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I'm Tina

I’m the owner of Carrots ‘N’ Cake as well as a Certified Nutrition Coach and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-P). I use macros and functional nutrition to help women find balance within their diets while achieving their body composition goals.

FASTER METABOLISM

An in-depth, 4-week reverse dieting course for women who feel like their metabolism has slowed down, think they might have hormonal imbalance and can’t lose weight no matter what they do.

Muscle-building hard truths

Muscle-building hard truths…⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Are any of these news to you? ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ If you want to TONE UP = BUILD MUSCLE⁠⁠ If you want to GET LEAN = BUILD MUSCLE⁠⁠ If you want to SLIM DOWN = BUILD MUSCLE⁠⁠

FREE Fitness Challenge Starts on September 7th

Join the Dirty 30 Challenge FREE 5-DAY FITNESS CHALLENGE WITH QUICK AND DIRTY WORKOUTS September 7-11th, 2021 A free 5-day momentum-building fitness challenge to help you get consistent with your workouts! The goal is to regain control of your health after

I haven’t always looked like this…

I haven’t always looked like the photo on the right, which was taken just a couple of weeks ago.⁠ Let’s just say, the start of 2020 was rough for me. I struggled with my weight in 2020. I went through

The point of diminishing returns

Does more exercise automatically equals better results? Nope, not true. I learned this the hard way. Just last week, I recorded a podcast episode about my experience with overtraining and how it affected my hormones, thyroid, and weight loss efforts.

EP39: “Help, I just can’t get into strength training!”

In this episode, I share a personal story as well as some advice for making strength training more fun! LISTEN HERE Ok, strength training *can be* boring.⁠ ⁠ There, I said it.⁠ ⁠ If you find it monotonous, it’s time

StrongMadeSimple 2.0 is Open for Enrollment

Strength training *can be* boring.⁠ ⁠ There, I said it.⁠ ⁠ If you find it monotonous, it’s time to think about things differently. ⁠ ⁠ Does this sound familiar? ⁠ ⁠ When you first started strength training, your goals was

“But those weights will make you look like a man!”

“But those heavy weights will make me look like a man!”⁠ I mean, seriously? It’s 2020. Are we STILL having this conversation? ⁠ I honestly can’t believe we’re still worried about looking like a man by lifting a few dumbbells.

Eating 1,200 Calories Will Not Get You ‘Toned’

Let’s say you’re trying to gain lean muscle… in other words, look like you actually workout. Well, without the proper nutrition, gaining muscle will be very difficult. ⁠⠀ You’ll likely need to eat more calories than usual and actually (gasp!)

What happens when you switch from cardio- to strength-based training?

A scary thing happens when you switch from a cardio-based workout routine to a strength training-based one.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ You (usually) gain weight.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Terrifying, right?!?⁠ ⁠⠀ As your body adjusts to the new routine and muscles are being activated in

6 Tips for Taking Your Workout Into Your Backyard

Disruption is the enemy of good habits and good intentions. And if there’s one word to sum up what the Covid-19 crisis has done to everyday life, it’s disruption. This is the time you might need your fitness routine the

Stuck at home? Here’s how to maintain your fitness without a gym

Stuck at home? Here are two great ways to maintain your fitness without a gym. How to maintain fitness without a gym 1. DITCH THE ALL OR NOTHING APPROACH Yea, the gyms are closed. It sucks. Maybe it’s even too

When My Fittest Friend Asked Me For Motivation, Here’s What I Told Her

One of my friends—she just happens to be my fittest friend—recently asked me for some workout motivation. She started a new job, so her workout routine changed from a group/class setting to working out mostly on her own. She’s usually the

Overtraining and Hormones: How They Impact Weight Loss

Many of the women who come to me for one-on-one nutrition and group coaching come to me with hormonal imbalances. Many of these imbalances are a result of overtraining. They’ve adopted the ‘all or nothing’ approach to their nutrition and

It’s hereeeeee! StrongMadeSimple is now available!!

After pouring my blood, (literal) sweat, and tears into this program for the last 3+ months, I’m excited to FINALLY announce that registration for StrongMadeSimple is NOW OPEN! StrongMadeSimple is an intermediate-to-advanced, dumbbell-ONLY at-home training program that includes 24 full-length

Sometimes I struggle to keep my priorities straight

I admit it. Sometimes I struggle to keep my priorities straight.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Especially when I’m short on time or low on energy. Between being a wife, a mom, a coach, and a blogger, my days get pretty hectic!⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I

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