Food & Fitness

That “Aha!” Moment

I'm in love I'm in love I'm in love! (with boot camp). Today I was a minute or two late to my boot camp and the others had already started the warm-up jog. As I lugged my 8-lbs weights, yoga mat and water bottle across the field, I half expected…

Boot Camp

It was on a whim that I signed up for a 4-week boot camp for women a few days ago. I thought to myself that it was high time I got a personal trainer-esque situation going on and learn the correct technique for all of those strength training exercises. Plus,…

Why We Need Acupuncture and Preventative Medicine

The past couple days, for some reason my left knee was starting to bother me. It was feeling rather sore and was just irritating me to no end. After complaining about it to the mother dear yesterday, she sat me down, brought out her infra-red laser, and performed laser acupuncture on…

Adventures in Cooking and Yoga

Yesterday my friend unfortunately canceled on me (we're going for lunch tomorrow instead), so I made myself some healthy French toast for dinner. It was the first time I'd ever made French toast by myself and I was quite pleased with the result (in the past, my attempts have been…

Cookies!

I would like to take this moment to say I'm done exams! Second year of university is over for me! Hurrah! and dance ecstatically. (Okay, I'm finished now. Carry on reading). The other day I made peanut butter oatmeal cookies from iVillage for the second time and was once again astonished…

France Fines for Pro-Anorexia (and a Carb Discussion)

France announces fines for pro-anorexia First, I recommend you check out an article in the Winnipeg Free Press (unfortunately the article is no longer available online), which is likely only one of the many articles about the topic on France fining for pro-anorexia currently circulating major newspapers. What do you…

First Barbecue of the Season!

Dinner today was homemade turkey burgers on homemade wholewheat buns. We demolished them pretty effectively! It's amazing how similar ground turkey is to ground beef. Do you also find that a lot of food that is healthier or made with less fat tends to taste virtually identical to the regular stuff?…