Ashley recently wrote a post about the swimsuit models used at Women’s Health, and how they are “supposed” to reflect a real woman’s body, but they only do that if you happen to be a size zero with a very delicate shape and little to no flaws. To me, this accurately demonstrates the way that [...]
It’s true. I’ve got a clear-cut addiction and there’s no help for it. I don’t even want to kick the habit. I eat peanut butter almost every day. On bread, tortillas, bananas, apples, celery, pancakes, mixed in cookies, with jam or honey or chocolate, or straight from the jar; you name it. I’m a total [...]
Last weeks cooking adventure was with hummus. I’m a big fan of hummus but it took a while to search for the healthiest variation that I could find; much as I love olive oil, I wanted to find a recipe that wasn’t too oily. I believe that I found this one on Recipezaar. It wasn’t [...]
We’ve discussed the high prices of food vs. the quality of nutrition before, so here’s a quick list borrowed from Dr. Weil’s site on the top 12 fruits and veggies that you should buy organic, and the top 11 fruits and veggies that are the least harmful (and therefore you don’t really need to bother [...]
Today was my last day of boot camp, for this first four-week session. The instructor Sara brought us homemade healthy bran and cranberry muffins for a post-workout breakfast, yum! At the end of our session, she took our measurements, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that I lost 1/2 inch from my arm, 1/4 [...]
Eggs have a very special place in my heart. They are packed with nutrition, are incredibly easy to cook and very versatile, and are delicious. I always get Omega-3 eggs, but was very excited when a friend of ours gave my mum a gift of fresh eggs from her farm! After baking a fresh loaf [...]
I went and saw Iron Man the other day (which was fantastic, by the way), and one of the commercials that came up before the movie started was for Coca Cola Zero. What do you think of this video? The one that I saw was considerably longer but I couldn’t find it (if anyone does [...]
In my incredible excitement on Wednesday after performing my first-ever pull up, I dragged my sister to the playground after work to show off my newfound abilities. I climbed up on the structure, hung from the fireman pole, and then lifted myself up effortlessly to roaring applause from all of the parents with their children [...]
Drumroll, please… Today I did my first ever pull-up! This was an incredibly exciting moment for me. After boot camp this morning, I stopped by the park near my house and climbed onto the play structure. I took hold of the top part of the firemans pole and then let myself drop so I was [...]
Happy yesterday Mothers Day to all of you beautiful mothers out there! This weeks food experiment was with making tortillas. I found the recipe in an old magazine featuring Mexican food, and altered it slightly (I exchanged whole wheat flour for the regular all-purpose flour it called for, and used my own homemade butter in [...]
