It’s essential to have a plan surrounding your meals and snacks in order to best fuel your body for dance. You’ll also end up eating more food you actually enjoy rather than turning to packaged convenience food most of the
Meal Planning for Dancers
Your metabolism isn’t the problem…
So now you’re probably saying, “Ok…then what is?!” It’s easy to look to your metabolism for the reason your body is progressing slowly. Well, what if your metabolism isn’t the problem? First, let’s look at the things that likely aren’t keeping
ABT Dancer Betsy Mcbride “Healthy at Home”
Healthy at Home with Betsy Mcbride Betsy Mcbride and I met at the Kaatsbaan Summer Intensive many years ago. She was still a teen but already dancing professionally with Texas Ballet Theatre, I was one of her RA’s. She was
How to Meal Prep for Healthy Eating Success
Meal Prepping : A Key to Consistent Health Eating At the Whole Dancer, we love working towards goals that create a mentally and physically healthier version of yourself as a dancer. Some research suggests, it takes 30 days to establish
Yes, Breakfast is that important.
Yes, Breakfast is that important. “The most important meal of the day.” “Don’t eat breakfast cereals that change the color of your milk.” Michael Pollan “It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel
Protein + Health Bar Review
Health Bar Review Health Bars, Protein Bars, Snack Bars are easy snacks to throw into your dance bag to give you fast easy fuel to dance. Dancers are constantly on the go and don’t always have time to home-make rehearsal
The Swan Lake Diet: Don’t fall into this trap.
If you’ve ever danced Swan Lake, you know that the entire ballet is quite an undertaking. There are very few parts that don’t require a ton of stamina and energy. Swan Lake requires you to really fuel yourself well and
The great cake debate
Can Dancers Have Their Cake and Eat It? Dancers and sugar: some key considerations. Every time I present something on food or eating plans, there are questions around sweets and foods you might currently categorize as treats. You might enjoy
Make Banana Bread Balls with TippyToeGirl
Natasha Sheehan, dancer with San Francisco Ballet, has created a beautiful online presence that demonstrates just how healthy and balanced professional ballerina’s can be. Her outlook is informed and lovely and worth emulating. She spent a lot of time learning
Herb Chicken and Asparagus : Dancer Recipe Inspiration with Adrianna de Svastich
One of my absolute favorite concepts in nutrition is that of “bio-individuality”. It’s the idea that because we are all so very different from our genetic makeup to our lifestyles and physiology that there’s no one – size fits all