Letter From A Mother To A Daughter
This spring marks our 5th Belly Bootcamp outdoor season. I can’t believe it’s been 4 full years and already onto the 5th. We’ve had the pleasure of training so many amazing women that I rarely go to a park, farmers’ market or family event without running into at least one of our Belly Bootcampers. I’m always amazed to see their little ones’ growth, as I tend to keep their babies frozen in my mind at whatever age or stage they might have been when we first...
Read MoreThe Best Quinoa Recipe
If you haven’t tried quinoa yet, you are really missing out. Quinoa cooks as easily and more quickly than rice, and is great made in batches as it reheats well without getting soggy or dry. Not to mention quinoa has a great, nutty taste that blows plain old rice out of the water. Why bother adding quinoa to your regular repertoire? Well, it’s the only grain that offers a complete protein (meaning – like meat – it doesn’t need to be combined with other foods to be...
Read MoreHow To Make A Baby: Patrice LaRoche
My grandmother is very tech-savvy but didn’t grow up with the interweb like some of us. Remember when you were 15 and you still actually forwarded all those chain letters and photos you received? Yeah. Well, I don’t always have time to read them all but when I do, they’re usually worth a view (my grandmother is also very smart). This one caught my eye this week. It’s a photo project by Quebec artist Patrice LaRoche, entitled “How To Make A Baby.” LaRoche...
Read MoreCocoa Banana Smoothie
So I’ve been on a bit of a liquid diet since last Friday as I had my four wisdom teeth extracted Saturday afternoon. Good times. Check that one off the list. You have probably heard me say before that I am not a big supporter of protein powders and supplements in general. Let me just say, since I’ve had 4 gaping holes in my jaw, protein powder and I have become BFFs. Other than pureed soups, yogurt, and the odd, painful runny scrambled egg or smashed avocado, protein shakes have...
Read MoreThe MILF Diet, Stifler’s Mom And You?
Yesterday I caught the CBC radio program Q with Jian Ghomeshi while driving between clients (Have I ever mentioned that I drive almost as much as I train?…Upside: I catch a lot of good radio.) and the topic was the term MILF. Is it a 4-letter word? Does it degrade women or is it simply a saucy compliment? Jessica Porter, one of Ghomeshi’s guests for the debate, has written “The MILF Diet” and claims she is appropriating the term MILF for the betterment of women....
Read MoreThe Best Holiday Drink Choices
Wow. It’s December 27th and we are on the road to visit some family in Ottawa for a few days between the craziness of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and the frenzy of that one last party each year, New Year’s Eve. We gulped down one last plate of Christmas leftovers last night, threw the rest into a soup pot and packed up the remaining tarts, chocolates and cookies to share with our relatives (which is the calorie equivalent of passing the poison cup, I suppose…). I am...
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