I’ve written about it before, but one of the easiest ways to ensure you eat healthy throughout the week, is to have healthy snacks pre-made and ready to go. One of my favourite snacks to make on the weekends are Peanut Butter Snack Bites made using Kraft All Natural Smooth Peanut Butter. They give you […]
3 Tips to Overcome (mental) Burn Out
Heeeeeey! I gotta say, since the sun has decided to come out a few times this week I’m feeling a whole lot less cranky. Man this has been a rough winter for us in Nova Scotia. I’ve droned on and on about it here and in my email newsletters (sorry!) but all of Nova Scotia […]
IBS: An Unwelcome Visitor
The past month or so I’ve noticed that foods that haven’t bothered me in well over a year are starting to once again bother me. I’m noticing more and more days where I end up with a bloated belly, uncomfortable abdominal pains, and digestive upset. It would appear that my IBS which has been leaving me alone […]
Dance Fitness: Caramelo
I somehow managed to choreograph this routine in my head one day last week on my way to teach a class. It’s to Caramelo from Mega Mix 46. I choreographed it thinking it was a Cumbia, but then realized it was a Reggaeton but decided not to change my choreography, because well – I liked […]
Kids Dance Fitness: Everything Is Awesome!
It’s the Thursday before Easter, which means it’s basically Friday, since tomorrow is Good Friday, which means that everything IS awesome 😉 so it seemed fitting to share this video today! Anyone with kids is going to recognize this song from The Lego Movie, and if you haven’t noticed, I like using songs from movies […]
Kids Dance Fitness: The Party Starts Now
This week I’m sharing two more kids routines, I would classify these as Zumba Kids Jr, or if you’re not a Zumba instructor, they would be appropriate for kids aged 7 and under. The first one is to a Club Penguin song called “The Part Starts Now” and I have an old (terribly fuzzy) video […]
Adding Probiotics to Your Diet
About a year and a half ago I learned about kefir. A cultured milk product that is full of probiotics (nearly double than that found in yogurt) and healthy gut bacteria. It is a great way to begin adding probiotics to your diet without going too far down a “weird fermented food” rabbit hole. For a […]
The {Training} Week That Wasn’t
Happy snowy Monday to all my fellow Nova Scotians. It only stands to reason that most of last week it was beautiful outside, and I was sick. Then I felt better and we got a blizzard. #unfortunateluck I’m going to have to just giv’er if I have any hope of a PR this year […]
Buying With Healthy Planet Canada
With the thoughts of half marathon training upon me, and dreams of warmer temperatures (hopefully) coming our way before too many more months pass, I started thinking about things I was going to need to get me through another summer of training. High on that list was Vega Electrolyte Hydrator, my preferred electrolyte replenisher. It seemed […]
Update: Did I #GetOutAndGo in February?
You may remember as a part of Heart Month, I partnered with Staples to #GetOutAndGo and promoted getting outside of your comfort zone to move your body and get your heart pumping. As part of the campaign I made two goals. One was to practise yoga everyday during the month of February, and the second […]