This episode is a Q&A episode where I answer questions that have been submitted by listeners.

Questions for today’s episode include:

• I’ve been struggling to get through an entire year healthy. I always make it through the fall and winter, then struggle with soft tissue injuries in the spring. Do you think this might be nutrition related or are these just things that come with running?
• What is your take on bicarb? Does it really make a difference and do you recommend it for high school athletes?
• I’m a high school swimmer and I’ve been struggling with GI issues immediately after races. This never happens during training. Can you think of anything that might be causing this and is there anything that might help from a nutrition standpoint?
• What advice would you give to an athlete that is struggling with fatigue, soreness that doesn’t go away, and is struggling in races? As her coach, how can I help an athlete recover from LEA/RED-S mid season?

Thanks so much to everyone who has submitted questions so far! If you would like to submit a question for future episodes, you can do so on my website HERE or email me at fuelingforwardpodcast@gmail.com.

You can find the links to the waitlists for the Fueling Forward programs below:

• High School Summer Boot Camp Series
• Fall Marathon Group Nutrition Coaching Program
• Healing Your Relationship With Food

This episode is an interview with NYC based RD, Natalie Rizzo. Natalie is the owner of Greenletes, a plant-based sports nutrition company, and she works primarily with plant-based athletes to help them learn how to fuel for health and performance on a plant-based diet. She has her Master's in Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from Columbia University and is the author of the cookbook Planted Performance. Natalie has been a vegetarian herself for over 15 years, and has completed 2 marathons and over 20 half marathons. She's also a mom to 2 boys.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How Natalie found running later in life and caught the bug after finishing her first race
• Natalie's winding path to finding nutrition as a career after originally going into sales
• Her decision to become vegetarian and how she learned about plant-based sports nutrition through her own experiences
• Myths around plant-based eating for athletes
• How to navigate fiber intake as a plant-based athletes, and ideas for lunches for runners training in the afternoon/evening
• Top nutrition recommendations for plant-based runners and tips for anyone who is interested in becoming plant-based

If you're interested in working with Natalie, you can learn more on her website https://greenletes.com/ and you can find her on Instagram @greenletes

This episode is a Q&A episode where I answer questions that have been submitted by listeners.

Questions for today’s episode include:

• I prefer not to weigh myself or know my weight, how do I go about telling my doctor I don’t want to be weighed or see my weight?
• I’m a high school runner and I haven’t PR’d since my freshman year. I still have my period and feel like I’m getting stronger, so I question whether or not it’s fueling related. Do you have any advice?
• I’m a collegiate heptathlete and was wondering if you have suggestions on how to fuel during a heptathlon?
• I struggle with knowing how much to eat during my taper weeks with a lower training volume and get anxious about eating too much. How do you recommend approaching this for peak performance?

Thanks so much to everyone who has submitted questions so far! If you would like to submit a question for future episodes, you can do so on my website HERE or email me at fuelingforwardpodcast@gmail.com.