Starving to death vs Feeding to death. A lesson in Malnutrition.
mal·nu·tri·tion
Pronunciation: /ˌmal-n(y) u̇ -ˈtrish-ən/
: faulty nutrition due to inadequate or unbalanced intake of nutrients or their impaired assimilation or utilization¹
Close your eyes and picture it. What do you see? Something like this maybe?
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Published in categories: Motivation, Nutrition
A Cookie Here, A Blizzard There…
It’s DQ Miracle Treat Day!
Upon hearing that some of you are likely jumping for joy… Buy a blizzard and DQ will donate $1 to the Children’s Network (which if you live in Edmonton, means it’s going to the Stollery). However, when I hear about things like this, I cringe.
It’s not because I don’t think it’s a fantastic cause (my oldest son was a preemie and spent time in the Stollery). It’s not because I don’t [Read more...]
Published in categories: Fit Tips, Goal Setting, Motivation, Nutrition
When Weight Matters
This is a follow up post to my previous one. You know, the one where I stated that the focus shouldn’t always be weight loss and setting goals centered around health, fitness, well-being, etc are so much more important. That’s still true and I live wholeheartedly by that BUT that also doesn’t mean that I never step on the scale.
In fact, I step on the scale approximately 2-3 times a week. I can already see what your thinking… [Read more...]
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Lose 10 pounds by yesterday.
and yes, the title’s a joke!
I have been on Twitter for just over 2 years now and am continually surprised by what I learn, how quickly I am top of current events and the insights into others lives. However, what has shocked me the most, hands down, is the relationships that I have quickly developed with so many people. People whom I have never met or who live thousands of miles away and those that I have met through Twitter and are happy to call my friend outside of the [Read more...]
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So Much More Than A KEGAL
The importance of pelvic floor and how to engage!
I would harbor a guess that almost everyone has heard of ‘doing a kegal’. I would harbor another guess that most of you are doing it incorrectly, if at all. Dr. Arnold Kegal was one of the first to address the importance of strengthening of pelvic floor muscles, particularly in postpartum women. Kegal exercises quickly became popular in people with incontinence issues and physicians and media began to tell ladies of all [Read more...]
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