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Summer Fruit Juice
Day three after my teeth extraction surgery: My mouth is still a little bit sore and I still can’t touch solid food. But I’m sick to death of soups in cans and packaged mousses. Luckily, I’d stocked up...
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The Skinny Girl’s Secret.
Pssst….I’m about to let you in on a little big secret… Even skinny girls get fat. This is the true story of a skinny girl who started out with everything a girl could ask for – fairly good metabolism,...
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Secrets of a Skinny Girl: Part II
Where we talk about nourishment! We each only have one body, so it’s important to nourish it properly. Like everyone else, I failed majorly at this in the beginning. When I started working out, I...
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Blended Vegetable Soup
It’s been almost two weeks since my surgery to have a whooping eight teeth extracted (wisdom teeth plus teeth for braces). I’ve just only started having solids again, but the sutures haven’t entirely...
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Fish Salad
When I first got my braces, I had plans for all kinds of yummy, healthy, soft foods I could eat. However, life had other plans for me – things got super busy and I was running around lots with hardly...
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2013 Resolution Breakdown – Be Fit and Healthy
I’m usually pretty good with this one! I’ve been on a roll all last year in regards to working out and eating healthily… but got sidelined when I sprained my ankle in Peru. That, along with all the...
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Make Me Some Muesli!
For the past couple of years, I have not been a fan of cold breakfasts. In fact, the only kind of breakfast I like is a hot protein breakfast – usually involving eggs in some way. My favorite is a...
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Back on track! Rediscovering that secret inner power within you
Ever since I got back from South America in the new year, I’ve been feeling absolutely demotivated. Laziness and procrastination infused me like some kind of malaise. It didn’t make me feel good- but...
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Book review: Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood; plus a lean mean green...
In we go with the greens! I’ve been really missing my salads and this is a fantastic way of getting all your greens in a yummy, refreshing, crunchy summer salad: What I did was to throw in: Peas and...
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Healthy Hot Breakfast: ham, cheese and avocado wrap
I’m still on the lookout for healthy hot breakfasts that will hit the sweet spot during those early mornings at work in an office that can be, at times, freezing. And this week, I think I found one...
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A little respect…
This evening as I headed out on my 10km run, my thoughts were with those who are in Boston today. It was a cloudy, overcast day with cool temperatures suitable for running. There were lots of children,...
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28-day Gladiator group fitness challenge
This week, my gym launched a 28-day Gladiator group fitness challenge! The aim of the challenge is to complete as many group fitness classes as you can in the next 28 days. Participants must also do...
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Do our childhood eating habits affect the way we eat as adults?
I love broccoli and I usually make it in a stir fry, preferably with oyster sauce! Yum! The other day, though, I thought I’d try my hand at something different – roasted broccoli! Pre-roasting chopped...
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Working out in extreme temperatures
As the weather starts to cool, I greet the changing temperature with relief. It’s the same every year – as summer comes around, I welcome the sunshine and lessening of rain – but find the heat hard to...
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Body Pump
Today I did my first Body Pump class in ages! Part of my New Year’s resolutions this year was to incorporate strength training into my workout. I have to be honest, I’m not a fan of strength training,...
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Recipe: Baked orange and lemon drumsticks with roasted tomatoes and...
I used to be the sort of girl who didn’t even know how to turn on the oven. But lately I’ve started getting into the whole idea of roasting/baking my meals and it’s fantastic. Roasting/baking your food...
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New running shoes!
Check out my new running sneaks! I’m pretty excited over my new shoes. The old ones were getting pretty worn out – holes were about to appear, traction had worn down and the cushioning had worn thin,...
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It’s okay to have a slump – just remember to pull yourself out of it after...
Sometimes it’s okay if you’ve been having a slack day or week or even month. Sometimes things just don’t go your way. I just had a big, lazy weekend, most of which was spent drinking and eating (lots...
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Good running form
I love fitspiration photos – they always hype me up to get off my but and work up a good sweat! Running is one of my major achievements that I’m so proud of – working my way up from being unable to...
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Make-up Demo Review – Feature Artist Event with Bobbi Brown’s Alphie Sadsad!
This Saturday just past, I had a pretty exciting appointment – with Bobbi Brown’s head make up artist, Alphie Sadsad! Taking a professional make-up lesson has been in the back of my mind for some time...
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