The mother dear insists that her youthful appearance and energetic demeanor is directly related to a steady diet of beer and chocolate. While I think it’s highly improbable that a Mars Bar contains any nutritional value whatsoever (antioxidants are only found in good quality dark chocolate!), I think she’s onto something when it comes to [...]
After spending 17 years of my life in academic programs (wow 17 years seems like a long time to be in school!), it’s very strange to no longer be taking classes. I never took a gap year between finishing high school and starting university. I jumped right into it. I wanted to learn and I [...]
Josie over at Yum Yucky issued a plank challenge, and seeing as abs exercises are my most favourite form of fitness, I figured I’d better accept the challenge! In the video below, I do everything from talk about my 100 Push Ups Challenge to dance (while holding the plank position. I’m just that cool) to [...]
Becoming a Certified Holistic Nutritionist I’m happy to announce that as of yesterday, I am halfway to my goal of raising enough money to pay for the courses that will lead to my degree as a Certified Holistic Nutritionist! I’d also like to let you all know that all proceeds from the selling of my [...]
Tropical Traditions sent me a jar of their Antioxidant Natural Greens powder, a berry-flavoured supplement which includes ingredients such as milk thistle, kelp, beet, aloe vera, flax, chlorella, spirulina, alfalfa, spinach, and several different dairy-free probiotics. The added ingredients that weren’t there for health purposes include: stevia, citric acid, natural flavor (no MSG), cinnamon powder [...]
One of the ladies that I work with has a bath every single evening when she gets home from work. Even if she doesn’t get home until 10pm, she still has her nightly bath. She’s also a lovely, sweet, very laid-back woman, even though her job must be an incredibly stressful one as an executive [...]
The boyfriend’s mother dear recently lent me her book Sleeping Naked is Green by Vanessa Farquharson. The book is based on Vanessa’s blog, Green as a Thistle, and I adore her writing style. I also adore the premise behind her blog/book: making one environmental change every day for an entire year in an effort to [...]
As per several requests, here is my list of the top ten things I wish I’d known would happen to me emotionally when I started getting healthier: 1) You’re on your own. There’s a lot of people out there – often people close to you – who will mock you, roll their eyes at you, [...]
I like having lots of families – such lovely people in my life! …and so many more loved ones in my other various “families”. I think it’s good to have lots of families for all of the different parts of you.
1) When eating grapefruit, always apply lip balm immediately afterward. Grapefruit will make your mouth pucker and your lips shrivel and dry up, even if you’ve added a little sprinkle of sugar to sweeten it. 2) The healthy regimen that works for you now isn’t going to necessarily still work for you three years from [...]
