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With aging parents this has been on my mind a lot lately. And it's something I've been talking a lot about in class: prevention. When we're doing our exercises in class I think about all the ailments we're preventing that we will never know we might have had.  Things I hear about all the time like frozen shoulder, back aches and tight necks (and mental cognition). We tend to take our exercising for granted but rest assured that there's no doubt we are  preventing ailments we

Time for a Check-In. While the holiday season can be a wonderful time of good cheer, it’s also easy to get caught up in the frenetic energy of preparing, over-stressing, and over-indulging. We often focus on everyone else and forget to take care of ourselves—especially moms. So let’s do a little mid-season check-in. Are You: Overeating?  Remember—be choosy. Be picky. Eat the good stuff. More is not better. Over-stressing?  This time of year makes it very easy to slip into a c

Why Ying the Yang of course! For me, part of a good life is eating delicious food. The key to enjoying it is to feel good. That means eating with some moderation and balance. I like to “ pre-pay ” for my indulgences and/or Ying the Yang the day of and/or following a “feast” so there are as few repercussions as possible. Here is what I do: PREPARE   The day of the event: I always start the day (and every day) with a big glass of water before I do anything else. It wakes me up

The holiday season is here! Tis' the season of cookies, cakes & pies, oh my! I always tend to eat too much over the holidays. Eating too much doesn't feel great. I find as I get older it's harder to recover from a season of overindulgence. So I find it's a good time to think about what I want this holiday season and how I want to feel. (Before I gain a few pounds and regret it). The key is to make a conscious decision. A goal properly set is halfway reached.                  

Breaking the Weather Report Habit Somehow, I got addicted to the weather report again. Each morning, I wake up and immediately check the weather forecast for the day and the week. Then, I either lament or celebrate based on what I see. In Vancouver, it seems everyone shares this habit. People often say, "Enjoy this last sunny day because then it's going to rain for a week." However, I've noticed that the weather report is often wrong. It doesn't rain when they predict it wi

I’d vaguely heard of the fitness supplement creatine but never paid much attention. It’s something I always associated with heavy-duty weightlifters. Lately, though, it’s been popping up everywhere. When I learned it’s actually a naturally occurring compound found in our bodies—mostly in our muscles—I was intrigued. Creatine helps supply energy to our cells, especially muscle cells, by supporting the production of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the body’s primary energy curre