Ulcerative Colitis is one of those diseases that really depends on you eating the right types of food in order to find health and remission, but most people are given no guidelines at all when diagnosed. With that in mind, I thought I’d share some tips on how I try to cook healthy and tasty meals for […]
The Most Common Zumba Injury
The most common Zumba injury is probably going to surprise you! I decided tonight I would answer another question I get asked about a lot – Zumba injuries. Since there are many kinds of injuries I’ve decided to focus on what I consider to be the most common Zumba injury. Before I begin, it’s important […]
Easy Brownies
Brownies.What more must I say? Chocolate, dense, and delicious, a good brownie recipe never fails and is always adored by all. This, is my never fail recipe for easy brownies. I’ve taken them to many parties and get togethers and they are always a hit – however they aren’t terribly healthy. But you know me, […]
Overcoming Insecurities
Today I decided I’d write a post about something we all deal with – insecurities, and more importantly overcoming insecurities. No matter who you are, regardless of size, status or beauty insecurities are something we all have in common. Normally we try to hide that which make us insecure, even though for the most part […]
Frequently Asked Zumba Questions
I often get asked questions about Zumba through the blog, and in everyday life. So I thought today I’d write a Frequently Asked Zumba Questions post answering some of the most asked questions I am asked. 1. What is Zumba? Zumba is a dance-based type fitness class that originated in Columbia. It takes rhythms from […]
Meeting One of my Fitness Idols
Hi everybody! For all my American friends, I hope you had a lovely Memorial Day. Here in Canada last weekend was our long May weekend so it was business as usual for me today. Yesterday (Sunday) I spent the day in Halifax at the CanFitPro Fitness Conference. CanFitPro is our largest fitness certifying body in […]
An Intro to Zumba Toning
A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had received my license for Zumba Toning. As this is a new Zumba format to Nova Scotia (the training I went to was the first held in the Atlantic provinces – anyone who held the license prior to that had travelled elsewhere to obtain it) and is […]
Semi-Raw Chocolate Macaroons
Today was a lovely lazy day here, so what’s a girl to do? Make some chocolate macaroons of course! 😀 A few people have asked for my recipe, and I was waiting until I perfected it to my liking before giving it out and I do believe I am now pretty happy with my recipe […]
You Have to Learn to Walk Before You Can Run
I’m not sure how accurate this statement is since I’ve seen lots of babies that could run before they could walk, but when talking about running I think it rings true. Today’s topic is courteous of Tracy who sent me an e-mail earlier this week asking: “How would you recommend I start a running program for myself? […]