Workouts with your little one are great! They are the ultimate in multitasking—cuddle time and you-time all bundled into one. Hello hamstrings, bye-bye mommy guilt! Here’s a how-to on getting your heart rate up and doing cardio at home with your little one in an infant carrier.
In my industry, every December/January resolutions come to mind. Resolutions = business when you're in the fitness world. New Year's resolutions are big motivating factors in many people's decisions to eat healthier, exercise more (or at all), and drop the vices that haunt us.
As a Canadian, I am often hesitant to make online purchases—to buy that fantastic pair of running shoes or a hot yoga top that actually makes me WANT to work out. Once I realize that I'm going to pay 20-50% more—plus duties—to receive my purchase north of the 49th parallel, it hardly seems worth it. And don't even get me started on the time it takes for the purchases to arrive.
So shopping in person seems like the better option.
Chances are you've heard of a Good Deed Reward Jar or Chore Reward Jar for your little ones. How about a reward jar that could help you actually fit into your jeans come New Year's Day?
You have a runny nose and your head feels like it's the size of Lake Michigan. Should you exercise when you're feeling under the weather? Maybe. Here's how to decide.
Menopause is often blamed for the middle-age "spread" that affects many women. But does menopause actually cause weight gain? Maybe you've noticed the pounds creeping on since your cycle got a little less regular. Or maybe your own mother has warned you how it all goes down hill after the "change of life."
(Who invented that creepy term anyway? I am going to go ahead and say that getting knocked up and giving birth was the "change of life" for me... as in, used to have one and now "WTF happened to my life?")
So you went a little overboard with the miniature peanut butter cups?
Didn’t we all?
You might be tempted to starve yourself for the next week to make up for your indiscretions over the Hallowe’en weekend, but how about trying an approach that actually works? Starving yourself is NEVER a good idea. Starve yourself and you will:
Picture this. It's 9:30 p.m. and you're laying on the couch with a dish of ice cream. You mentally scan over the day's food intake. Morning: bagel & cream cheese. Lunch: fast food chicken burger (that's healthier, right?) and fries. Dinner: frozen pizza picked up on sale on the way home.
Grade: C-. And I'm being generous. OK, its more of a D. I'm sorry! It's true. You almost failed. You did eat 3 meals, but really...D is the best I can give you here.
If you sit at your desk or breakfast table-cum-desk-cum-scrapbooking surface-cum-secondary ironing board for most of your day, then hope a half hour jog around the block is enough to "loosen" you up, you're in for a nasty surprise.
Time to rethink your strategy, weekend warriors and morning jogger-office types.
Who gives a shit? She's holding twice her body weight over her head and barely breaking a sweat. Can you do that? Can your husband? Can that jerk down the street who rubbernecks every time you wear a skirt do that?
Magazines. Reality shows. Books. Ten-DVD sets. YouTube. Trainers with megaphones. Blogs (er, um... *cough*). Everywhere you look, someone is selling you some sort of weight-loss miracle.
So it's been about 45 degrees in Toronto lately (no exaggeration!) and it looks like the Farmer's Almanac was right again. That's right, I grew up in the Prairies and I consider the Farmer's Almanac as trustworthy as any Weather Network scientists—it's okay, you can sa
"Do as I say, not as I do!" kind of went out the window around the same time as martinis while pregnant and smoking on airplanes. The old, hands-off, dictatorial style of imparting values is SO not yummy. Don't get me wrong, I can raise my voice with the best of them, but I firmly believe that leading by example is the best way to lead my family.
Yet another celebrity postpartum weight loss spectacle to awe and inspire us. Or make us feel terrible about ourselves.
Jessica Simpson has signed on with Weight Watchers to be their next official spokesperson, reportedly hooking a $4 million deal to lose the baby weight within a year. One has to assume her paycheque depends on her successful weight loss.
Hmmm... that is a scenario I can sort of relate to, actually.
I’ve collected and distilled a few quick weight loss tricks for you. These are a few 10-second tricks I’ve tried in my quest to lose the baby weight after having my children. They're all quick and simple and, best of all, totally safe!
Recently I've been enjoying some 10-20 minute workouts sprinkled throughout my week. I teach Belly Bootcamp classes six days per week and run usually 1-2 times per week with clients. Outside of this I try to find time to add in extra bits and bobs that help me to be prepared for my day job as well as to reach my own fitness goals.
A few weeks ago there was quite a stink about a billboard advertising campaign that aimed to decrease child obesity by pasting billboard-sized photos of overweight children with harsh messages using words like "chubby" and "fat" to scare parents into action.
A lot of my clients keep food journals for me, and we review them weekly (or more frequently, if needed) to strategize ways they can cut down on extras and eat more in alignment with their fitness goals.
This week we have been ravaged with viruses and infection in our house. It's honestly been a little turn-of-the-19th-century plague around here. Sweaty Baby came down with the flu on the weekend, then Sweaty Kid picked it up, then Sweaty Hubby. I spent 3 days trying to turn my head and hold my breath as I was relentlessly vomited upon, again...and again. I lost count somewhere around 15, I think. It was just a 24-hour kind of bug that made its rounds, and somehow I managed not to be infected, thank God!