How many times have you gone into a restaurant and ordered a meal that sounds reasonably healthy, only to check the nutrition information online afterwards and discovered that you consumed over 1,500 calories within the space of a couple hours? One problem with deciphering restaurant menus is that there are…
Now that we're getting into the colder months, I've noticed a definite difference in my body temperature after exercise. It takes 10 or 15 minutes to walk to the gym, so I wear yoga pants and a zip-up sweater over top of my shorts and shirt to keep myself warm…
I have wonderful news. The boyfriend, Mr. Science, is moving in with me! Hurray! We're very excited. We've been talking about it for months - it's gone something like this: January Me: Your apartment lease is coming up in the spring - want to move in with me? Him: Umm...…
I have an on-off relationship with running (it's off at the moment), but this week I started taking step class again. I've always loved step class, but I hadn't done it in years since I cancelled my YMCA membership (I started it again last month. Hurray!). For the past few…
Tonight I am going to see Manitoba's premiere election candidates discuss food policy. Food is a very important issue and I think it's wonderful that Food Matters MB has taken the effort to create this event. I'm hoping that the candidates will answer questions related to supporting small, local farmers,…
I'm not a full-time vegan or vegetarian, but I dabble with both of those health philosophies from time to time. The reasons why I like to occasionally go vegan or vegetarian are numerous, and one of them is for the treatment of animals. Horrible things happen to animals who are…
I'm generally a morning person, but even just the other day I noticed that it was a bit more difficult to wake up for work in the morning. Whether that was related to the shorter amount of daylight or simply that I wasn't quite ready for my long weekend to…
I've recently started re-using FitDay. I've had accounts on FitDay several times in the past, and each time I've adored using it. I'll use it religiously every day for months, and then I'll stop... usually because it just becomes too much to constantly track. What is FitDay? FitDay is an…
Remember the 100 push ups challenge? Well... this week I started it again. Just for kicks! It started like this: on Monday when the sistertraveller flew to Toronto (for good!) to do her Masters program, I got to thinking. As I've mentioned before, I'm "own my own" this week. The…
Zucchini chips are a really yummy, healthy treat for when you a) need your veggie fix, and b) are craving something salty and crunchy! Since I had a lot of zucchini in my house last week (remember the zucchini that was the size of a small child?), I made piles…
