In honor of Valentine’s Day I am sharing some of my favorite heart healthy clean recipes you can share with your Valentine, take care of your heat, and take it easy on your wallet. I have never been a fan of going out to eat on Valentine’s Day. I’d much rather stay home, open a bottle of Cabernet,…
Author: Carrie Nielsen
As a wife, mother, business owner, coach, retired professor, and Marketing Executive, I wear many hats, but my true passion lies in leadership and empowering the next generation of leaders. 💪🌟 I believe in the power of inspiring and guiding others to reach their full potential. Join me on this journey of growth and empowerment!
Dinner and Dancing
I spend so much time thinking about food. I love food. I do. On top of all the thinking about the food, I spend almost as much time shopping for it, preparing it, serving it and eating it!  I cook for my family, for my friends, for my running team – pretty much anyone. My kitchen is the…
Decoding the Processed Side of Clean Eating
You hear me talk about eating clean and avoiding processed foods, foods altered by people but then I go and make a recipe with milk… so what gives? I’m going to break down the reality of processed foods and how it relates to a clean eating lifestyle. Processed foods have been altered from their natural…
Cooking Clean Challenge
Last week, while hearing Jim lament some of his nutrition challenges and comment on his ambitious marathon goals for May I decided that I would issue him (and myself) the ultimate challenge. Make the average guy undergo a nutrition make-over to get more clean, lean, and mean before May 1st. My approach to clean eating…
Half Marathon
Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond the pain.Bartholomew Saturday is long running day. It has been for a long time. I couldn’t sleep…
The Fitness Tech Podcast #16: The Trek, a Frozen Burrito Race, Ultra Runner Jason Jaksetic and Fat Fast Food!
On a blustery Friday night I joined Jim and Jamie to talk nutrition, the recent races, a new ultra-marathoner friend, and an upcoming challenge I’ve issued for Jim. We were live on uStream recording #16 for the Fitness Tech Podcast. If you want to know when the podcast is live, follow Jim on Twitter at…
Fast Facts About Fast Food
“The journey of a thousand pounds begins with a single burger.”Chris O’Brien You get off work and you’re tired. You pick up the kids and sitting in traffic you come to the conclusion that you don’t want to make dinner and the kids are screaming in the back seat that they are “STARVING”. Looking at…
Dear Diary…
So a lot of people ask me about my social life as a working, training, coaching, single mother. My job consumes a lot of my daylight (and late night) hours, my training routine is pretty rigid, and I obviously am with my daughters a lot so that leaves about three seconds a day to have…
More Clean Comfort Food! Baked Spaghetti and Meatballs with Pesto
For virtually everyone across the country right now, you are snowed in, iced over, or just downright cold… it’s been a rough couple of days with the weather. NORMALLY, I would have just womaned up and gotten out my shovel calling it an excuse for more cardio and strength training, but 8 – 10 inches…
Media Alert! LIVE Podcast Friday Night!
The Fitness Tech Podcast I will be joining the Family’s own Jimmy aka Jim Collison on his weekly podcast to talk more about nutrition and last week’s Groundhog jog! Topics will include the Glycemic Index, a new, clean food pyramid, and some fun tips to incorporate whole food into your Super Bowl festivities! Join us,…
Leaving a Path 