Food can be so many things for us. It can be a source of pleasure, social bonding, painful bloating, energy or fatigue. One of the questions I get most often from my new Online Coaching clients is, "Is it GOOD?" As in, "Is quinoa good?" "Are nuts good?" "Is a glass of red wine good?" My response [...]
I recently had an enquiry from a 30-something dad about something I get asked about A LOT. He had been roaming the Internet for information (always a dangerous move!) and found discouraging articles. His question was: "Can You Build Muscle After 35?" The short answer is YES YOU CAN. I've done it myself and I have Online [...]
Some people avoid it like the plague and others check in daily to see how they're doing. THE SCALE. It can be a source of pain or temporary satisfaction. Fitness professionals tend to fall into two camps with the scale. It's either, "Throw it away!" or "It's the only measure of progress." I'm somewhere in the [...]
Most of us try to eat a variety of foods that we consider "healthy". As our weight goals come and go, the desire to be healthy always feels important. What do we have without our health, right? I'm a proponent of healthy and sustainable weight loss. Although any food can be part of a healthy nutrition [...]
Just because you've hit a certain age doesn't mean that you don't care about getting lean and fit anymore. We all want to look and feel great, right? And there's no reason why being a certain age should slow you down. People have very defined ideas about what people should be like at various ages. What [...]
Today is Valentine's Day, and many people's thoughts turn to chocolate. There are few foods as positively regarded as chocolate. It has a certain allure that you just don't associate with broccoli. Chocolate was even thought to be an aphrodisiac, although some interesting research from 2006 seemed to indicate that it doesn't increase sexual desire. It [...]
Weight loss can be elusive sometimes. When you're not losing weight it can be frustrating. You may struggle with the same ten or twenty pounds for years. You'll be down a couple of pounds one week and up a pound or two the next week. Lose five pounds in November, put them back on (with another pound or [...]
This has been a tough couple of weeks on the weather front. Things went from "pleasantly wintery" to "ridiculously frightening" last week, resulting in snow days and cancellations here in Toronto. Three snow days in 3 weeks - yikes! The Polar Vortex hit Canada and the US Midwest and we were facing -35 degree Celsius (-30 Fahrenheit). [...]
Let me start off by saying that I believe strongly in exercise (not surprisingly!). As a child, my parents kept my sister and I active in our spare time. I started judo at 8 and then moved on to karate (my lifelong love) when I was 9. I was a competitive karate athlete for 14 years, [...]
It says something about the way that 2019 has begun that I'm writing this blog post in February! 2019 has started off busy - in a good way! I've welcomed a couple of new Online Coaching clients. I'm always excited about the opportunity to change people's lives through a healthier lifestyle. Although I managed to give [...]
