Crowd in monounsaturated and omega-3 fatty acids into your diet for optimal health!

Often, my first nutrition recommendation to clients is to focus on eating high quality protein at every meal and snack. This habit transforms eating behavior like no other!

Carbohydrates get a bad rap. When we think of carbs, visions of added sugar filled doughnuts and refined white bread often come to mind. But all plant foods are chock full of nutrient dense carbohydrates that supply a healthy dose of fiber, vitamins, minerals and hydration.

We know you’re committed to create your best health through food and have some big goals to boot! Let’s make sure you’re aware of these 3 Nutrition Traps! These pitfalls are rarely obvious in our diet guru culture. But, when you can spot them from a mile away, you’ll be able to tap into an inner wisdom and live by nutritional values that work for YOU, and have a life with food that is both nourishing and rewarding!

How are you showing up for yourself when no one is looking?

Clients often say “I have it all together for everyone else, but just can’t seem to take care of myself”. If you can relate to this, join Coach Laura in a compassionate exploration of your “Front Stage Self” compared to your “Back Stage Self”. Ditch the self judgement that can put shame at the center of frustrating patterns, like vegging out with Oreo’s and Netflix, and see how honesty and integration of these two personas is critical to your life long wellness success!

“If they can do it then by god, so can I!” That’s the power of a TRIBE. You need it. We need it! There’s strength in numbers, in the “cloud of witnesses” who are cheering you on! Without this important layer of health in your life, it’s normal to struggle with reaching your weight loss and fitness goals. Lean on social support to get you moving!

Knowing HOW to be hungry means knowing how to be with all the different types of hunger cues that can chime off in your body and brain throughout the day. Feeling empowered and in control of what you eat, how much, what kind of food and when you eat is largely due to self awareness tools related to hunger and satiation. The complex messages going on in your body and mind around food and eating require a deeper understanding. So, if you feel confused or overwhelmed by how to change your eating habits, then we invite you to START HERE. This mind-body work can set you on a whole new path of wellness success!

There are 3 Big Essentials for Weight Loss - these are lesser known and often completely missing from most plans or programs. This error makes weight loss harder, more inconsistent and much more frustrating!

Let’s take a deeper look at why these formulas work AGAINST people and how to align yourself with long term success with a life and body that is just right for you!

How can you get more consistent with healthier habits? Success is built on 3 principles you might be missing! Maybe you keep trying to stick with all the things you know you should be doing, and it works for a little while and then you lose motivation or life gets in the way? It’s so frustrating because you really do want to make better choices. Discover these 3 principles to build your “muscle” of Consistency!

Stop exercising to lose weight. What?! Instead, make Metabolic Soup. This recipe will get you thinking of exercise in a new way and just might change WHY you do it!

Some people love to log their food day in and day out. But most people don’t! Here at Three Point Balance, we empower you to decide whether logging is part of your personal journey and provide a number of options for you to choose from through a two step process . . .

Resistance is that force inside us pushing back against change. Anytime, anyone wants to grow personally, get healthy, create something, advance spirituality, start a business - resistance lurks. You’ve got to outsmart it in order to WIN!

Tired of thinking about food? Tired of feeling inconsistent with with the foods you want to eat that align with your health goals? We get it! We make roughly 200 food decisions per day! In order to reduce decision fatigue and reach your health goals, we need to automate some patterns in a very strategic process!

Meal prep can feel overwhelming!! Building meals for the week doesn’t have to be. When you start with your strengths, identify “low hanging fruit” that will make things easier, and experiment with simple healthy adjustments, it can all come together for you!

One of the most common complaints I hear as a fitness coach is that working out just feels like another obligation-“something I should do”. If you’re frustrated about never getting it done, a ritual just might be the thing to help you protect the time and space and energy to take care of yourself.

Here’s some GOOD news that likely negates all you learned in Western education trying to earn your 4.0 GPA:

A solid B average is actually better than an A when it comes to making lifestyle changes.

You want to better yourself. Improve. Grow! But, “Self Improvement” can hold people back and create internal resistance! Change your focus in order to access what you’re truly capable of!

"The middle" is where motivation lapses. When none of the excitement of starting the journey is left and the end seems a long way away. Honoring the “middle” means Shifting Focus and Up-leveling Accountability. Here’s how you do it . . .

It sneaks up on me every year. Around the middle of November my energy levels drop a bit. I start to feel pensive and more self reflective, wistful, even a little sad. As the days shorten and the light wanes so does my mood . . .

Food and Pleasure . . . ​ Oooh it’s a juicy confusion that people blame their “bad” eating habits on. But, here’s the real deal, it’s easy to completely misunderstand the mind-body pleasure connections with food. When used in new ways, this is often the missing piece to an empowered wellness journey.