Fitness By Patty believes that Healthy Living is the ONLY way to meet, exceed and maintain your fitness, health & lifestyle goals.
Improving and maintaining optimum health requires more than just a 30 minute workout each day. It requires a healthy lifestyle. And, this might require you to make some lifestyle changes. Not to worry, Fitness By Patty is here to help. Below you’ll find my recommendations to help you make wiser lifestyle choices and live a healthy life.
Below you’ll find my recommendations for the very best healthy lifestyle choices in Jacksonville & the Beaches.
* If you are looking for Patty’s Fountain of Youth Lemon Water recipe, you can find it HERE
Healthy Jacksonville Restaurants
If you truly want to control your diet, then the only way to accomplish this is to prepare all of your own meals and snacks everyday. However, this is nearly impossible for the average American. Life is just too busy. So, for convenience we often eat out, grabbing a quick breakfast or lunch at a fast food (McDonalds, Subway) or chain (Fire House Subs, Chilies) restaurant. While these places are convenient and relatively inexpensive, their food quality is poor and often packed full of fillers, fat, sodium and too much meat protein.
So, below are my favorite restaurants that offer REAL healthy choices:
Delicomb in Jacksonville Beach
Open Tuesday – Sunday from 7am – 4pm
Delicomb is one of my favorite restaurants in Jacksonville for breakfast, lunch & coffees. Very fresh food made with only the best natural and organic ingredients. Best of all, Delicomb does not serve sodas, chips or french fries…only fresh, whole food entrees, sides and drinks. Try their homemade Kimchi…it’s a super healthy, great tasting addition to any salad or sandwich.
Native Sun Natural Foods Market
2 Locations: Mandarin & Baymeadows/9A
Awesome deli with great wraps and seasonal salads, hot bar features cooked meals, side dishes and soups AND their fresh juice bar is the best in town. Everything they prepare is made using organic produce and natural ingredients.
Town3611 in Avondale
Town is a higher-end restaurant with a heavy focus on “farm to table” style food service. Town offers a very creative, elegant menu and uses only the freshest local produce and meats for it’s dishes.
Jacksonville Farmers Markets & Health Food Stores
Jacksonville has some really awesome farmers markets…I encourage you to get out and explore what our local area farmers harvest. Their produce is much better quality, more fresh, generally less expensive and will last longer since it doesnt need to be shipped across the country.
Our diets have the single biggest impact on our health. So, feed yourself the very best that you can. Unfortunately, the very best rarely comes from Publix, Winn Dixie or any other major grocer. So, for the very best produce you need to hit the local farmers markets.
Below are my favorite Farmers Markets in Jacksonville:
Beaches Green Market
www.BeachesLocalFoodNetwork.org
Every Saturday from 2pm – 5pm at Jarboe Park in Neptune Beach
Features fresh produce and free range meats from local farmers, such as: KYV Organic Farm, Twinn Bridges Farm, Alvarez Farm, Down to Earth Organic Farm and Cognito Farm and more.
Mid-Week Market in Atlantic Beach
Every Wednesday from 3pm – 6pm at Bull Memorial Park
You will also find Fitness By Patty here every Wednesday from 3-5pm offering complimentary mini sessions of my speciality Range Of Motion Stretch Therapy and Manual Therapy.
My Favorite Produce & Health Food Stores in Jacksonville:
Palmetto Organics
Delivers fresh, organic produce right to your door. No Delivery Fees!
You can also find Palmetto Organics at the Mid-Week Farmers Market in Atlantic Beach every Wednesday starting at 3pm.
Native Sun Natural Foods
2 Locations: Mandarin & Baymeadows/9A
Offers fresh organic produce, meats and dairy products + an awesome deli, hot bar & juice bar + supplements/vitamins & hygiene products & a very knowledge staff that will answer all of your questions and even give you a free tour.
Lakewood Produce
Located in the Lakewood/San Jose area of Jacksonville. Lakewood Produce provides fresh, seasonal produce …not everything is organic, but they do provide better quality produce than most large retail grocery stores.
CLICK HERE for my COMPLETE list of Jacksonville farmers markets & health food stores
Workout and Running Gear
Jacksonville Running Company
www.Jacksonville Running Company.com
JRC offers 2 locations: Tapestry Park and Bartram Park
Your one stop shop for all things running. These guys are the running experts…very knowledgeable staff, quality gear and they make sure you are purchasing the best product that fits your body and your needs. They even offer organized group runs during the week at various locations around Jacksonville.
lululemon athletica
Located at the St. Johns Town Center
lululemon offers the best workout and yoga gear for men and women, as well as yoga accessories (mats, blocks, towels, etc). Plus, every Sunday morning they offer complimentary yoga classes starting 9:30am!
Jacksonville Outdoor Activities
Kayak Amelia
A really fun activity that’s great for the whole family. Kayak Amelia is located within Talbot Island State Park, and provides kayak & stand up paddle board rentals, as well as guided kayak tours throughout the Talbot Island creeks and Nassau Sound. You can kayak out to your own private island in Nassau Sound…enjoy a beautiful and fun afternoon, while getting a great workout in the fresh air!
