182. My Journey With Nutrition + Athletics: Part 2 with Lindsey Cortes, RDN

This episode of the Female Athlete Nutrition podcast is the second in a 2-part episode series about me! After almost 4 years of weekly podcasts, we have a lot of listeners who probably don’t know my story, so here it is! If you haven’t already, go back and listen to Part 1 here!
Transitioning on from my own struggles with disordered eating, over-exercising, and my body, I discuss 3 key recovery tips. I bring listeners up to speed with the last decade of my life, where I have maintained a healthy relationship with food and my body, using sports nutrition to my advantage as I’ve trained for marathons as a recreational runner working full-time as a dietitian. I share my journey with birth control, understanding the menstrual cycle and hormones, and how I’ve recently been using Natural Cycles to track my own cycle.
Pregnancy and parenting has been a big part of the last 5 years, and I talk about coping with body changes during this part of life, as well as nutrition through pregnancy and as a mom. I share advice for fueling a busy schedule, including meal planning, snacking, and convenience food. With my second son Levi having severe dietary restrictions, family meals look a bit different, and I speak to those challenges too.
I finish off with my food fundamentals, and while I’m strongly against food rules, I share a few of my own! Yes, call me a hypocrite, but they’re not your typical nutrition “do’s and don’ts”! 
TOPIC TIMESTAMPS:
1:20 Introducing Part 2 brief overview of Part 1; go listen to Part 1 here if you haven’t already 
4:30 3 tips for healing from disordered eating 
10:50 Fueling as a recreational athlete, training for a marathon, while working as a dietitian
15:25 Pregnancy fueling and health challenges: I mention Episode 33 and Episode 132
19:30 My birth control experiences; understanding your menstrual cycle and hormones 
28:40 Menstrual cycle nutrition 
30:20 Nutrition as a busy mom: food freedom, snacking, convenience food, meal planning 
39:10 Meal planning tips 
41:15 Body changes around pregnancy and as a mom
42:10 Parenting a son with severe dietary restrictions and eating challenges: I mention Episode 140 and Episode 143
49:05 Food fundamentals and *not* food and hydration rules
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