Make 2019 the year you master your healthy eating resolutions! During January’s workshop, we’ll share our top tips for creating the space in your busy schedule for healthy eating, guiding you through the creation of your own customized goal plan, then demonstrate one of our favorite time hacks in the kitchen with some foodie-approved dishes to enjoy together.

Dedicate these 90 minutes to lay out your plan for health and fitness in 2019! You will walk away with:

• Your own customized goal plan, a copy of the presentation,
• Recipes
• A shopping list to use after the workshop in the store.
• We’ll also be offering a free (and optional) body composition test ($25 value) at the end of the program, so you know your baseline numbers. We hope to see you there!

*Be one of the first 10 people to register to receive the early registration price of $35. Regular price: $40.

SmartFood is a monthly interactive nutrition education & foodie-approved cooking demo workshop hosted by Carrie Dodd and Rachel Rotabi .

Carrie is a former professional beach volleyball player turned chef. During her 12-year volleyball career, Carrie spent her off-season working in kitchens and catering. When Carrie retired from beach volleyball, she turned her passion for the food service industry into her next professional chapter. Carrie has extensive experience in the restaurant and catering industry. She studied under chefs at Thyme Café and Catering in Santa Monica, and was the Head Chef at the Century Club in Manhattan Beach for three years.

Her mission is to help her clients build their cooking skills in a fun and relaxed way. Whether their goals are to learn more about food, bring family together around a healthy home-cooked meal, or gain new skills in the kitchen, Carrie offers cooking classes and private chef services to meet their needs. She loves cooking for her family and friends, often utilizing fresh organic produce she grows in her backyard. She enjoys all of the amazing new people her job as a private chef brings into her life.

Rachel Rotabi is a certified nutrition coach, personal trainer, and student of functional medicine.

She worked in the fast-paced medical device field for over ten years before “retiring” to spend more time with her young children.Those years working in the cath lab at the hospital inspired her mission to bend the healthcare cost curve, one client at a time. She takes pride in helping to combat the chronic disease epidemic in our modern world by empowering her nutrition clients in achieving a high quality of life now and throughout the aging process. Rachel understands the challenges of balancing a healthy lifestyle with the pressures of our busy lives. By breaking down goals into manageable chunks, she helps her clients incorporate healthy eating and living into every day life for sustainable change.

Rachel developed and leads Afterburn Fitness’s FUEL Nutrition Coaching Program in Manhattan Beach, as well as group workshops and 1:1 nutrition coaching sessions focused around nutrition education and building new skills to meet fitness goals. She is a group exercise instructor, avid snowboarder, and former amateur boxer.

Carrie and Rachel met while volunteering in Beach Cities Health District’s LiveWell Kids Garden & Nutrition Program two years ago. They are excited to provide the Lazy Acres community with valuable nutrition education to live in optimal health, and demonstrate that healthy eating can be delicious, easy and fun!