Category Archives: Fitness

An easy way to load up on extra nutrients in your diet is to add roasted or raw seeds to your meals. I love roasting pumpkin, sunflower & sesame seeds and tossing them with my salads & / or on … Continue reading →

This is one of my staples! Slice eggplant into 1/4 inch rounds, brush with olive oil, lay on baking sheet and bake for 8-10 min., turning over as needed. Chop zucchini, red & yellow peppers, cherry tomatoes & portabella mushrooms. … Continue reading →

1. Uttanasana- Standing Forward Bend with Shoulder Opener 1. Stand with feet parallel and hip width apart. Inhale reach your arms for the sky. As you exhale clasp your hand behind your back. 2. Inhale lift your shoulders towards your … Continue reading →

Ingredients – 1 large butternut squash – 1/2 cup coconut milk – 2 cups organic veggie stock – 2 cups water – 1 celery stalk, diced – 1/2 white onions, diced – 2 carrots, diced – 1/2 tsp cumin powder … Continue reading →

I am a Personal Trainer out of Mixx Fitness studio in Coal Harbor, Vancouver. My friend Katie and I were having such a good workout today we decided to document it and share it here! This full body workout started … Continue reading →

5. Perform Intervals. For a period after training, the body burns more calories during what’s called Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption (EPOC). EPOC occurs in the body after intense exercise drains muscles of their inbuilt energy source. This has to be … Continue reading →

4. Include a source of high-quality, complete plant protein with every meal. Protein is instrumental not only in muscle and tissue regeneration but also in fat metabolism. Protein, once ingested, instigates the release of hormones that enables the body to … Continue reading →

3. Eat every three hours. When the body has to digest food, it has to work to break it down into a usable form. The fancy term for this is “the thermic effect.” It simply means that every time you … Continue reading →

2. Drink green tea. Green tea has natural components that helps to speed up metabolism called catechins, they stimulate the body to burn calories (rev up the metabolic furnace). I recommend the South American herb yerba mate. Yerba mate is … Continue reading →