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Bootcamp finished this week, and I can’t believe how quickly 5 weeks goes by! I had an amazing time and learned a ton. I’m really sorry to have it end!

It took a couple of weeks, but I’m starting to really feel great and get my energy levels up. I have a few things to work on, but I can see improvement. I’m really enjoying the workouts too – this is the first time I’ve really concentrated on strength training, and I can definitely feel a difference.

Just because the weekly classes have come to an end, doesn’t mean my commitment will. In the past, I’ve kept up the healthy eating for a month or so, and have slowly gone back to bad habits.

Not this time. (more…)

Bootcampers! Post your favourite breakfast and smoothie recipes here.

I’ll get us started…. (more…)

Bootcampers! Post your favourite snack ideas here!

Bootcampers! Post your favourite veggie and salad recipes here!

Let me get you started with the amazing dinner I had tonight! (more…)

Stouffer’s may have done bowls first, but I think that I do them better!

With dinners consisting of mainly protein (chicken and fish) and veggies, I wanted to change things up to keep from getting boring. So I started experimenting with bowls.

They’re amazingly easy and delicious! (more…)

Yep, it’s been a while. It was a crazy busy fall, and as typical when it gets busy, my good eating habits went all to hell in a handbasket. Working every day for 2 months can do that to you!

So when we got to December, I knew I had to do something for myself. I was tired of feeling tired, stressed with no energy all the time. I’ve been getting my naturopath, Dr. Turner’s, email newsletter for quite a while, and have wanted to sign up for her Hormone Bootcamp for a while. And when I went on December 29 to buy supplements, I finally did it.

We started on January 22, and so far, I can say that this is one of the best things I’ve ever done for myself. I bought the option with personal training, so it covers classes with Dr. Turner, supplements and personal training sessions. (more…)

And I’ve climbed one (although not the one pictured).

I’m now officially into my 6th week of healthy eating. And my 7th week of blogging. Wow, time flies.

I’ve spent time talking about how to make healthy a habit, but what has really happened over the past 6 weeks?

A lot. (more…)

This week is a short one for me – so I’ve only planned until Thursday. I’m going away for the weekend for the CET Conference – yes a dog training weekend. Woohoo! Although without my dogs, so that will be interesting! And weird not to have them around for 4 days…

I am planning on making the Gluten Free Almond Power bars from Elana’s Pantry to take with me. They are very tasty and easy to make – plus I think they’ll travel well. Another alternative for on the go snacks is a Lara bar which is gluten free and dairy free. (more…)

I don’t know about you, but I’m always having a hard time with side dishes. The meat I’ve got down (pretty much). But the same old steamed green beans every week was BO-RING. And now with drastically reducing grains (ie. eating them once in the last 3 1/2 weeks), sometimes I want to add something a little starchier to my meals.

I’ve searched so many times for a recipe for a sweet potato mash. I love sweet potatoes, love the texture of a mash, but every one I saw had sugar and other crap in the recipe. So I made my own.

It’s quick, easy, and best of all, healthy. So if you like sweet potatoes, I’m sure you’ll like my mash. (more…)

It sure isn’t easy to eat healthy if your food tastes like crap, is it?

One of the biggest hurdles to eating healthy is picturing days on end of eating carrot sticks, celery, and oh god, not another salad. Healthy is boring to many people. So why stick to it.

If you’re watching Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (and you should be, it’s fabulous!), the local station DJ made a similar comment to Jamie about not wanting to eat lettuce to be healthy. In reality (as Jamie’s trying to show), there are so many great tasting recipes out there that aren’t salads, but still healthy.

Let’s call a spade a spade. A salad can be an easy and healthy part of a healthy diet, and most healthy people eat a lot of salad. Not all salads are healthy – there are plenty of unhealthy salads out there too – some have as much fat as a quarter pounder. Think taco salad, caesar salad, anything with a really creamy dressing.

And if you’re picturing your salad the typical iceberg lettuce, carrot, maybe tomato with Kraft salad dressing, forget it. That’s not a salad to me.

My point is if you’re going to make yourself a salad, make it EPIC. (more…)