Melissa Joulwan is the author of the best-selling Well Fed cookbook series, Living Paleo For Dummies, and Rollergirl: Totally True Tales From The Track. She also blogs at www.MelJoulwan.com where she writes about her triumphs and failures in the gym, in the kitchen, and in life.
After a lifetime of yo-yo dieting and food as the enemy, Melissa found the paleo diet in 2009 and has been happily, healthily following it ever since. That year, she also underwent a thyroidectomy. In the aftermath of the surgery and recovery, she became particularly interested in how diet affects hormones, body composition, mood, and motivation. These days, Melissa’s workouts are just as likely to include yoga and meditation as lifting heavy things and trying to stay ahead of the stopwatch.
