Your momma was right!   Breakfast is the MOST important meal of the day. Eating after 6 or more hours of fasting (which is what is happening when you sleep) is absolutely key to maintaining a healthy body weight. Making breakfast a daily ritual will help set your metabolism (your fat-burning furnace) for the entire day, and help you ...

Every once in a while we all need a bit of a self-evaluation - even good ol' Anna! As soon as summer hits I make it a point to get outside more, eat more fresh produce and clean up any sluggish winter habits. Over the weekend a friend and I had a discussion about my so-called willpower - to workout regularly and stick by a fairly clean diet. ...

Good golly it’s Friday – and a long weekend to boot! So I wanted to end this glorious week on a positive note.   I have a friend named Jim that I’ve known since I was 6-years-old. Now just to give you an image of our history…this is the boy, who when I was given the job of crossing guard in Grade 5, used to run out in front of traffic to ...

Your doctor has given you a stern warning – cut down the sodium in your diet! So you start adding just a pinch of salt to your vegetables at dinner time. You think you’ve cut the sodium in your diet in ½ right?   Wrong!   Unbeknownst to you, the processed foods in your diet contribute a whopping 77 percent more sodium to your ...

Good Tuesday morning FitnessGear101 friends! I'm back today - after a day's absence spent fighting the evil flu bug. You'll be happy to know that this morning I'm 40% snotty mess and 60% fitness diva! Must get blog up...sniffle...ok back to business... I know that I spend a lot of time criticizing the media and celebrity ...

Happy Thursday fitness freaks!  I have some great health and fitness-related posts from the Problogger writing project to share with you today. I will be sharing Problogger submissions with you until tomorrow (Friday), when I will choose my own Top 5 faves. Top 5 Special Health Tips -Part 1 by Doris Chua Top 5 Reasons Why I Will Never ...

The similarities between a sweaty workout and a sweaty romp in the bedroom are undeniable! Come on, the heavy breathing, pounding heart rate and the magnificent afterglow. You can’t deny that exercise and sex cause our bodies to respond in very similar ways.  So would it surprise you if I claimed that one (exercise) will actually improve your ...

By Fitness Mike I came across this video a few weeks back and thought it to be somewhat funny, a shrimp running on a treadmill.    It combines the cardio of a treadmill workout with the benefit of a water workout, but for shrimps. It seems to have resurfaced with many people searching just to see what all ...

Ah May! It's that wonderful time of year when the weather starts to warm up and the patios open. It's also the month when we're suddenly blinded by the snow white legs of our co-workers in shorts, and the month when we start to notice that everyone in our neighborhood has a dog! So it just makes perfect sense that May would be ...

You all know that I’m all over anything that encourages the empowerment of women…Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, that’s right ladies. Loud and proud!Well Chicago will open the very first Flirty Girl Fitness this May 2007! Even though I’m not too crazy about the name, I do love the fact that something from my Canadian homeland inspired our fine American ...