Archive for February, 2012

Don’t Sacrifice Your Diet during Tough Times

Posted in General, health

When hard times hit and people begin to tighten those purse strings even tighter, they sometimes start choosing cheaper food that can be less nutritious. Fast food companies, for example McDonalds, use these hard times to their advantage by opening more store locations and advertising their value menu. According to the Globe and Mail article [...]

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It Just Looked too Good and I Couldn’t Say NO!!!

Posted in General, health

A lot of us have been there. No matter what you or somebody else says, you just can’t resist that perfect piece of sweet chocolate or those tasty salty chips. One thing I hate is when people tell me I don’t have any willpower to say no. Yes, I know at times I have a [...]

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How to Break the Winter Blues

Posted in General, Tips, health

Some people absolutely LOVE winter, if you are one of those, well sorry I can’t relate. I LOVE summer, the hot sticky days, going to the beach, lemonade, pool parties, drinks on the patio and best of all, ice cream, mmmmmm!!!!! So when it comes to winter, well I have a super hard time adjusting [...]

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What is the Goji Berry?

Posted in General

Recently I have seen and heard a lot about the Goji berry. My mother buys them in bulk in China town and she eats them raw like candy, and even puts them into her tea and oatmeal. So I was a bit curious to try them and see what all the hype was all about. [...]

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Back on Track New Year’s Resolution

Posted in Tips, health

Every holiday season I do the same thing, I tell myself that I am going to be good and eat healthy and try to stay on track with my exercise schedule. However, first chance I get I sleep in, which in a weird way seems to throw off my whole schedule. This and not going [...]

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