Food Diaries: How a Yoga Instructor and Health Coach Eats for a Day

Comments (View) | Published June 24, 2014

Katie Thornhill knows plenty about choosing a diet that keeps her energized. During the day she's a full-time political fundraiser and an ambassador for the DC meal company Power Supply, and just launched her own health-coaching company called Grip DC. She's also a Yoga Sculpt instructor at Georgetown's CorePower Yoga, a class she describes as 'an intense mix of sun salutations, plyometric work, ab work, cardio, and a whole lot of booty whooping. My students love the class, and I love seeing their energy soar.' On top of all that, she finds time to fit in runs along the C&O Canal. This leads to some long days-as in, 5 AM to 11 PM.

'My days are long, especially on Monday and Thursday when I teach Yoga Sculpt at 8:30 PM,' Katie says. 'Maintaining my energy levels so I can perform my best at work while also working out is important to me.' To keep her fueled for her marathon schedule, she relies on a Paleo and gluten-free diet, including periodic healthy snacks, and stays hydrated with lots of water. Read on for a closer look at her typical daily diet.

The Food Diaries series is intended to be inspirational and is not an endorsement of each individual's diet. Are you a local health, nutrition, or fitness expert with a love of food? Keep a food diary for us! E-mail wellbeing@washingtonian.com for details. Entities 0 Name: Georgetown Count: 1 1 Name: Paleo Count: 1 2 Name: Grip DC Count: 1 3 Name: Food Diaries Count: 1 4 Name: Katie Thornhill Count: 1 5 Name: Power Supply Count: 1 6 Name: DC Count: 1 7 Name: Katie Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1uAiTpG Title: Palaeolithic diet: Should we all eat like cavepeople? Description: Related We must rethink processed food A new analysis of early human teeth from extinct fossils has found that they expanded their diets about 3.5 million years ago to include grasses and possibly animals. They didn't eat pizzas or curry. Not a single slice of cake would have passed their lips.