The Kitchen Vixen

Profile

Personal Info

Name

Elizabeth Brown, MS, RD, CDE aka The Kitchen Vixen

Sex

Female

Age

40 years

Location

Houston, Texas

Occupation

Registered Dietitian & Certified Holistic Chef

A Little About Me

I am a Registered Dietitian, Certified Holistic Chef, Certified Diabetes Educator, Certified Weight Management Specialist and former personal trainer, competitive powerlifter, bodybuilder and marathon runner. I have worked in the health and fitness industry for over 20 years. Currently I write a weekly column for the weekend edition of the Santa Monica Daily Press. I have also written the exercise descriptions for the Men's Health book "Banish Your Belly". I have been conducting TV interviews and cooking demos on nationally syndicated stations around the country for the past 10 years. I was also a guest on Dinner and a Movie on TBS. I have a concept pilot for a science based cooking show which I am shopping.

When I Started Working Out

1986

How I Started

Began running on the indoor track in high school. The powerfliting coach was my French teacher. He convinced me to get into powerlifitng. I was the first female competitor in powerlifitng in my high school. Then bodybuilding in college and marathons when I worked at Rodale Press (publishers of Runner's world)

Why I Love It

Exercise is my cup of coffee, my drug of choice, so to speak. It helps me clear my head and focus on my goals.

How I Stay Motivated

I stay motivated by listening to my body, and knowing the difference between fatigue and just pure laziness which does happen ;-)

My Worst Injury

I never had a bad injury until last December ('07) when I broke my foot after tripping over a dog in the house where I worked as a private chef. Right before that happened I was running 50 miles a week. Now I am back to square one, but kept in shape through rowing, biking, lifting and now swimming

I Would Love To Meet

I want to meet Alton Brown and be on his show. 20 years ago, while in college, I came up with the concept for a nutrition science based cooking show. Alton Brown's show is similar to my concept although his involves mainly food science as it pertains to cooking while mine is about clarifying popular nutrition science concept.

Goals

Main Goal

My main goal is to clarify nutrition information for the masses in fun and entertaining ways

Short Term Goal

To provide valuable, user-friendly information to your viewers

Long Term Goal

To have my own nutrition science based cooking show on the Food Network

Bodyfat Goal

12% Haven't been there in 4 years. I have moved 6 times over the past 5 years from east coast, to northern cali to vegas, to southern cali and now Texas. Now that I am settled I can focus better on my goals

Weight Goal

My competition weight is my goal weight 112. I usualy hold around 118 but have gained since my running decreased last year (Currently I am at 124 which is my highest weight but is also my high school graduating weight from 1987, so not aweful)

Favorites

Bodyparts (Opposite Sex)

Bodyparts (Yours)

Exercises

Healthy Foods

Here is a link to my pilot on Omega-3s and some other info on Protein Shakes, Whole Grains and Aphrodisiacs http://www.youtube.com/KitchenScienceVixen

Not So Healthy Foods

Supplements

Hobbies

Magazines

Books

Here is a link to my blog with some of my already published articles
http://kitchensciencevixen.blogspot.com/

Workout Music