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Food Strategies + Meal Plans

Why Dietary Fat Won’t Make You Fat

Why Dietary Fat Won’t Make You Fat

The Missing Macro Say “yes” to dietary fat. Protein, carbohydrates, and fat are essential macronutrients. Your body needs them (all of them) to function. Even with the popularity of higher protein and fat diets, dancers tend to be somewhat fat-phobic.

Jess Spinner June 24, 2020April 16, 2023 Food Strategies + Meal Plans, Nutrition for Dancers 2 Comments Read more

Eat with Ease during Quarantine

Eat with Ease during Quarantine

Creating your Custom Dancer’s Meal Plan You have very specific needs as a dancer and in our current situation, being intentional with food is going to support you in so many ways. By making healthy, intentional choices you’re going to

Jess Spinner April 22, 2020January 1, 2022 Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

Stress Eating Strategies

Stress Eating Strategies

during our current crisis and beyond Stress eating happens. As you navigate this new world amidst a global pandemic, it’s perfectly understandable that you might be feeling stressed. Anytime we feel uncertain, it’s stressful. Well, this is uncertainty on a

Jess Spinner April 2, 2020 Food Strategies + Meal Plans, Mindset + Goals 1 Comment Read more

The 7-Step Process to Reaching Best Body Goals

The 7-Step Process to Reaching Best Body Goals

7 Essential Steps to Reaching your Personal Best Body Through The Whole Dancer, I work with dancer’s to reach your personal best body healthfully and sustainably. I use a 7-Step Process that has worked time and time again to support

Jess Spinner February 18, 2020February 12, 2021 Food Strategies + Meal Plans 10 Comments Read more

4 “P’s” of Healthier Eating

4 “P’s” of Healthier Eating

Here are your 4 P’s to Healthier Eating: PLANTS PLANNING PREP PLATING Watch the video for more: Or Read: Plants Most people don’t get enough vegetables. You know you should be eating lot’s of veggies but unless eating them is

Jess Spinner January 30, 2020April 12, 2021 Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more

Avoiding Extremes in Healthy Eating

avoid eating extremes

The ballerina mindset, naturally can be a bit extreme. You’re conditioned to be that way and even taught that it’s necessary for success in this art. If you want to be the best you’ve got to give it all, all

Jess Spinner January 16, 2020December 31, 2022 Food Strategies + Meal Plans, Nutrition for Dancers No Comments Read more

Holiday Eating Strategies – Indulge with Balance

Holiday Eating Strategies – Indulge with Balance

Food takes a pretty central role in the Holiday Season. If you’re struggling with your weight or feeling stress about maintaining your dancer body, the whole holiday food circus can be overwhelming. Auditions are right around the corner. You might

Jess Spinner December 18, 2019December 19, 2019 Food Strategies + Meal Plans 1 Comment Read more

Never make another weight loss resolution

Never make another weight loss resolution

It’s time to end it. Break up with those dieting and weight loss resolutions. Just say g’bye. More than 95% of the time they lead to feelings of disappointment and failure. A few months into a new year and you’re

Jess Spinner December 14, 2019December 14, 2019 Food Strategies + Meal Plans, Mindset + Goals No Comments Read more

All the Holiday Season Struggles

All the Holiday Season Struggles

Whether you’ll be performing the Nutcracker or not! The Holiday Season is one of my favorite times of the year. I loooove Thanksgiving and Christmas for the family time and the festivities of the season. This year should be even

Jess Spinner November 5, 2019February 12, 2021 Career Advice, Food Strategies + Meal Plans 1 Comment Read more

The Danger of Copying Meal Plans

The Danger of Copying Meal Plans

For Dancer’s the Stakes are even Higher In the past, I’ve gotten into the idea that those “What I Eat in a Day” posts are worth taking with a grain of salt. You might look to them for some inspiration

Jess Spinner October 9, 2019February 12, 2021 Food Strategies + Meal Plans No Comments Read more
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