ZenTri Base Camp Day Passes Now Available!!!

Wanna check out base camp but couldn't sign up for the full weekend because you have an obligation on one of the days?
Want to drop in to get a taste for next year?
Want to hang out with one or all of the coaches?

Now you can register for a day pass! You choose the day or days (check out the schedule of events), then email us and we'll help you register for only $120 per day, including training, classes and a full on healthy meal! This is an excellent opportunity to ask questions, get answers, get motivated, train, and hang with some kick ass people! Like me!

Jackrabbit Sports RESOLVE Campaign

First, anyone in or around NYC needs to visit www.jackrabbitsports.com and sign up for the Resolve Campaign. Its 30 days of kick ass FREE events to help you define and reach your goals for the new year, including core workouts, yoga classes, run tours, and more. The most kick-ass-est event of them all will be my Nutritional Resolutions workshop on January 30th at 6:30pm at the UWS store location. For more details, check out the calendar when you sign up. Oh, you also get a free t-shirt.

10 Tips For Fighting A Cold (part 2 of the series)

Hoppin' John from New Year's Day (collards, kale, black eyed peas)

If you fail to keep the cold sickness out of your body, you can still fight and win against the symptoms.  As soon as you start to feel it coming on, UNPLUG and do the following list of things.  Honestly, these steps will keep you from taking a cold and turning it into a secondary infection AND it will shorten the duration of your feeling crappy.

10 Tips for Treating Cold Symptoms (and slaying it to death)


1.  Try to avoid taking tylenol, advil, cold medicine, etc to reduce your fever, chills, headache, body aches until your fever goes above 100.5 or so.  A slight fever is your body's defense against the germs that are invading your body, and you're better off not interfering until it is needed.

2.  Try to avoid taking a nasal decongestant or antihistamine unless you need it to sleep or to get through work that can't be avoided.  When possible, sit around and let your nose run and be disgusting.  This is supposed to happen!  Your body is getting rid of the icky sickness.  If you suppress these symptoms you are increasing your chance of developing a secondary infection.

3.  Eat soup!  Ingredients like onions, greens and chicken will help reduce or expel mucus.

4.  Rest! Rest! REST.  Skip anything you can, tell people to go away, exercise only lightly to work up a sweat but decrease the intensity and duration.

5.  Wash your hands. Don't get everyone else sick and don't catch other cooties while your immune system is already busy.

6.  Avoid dairy.  It increases your mucus.  That is a bad thing.

7.  Zinc lozenges have been shown to reduce the severity and duration of a cold.  Pay attention to the directions, they aren't candy!  If you take too many they can become toxic and make you puke.

8.  When your body craves vitamin c, choose the fruit and avoid too much sugar in orange juice.  Sugar will weaken your immune system.

9.  Drink lots of liquids.  Try adding honey and lemon to hot water.  Or try herbal yogi tea that will focus on your symptoms.

10.  Make soup! Then eat it all the time.

10 Tips for Cold and Flu Prevention

Everyone is sick.  I went to see my family in MA for Christmas and they all had a cold.  I went to visit friends in VT for New Year's and they had a throat/ stomach thing.  Now, I'm sitting next to my sick dream guy because he doesn't listen to me, or his coach, or doctor when we tell him to stop training and get better.  No amount of healthy soup will take a sick man through a run training focus.  So, what to do? I don't want to get sick!

10 Tips for Cold and Flu Prevention


1. Eat a wholesome diet that includes lots of greens and colorful produce.  Avoid immune-compromising sugary foods.

2. Eat garlic. It works like a broad-spectrum antibiotic against bacteria in the body, and you can't develop a resistance to it.  Use fresh garlic and add it to soups, stir frys, salad dressing, sauces, etc.

3. Drink plenty of pure water and herbal tea.  You can try Yogi Tea or Traditional Medicinals.  Look for teas that are meant for immune boosting, cold care or throat comfort.

4. Take a daily multi-vitamin for added support. Rainbow Lite is a good option.

5. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands. It makes a gigantic difference in decreasing your chances of getting cooties from your friends (unless you are kissing them, then you're... never mind).

6. Get regular exercise to increase your blood flow, circulation, and to allow your body to detoxify through sweat.

7. Get more sleep. Make it quality. Make it a priority. Your body works hardest to fight germs while you are asleep.  Even 30 minutes extra will make a difference.

8. Open your windows (just a bit), especially while you are asleep.  Dry heat will also dry out the mucous membranes in your respiratory system. Or you can buy a humidifier.

9. Reduce stress by saying "I'm not wasting emotional energy on this". Your body is unable to battle germs as well when you are constantly battling stress. Take a deep breath.

10. Make soup like the one in the photo above. Then eat the soup.  Include greens, onions, garlic, carrots and fresh ginger.

ZenTri Base and Nutrition Camp

If you haven't registered yet, check out the camp agenda that has been posted!  I'll be cooking and teaching (and making Brett cry when I beat him in the hill climb) for the camp, but I'm also looking forward to participating as a camper!  Last year I learned a ton of great info from Brett, Rich, Adam and Jessi and this year I'm looking forward to refining some of my new skills.

My nutrition theme this year will be The Top 10 Foods for Triathletes.  I've seen this list before and it looks different every time.  I'm going to bust up some myths and show you what you NEED to be eating. We'll also prepare and eat the foods we're learning about. How awesome is that?!?!

Teleclass! How to Enjoy the Holidays Without Packing on the Pounds

Check out the beard on this guy!

Healthy and Happy Holidays

(how to have your cake and eat it too!)

Over 2/3 of Americans are currently overweight or obese.  Of course there are numerous reasons for this epidemic, and our ‘national gluttony’ over the holidays plays a large part.  This overwhelming, over-consumption also taxes our immune system and makes us more prone to winter colds and flu.  

Don’t worry, I am not the Grinch or a Scrooge trying to take the fun out of your holidays.  There are many ways to get through this month-plus binge without gaining weight and getting sick.  And the good news is that you can still enjoy your holidays as much, if not more than you always have.

*Motivating facts:

• The average person puts on 5-7 pounds during the holiday season.

• During a typical Thanksgiving feast, the average person eats 7000+ calories.

• You can approach holiday eating differently this year.

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Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, let's get ourselves under control for the rest of our holiday feasting. Join me for an interactive teleclass and we'll discuss:

- How to survive the holiday season without becoming one of the above examples.

- Techniques to prevent holiday binge eating and promote a healthy lifestyle.

- How to strike a balance that allows you to "treat" yourself without denying yourself.

- And how to stay healthy and avoid a Winter cold or flu by making healthy food choices.

The class includes:

- A full set of notes

- Healthy holiday recipes

- Instructions for specific goal setting and planning to get you through

- Questions and Answers

Teleclass Details:

When: Wednesday, December 21st from 6:30-8pm ET

Where: Once you sign up, you will receive information in a confirmation email that includes the dial in number and access code for the call.

Cost: $25 (paid via paypal)

Includes: Complete plan for creating a holiday eating plan with an opportunity to ask questions, and a full set of notes and recipes from the classSign up: All you have to do is email me at christine@liveandeatbetter.com and I will add you to the list!


** Spaces are limited because the conference line only allows for a certain number of guests. If enough people become interested, I will investigate larger call volume lines.

How I Plan to be THE BEST at EVERYTHING Next Tri-Season

Its the latest episode of Sports Nutrition with The Holisticguru!  You get to eavesdrop on my end of year review with Coach Dreamy!

Click here to listen to how I will rock.