Picture this. It’s morning. Your alarm goes off. You drag yourself out of bed after hitting the snooze button three times. It’s an emergency coffee situation. How will you ever make it through the rest of the day? By 10 o'clock you are tired and have your daily mantra echoing in your head “must [...]
As I was looking through article after article about how to spend Valentine's Day when you're single, I felt a little discouraged. Some were saying to reflect on past mistakes, some were saying how to love yourself despite being single, and some were saying to take yourself out on a date. While for some, [...]
If you are like me - you wake up in the morning, get ready for work, glance at your fully stocked pantry and mope that there is nothing to take with you as food for the day; especially nothing that is particularly filling or healthy. We sometimes underestimate the importance of food and what [...]
The Keto diet is taking the health world by storm. The diet has a wide variety of benefits such as rapid weight loss, blood sugar control, increased mental focus and reported therapeutic applications. In this post we will explore what to eat on a Keto diet and why. However, we first need to understand what [...]
Top Keto Mistakes The keto diet is an eating plan that is designed to get your body into a metabolic state called ketosis. You do this by starving your body of sugars which are found in carbohydrates. That forces your body into a metabolic state where your body converts fats into chemicals called ketones by [...]
The holiday time often brings overindulgence. With parties and sweets, it’s hard to keep up with your fitness and nutrition goals. With colder weather the couch or a warm bed seem so much more inviting than working out in the gym. During the holidays people feel they have so much to do there is no [...]
Start Your Year Right with SMART Goals Around the end of the year, we start to come up with New Year's resolutions. We may have long conversations with friends or family members about goals we have, what we want to accomplish, and how we need to make changes in our lives. However, how many [...]
Whether you are stuck at home with a sick child, don’t want to go out in the cold, or don’t want to spend the money, there are many reasons that one might use to avoid going to the gym. However, you will not reach your fitness goals by using excuses. There is plenty to do [...]
Feeling sluggish, lethargic, and irritable? Experiencing the pain, mood swings, and frustrations that your period brings on? Instead of curling up under your covers and waiting until your period has finished to come out again, check out this list of ten foods that will help you feel more alert, happy, and active during this time [...]
Most of us live life at a breakneck pace. Who has time to work out - make breakfast - go to work - pick up the kids - make lunch - go shopping - walk the dog - make supper. By the time you’ve finished your day all you have energy for is staring at [...]
