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Registered Dietitian, CF-L1, and food sensitivity expert empowering you to peak performance

Registered Dietitian, RRCA Run Coach, Beachbody Coach on a mission to promote health & wellness by eating clean, lifting heavy, & getting a little muddy.

11/17/2025

When the other half says let’s wear our matching shirts to run the Battleship 12K, you do it!

He never suggests matching AND running beside me so it was kind of like the twilight zone.
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The 10th annual Battleship 12K was hotter than I would have liked so my time wasn’t the best, but also not the worst.

We got to see most of our friends - missed my annual Nova hug, but she’s healing up for next year!
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If you can make it down to this event next November, you absolutely should!!

One of the best short courses around!

And bonus - new asphalt so it’s nice and squishy.

11/14/2025

So I’m a huge fan of the Dubai chocolate bars.

Not so much a fan of labubus…but I figured I’d give these bars a try.

This is how both of them arrived.

Pretty glad I didn’t order them in the heat of the summer.
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I did reach out to let them know that hey, maybe you should send chocolate in the mail in a cooler bag instead of just a bubble mailer.

Especially if you’re shipping to the south.

I wasn’t complaining. Didn’t demand they made it right.

Because let’s be real, they’re still 100% edible and I ate them.

But they refunded my entire order.

They were like you’re unhappy, say no more.

In the day and age where customer service seems to be an all time low, tips are demanded, and orders are typically never right - it was refreshing to be taken care of no questions asked.

So I’ll be over here eating free melted chocolate.

Have a fabulous weekend!!

11/13/2025

Hear me out…eggs in oatmeal.

We all know I spend a lot of time traveling. Which means a lot of time in hotels.

And hotel breakfasts aren’t really gold standards of breakfasts.

So I typically take the flavorless, powdered eggs and add them into my oatmeal.

Since the eggs are flavorless, you just taste the smidge more flavor oatmeal.

Could I just eat oatmeal and eggs separately, sure.

But that would be too easy.
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Share your thoughts! I’m curious to see who all would be down for some egg oatmeal and who’s saying heck no 🤣

11/12/2025

Do I run outside in minimal clothes, yes.

Do I bundle like I live in Antarctica when I take my puppy out to potty, also yes.

But why Kim?!

Because she takes forever!! She sniffs literally everything. She wants to chew all the sticks.

It’s still dark out. It’s breezy. I literally just woke up and then I have to cater to this dog.

But yall don’t worry, it’s Florida so this weather will be gone today and likely not come back for another month 🙄

Stay tuned for more weather adventures!

11/11/2025

It’s apparently cold for Floridians!

Which means it’s perfect weather for me to run in!

Now listen, if it’s your first time venturing out in the cold here’s a few things to remember:

Dress for the run, not the parking lot. You will warm up running and the last thing you want is to be in wet layers from sweat out in the cold.

Take care of extremities. Ears and fingers getting chilly will make you feel colder than you are.

Don’t be an idiot! Will I ever put pants on? Highly unlikely. But I will put on a shirt and gloves and ear covers. If you know body parts will go numb, dress accordingly or shorten your run to match your clothes.

Meanwhile, we’re having 48 hours of cold and I’m taking advantage of it!!

Too bad it won’t be this cold for Battleship 🙄

11/10/2025

This sums up my weekend 🫠

Brian went on a photography adventure so I was left home alone with tiny terror.

She rang her doggie doorbell no less than 974 times.

She went barreling through a yard full of weeds and refused to walk anywhere further until they were cleaned out of her paws.

And then finally this morning she decided to terrorize the indoor plants by taking dirt out of the planter and spreading it all over the dining room.

I’m too old for this y’all 🙄
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So needless to say I did run the robot vacuum and mop the floors twice this weekend.

You can have a clean house with a dog 🤗

11/06/2025

Honestly y’all, I wasn’t sure my Garmin knew how to be nice.

I really thought it had nothing but unproductive vibes to say to me.

But I guess it was in the giving spirit and decided to play nice and give me a rest day.
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I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until it tells me my HRV is tanking and I need 74 hours of recovery time from a 5K run 🙄

11/05/2025

I took a mini break from social because I really needed to get some stuff taken care of, like getting out the November newsletter!

Trust me, you don’t have to worry about me spamming your inbox, I can barely get a monthly newsletter out.

By subscribing to the newsletter you get a fun recipe each month, you can to see what events you can find me at, aannnddd you get to hear whatever is on my mind at that time 🤣

I will say that subscribers DO get first dibs when things go on sale, so there is that bonus.
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So if you feel so inclined, subscribe to the (hopefully) monthly newsletter via the link below.

https://mailchi.mp/mrcnutritionandwellness.com/newsletter

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween Witches 🎃

Soooo….we got a puppy!!

I saw her, I wanted her, I applied for her, I got her.

She was at a local rescue and I just had to have her. She reminds me so much of Mr Simpson 🥹
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Meet Addie Mae 🐶

She’s almost 5 months old and a mini schnauzer.

She’s also known as Addie, no! Shark teeth hoo ha ha, tiny dog, and TD.

So she’s probably not doing well on learning her name.

We’ve already been approved for camp so when we’re gone for longer work days, she’ll go terrorize fellow campers and steal hearts.
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She is kind of pocketed sized so she might get to do some traveling with me, we’ll see!

Part of the deal was that I didn’t stick Brian with all the dog stuff all the time so I can’t go galavanting across the globe as much, but that’s ok!
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Hope everyone has a fantastic Halloweenie. We’ll be opting out this year from trick or treaters so we don’t traumatize Miss scared of everything 🙄

10/30/2025

Marathon fuel.

This is all that I carried in me for MCM.

The handheld is already loaded with a packet of LMNT.

Initial plan was a honey packet every 30 minutes knowing I would get Untapped at miles 13ish, 19ish and maybe 23ish?

I did know that the untapped flavors would be a mixed bag - enter Untapped Mint.

Actually probably one of my favorite flavors now!
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I saved the caffeine honeys for later in the race. I took one at mile 15ish and another around mile 20.

All of these little packets went into the pocket of my handheld with the exception of 2 regular honeys.

….those went in my bra.

Which was great because that warmed them up to make them easier to take in the first hour.
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Back to the timing!

I ended up doing a honey/untapped roughly every 20-25 minutes.

I did use all the LMNT packets through the course. And I did have about 3 cups of plain water at AS as well.
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I will say when I finished I downed an entire bottle of water just walking from the finish line to the food box line.

And I crushed a Coke at the Ainsley’s tent.
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Guts felt amazing. Mentally I was all there. Body felt a little fatigued but I pushed it pretty hard. Still no issues walking around the finish festival.
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Would I change anything nutrition-wise?

I would make sure my bottle was thoroughly clean before I used it.

Also I like the every 20 minutes plan. And I likely would have added 1 more caffeinated honey in the mix.

10/27/2025

Ahhh…the marathon 🙄

I really dislike this distance. But my favorite distance?

The 50K 🤣🤣🤣
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The 50th MCM was my 4th MCM and my BEST MCM.

The weather was perfect - in the beginning - and then turned into this weird hot when the sun was out and chilly when it was overcast…because you just sweat so much with the sun out.

I was on top of nutrition for probably the first time in my life.

Force feeding yourself honey and maple syrup gets real annoying really quick.

Electrolytes were also flowing. I went through 3 packets of LMNT with some added mildew because I didn’t pay attention to my unclean bottle 🙄🤮
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I. Was. Cruising.

…until I wasn’t.

Mile 12? Got kind of tough and I started adding walking breaks. Nbd, I was still on a solid pace.

As the miles ticked on, my window for sub 5 was closing, doable but still closing.

I stayed calm and leaned into the hard (thanks Dani) and walked when I felt I needed a break.

Weeeelll….I gave myself too many of those.

MCM official time 5:02:41 - a 10 min PR.

I wanted sub 5 so bad, but obviously not bad enough. And I think once I knew I was going to PR regardless, I kind of gave up chasing.

With 40,000 other people at this event the absolute LAST thing I want to do is collapse at the finish and get trampled.
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So here I sit with a good finish time, but not the one I wanted.

I was disappointed but also proud.

A 10 min PR is still fantastic.

I trained a LOT, but I could have trained a little better. Traveling got in the way more times than I would have liked and I could have been better committed.
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It is what it is!

On to the next one - Battleship 12K in 3 weeks where I’m going for another PR.

Lordt.

10/21/2025

Yesterday was the last long run before MCM on Sunday!

Mother Nature gifted Florida a morning of fall weather and it was glorious to run 8 miles in 60°!!

I did wear a shirt so I can train warmer just in case the weather decides to act a fool in DC. I can’t trust that it’s truly going to be in the 40s to start!
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And since I’m being honest - I’m so ready for this training block to be done.

I want my Sundays back.

No more 4am alarms to go slog through heat and humidity.

I still love running, don’t get me wrong.

But around week 16 I get to the point where I’d rather saw off my legs with a rusty spoon than wake up in the dark to go run.

Just keeping it real over here 🫶🏼

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