Changing your lifestyle for the better can be hard. It's an ongoing process to maintain your commitment to eating right for your goals and doing the amount and type of exercise you need to feel fit and strong. Plenty of excuses will rear their ugly heads as you navigate your fitness journey. "I'm too busy." "I'm [...]
Not feeling so great after eating too much? We've all done it. We've eaten a bit more food than we really should have and felt the digestive discomfort, bloating, and perhaps even heartburn and nausea that it can bring. We just wrapped up Thanksgiving here in Canada and I know many people who went through it. [...]
Want to burn fat with the food you eat? Find out the truth. We're always looking for shortcuts when it comes to food and nutrition, aren't we? Wouldn't it be nice if we could pop a magical fat-burning pill a couple of times a day and we'd stay lean without having to watch what we eat? [...]
Planning meals to meet your goals isn't as challenging as it sometimes seems. In the nutrition field, we often get caught up with terminology. Many people think of a good way to plan nutrition as three meals and two snacks. While that's a perfectly reasonable option, it often gets us thinking in little boxes that limits our [...]
This one's a bit obvious, but there are probably some other unhealthy habits you haven't thought of. Just coming off a weekend, you can probably think of a few habits you have that aren't all that healthy. I mean, yeah, it's not a great idea to drink a bit too much wine or beer, devour a [...]
Many people in the "whole food" movement can get a bit prissy about processed food. "You should only eat whole, unprocessed food!", they proclaim, as if it was a fact that any food that's been processed is going to be harmful to your health. While I do advocate a nutrition plan that consists mainly of whole [...]
Uh oh. It looks like the poor chocolate bunny was too tempting to skip! It's fairly safe to say that most people's weakness when it comes to getting and maintaining a lean physique is food. Many people are willing to put in the time at the gym, but they feel weak when it comes to food. The old cliché, [...]
Don't you just want to sink your teeth into that tasty chunk of chocolate? "All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt." Charles M. Schulz There are few foods that illicit the kind of devotion and fascination as chocolate. Maybe all we need in this life is love...and some chocolate [...]
They look pretty cheery now, but how are they going to feel when the holidays are over? We're right in the middle of the season of boozy parties, formal festive gatherings, and the constant flood of random treats being placed within your reach. This time of year presents a real challenge to someone trying to get [...]
Are these cupcakes tempting you? You know that saying "out of sight, out of mind"? Well, it's usually true for treat foods. When those chocolate bars and potato chips are sitting up on the shelves in your kitchen it's a lot harder to forget about them. Believe me, I know what it's like. There was [...]
