Food is Your Paint

I hope everyone is having a great weekend! This weekend, we decorated our mini Christmas tree (apartment life) and watched a Christmas movie which definitely helped get me into the holiday spirit. It has been a little harder to get in the holiday spirit out here in LA, where it has been 70 and sunny. While I’m enjoying the sunshine, I have to say it doesn’t really feel like winter. We’ve been getting pictures from our families back home of the first snow in Colorado, and it has definitely made me miss winter! We’re going to be road tripping back for the holidays and I’m really looking forward to some time with family and some time in the snow.

One thing I am enjoying about this constant nice weather is that it’s so easy to get out the door for a run! The temperature is always comfortable and the trails and sidewalks are always clear and runable. Having to run on icy roads in the freezing cold is one thing I’m not currently missing about winter in Colorado 😅. Although I’m not training for anything right now, it has been nice to get back into a routine with running and lifting after NYC. It took me a couple of weeks to feel recovered and to want to run again, so I’ve been enjoying easing back into it!

In Today’s newsletter:

• What’s for dinner? I’ve planned out your week in meals and snacks so you don’t have to! Check out my menu plan for the week, and some simple recipes to go with it.

• Weekly tip: This week, I wanted to highlight the produce that is in season in December, and give you some quick tips for incorporating them into your meals and snacks.

• Science corner: With so much information about the menstrual cycle floating around, I thought I would do a mini-lesson on what is going on physiologically and hormonally during the menstrual cycle, and what athletes can do to best support their bodies during each phase of the menstrual cycle.

• Food for thought: I’ve been watching a holiday baking show this weekend, and I love watching people experiment with food. I wanted to reflect on how the art of cooking is something that might help improve our relationship with food.

Do you have topics, recipes, or thoughts that you’d like to see in the next Sunday Brunch Club? Reply to this email and let me know!

Listen👇🏼: to the most recent episode of the Fueling Forward podcast where you can find interviews with athletes or listen to me answer questions submitted by listeners.