Your Guilt-Free Guide to Enjoying Holiday Eating
Holiday time can be stressful when you are trying to eat healthy. There can be a lot of pressure to pig out and indulge. There are two extremes to holiday eating that I don’t recommend. Eating unhealthy food in large quantities for a number of meals or days. Or, the opposite, depriving yourself of enjoying […]
How to Prep a Week’s Worth of Protein Shakes in Less than 5 Minutes
I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of this SIMPLE hack (aka meal prep tip) earlier… While getting ready to make my husband’s protein shake (his daily breakfast) this weekend I realized that I could save a few minutes a night by prepping them ALL at the same time. DUH! lol :) To demonstrate just how […]
The Exact Strategies and Tools for Healthy Living within a Busy Life
Life can throw some pretty big curve balls, right? You’re cruising along thinking about how next week you’ll FINALLY have time to focus on your health and BLAM. Something changes that creates a wrinkle in your plans. Has this ever happened to you? And that doesn’t mean the curve ball is bad (sometimes it is), […]
Easy Adult Lunches – Salad in a Jar and Mix & Match
Many adults spend between $30-60 each week buying lunches. That ends up being over $1500 on the low end! With some simple prep in advance you can save money and eat healthier. In the video below I show some options for a healthy and delicious lunch that you can mix and match to suits your tastes, […]
The 4 Worst Things to Do After Overeating
Yesterday I ate too much. The day started ok, with a typical breakfast and lunch. Mid-afternoon I was at a friend’s for a little gathering. I didn’t show up hungry but over the course of a few hours I nibbled on the chips, popcorn, hummus and crackers, bologna and fruit. I didn’t stuff my face […]
4 Habits to Get the Spring Back in Your Step
Spring is a time of renewal. There’s a fresh feeling of newness in the air as many us get out of hibernation mode. A common complaint I hear from clients and friends during this transition from Winter to Spring is a lack of energy. People still feel sluggish and tired from the long, dark Winter […]
4 Simple Tips for Eating Healthy at a Restaurant
Staying on plan or making healthy choices at a restaurant doesn’t have to be tough or complicated. Most restaurants can accommodate any specific requests you have, but you can keep it simple with these 4 tips. Tip #1: When in doubt, go with meat and veggies. Generally speaking, the healthiest […]
10 Sneaky, Simple Ways to Eat More Veggies
We all know we should eat more vegetables, but it’s often tough to eat enough of them. Here are 10 ways to eat more vegetables:1. Smoothie – eat a smoothie for breakfast or snack. Add a cup of spinach and some berries. You won’t taste the spinach, I promise.2. Chop in advance – spend 30-45 minutes […]
Healthy Eating Kitchen Pantry Checklist
Do you ever find yourself thinking “it’s so hard to eat healthy” or “but I don’t have anything healthy to eat”? Personally, I find that if I don’t have readily available healthy food, then it’s too easy to grab something unhealthy. So where do we get this healthy food? Ideally, you make it at home! […]
7 Ways to Combat Cravings
Cravings…we all get them, but you don’t need to always give in to them. Here are 7 ways to combat cravings so you can keep eating healthy. 1. Know your goal and be determined to reach it. Or, if you haven’t made a goal yet, set one. Keep it top of mind. 2. Find replacements […]
What to Eat Before and After a Workout
You’re putting in a lot of effort at the gym, but are you paying attention to what you’re eating before and after your workouts? This is just as important as the workout itself! (If you aren’t exercising yet, here are 7 Tips for Integrating Exercise into Your Life) I hate hearing about people who lessen the […]
How (Female) Hormones Affect Your Weight
Ladies, this article is for you! Men, share this article with important women in your life…they will thank you. As you may know, I’m now working as a Personal Trainer (in Ottawa and online) and have many female clients who are in their 40s. I’ve been hearing a lot of similar comments, such as “I […]
10 Grocery Shopping Tips for Clean Eating
Perhaps you’ve decided to eat clean recently or you’ve been following the eat clean principles for a while and now you’re wondering the best way to grocery shop for clean eating. Here are 10 tips for making the most of your trip to the grocery store. 1. Shop with a grocery list and stick to it. […]
Top 10 Ultimate SuperFoods
“Super food” is a name given to a food that is highly nutritional and contains many health benefits for your body. Part of the eat clean way of eating is to eat whole, natural foods instead of processed food. Superfoods are like the cream of the crop of these healthy foods. If optimal health is […]
What is Wellness?
Wellness has become is bit of a buzzword over the past few years. In broad terms, wellness is good health. It’s an approach to living that emphasizes total wellness from a holistic point of view. Being well and healthy involves more than just the absence of disease or symptoms of disease. Wellness is a way […]
