Kathleen is a Registered Dietitian, specializing in nutrition education and fitness. Kathleen currently lives in Honolulu, Hawaii and is enjoying the outdoors, as well as the local fresh produce & Farmer’s markets the area has to offer. Her other interests include cooking, fine dining, music, fashion & yoga.
Sunday is Mother’s Day, and also happens to be one of the busiest restaurant days of the year. This year, instead of calorie-laden pancakes and pastries, treat the special mothers in your life to a home-cooked breakfast made with love and warm your mother’s heart with these heart-healthy dishes.
Spinach & Sun-dried Tomato Frittata:
The frittata is similar to an omelet, but is more filling and dense, like a quiche.…
Hello tweakfit.com followers. For those of you who read my previous article, you know that I have begun a thirty day personal challenge to go gluten and dairy free. I am well into week two, but wanted to recap for you all how my journey went throughout my first seven days of changing my diet.
Slip-ups:
I jumped into this challenge head-first I knew it would be difficult at…
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Millions of Americans are affected by food allergies and intolerances. While I feel lucky to not have many digestive issues, I know that the food we eat affects other parts of our well-being like mood, energy levels, and our appearance. While I learned about food allergies in college, and as a nutrition consultant helped clients handle their food allergies and autoimmune disorders like celiac disease, I was surprised when I revisited…
Let’s face it, going out to eat can get expensive, especially if you’re like me & live in Hawaii! It doesn’t really matter which part of the country you live in, we all share one dining similarity in common…cheap and easy fast food restaurants. If it seems like there is one on every corner, it’s probably because there actually is one on every corner. Even if you never stepped…
A recent study published in The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, proves once again, how important it is to read food labels and be an educated consumer when it comes to the food we eat. The study analyzed the diets of over 1,000 college students and gathered information regarding the frequency the students either read or did not read nutrition labels. The data revealed that those who…
Oh, Valentine’s Day. One day a year dedicated to romance and showering loved ones with teddy bears, kisses and warm words written on over-priced Hallmark cards. Well hopeless romantics, Valentine’s is O-V-E-R, and all you’ve got left is wilted roses and empty heart-shaped boxes of chocolates. One day, or even a week of chocolate isn’t going to kill anyone, but now it’s time to brush the dust off your fruit…
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There are so many options in the grocery store aisles and new products pop up daily. For these reasons, I can easily make grocery shopping into a several hour event. I personally like to know what I am buying and eating, so I examine food labels, read ingredient lists, and compare products. Unlike many, I actually enjoy my long grocery shopping excursions and sometimes even look forward to them. For…
Who doesn’t love a good Super Bowl party? I may not be rooting for the Giants or the Patriots this Sunday, but I still plan on tuning in for the excitement of getting together with friends for football and of course, Madonna. Along with the commercials, another highlight of a good Super Bowl party is the food. Typical football foods include an array of high-fat chips and dips, fat-laden fried…
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Hello tweakfit.com followers. After the hustle and bustle of the holidays and a recent move to the beautiful island of Oahu, I am back with more tips to keep you all fit and fierce. As I am writing this post, I am in a hotel room in Honolulu, since the lease for my apartment does not begin until February. One of my biggest challenges over the past week has been…
Working at a health club for the past two years has provided me with a little extra insight on people’s work out routines. With 2,000+ members at our club, I see just about the same few hundred people every day. The others? I’m sure some are here in the evenings after I leave work or perhaps just come on the weekends. However, there are also quite a few who simply…
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It’s a story I hear all the time… You’ve spent the entire day focusing on eating right- you started out the day strong with a balanced breakfast, packed a healthy lunch, even ate baby carrots for a mid-afternoon snack. You did everything right, then just around 9pm,the sure-tell cravings begin…and they aren’t cravings for more baby carrots or even sugar plums…you’ve got visions of sweets and carbs dancing in your…
Some days an extra ten minutes on the snooze button is enough to leave me running around flustered trying to get out the door in the morning. However I always make it a priority to make sure I have a lunch cooler filled with nutritious and filling foods to get me through the day at work. The key to healthy eating is planning ahead, but we have all encountered the…
Protein bars can be a great snack or meal substitute for people trying to lean up and lose belly fat. Although most bars will be a good source of protein, some can also be packed with calories, contain little fiber, and as much sugar as a candy bar. Below I have compared several different common protein bars to help you find the best fit for you. Take my advice, reading…
As a Registered Dietitian, one of the questions I hear often is concerning Vitamin D. How much Vitamin D is too much? Where do I get it? Why is it important? Vitamin D, also known as the “sunshine vitamin” is a fat-soluble vitamin that comes in several forms. One of the largest roles Vitamin D plays in the human body is in calcium metabolism. Maintenance of blood calcium is vital…
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Dietary fiber is one of the most important components of a healthy diet. Fiber, a carbohydrate that enters the large intestine undigested, helps control weight, and people who consume high fiber diets tend to weigh less than those with low fiber diets. Along with weight control, studies show fiber can also help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, colon cancer and Type 2 Diabetes.
There are two different kinds of…
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Fat-free, low-fat, part-skim, trans-fat free- huh?? With more options at the grocery store these days then stars in the sky, it’s often hard to distinguish the best choices when it comes to fat in your diet. Although fat has gotten a bad reputation among the major macronutrients, rest assured that including sufficient amounts of fat is your diet is not only o.k. to do, but it can also help you…
People are often confused when I tell them that I am a Registered Dietitian and a bartender. While I first got into the bar industry to help support myself through college and my dietetic internship, I found that my creativity and passion for nutrition, actually helped me to create healthier and creative drinks for my customers. At my nutrition job at Devon Fitness Club, located in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, there is…
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Some of the biggest obstacles to eating healthy and losing weight can be time! As a Registered Dietitian, I hear it time after time: not enough time to grocery shop, not enough time to portion out foods, and not enough time to create healthy and tasty meals that are not repetitive and boring. Finally, a solution! After reviewing many meal delivery programs, I have discovered one that fits the bill…
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There is so much weight loss advice out there, what’s a dieter to do? As a Registered Dietitian, I am constantly bombarded with questions about what to eat to lose weight, and more specifically, how to get rid of that hard-to-lose belly fat.
There is no substitute for physical activity and a healthy diet when it comes to slimming down, but recent research published in the September issue of the…
