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Things I Loved This Week #8

Quote of the Week If you want to know a man look at his habits. From fire to ‘atmospheric river’: Why B.C. is trapped in a world of climate extremes. A Note on Climate Change We’ve been having extremely devastating weather the past year. Last week, an atmospheric river washed

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Things I Loved This Week #6
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Things I Loved This Week #6

Habits I am Working on: Eating my largest meal during the day. I LOVE dinner time but I learned our digestion works better during the day (lunch) simply because of our interal circadian clock. I’m usually not hungry during the until mid-afternoon so now I need to essentially retrain my

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Things I Loved This Week #5

Articles What Is The Most Fattening Food? – Be careful when you read “studies” online! 🤑 “The two most significant authors of this paper report having received fees from Unilever. Unilever, once the biggest producer of vegetable oils in the world, was in 2011 at the tail end of a

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Things I Loved This Week #4

Articles RIP to the Father of Flow – “Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is best known for his work on the concept of “Flow,” used to describe a state of optimal experience where one’s skills match the challenges of a situation, and also for his role as a founder of the subfield of

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Things I Loved This Week #3

Habits I’m Working: Lately my FOCUS has been scattered because I’m temporarily in an environment with a lot of distractions (I’m use to being home all day by myself without anyone around). Whenever I find myself scattered or jumping between tasks, I say to myself “FOCUS” and go back to

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Things I Loved This Week #2

Articles: You are what you attract. You attract people at the level that you are at. Ketosis for brain health. The problem I see is that people are so focussed on weight-loss that they forget to acknowledge that there are other benefits for things such as exercise and ketosis. On

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Things I Loved This Week #1

I began this blog way back in 2005 and it had evolved as my interests and passions have evolved. Fashion, make up, everything in between– and I finally settled on wellness. I even consistently kept a daily WOD + food journal on here for 3 years but too bad it’s

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Enamored…

Cake for breakfast. Whites. High heels. Booze. Poutine. Bike life. Oysters. Cookies from The Ivy. Green juice. Sushi. Kombucha. My Beastie Ball. Compression socks. Sports massages. Active release therapy. Spontaneous events. Essential oils. Candles. Sable fish. Foie gras lollipops. Black forest cake. Lemon water. Chamomile tea. Brunch. Long dresses. Flared jeans. Big

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Things I Love

Excuse my lateness (again), but if you read my blog, you know I have commitment issues and I never write as regularly as I  should. Two days ago was the International Day of Happiness and I haven’t done a Things I Love entry in a very long time. Sunny Spring

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Things I Love Thursday

Things I Love Thursday is back!! I don’t think I’ve done one of these in years. Morning Bike Rides. Nothing beats getting up to ride! I found that I was the least grumpy on days I bike to work in the mornings and after downing a cup (or two) of

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MILK JUG. My thoughtful friend gifted me with a milk jug which I use as a waterbottle. Water tastes sooo much better in glass than in the plastic shaker bottle I use to use plus it’s a workout carrying that thing around with me everywhere. Double benefits. SQUAT & DEADLIFT

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