March 15

March 15th, how are you doing with your New Year Resolutions? I thought I would take a different approach this year and try a different one for each month rather than one for the whole year. January was no chocolate. This was tough, I love chocolate…it’s my favourite I would take it over chips any day.


I found day 9, 14 and 23 very hard but I pushed through. On day 30 I was excited that it was almost over but the changes in my body were so powerful…I shrunk all over…I liked the way my stomach was looking! I thought I would carry on for a bit longer. I made it to Superbowl Sunday when one of my best buds Diane (aka Catwoman) came over with her boyfriend to watch the game as it is the day of the year for me. I cracked and we shared Fudgeeo’s…of all things. Not good for you but oh, my, they tasted heavenly…I got my chocolate back, it made me feel good all over!

Unfortunately, I kept up with my chocolate intake and it is changed my body again, not for the better let me tell you. So I have had to find a way to get a handle on this chocolate addiction. I’m limiting myself to only weekends and have continued to kick up my workouts. This should give me the best of both worlds. I eat so many healthy foods all day long everyday… I must have dark chocolate twice a week and 1 shot of 5% organic cream in my coffee everyday...the two things I cannot give up and do not want too!!

February’s resolution is to do pushups every day. My cousin Dylan came over at Christmas and when I hugged him I could not believe how “buff” he was. Dylan is still in high school and told me that his gym teacher made his class start on day 1 of school with 1 pushup and on day 2 they did 2 and day 3 they did 3 etc. I thought I would try this so I made it to Day 5 and got scared as I thought how will I get to day 18 and be able to do it? So I thought I would take a different approach and do three sets each day increasing each time by one but with a rest day in between. I felt this would help me build up the strength better. ** Remember Dr. Oz says that a woman over 40 should be able to do 20 pushups as an indicator of her health!!! So I got up to 3 sets of 11 “WOW” I felt strong and I could again see the difference in my arms….THEN I got the flu and it set me right back. Once I bounced back from the illness I started again and could only do one set of 6 and one set 5  It’s amazing how fast you lose it if you don’t use it. And now I have something happening in my arm by my elbow it’s really preventing me of being able to do them at all….seeing my Osteopath tomorrow, I bet he tells me I’m getting old. I really hope he can fix things; I love what pushups do for your body. I have mentioned this to a few of my clients and they have taken on the challenge too. Why not give this a try yourself? See where you can get to and email me!!!

So March’s resolution is doing one plank exercise while kicking you leg up one by one in the air..and then again adding one on to this each day. This one I found easier, probably because of yoga and all those planks that my instructors Sherry & Tina (at Womens Fitness) make us do all the time 

I think for April I will get my bike out and try to ride a certain amount of km’s a week. Riding is super hard and you really don’t realize how “hilly” your town is till you have to ride your bike around lol I’m lucky as I can ride all over the waterfront…I just feel better when I see water.

On a different note, I would like to congratulate Camille B for her tremendous accomplishment of losing 65 pounds – WOW!!! Some of you have seen her pictures recently posted at the gym as well a feature in our Nutrition News Letter. My favourite line in her testimonial is when she says “some months I lost no weight” You must be patient with your body and remember that darn scale lies to women. Just ask yourself “have I been eating well?”, “have I been exercising?” and “how do my clothes feel”? Those are the real indicators on how you are doing!! What Camielle also realized was that she needed to lift weights to build muscle to help her burn calories when she is doing nothing. To keep her bones strong!

There is an amazing new promotion at the club called “The Challenge” if you ever wanted to have a personal trainer at the most reasonable rate (in a group setting) this program is for you. Stop by my office to find out more. Remember in 10 Weeks it will be warm and you will be wearing short sleeves and shorts, summer dresses… make this 10 Weeks work for you and feel fabulous in your summer clothes! Get Heart Healthy and live a long life 