Do you BELIEVE you can change?

So I have started to download ibooks on my phone to listen to on the trip back and forth to work. It's my goal to get super smart from t...

The Weight Loss Bitch Slap

As there are no such thing as unicorns...same goes for life long weight loss! Or is it?  Perhaps the way we have gone about it isn't wor...

Skinny Jeans are Hazardous to Your Health!

Women and men are victims of the skinny jean. I'm sure this guy has ceased to circulate blood and his legs are slowly being deprived of ...

Embracing My Muffin Top

What a relief...at least SHE ages too. I wonder if they will produce a "Muffin Top Barbie". I betcha that would be their best sell...

Weight Loss Pills Don't Work!

  I don't know how many times I have had a visitor to my office asking my opinion about this pill or that powder that speeds up the w...

The Evil Stepmother was Misunderstood

 Clearly, we need to deconstruct this misunderstood woman to reveal her true motives.  Without support and understanding, anyone can turn i...

10 Things That Would Make Our World a Healthier Place

Well, this wasn't what I had in mind, but the point is well made. This morning, as I drove into work, I thought about the simple things ...

Weighing In on Watching Weight

How many started the day off by jumping on this? Be careful not to let the scale determine the mood for the day. Weight watching tends to ha...

Good Looks (not health) Motivate Our Behaviour

You may be wondering why I have this pic here. If more health promotion messages were about humour and fun and less about the seriousness of...

Ergonomics...It's Not About the Chair!

Okay...so I was trained as an Ergonomics Coach not too long ago and, combined with my Kinesiology degree, can now assess your workplace ergo...

Baby Steps to Weight Loss; A Case Study

Of course this could be baby steps to overall lifestyle change but today I met with a woman who was wanting a few tips to help her lose weig...

Those Pesky Feelings of "I don't give a crap!"

It's days like these when I would love to see this posted up in the ladies washroom....what a great idea! Something's wrong. I can&#...

CHOCOLATE! It's not just for breakfast anymore.

Yet another sign I have in my health promotion office to help clients feel less judged and stressed out; "Chocolate...it's not just...

Beware of the Health Nut

OH Pleeeeaaaaaassseee! They walk among us, chewing on their carrot sticks and wearing their yoga pants. They live in Nikes and look for any ...