Archive for February, 2010
How to Dine Out: Chinese Food
Chinese food is a genre of food with various flavors and sauces that can be very yummy, but also pack a punch in terms of calories. Depending on where you go for your Chinese food, you can in many instances find buffet options and quick serve restaurants in your local mall or shopping center. Beware [...]
Fast Food Fish Sandwiches Calorie Bombs
With Lent having started on Monday, February15th, Catholics around the world will be forgo eating meat each Friday and opt to eat meals centered around veggies, grains and fish. Eating fish is pretty “in” these days considering the massive amounts of research which has elucidated the powerful health benefits of eating a diet that regularly contains certain fish [...]
Review-elete Electrolyte Add-In
I had the opportunity to try out elete Electrolyte Add-In, which is a liquid you add to your water to replenish your electrolytes when you are exercising. I am a big flavored water drinker but rarely replenish my electrolytes with sports drinks due to all the added sugar in them. Why are electrolytes important to [...]
Giveaway-Gymboss Interval Timer-Closed
Ever wanted to do interval/ learn to run training but you are tired of having to look at your stop watch all the time to tell you when you have to stop and start. I know I have. I have not wanted to spend the big bucks on some fancy Sport Watch nor do I want [...]
How NOT to Snowshoe – Especially for Your First Time
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that I’ve signed up for a 5k snowshoe race next weekend. I’m sure that’s not very remarkable, except for the fact that I’ve only ever been on snowshoes once. When I was eight. My brother – aka “itwillbesoeasydon’tworry” Mike – made it sound like fun. Then he invited me [...]
Giveaway-Olympic Red Mittens
Did you see Oprah give Canadian Olympics 2010 Red Mittens to her audience on Friday? Did you hear Matt Lauer say that they were the HOTTEST must have of all the Olympic gear? Did you also hear that they are VERY hard to find? Drum roll please…. We have a pair to giveaway! Virtual cheers from our [...]
Great Ways To Show Some Team USA Spirit!
I’ve been giving most of my writing over to the Canadian perspective of our Vancouver Olympic Winter Games and I think it’s time for a little Team USA love, no? Here’s what you can do to support our athletes from Team USA, who have been training their entire lives will take the stage to represent [...]
Five Foods that will Save your Heart
February is American Heart Month. It’s a time to bring awareness to heart disease and stroke, the number one killer in the United States, so you and the people you love don’t become a statistic. If you know someone who would benefit from this information on preventing heart disease, please share it. Five Foods That [...]
Canada vs Norway Hockey – Blogging Live From Molson Canadian Hockey House at the Vancouver Olympics
Team Canada Hockey from Molson Canadian Hockey House in Vancouver First of all, let me just say a HUGE thank you to Molson Canada for their generosity in the tix – and for way too many drink tix - to their Molson Canadian Hockey House to watch Team Canada vs Norway in Men’s hockey. Second, [...]
Review: Charm Factory
Charm Factory contacted the GGS girls to do a giveaway/ review for the Charm Factory. Lucky me, I was up next in the review scheduling. I was told I could pick up to 7 sterling silver charms. I was so thrilled to see their extensive line of charms you could pick from and it literally [...]
Giveaway-Charm Bracelet from Charm Factory
What girl does not need some more accessories! And this very cool Charm bracelet is so very unique to just YOU! The hard part is that there are 100′s to choose from. Charm Factory and the GGS teams have teamed up to giveaway a bracelet with 7 sterling silver charms that you pick. Yippeee..a very lucky GGS girl got [...]
How to Dine Out: Italian Food
Navigating the menu at an Italian restaurant can pose many challenges and if you are the type to shy away from carbs then it can become that much harder. I am a big supporter of well-balanced meals, which entails a mixture of protein, carbohydrates and fat. These types of meal combinations can be found in [...]
Slow Cooking, Yummy Eating at Tecate’s Rancho La Puerta
During my stay at the wonderful Rancho la Puerta in Tecate, Mexico, I really enjoyed the healthy food prepared by the ranch staff. (Wish I could take them home with me!) The food at the ranch is organic, fresh, low fat and low cal. There is an emphasis on vegetables and whole grains and fruit [...]
The GGS girls are going to the Olympics!
Let’s get this party started!! How often do the Olympics come into your own backyard? I MEAN right into your backyard. I would say either never or once in your life time. Well they are finally here in our home town, Vancouver, BC. The whole city is buzzing with excitement and so are the GGS girls! We [...]
My Genuine Health pH Challenge Update Four
Final Update – My 21 Day Genuine Health pH Challenge – Jan 18 day 1- Feb 7 The last week of my Genuine Health pH Challenge (read my first post here, post two and post three) was spent in Tecate, Mexico at Rancho La Puerta resort. I packed my greens+ extra energy with me and [...]
Workout Video: Bringing Your Sexy Back
Yup, this week’s video workout is all about bringing sexy back…to your back. Often we focus on our abdominals and forget to balance our ab workouts with an adequate back workout. The one thing I’d caution about the moves in this video is to really watch your form and make sure you power from your [...]
