Do you think you eat enough vegetables? I thought I did. Maybe I’d even venture to say, I thought I ate a lot of vegetables. Assuming you don’t keep a strict food journal, how many cups of vegetables do you think you eat every day? According to MyPlate, women should eat about 2 1/2 to 3 cups …
Not long after we moved into our current apartment in downtown Vancouver, I saw a sign in the window of an establishment down the street called Float House. The sign had a drawing of a faceless body floating on its back, and it said “EXPERIENCE NOTHING.” Frankly, it looked like a dead body floating down …
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If I had a dollar for every time I spoke to a woman who said she didn’t lift heavy weights (or any weights) because she didn’t want to get “bulky”, I’d have…okay maybe like 15 bucks. In any case, I’ve heard it enough to know that this a sticking point for so many people, and …
I’ve recently started journaling, and I’m thinking of doing a blog post just about that because it is awesome for a multitude of reasons that yes, are actually related to being healthy. Anyway, one of the things I’m trying to do in my daily journal entries is to come up with a handful of ideas …
My husband and I recently started ordering most of our groceries from Spud.ca, an online organic grocer. I love it – we get fresh, organic and often local produce and free range, grass-fed meats delivered weekly, and it forces the healthy habit of cooking at home rather than going out all the time. This represents …
Anyone who hangs out with me knows that I can get pretty hangry at the drop of a hat. My husband bought me a T-shirt recently that had a picture of a lion leaping onto the back of a water buffalo, with the words “I’m Like This Hungry.” Yeah…that’s about right. I like to think …
Admittedly, I have terrible posture. I didn’t realize how bad it was until just a few years ago, which means I’ve spent most of my life slouching around like an idiot. It’s not like I wasn’t told, either. Much of my childhood consists of my mother accosting me at random intervals and yelling “pull back your …
One of the great and also super frustrating aspects of the health and fitness realm is that the advice is always changing – just look up news on drinking coffee for the last five years and count up all the contradictory articles. A lot of people see that as an excuse to just keep doing …
