Archive for June, 2010
Healthy Vacations Tips for Summer Travel
No matter how you plan to get there, traveling can be a fairly overwhelming adventure for some. All the planning, budgeting, shopping, packing and even arranging a sitter for the dog can leave you feeling like you really do need a vacation. Not to add one more thing to your crazed pre-trip task list, but [...]
Taking Our Bodies Back: How to Break Free from the Comparison Trap
Kristen Moeller, Author of Waiting for Jack: Confessions of a Self-Help Junkie: How to Stop Waiting and Start Living Your Life Summer is officially here. For many women, that means bathing suit anxiety. That means more focus on those “troubling” body parts. That means a last minute purchase of a gym membership that you won’t use. [...]
Workout Mountain Skirt Giveaway
We have given away tops lately but what about the bottoms? We can’t keep all these super cute workout clothes all to ourselves. So we wanted to pass on some great bottoms for our GGS readers to win! SmartWool was born with comfort in mind. The founders were New England ski instructors struggling to keep their feet warm. [...]
The Sweet Smell of Success at the Newest Steve Nash Sports Club
What does it take to get the GGS girls out to a grand opening of a fitness club? Free food? Champagne? Hot sports stars? The newest Steve Nash Sports Club offered all that and more at their VIP reception yesterday during their official Grand Opening of the new Morgan Crossing location, but that’s not what [...]
Deep Cove Training Hike – Take One
So uber volunteer and all around awesome chick Esther convinced me to tackle a super-worthy event benefiting sick kids and their families that visit Canuck Place. Canuck Place Children’s Hospice provides specialized pediatric palliative care for children living with a life-threatening illness and support for their families throughout British Columbia. I can’t think of a [...]
New Balance Toning Shoes Review
We are continuing our “toning’ shoe ultimate show down on the pros and cons of all of these toning shoes, shaping shoes, wellness shoes or whatever the heck you want to call them. I was stoked when it was my turn (there are 3 GGS girls) to try out another pair of toning shoes. And, they [...]
No Guts Know Glory-Overcoming Crohn’s
Rob Hill, a Crohn’s patient and outdoor enthusiast from our home town Vancouver, BC has embarked on the No Guts Know Glory Seven Summits campaign. His mission is to increase awareness of – and remove the stigma around – IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) by climbing the seven highest mountains on each of the seven continents. [...]
How to Lose Weight the Frugal Way
Dieting is big business! Watch only a few moments of late night television and you’ll be barraged with ads for fat burning creams, diet pills and the latest craze in exercise gimmickry. Don’t be fooled! You can successfully slim down this summer without spending money on needless items with our 5 savings tips for weight [...]
Giveaway: GoLite Trail Running Shorts
Winner~Trisha Dowling-Congrats! Send me your address and your shorts will be on there way! GoLite looks like such a fun company. Just look at the GoLite Philosophy: • We believe there is no better gym than the great outdoors. • We believe sweat equals clarity and raised heart rates can be better than therapy. • We believe in runner’s [...]
Vintage Fitness: Free For Chubbies Ad
Sunday Funnies or is it? Certainly would not fly in this decade? That girl looks like a pretty average size to me….what do you think of this ad?
Recipe:No Sugar Peanut Butter Cookies
The nice people sent the GGS crew samples of their NuNatural products. I have made the No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Bars with Clear Stevia Liquid but decided I would like to try something a little sweeter with the NuStevia™ Baking Blend. I got this recipe from their site: This recipe was created by Macy’s Regional Culinary Professional, [...]
Interview with Softball Star Alicia Hollowell
Alicia Hollowell, professional softball player and coach, former Gatorade Player of the Year and all around STRONG girl, most recently played for the US National Team and the Akron Racers. We were delighted when she agreed to speak with us GGS girls! GGS: Thanks for joining us, Alicia….tell us, what initially drew you to the [...]
kigo Shoes Review
Do you have a pair of shoes that fit in your pocket? Well, now I own a pair of shoes that actually fit in my pockets. How cool is that? These kigo Shoes ($49.99), made from eco-friendly materials, are 5oz and fold and clip and fit in very small places. I was sent a cute [...]
The Yoga Body Diet Author Interview
The Yoga Body Diet is a four-week plan that inspires you to eat, move, and think according to your natural rhythms. It was written by Kristen Schultz Dollard who is also the digital director of Self Magazine, the former editor of iyogalife.com and a yoga teacher in New York. She wrote The Yoga Body Diet with Dr. [...]
Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox’s Diet Revealed
Eating the same meal every single day for 10 years? Sounds a little like Elvis; or even Einstein with that outfit. Quirky or not, it was a fact of life for the ‘Friends’ female-threesome: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow. The co-stars of the long-running popular sitcom are slender, fit and beautiful, and even [...]
Comparing the Toning Shoes..what shaping shoes should you buy?
With every shoe company hopping on the band wagon to get a piece of the “toning’ shoes pie (shoes that claim to shape up and tone up your legs, improve circulation, burn calories, and helps you “lose weight”), how does the savvy consumer decide which shoes to buy? They are sometimes referred as wellness shoes, shaping shoes or toning [...]
