I was out with my dog on Sunday, sort of lamenting the end of summer and thinking about the great hill workouts I had at my summer home. Fall comes fast in Calgary where I live, and I know I won’t be able to have many outdoor workouts till spring. Desi (my boxer) and I [...]

Here are my very favorite “must do” tummy toning exercises:

Epiphany: exercise for health, weight loss and to feel great. Has this occurred to you? I’m passionate about helping you succeed and so I thought it important to ‘set the stage’  to increase your chances. Once you read these ten points, I’m sure you’ll agree that some even sound like common sense, but they can [...]

As you know, my passion is to help  you as much as possible. I know that fitness and fat loss is likely your goal  and you sometimes feel a bit hopeless. I sometimes wonder what good I’m doing behind this laptop, pounding out email after email and blog post after blog post. So, sometimes I [...]

I know I’m gonna upset you with what I’m  gonna say…but I’m gonna say it anyway… “Don’t be surprised that you have a muffin top and no energy if you feed your body junk.” It’s not brain surgery. If you want to feel good, you can’t eat like these ladies in this picture. You can’t [...]

Here’s my pal and fitness expert from Edmonton, Jason Mathews, interviewing me on my top tips for women in their 40′s. I’d like to say that women of all ages can benefit from these tips. Those in their 20′s and 30′s are going to have less issues with weight gain and menopausal symptoms if they [...]

How’s your nutrition plan? Do you have a plan? How does it stack up against what’s recommended? Did you know that 80% of how you look is based on what you eat? You will never out train poor eating. I have a ton of content on nutrition and proper eating here on the blog, check [...]

Here’s another pantry I checked out. What’s in your pantry that you can change to make your fat loss a little easier?

The trouble with eating out is that you may tend to over eat. And if you go out and you’re super hungry, it can be a double edged sword. I have a few tips for you so that when you do eat out, it won’t be a nutrition disaster.