Changing your eating habits can be a really difficult thing. Why? Well, they're habits--they're hard to break and hard to start. However, not impossible. Taking baby steps, or setting small goals towards an overall eating habit can be a great way to reach nutritional success! It's important that …
Understanding Hormones: Insulin And Weight Loss
Insulin is such an important hormone because it regulates our blood sugar. Basically, after eating something, the amount of sugar in our bloodstream increases. Insulin instructs the cells to absorb the sugar from our blood. It is released from the pancreas and has other “jobs” to do, especially …
Social Media On Mental Health
Have you ever stopped to wonder just how much social media has affected us over the years? With many of our current feeds being infiltrated with bikini bods and tropical vacations, it's important to know the effect social media can have. Depression and Anxiety Especially in youth, signs of …
Weekends Made For Wellness
Have you ever had a great week where you’re making healthy choices about every day? You’re eating well, cooking your own meals, getting to the gym, and then…the weekend rolls around. Ah yes, how I have a love/hate relationship with weekends. It’s easy to think of the weekend as time to enjoy …
How To Cope With Big Life Transitions
For many of us, Spring and Summer may be a time of huge transitions. Some of us have or are graduating, starting new programs, new schools, new jobs, new relationships, even moving to new cities or states. During these times of great change, it can be easy to feel ungrounded and lose sight of what …
Tips For A More Efficient Week
I don't know about you, but I am a "wake up early to number my to-do list that day" type person. With the amount of things we all have to do in a day, I think a lot of people are in the same boat - we want to make the most out of our days! Below are some of my favorite tips for an efficient week! …
10k A Day!!
At some point in time, you may have heard that you should strive to take at least 10,000 steps every day. Reaching 10,000 steps a day provides many health benefits; while some days it may seem as if 10,000 steps is easy to attain if you’re having a productive day, other days may make it difficult to …
30 Minute Christmas Day Workout
Christmas Day is here! A day to relax, eat a ton of great food, open presents and connect with family. Today can certainly be busy, with the cooking, and cleaning, and entertaining, or travelling; I know what you’re thinking, though, “When will I have time to workout?” Here is a great Christmas Day …