by Coach Mauricio | Sep 2, 2021 | Blog
In April 2015, I was diagnosed as prediabetic, having a hemoglobin A1c just above the 5.6% threshold. I found this result shocking at the time, because I was 32 and had otherwise been in the best fitness shape of my life, recently competing in the 2014 and 2013 CF...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 30, 2021 | Blog
I’ve been spending some time recently thinking about your journey. When I say you, I mean all the different people I have spent significant time helping, and their respective journeys. It’s your unique journey, but to generalize it from a coaching perspective, we call...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Jun 24, 2021 | Blog
In my last blog post I tried to set the stage and define mindful eating and intuitive eating. There are many overlaps between these similar concepts, so I will simply refer to them collectively as mindful eating for the remainder of this post. Working on being...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 23, 2021 | Blog
I get it. You’re in pain. Exercise and nutrition are not your #1 priorities in life. Health Care is often a dystopian nightmare. You need help, but you don’t know who to trust. The system is evidently *the* problem, but you don’t have time for a revolution. Know...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Jun 22, 2021 | Blog
Much of the last decade in nutrition has been focused on macro tracking, ie: weighing and measuring all your food items and tracking the grams of protein, carbohydrate and fat eaten per day. All of this, typically done, in an effort to eat in a caloric deficit, which...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 21, 2021 | Blog
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. You might have heard of this foodie Netflix series. If not, check it out! We watched it recently, and I found it fascinating and practical because it is so simple and works pretty well for making delicious meals with only a few ingredients. I’m...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 16, 2021 | Blog
Recently Sarah and I have decided to do some joint learning about Investment Retirement Accounts (IRAs). I got a little headache just writing that out. Adulting 101! Anyhow, we have learned a lot to be honest, check out Amanda Holden @dumpster.doggy for a start. Her...
by Coach Sarah, FNP-BC, MSN | Jun 15, 2021 | Blog
“If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” This phrase is known as Maslow’s Hammer, and is his rather famous quote about the mental bias we have for something that is well known to us. Abraham Maslow was an influential psychologist, most...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 14, 2021 | Blog
When I was 17, my football career ended, and it was traumatic. I was a senior in high school, and a few years prior had basically walked on to the JV team as a sophomore with a weight loss goal. Football is a beautiful and violent sport, and I had seen enough to know...
by Coach Mauricio | Jun 2, 2021 | Blog
My mom was always concerned about us getting cold in the Bay Area. “Bring a jacket or you’ll freeze to death.” I think it’s because she was from Puerto Rico and couldn’t reconcile the climate here versus the tropics. Island people! “Close the window or you’ll...
