I ate HOW MUCH in Calories???

Last Friday was the annual Stuper Bowl Luncheon.. I mean Super Bowl Luncheon at the office.  Hosted every year by my football crazed boss (meant in the nicest way too), it doesn’t matter if his team is in the ‘Big Game’ or not as he just loves football and likes to share his enthusiasm with the rest of us.  Thank you again Ed, we truly appreciate what you do every year for us (no, I am not sucking up, even though it looks like it).

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Resist the temptation to hoover up the last half of the box of chocolates from Christmas….you know, the one you hid in the freezer in anticipation of your next choc-holic binge craving session.

Actually, that isn’t the secret. 

The secret is a wonderful, rainbow filled chart displaying

Canada’s Food Guide.

Eating sensibly doesn’t have to lead to tasteless meals, hunger pangs and dinnertime boredom.  Take a look at the Food Guide to see what new and healthy options are available to help in your quest to lose weight. 

You may be surprised by the inspiration that you find….

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It has been 2 weeks since my New Year, New Beginning post…have you forgotten or abandoned your quest to lose weight?  Better not have!

As I mentioned in that post, one of the best tools for weight loss is a food/exercise journal.  It helps to keep you accountable because at the end of every day, you see exactly what you have accomplished (or totally bombed on after hoovering up half a dozen leftover Christmas cookies, hence your impending doom of guilt) and can feel good in your efforts to lose your excess baggage.

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Water is one of the necessities of Life.  Without Water, there would be none.  Everyone knows they should drink 6 to 8 glasses of water a day, but they often don’t.  Water helps your body aid in digestion, flushes out the nasties, keeps your skin glowing and transports oxygen and nutrients throughout your body.  Lack of water leads to dehydration which comes with some nasty symptons….headache, fatigue, muscle cramps and constipation.  Just to get you all keen on water again, grab a glass and read on…..

Fun Facts About Water

(courtesy Nature Canada)

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Yes, good, old-fashioned exercise never hurt anyone.  Regardless of what your screaming muscles may say to you after you inflict too much movement on them in the beginning. 

Starting an exercise routine is undoubtedly the hardest part.  You can procrastinate yourself right out of not doing it by thoughts alone.  But…we all need to get our 30 minutes a day in so you may as well knuckle under and git ‘er done (sorry, saw this on a roadside sign for a roofing company and couldn’t resist – BTW, this is a VERY odd sign for a Canadian company’s roadside advertising … Read more...

There is an army on the horizon.  An army of fat cells that will do anything to thwart your plans of their anihilation.  This army is sneaky and conniving.  They pile up like flakes of snow in the night and next thing you know, you look like the Goodyear Tire man.  Not very flattering if you ask me…..

Time to banish these insidious little demons and I have just the tools to help you wage war and win!

Tool # 1 ~ A Food Diary

This is a very simple but effective tool.  Whether you record your food intake electronically … Read more...