I am a yoga devotee, but when it comes to losing the baby weight around my middle, evidence suggests that weight training is the way to go. It definitely slows down weight-gain as women age.
According to a new study, women who lift weights have better control over the dangerous abdominal fat that can lead to heart disease.
According to a report of the study published in the Globe and Mail:

164 overweight and obese women aged 24 to 44 were divided into two groups, the article states. One group participated in a two-year weight-training program and the other was given a brochure …read more

Tim Horton was a famous Canadian hockey player who died in a terrible car crash. Today, his name lives on in the form of a chain of donut shops he founded. I bring this up for two reasons. The first is that Tim Horton’s Donuts is something of a Canadian institution even though it is now owned by the same American conglomerate that owns Wendy’s Hamburgers. To understand what Tim’s means culturally in this region you have to combine coffee as good as Starbuck’s without the snootiness, the social aspect of a neighbourhood British pub, and the sweet fix of a donut …read more

Looking back over The Long List of Discomforts that I wrote a month after giving birth, I am amazed at how much I have recovered from. The female body truly is a remarkable thing.

The rash I thought would never go away is gone. The excessive sweating from shedding the fluid gained over the course of pregnancy has stopped.
All I am really still dealing with is the lack of sleep issue, but I don’t think that ever goes away. There’s still a dull ache in my hips and a constant back ache from bad posture when carrying the baby and nursing. …read more

I can’t decide if this article is about a very insightful book, or if it’s just a joke. When it’s Not on your Plate It Doesn’t Count: The Top Ten Reasons Women Have Trouble Sticking to a Diet from Maclean’s magazine is a review of the book Ten Habits the Mess Up a Woman’s Diet by Elizabeth Somer. Women fail at dieting, it seems, because we’re dishonest, delusional and eat other people’s food.

I always thought the dieting rules like “It doesn’t count if you eat it standing up,” were just jokes between women. I didn’t know they were commentary on …read more