg since, flax seeds make the best egg replacers for muffins.

Then, vegan yogurt is also a great egg replacer for muffins or dessert breads. 🍨 Applesauce is best for very sweet recipes, although you may want to decrease the added sugar in the recipe if you are using it. 🍎 Chia seeds also work well in muffins, as well as darker colored baked goods like cookies. 🍪 Similar to applesauce, bananas work best in sweeter recipes like pancakes or banana bread. 🍌 Silken tofu is best in dense baked goods like brownies.

With substitutions like these, you can also modify your family cookie recipe and other recipes to be vegan. 🌱 It just may take some trial and error, as you also often have to replace the dairy in those recipes as well, but there are so many awesome vegan dairy options out there.

What are you baking this week?! ⬇️

11/29/2025

It’s small business Saturday and I’m honored to be a part of 2 women owned small businesses: Amanda Wagner Nutrition and Filla Endurance! 🤩

I am the founder + owner of Amanda Wagner Nutrition and I’ve been open since September 2023! 🌱 And I’ve been a running coach at since January 2024. Filla Endurance is founded + owned by the amazing .run ! ♥️

I’m grateful for all of you whether you work with me as your dietitian, running coach, both, or you support either or both businesses in other ways! 🥹

I am in network with many Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and United Healthcare (UHC) insurance plans in certain locations and I offer payment plans and/or superbills for clients with a different insurance or no insurance. I am now booking for 2026 nutrition clients! As a running coach, I can work with you from ANYWHERE in the world! 🌍 I have immediate run coaching openings. DM me, email me, or fill out the interest form(s) in my bio the learn more about working together as a dietitian, running coach, or both! ⬆️

If you don’t need my services or they are not in your budget, you can still support both small businesses today + moving forward in the following ways:

1. Share my SM or website posts.

2. Like my posts.

3. Tag or send your family, friends, and colleagues any of my posts that might be beneficial for them to read or refer them to me.

4. Comment on my posts or save them. Genuine engagement helps!

5. Follow .

6. Leave a positive review. In the age of big venture capital backed companies that employ dietitians, reviews really help people find smaller business like mine! You don’t have to have been a client to write one, you can also write a review if you’ve also learned from any of my free social media or website content! Google reviews are ESPECIALLY helpful. I’d greatly appreciate it!

I could not do it without all of you that support AWN and Filla Endurance, so thank you! 🫶🏻 I’m looking forward to growing both businesses in 2026 and offering more ways to work with + learn from me! ☺️⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

11/27/2025

We are absolutely a Turkey Trot family! 🤣 ♥️

We had fun running our 3rd Chicago Turkey Trot even though we’ve lived here since July 2014. 🏃‍♀️ 🏃‍♂️ 🦃 We’ve done our hometown one a few times, though, so we are seasoned trotters. 😆

I’m feeling extra grateful today for the sport of running that brought me my favorite person over 16 years ago! 🥰 And grateful because he ran the whole 8k with me like I’ve always dreamed of doing in a race since we started dating in 2009. They even announced us together as we finished! 🥹

I’m not going to lie, the race was a little rough since it was v windy and cold 🥶 and we both have barely been running this month. I’ve averaged ~10 mpw since my half marathon the beginning of October and ran this shorter race at a similar pace (due to some lost fitness 🙈 ), but I still had fun! ☺️

I hope all of you who celebrate have a happy Thanksgiving! 🍁 And that it involves some of your favorite things, whether that’s running a turkey trot, family time, yummy food, and/or something else! 🫶🏻

Do you run or walk a Turkey Trot today? 👇🏻
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11/20/2025

Have you ever wondered how working with a sports dietitian can help you reach your athletic goals or general health goals? 🤔

Check out what a client who recently trained for and ran her first marathon said about working with me as her dietitian the last six months! 🥹 This review was shared with permission!

If you are finding that you want a little extra nutritional support to make it through this holiday season, or to start off 2026 with prioritizing wellbeing, I have space for one more client to start in December 2025 and a couple openings for a January 2026 start!

If you’re unsure about your nutrition strategy before, during, or after workouts you could benefit from working with a sports dietitian! 🏃‍♀️ 🚲 Or if you feel lost when it comes to nutrition in the off season. Or if you’re hoping to go completely plant-based or eat more plant-based as an omnivore I’d love to help you! 🌱Additionally, sometimes people come to me when they could use additional nutritional support during a stressful time in their lives, such as a busy job, starting a family, and/or a health condition.

Inquire about working with me by filling out the contact form on my website, interest form in my bio, sending me a DM, or emailing me at amanda@amandawagnernutrition.com. 🔗

I’m in network with many BCBS and UHC insurance in select states (including IL, MA, MO, SC, CO, AZ and others)! And many people who use insurance find that their dietitian visits are fully covered! 🙌🏻 I also offer payment plans or can take HSA or FSA cards (check that nutrition counseling is a covered service, though) for clients that have a different insurance or do have not insurance.

What questions do you have about working with a dietitian?! 👇🏻

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11/11/2025

As a follow-up to my post a few weeks ago, here’s how your fueling could look in your off season as an endurance athlete.

Your fueling will depend on your what you do during your off season and future season goals. But in most cases you’ll want to eat more colors, especially veggies! 🥦 🥕 This is honestly a great time to try new foods and experiment with new recipes, especially if you’ve been in a cooking rut!

If you’re taking an extended break and not replacing it with a different type of activity, you can lower your carbohydrate intake (especially from lower fiber sources except pre-workout), but you still need them to be a functional human.

And if you’re hoping to make body composition changes, this would be the best time to do so CAREFULLY. Focusing on whole grain carbohydrate sources and colors (vegetables and fruits) to get your fiber intake up is key. Body composition changes are best done under the supervision of a dietitian and gradually otherwise you risk REDs, disordered eating, muscle loss, injuries, and/ or poor performance when you return to your sport.

Many people reading this will not take an extended break from workouts, though. In this case, go off of how many hours per week of movement you are doing to decide between rest day performance plates and base performance plates. If you’re doing more than ~3-4 hours of strenuous weekly movement (running, cycling, swimming, heavy lifting, or fast walking), a base training performance plate is what I’d recommend over a rest day plate!

If you’re feeling unsure on what you should do during the off season with your fueling, I’m happy to help-reach out via the interest form linked in my bio, email, or DM. ⬆️

I’m in network with many BCBS and UHC insurance plans in several states + I have self-pay options if your insurance doesn’t cover dietitian visits. Most of my insurance clients have paid $0 out of pocket to work with me! 🤩

What kind of nutrition changes are you focused on in your off season?! 👇🏻 I’m personally trying to make some new recipes to break out of a rut!
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10/29/2025

Hi everyone! 👋🏻 You may have noticed the new name! And before fuelingveggieathletes you may remember when I was blackbeanqueen 👸🏼 🫘 (the OGs from 2017-2020 remember!).

I wanted to change my name here to reflect my business name for consistency sake. I hope no one is too sad. 🙈 I’m still a vegan athlete and dietitian passionate about fueling veggie athletes and athletes in general! ☺️

Now just for fun and because there’s some new faces around, here’s some random facts about me:

🔹I am a former division 1 cross country athlete. I never reached my potential because I was plagued with many injuries, but I know my best days of running are still ahead! 🙌🏻 Especially since I now know how to fuel! I wish I had a sports dietitian when I was in college and strive to be the clinician I wish young Amanda had back then! 🥹

🔹In 2019 did a photoshoot for . I appeared on the Nike app and I was in a Nike email around Christmas 2019. I can share those throwbacks on my stories today. 😆

🔹I’ve been vegan since May of 2018 and was vegetarian for 5 years before that. My running has only improved since I went plant-based. I especially love working with plant-based athletes because of this, but I work with all types of eaters as a dietitian! 🌱

🔹I’m a science nerd. 🤓 I have a BA in biology (2014), a M.Ed in science teaching (2016), and a post-baccalaureate certificate in nutrition (2020). I used to be a science teacher before I became a dietitian. 👩‍🏫

🔹 I’m also a running nerd! It’s why I become a certified running coach in 2023 in addition to being a sports dietitian! I’m currently working on a pregnancy and postpartum running specialization course to better serve more athletes and because they are really cool phases of life to study! 🏃‍♀️

🔹 I’m married to my high school sweetheart! We meet through running in 2009, got engaged at the in 2016, and married in 2017. We still run together all the time 16 years later. 💍

🔹I have a younger brother and fraternal twin sister. 👯‍♀️ Everyone says they look more alike than my twin + I do, but I disagree. 🤨

Now it’s YOUR turn to share a fun fact! 👇🏻

10/16/2025

Whether I’m running or spectating, the is one of my favorite weekends of the year! 😍 It’s the spot I got engaged in 2016, the only marathon I’ve run at this point, and where I’ve volunteered, run, or spectated every year since I moved to Chicago in 2014.

This year I spectated, but I had the best time hanging out with family + friends and cheering on my husband, friends, and clients! 🤩 I’m so proud of all of you and honored to have played a small part in your race weekend! 🥹

Is it too early to start the count down for next year’s Chicago Marathon?! 🙈
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