Off-Season Meal Prep with Babe Shredder Austin

December brings the end of 2018 but the start to our Babe Shredder Austin "off-season." By this we mean, taking a short break from our usual wakeboard cable nights and focusing on maintaining strength and activity in other ways. We kicked off a meal prep and nutrition session with Austin Certified Sports Nutritionist, Lauren Ogle Trub.

Lauren provided tips on staying healthy through the Holidays and a routine for action-sport lifestyles.

Below is a recap of Lauren's expert advice:

• After a strenuous exercise like wakeboarding, its imperative to help muscles recover. Skip the energy drink and refuel with a nutrition-dense apple or nuts
• Breakfast is brain food. We need it to get moving and turn the coffee pot on :) Start the morning off right with oatmeal, fruit or proteins like eggs or almonds
• Meal prep different proteins before the week begins and pair them with easy sides like pasta, rice or veggies to create variety all week long
• Give more variety to your meals by adding different spices

For exercise, do what you can and don't blame yourself for not being a body builder. Even if it is just a walk in the park for 10 minutes during your lunch break, being active every day adds up in a positive way.
By Tracy Land
Edit Ash Hannig