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Is Breakfast Really the Most Important Meal of the Day?
What's the Big Deal About Skipping Breakfast? Studies show that if you skip this first meal of the day, you are more likely to choose high-calorie foods later for lunch and dinner. You'll often consume more in the mid and late day because you feel hungrier when...
How Can You Eat Healthier Over Christmas?
During Christmas, Foods Packed With Calories, Sugar and Fats are Everywhere! The holidays are in full swing, and calorie-filled foods are everywhere! Don't sacrifice your hard earned results, over a couple of short weeks. Stay on track with your health and weight...
How Can You Simplify Meal Planning?
Write it Down! My personal training clients often ask me how to simplify the meal planning process. Writing out your meals and grocery list each week is critical to keeping you on the healthy eating path. I'm a forgetful, busy person who is always running from one...
4 Frightfully Easy Tips to Lose Weight This Halloween
Halloween Can be a Scary Time When You Are Trying to be Healthy! The word 'Halloween' strums up similar images for many of us. Images of delicious chocolate bars, salty and savory chips, sweet and tart candies galore and ooey, gooey toffee. While, get those images out...
Can Salads Be Making You Fatter?
It is Shocking How Many Calories Some Salads Contain! Certain salads are not healthier options on a menu. I know of a Cobb salad at an unnamed restaurant that contains a whopping 1200 calories and 90 grams of fat!!! This is more fat than what's found in the...
What Does Healthy Eating on a Business Trip Look Like?
It is Possible to Eat Healthy While Travelling on Business! Whether you are jumping on a plane to meet your buyers or your team out on the West Coast, or you are hopping in a car to drive to Ottawa for your annual fiscal planning meetings, there are ways to eat...
This Healthy Eating Tip Will Save you Hours in the Kitchen Each Week!
My Biggest Healthy Eating Trick! What is THE most important thing I do each week to eat as clean as possible? The Sunday ritual! For those of you wondering, no, I'm not talking about going to church. I'm talking about spending about two solid hours each week,...
How Should You Eat and Exercise if You Have a Desk Job?
Most of us work at desk jobs. This means many of us are in jobs detrimental to our health - sitting is after all, the new smoking! Increasing 'office health' is critical to our overall well-being; after all, we spend the most hours at work don't we? Some of you may be...
The Real Dangers of Salt Exposed!
Salt Lurks Everywhere, it Can't be That Bad, Can it? Did you know...77% of the sodium in many of our diets comes from processed & restaurant food! Only 12% of the sodium most of us consumes is naturally found in foods and we only add ~10% of the sodium we eat...
The Best Kept Secret to Healthy Eating
Plan your Meals! Meal planning is a vital part of healthy eating. I allocate 1-2 hours each week planning out my meals and shopping for the necessary groceries. I treat meal planning like a regular job I have to complete weekly. By completing my meal planning tasks on...