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My Health is No Longer a Monday to Friday Job
I was a Monday to Friday girl for many years. From work, to exercise, to eating well; it only happened on weekdays. Then weekends came and I consumed all the carbs I hadn’t eaten during the week, overindulged and stayed up much too late. Monday mornings came way too...
Baby Steps
Do you consider yourself an active person? Someone just starting out on their health journey might look at my social media posts and think, "I could never do that." If you were to scroll through my social media feeds, you would see that I'm always out and about to...
Exercising and Pregnancy
While most women will want to maintain fitness during pregnancy, you don’t want to do anything that could put yourself or your baby at risk. There is so much conflicting information out there, but you’ll be pleased to know that many forms of exercise have benefits...
Strength Training You Can Do At Home
Lives are getting busier and it’s hard to fit in work, kids, couple-time, AND exercise. So my husband and I decided to combine a few things and try getting stronger at home together. All we needed was some basic equipment, a systematic approach, and a positive...
Building Muscle at Home
After I finished my cancer treatments a year ago, I slowly went back to my old regime of exercise. But even though I was going to kickboxing class a few times a week, I wasn’t regaining my strength. I was feeling quite frustrated with my lack of progress and needed...
Why ‘diet’ is a dirty word in my house
After decades of misuse, the word ‘diet’ is packaged with some truly upside-down thinking and it’s influencing our health in all the wrong ways. It’s up to us to change the story for the next generations. Full disclosure: I’ve been yo-yo dieter too. Start Monday, eat...
How I Finally Learned To Love My Body And Live A Healthy Life
Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, I wish I was skinnier, I wish I had smaller thighs, bigger boobs, smaller bum, no stretch marks, etc.? Yeah, me too. We have to go back almost 30 years to find my first memory of having body issues. I was only eight...
Five Ways To Boost Your Metabolism
When you’re trying to shed a few kilos there are things you can do to make that journey a little easier (it’s often hard to change habits, so every little bit helps!). Boosting your metabolism is a great way to get your body working for you, even when you’re not...
A Healthier Lifestyle One Step at a Time
A Healthier Lifestyle One Step at a Time (Step One: Mind Set and Breakfast) It was about two years ago that I looked at my family’s health and decided it was time to stop going on fad diets. They didn’t work and cost us a fortune. Instead I had to do the hard thing...
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Gratitude
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Do you have a love-hate relationship with exercise?
Exercise can bring up a lot of funky feelings. You may be self–conscious about your athletic skills, that was me. Or you may be stuck in this story where you think you hate exercising. You might think exercise is something you “have” to do. Or maybe you think that if...
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