Health > Exercise and Weight loss
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Reading to Your Child
We all know how important stories are for child development. But when my daughter was born with a hearing impairment, I went on a journey into reading that was more impactful that I could have imagined. Prior to her birth, I wasn't an avid reader. To be honest, I...
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5 Steps To a Healthier You
You don’t need to wait for a new year to focus on being a healthier version of yourself, you can make the changes to your lifestyle right now. Here are 5 great ideas to put into practice: An initiative launched over a decade ago by Paul, Maru and Stella McCartney –...
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Pause that Perfection
Think your child needs a perfect parent? Think again. Kids need so many things in order to grow, but a perfect parent isn’t one of them. In fact, a quest to be perfect can often have the opposite effect. So much of parenting is modelling, and we need to show our...
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The Downlow on Macro and Micro: the body’s essential nutrients
Have you ever heard the terms macro or micronutrients thrown around in health circles? Or perhaps you’ve read about them in books and blogs and wondered what's a simple way to incorporate them into your busy lifestyle? I was in the same boat, sick of nutritional...
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Zucchini Boats
I love the comfort of a lasagne or pasta bake, but I know these dishes are full of processed carbs and not exactly packed with nutrition. Zucchini boats are a great way to make a healthy version of pizza or pasta, and this basic recipe can be tweaked to include your...
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Vegan Chocolate Tarts
These delicious tarts are a perfect treat for the summer when avocados are in season! Super yummy and easy to whip up, they are always a crowd pleaser! 1 cup almonds ¼ cup dried dates ½ cup shredded coconut 2 tsp vegan butter or preferred oil ½ tsp vanilla paste 2...
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