Sports dietitian and endurance athlete Stevie Lyn Smith joins host Mia Lerner to share her journey into triathlon, her evolving philosophy on nutrition, and the inspiration behind her new book Power Up. She discusses how young women can build a healthier, more empowering relationship with food, body image, and performance.

Key Takeaways

• Athletes can easily under-fuel when training volume increases without a matching nutrition increase.
• Food should be flexible, realistic, and personal rather than being defined as “good” or “bad.”
• Performance often improves when athletes properly fuel before practices and workouts.
• Social media nutrition trends (especially “high-protein” everything) can mislead young athletes.
• Parents and coaches should avoid body comments and keep food language neutral.
• Power Up was created to give young female athletes accessible, evidence-based, real-life nutrition guidance.
• It’s healthy and normal for athletes to take breaks from structured training to avoid burnout.
• Recovery from disordered eating involves learning to move through intrusive thoughts instead of expecting them to disappear entirely.

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