Chicken Farmers host a Toronto food blogger meetup
I knew that I would like the people behind the Chicken Farmers of Canada social media the minute that I saw their Twitter bio: And how can you not like a group that organizes a free Toronto Food Bloggers Meetup with an interesting panel of speakers at Edward Levesque’s Kitchen, complete with tasty chicken appetizers [...]
Wii Workout: Day 7
Whoever said that you can’t get fit on a Wii Fit never tried the Expert level of Rhythm Boxing, or even Super Hula Hoops: 2 minutes into the 10-minute boxing session, the sweat is running down my back. You can get fit with this, and I’m on a mission to drop some weight and get [...]
My 5km
If you know me in person, you know that I’m not much of an athlete, but I decided to do a 5km walk this past weekend as part of the Scotiabank marathon to raise money for a friend’s pet charity, the Fort York Food Bank. Amazingly, I walked the 5km in 48 minutes. Even more [...]
What’s the emoticon for ambivalence?
I saw this in large poster format in an apartment window while on the train in from O’Hare airport to downtown Chicago earlier this week: My first thought that was this was a marketing campaign created by men, but it turns out the company behind it is a small group of women. I find it [...]
Reggae Run
My friend Susan, who has been living with rheumatoid arthritis for over 25 years, will be running another half-marathon this year to raise money for the Arthritis Society and all of the great research that they do to keep people like her running (or at least walking). I’ve written previously about her last run, the [...]
Don’t eat meat, except for these healthy kabobs
I just saw this unfortunate juxtaposition of headlines in my newsreader, both published in the G&M health news within a few hours of each other: Isn’t an editor supposed to check for things like this?
Spaaaaaa
I can’t say enough good things about the Body Blitz spa. I was there last week (my 3rd or 4th visit), and it was heavenly. First of all, partaking of the “waters” before your treatment is a blissful experience, especially on a chilly day like last Thursday when the heat was not yet on in [...]
Marathoning with Arthritis
My friend Susan has had rheumatoid arthritis for over 25 years, and a couple of years ago she ran her first marathon. I was there in Dublin in 2004 when she ran her second one, and now she’s running the half-marathon in Amsterdam on October 15th. She solicits charitable donations for the Arthritis Society as part of their [...]
My abs hurt, do I have a six-pack yet?
Yesterday was the first day of lower body workout, which included about a million ab crunches. Now I pretty much hurt all over, and I stepped on the scale to discover that I’ve gained two pounds since Monday. My weight fluctuates by about five pounds normally so this is not unprecedented, but hardly bodes well [...]
Working out
Our new exercise regimen started this week on Monday: three days per week on weight training, alternating between upper and lower body, and the alternate three days per week on aerobic exercise. Sunday, we rest. We’re doing the Body for Life plan which requires only about 45 minutes on the weights days and 20 minutes [...]
