Weight – Page 5 – Nancy Clark RD

Exercising to attain a perfect body: a futile effort?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 16-03-2021

Body size, looks, and weight are concerns for many athletes. Some athletes have to be light for a specific weight class (rowing, wrestling, mixed martial arts). Others want to be...

Athletes, Eating Disorders & Exercise: Finding a Good Balance

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Uncategorized , Weight on 04-03-2021

Whether or not athletes with eating disorders should limit their exercise is a complicated topic. Is purposeful training counter-productive to healing and recovery from an eating disorder (ED)? What about...

Cronometer users wanted for a study

0 Comments , in Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 26-02-2021

If you have tracked your nutrition in the Cronometer platform both before and during the pandemic, nutrition grad students at Simmons University would like you to participate in their study...

The ABC’s of Sports Nutrition

1 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 13-01-2021

Believe it or not, eating a good sports diet can be simple. Yet too many athletes have created a complex and confusing eating program with good and bad foods, lots...

Is the Lighter Athlete the Better Athlete?

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 10-12-2020

Many athletes have engraved this message into their brains: The lighter I am, the better I will perform. While lugging around excess flab can indeed slow you down, many dieting...

Midlife Weight Gain

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Weight on 15-10-2020

“I used to be skinny when I was a runner in college. Look at me now. My BMI says I am “obese.” “Despite exercising regularly, I’ve gained weight with menopause...

Want to Build More Muscle? — Nutrition Tactics

1 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 11-09-2020

Most athletes want to have strong muscles to be more powerful, help prevent injuries, add protection for contact sports such as rugby or (American) football, and yes, to look buff....

When the mirror makes you sad

5 Comments , in Sustainable Sports Diet , Uncategorized , Weight on 13-04-2020

As I write this blog, the date is April 12th, 2020, more than three weeks into the coronavirus shut-down here in Boston. I continue to counsel clients from my virtual...

When food has power over you

0 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 13-04-2020

As I write this blog, the date is April 12th, 2020, more than three weeks into the coronavirus shut-down here in Boston. I continue to counsel clients from my virtual...

One week down… How are you doing?

2 Comments , in Sports Nutrition , Sustainable Sports Diet , Weight on 21-03-2020

Well, it’s been a week since I started to hunker down to help flatten the corona virus curve. I now have a virtual office, which has worked very nicely. I...