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As part of my healthy lifestyle I try to eat organic foods as much as possible. I realize that most people when given the choice would prefer organic foods, seriously who wants chemicals on/in their food? However the drawback to buying organic is the cost, unfortunately we have to pay more for food that is Certified Organic. Ironic isn’t it that we have to pay more for foods to be grown the way nature intended without pesticides, insecticides and herbicides.
Even as a Single Gal I find the cost of buying all organic a bit much even for one person, so I can imagine how much of a strain that can be for a family of 5. For those of you that have the luxury of a backyard and a green thumb I would highly recommend planting a garden, this way you can have fresh veggies daily. Have you ever eaten a tomato from the garden? It’s pure heaven. Now for those of you that do not have yards and would like to buy organic when your budget allows here is a list of fruits and veggies in which the highest pesticide levels are found. For us this mean these are the items we should buy organically if the option is there:
Apples, bell peppers, celery, cherries, imported grapes, nectarines, peaches, pears, potatoes, raspberries, spinach, strawberries, butter, all berries, and peanuts. Corn & soy should be on your list of organics as well because these two items are known to be highly GMO (genetically modified organisms). This means the genetic material has been altered using the genetic engineering techniques.
Items that have the lowest pesticide levels that can be lower on your organics list are:
I believe times are changing. The more we educate and become aware of what’s being done to our food the better our purchasing decisions will be. Once the demand grows the cost of organics will go down because of the supply and demand principle. Purchase something organic today and taste the difference!
The Hamilton Plastic Surgery Centre is having a Beach Beauty Event on Thursday June 3rd from 5-7 pm. Now you may be wondering why I would be telling you about an event at a plastic surgery centre because I do believe in being the most natural you that you can be. However, I was informed that plastic surgery is only half of what the Centre’s practice focuses on and the other half is on skin care and treatments.
Here is what you can expect at this event:
• Beach-perfect cosmetic surgery advice from Dr. Robert Patterson
• Glistening bronzing treatments with Aesthetician Connie DelleRose
• Botox and filler consultations with Nurse Injector Terri Clarkson
• Swimwear that suits you perfectly: Luxurious, custom-made swimsuits from Hollenbreez Swimwear
• Glowing makeup advice from Alycia Vaughan of Vavoom Makeup Artistry
• Get your body beach-ready with fitness & nutrition tips from Body 1 Fitness
Specials: This Day Only
15% off any aesthetic product or service
$100.00 off purchase of Juvederm
Botox $10 per unit
Summer is more fun when spent with friends!
Bring a pal along for an evening of beauty, pampering, and wonderful raffles!
Anyway who am I to say “don’t get Botox or surgery” - if you think this will make you feel better about yourself then do it, just be sure to do some research first. I endured the torture of braces for 4 years because I was self-conscious about my overbite and I would do it all over again. I have a friend that got a breast reduction because she hated her natural FF boobs, she is now happily flaunting her C’s. I also have a friend who recently had implants and is now happily flaunting her D’s! We all have things we’d like to change so educate yourself and make sure you do it for yourself and not someone else. So if you’re interested in botox, or have been thinking about a tummy tuck (or would like a bathing suit that sucks it in) you can attend this free event and talk to Dr. Patterson to help you make an informed decision.
The older I get the more I keep hearing act your age. What does act your age mean? I tend to hear this when I doing something deemed crazy (getting a black eye trying to snowboard) or silly (dancing in the grocery store singing the peaches and plums song to my mom). Does getting older mean we have to lose our sense of fun? Absolutely not! Being young at heart will also keep you young on the outside. Look at Diane Keaton at age 64 she is lovely, to me this women is ageless. Her agelessness comes from her attitude, she’s funny, charming, and has a great outlook on life. Getting older should not be a battle to look forever 21. Society should celebrate the beauty of age, not shun it because the harsh reality is you cannot avoid it.
Here are some tips to help us grow old with ease and agelessness:
Think young. Develop an ‘ageless attitude about yourself and everything you do
Act young. Do things that are fun. Find the fun in what you are already doing. I plan to learn to play the drums this summer
Exercise regularly – exercise does not have to mean the gym, play with your kids, go for walks, go dancing with the girls, all movement is good movement.
Rest often. Take ‘Power” naps everyday
Drink 2 – 3 liters of water daily (this is the fountain of youth ladies)
Start each day by drinking the juice of ½ a lemon added to a cup of warm water – to help cleanse the digestive tract, liver and kidneys.
Eat four cups of vegetables daily, preferably raw or lightly steamed – at least two cups which are greens vegetables.
Replace white flour and white rice products with 100% whole grain counterparts
Avoid tobacco
Consume alcohol in moderation if at all
Avoid concentrated and refined sugars of all kinds
Now if you have laugh lines be happy because that means you are always smiling. The little crinkles around the eyes mean you have a sense of mischief. Think about those lines differently because they tell the story of your life. Embrace them, love who you are and keep smiling no matter what life throws at you. Now go act your age, by that I mean take a pole dancing class, swing on a swing, dance until the wee hours of the morning, whatever makes you laugh and feel young at heart just do it!!
This year Roxxxy the sex robot was introduced to the world at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas. Yes you’ve read that right, SEX ROBOT!!
Roxxxy is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 120lbs, and "has a full C cup and is ready for action," according to Mr. Hines, who was an artificial intelligence engineer at Bell Labs before starting True Companion.
What is this world coming to? Not only is it hard enough dating in the world of text messaging but we have to compete with a Life Size Sex Robot! Mr. Hines states "She's a companion. She has a personality. She hears you. She listens to you. She speaks. She feels your touch. She goes to sleep. We are trying to replicate a personality of a person." Hmm trying to replicate the personality of a person but yet you call her Roxxxy the sex robot hence the triple x in her name. Face it dude, you were not getting laid and probably became allergic to the plastic dolls, which prompted you to use your education to create a mate for yourself.
Here’s an idea for ya, now call me crazy but why not meet a real woman. You know the flesh and blood kind that has a brain, personality and breaths. However if you do meet a real women, word of advice do not introduce her to Roxxxy unless of course Roxxxy can cook, clean, and do laundry.
A while ago a friend and I were talking and I mentioned to her that I was having some crazy a*s dreams. They were quite vivid and I remembered them quite clearly when I got up. They were kind of irritating me as I was in constant motion and honestly when I woke up in the morning I felt like I had run a marathon. I know that we dream every night during REM sleep but this dreaming seemed out of whack because if felt like I was never going to get a proper nights rest.
Well she told me something interesting, which I never paid attention to until now. Ladies keep track of your dreams the week leading up to your period. I don’t know if this theory has been scientifically tested or not but from my own research it holds true for me. I think it’s interesting and if this hasn’t been tested, someone should do so and tell me why this happens.
You know when you read something and you shake your head at the sheer stupidity of someone. Well I did that today upon reading an article in the Toronto Star about a lady suing her cell phone company because her marriage ended. She claimed that the company violated her privacy because her personal cell phone bill was lumped in with her then husbands and he noticed hour long conversations with someone on the detailed account. When he phoned the number the “other man” confirmed the affair and her husband left her. There are other details such as her maiden name was on the account, her affair was only short lived at that point, she is embarrassed by what happened and couldn’t work etc….
Canada is not like the USA when it comes to legal cases and honestly if I read this in a US newspaper I wouldn’t think twice about it, but reading it in a Canadian newspaper I feel this lady has insulted me personally. Why, you may ask? Well because in the USA people sue, that is how things are resolved, in Canada we don’t, it’s like we know that we fu**ed up and we’re just hoping nobody else took notice .
I do agree that the cell phone company made a mistake, but really, didn’t you think you made a bigger mistake by cheating on your husband? If you don’t then you have bigger issues.
One of my pet peeves is people who don’t take responsibility for their actions. Whether right or wrong, don’t deny your part in things. I have to shake my head at this, and just say “Really” (as sarcastically as possible).
Have you ever had one of those months when you experience all the symptoms of PMS? Where you are so bloated people ask how far along you are, or your boobs are so sore that even wearing a bra hurts. Than there are the cramps that have you doubled over in pain and wishing death to all men. My favorite is the uncontrollable cravings for chocolate and fried foods because this just leads to zits. Oh joy, now we have been transformed into a pregnant prepubescent teen with french fry grease running down our chin. So naturally that just puts you in a fowl mood, and I pity the man that says ‘What’s your problem are you PMSing?” Word of advice for the men out there if you have made the mistake of uttering those words, run! Run fast, your life depends on it.
Now ladies we do not have to go through this every month, diet is the key to have a non-eventful period. Here are some steps that you can take to help ease these symptoms:
Foods to avoid
To prevent bloating a looking like you are in your second trimester, avoid sodium. Eliminate salt, red meats, processed and junk foods at the very least one week before your period.
To ease breast tenderness avoid caffeine. Caffeine also acts as a diuretic and can deplete many important nutrients.
Eat fewer dairy products. Sorry ladies this means you have to cut down on the cheese, at least for the week before and the week of. Oh while we are at it you should cut down on the wine (actually all alcohol) and sugars in any form. These foods cause valuable electrolytes to be lost through urination.
Foods and supplements to add:
Eat plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, seeds, chicken, turkey and fish. Have high protein snacks between meals.
Drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day
Take a calcium/magnesium supplement this will help with breast tenderness
Vitamin B complex this helps regulate moods and reduces stress
Invest in a good quality multi vitamin
Lastly get regular exercise. Exercise increases the oxygen levels in the blood, which helps in nutrient absorption and efficient elimination of toxins from the body. It also helps keep hormone levels more stable and the men in your life safe.
Let me know if this info was helpful and if there is anything that you would like to see for future Nutrition/Health tips.
As I have said before I had my self-help phase. During this phase I created a vision board, ALA “The Secret”. What’s a vision board you ask? It’s to help you create your ideal life. You put pictures on a board of your dreams, and things you want on this board. It is to help you focus on what you really want in life and believe that no dream is unattainable. This is your dream life so dream big.
I started off with a bang. In career I knew I wanted to work from home so I put up a picture of a home office. I want to write for Oxygen magazine so I put that picture up. I have a picture of a Mustang, dogs, places I want to see and things I want to do like play the drums…you get the idea. Also on my board I have words of inspiration and words that express what I want. For example I have “success” in my career section, “world traveler” by the places I want to visit and “great sex” and “love” right beside my picture of Georges St. Pierre (UFC Fighter). I guess I really did not need to post the words “great sex” beside his picture because just looking at that man makes my vagina flutter.
My vision board has been in hiding for the last few months until the other day I decided to take it out of my closet and place it out in the open where I can see it for inspiration and the occasional flutter. I had placed it on my bed and in my morning rush threw my track pants on it. I then got dressed and headed out for my morning coffee. I’m happily walking back home with my coffee in my hand enjoying the moment when I get a tap on the shoulder and was informed that there was something stuck to my ass. Actually the very nice girl said “sorry you seem to have something on the back of your pants”, and than tried unsuccessfully to hide the giggle. Well as it turns out I had the words GREAT SEX stuck to my ass. I had to wait in a 20 minute line up for my coffee and no one there told me! Now it makes sense why the construction worker said to me “I bet you are”…Brute!
I am pretty sure when The Secret said put what you want out there in the universe they did not mean for me to stick it to my ass. Or did they? If so that did not work any better than my vision board because “Great Sex” is now crumpled up in the bottom of my trash can. However Georges St. Pierre is now posted on my mirror because if “great sex” is not in the near future a girl may as well get a vagina flutter whenever she can.
Word of advice Gals if you do make your own vision board, please do not use tape to stick on your words of wisdom. I suggest that you use glue or tacks (for cork boards) to avoid such an incident from happening to you. It could have been worse I also have “Find my G spot” on there.
There comes a point in your career that you feel I’ve had enough, done enough, taken enough, said enough etc…and you know it’s time to move on from your current position to a hopefully better one. Well ladies and gentlemen I have reached that point, I love the ladies I work with but I just can’t seem to connect on a productive level with my boss and yesterday after our “tête a tête” I said to myself enough is enough and decided to focus my attention on finding a new job.
Luckily for me I applied for a job that a head hunter thought I would be suited for and contacted me via email. I took this email as a sign from a higher power that my decision to move on was being blessed (given the altercation with my boss was that morning), so today I went to meet with the head hunter and as expected I was nervous. When you have to answer questions about yourself and provide examples and pretty much sell yourself it’s hard to be that witty, charming, intelligent, educated person you normally are but thankfully I got through things unscathed.
I do admit that I am not bad in interviews when I feel like I have connected with the person which was the case today. So after the short chat about general items and us knowing someone mutually it appears my tensions eased and I could once again be that great person I was trying to sell. This made things a lot easier because some of my positions on my resume are from 10 years ago and I’m not one to remember what I did yesterday yet alone marketing programs I ran 10 years ago.
Wish me luck in my job search and here’s hoping the interviews get easier.
Recently I was at Shoppers drug Mart looking for the new Schick Quarto Trim Style Razor (yes I am excited about this product, it’s a razor and bush trimmer) but I do not think it is here in Canada just yet. However I did see this product by Venus, it is a vibrating razor and comes with its own AAA battery. I did think about purchasing it so that I can do a product review but I could not see the purpose of it. Why do we need a razor to vibrate?
Obviously it was man that thought of this genius idea because no women would want a vibrating razor near her bits and pieces. Would a man let a vibrating razor blade near his balls? NOT! According to this ad campaign the vibrating razor sends vibrations to the skin which raises the hair for a closer shave. Isn’t that what a loofah sponge is for? While I’m on the topic of products that don’t make sense can someone please tell me why you would want to wear a G-String Panty liner?
I mean the whole purpose of the g-string is to have no panty lines, but also to be playful and sexy. How can you feel sexy with this stuck to your g-string and is there really enough material to hold it in place. All that can come of this is you will end up have a piece of sticky absorbent cotton stuck between you ass cheeks. How’s that for feeling fun and flirty!
Winter is officially over!!!! It’s is now spring, and you haven’t worn your skinny jeans all winter and now they are a bit tighter than you remember. Did you wash them in hot water? Chances are not! You have probably gained that dreaded winter weight which most of us do; it is the law of nature. Our bodies go into survival mode; centuries ago there was a time when winter would bring great famines. Human beings over time have adapted to that possibility by storing extra fat to survive those harsh winter months. Now in the year 2010, famines in North America are a thing of the past, but our bodies are still hanging on to the fat. We also tend to eat more comfort food than usual because we have those big beautiful sweaters to hide any new bulges. Now we enter panic mode, and obsess over our muffin top. First ladies, don’t panic and throw out those skinny jeans just yet. It is not that warm out there, so we can still camouflage the troubled spots and work on our diet in the meantime.
I’m on my way to becoming a CNP (Certified Nutritional Practitioner) and weekly I will be sharing tips and health advice with you, because I believe health first before all else. We are nothing if we do not have our health, also how will you be able to go on that date if you don’t feel well. Our goal is to obtain optimal health and losing the extra 5 -10 pounds is just an added bonus. Now that being said lets discuss how we can get back into those skinny jeans.
1)Water, Water, Water drink at least 3 liters of water day, I know in the winter it’s harder to do because of the cold, we’d rather have something warm and comforting to drink. Now that spring is here it’s time to get back into the habit of drinking water. Yes you will be running to the bathroom every hour but that will get under control as your body adjusts to the increase of water consumption. Not only does water keep your weight under control, it flushes the toxins from your body, and it makes your skin supple and glowing. My belief is that water is the fountain of youth; think about it, what do you find at a fountain? WATER!
2)Fiber - Aim for 30 - 50 grams of fiber a day. The normal SAD (Standard American diet) gets about 15 grams of fiber a day. Fiber rich foods leave you feeling full and satisfied longer, this will help with over eating. In order to avoid bloating and other digestive discomfort (gas) increase your fiber intake slowly by adding more fruits and vegetables to your diet. Good fiber sources are apples, avocado, bananas, berries, beans, lentils and greens like spinach, kale and collards.
3)Healthy Fats (EFA’s Essential Fatty Acids) -Yes we need fat! Over the years we have been bombarded with Fat Free this and Fat Free that. We’ve obsessed over how much fat was in something rather than what we are actually eating. Most fat free products compensate for the reduced fat with increased sugar and refined carbohydrates. Healthy fat sources are Olive oil (extra virgin or virgin), olives, avocados, almonds, peanuts, sesame oil, pecans, pistachio nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, etc. Also Flax seed, flax oil, chia seeds, and Salba are also great sources of EFA’s and added fiber.
4)Exercise - Get a least 30 minutes of exercise a day. If you are new to fitness take it slow, start with daily walks. Now that the weather is nice there is no excuse not to take a nice walk around the neighborhood. For the Single Gals this will be a good chance to meet a cute jogger, stop him and chat him up about his favorite jogging trails or the size of shoes if you should feel so bold. For the ladies like me that have been exercising for years but have hit that dreaded plateau I highly recommend getting a trainer. I have one and he is great, I love working out again. If you can’t afford a trainer then change your routine, try new classes at the gym, or start jogging.
These tips are the basics to getting on the path to better health and getting into those skinny jeans again. Try this tomorrow, have a Spinach smoothie for breakfast and add flax seed. Lunch can be a salad of mixed greens with cherry tomatoes, red pepper, chicken breast and some feta cheese, mixed with an olive oil vinaigrette dressing. For dinner sauté some rapini in olive oil and garlic, add Shrimp, red peppers, then mix in Quinoa and spice it anyway you like. Potein, fiber filled, healthy fat recipes are the way to go. Then try and add two fruit snacks for the day and take a walk around the neighborhood. You’ve just had yourself a healthy day…see how easy that was!
Good Luck Ladies and I hope to see you strutting your stuff this summer.
Ladies I must tell you I now know the secret to getting a man. I wonder if I should be giving this advice out for free. Hell it’s the least I can do for all the Single Ladies out there. Here it is….. Cook for him!!! They have been saying this since the dawn of time that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. I am beginning to think this may be true because I am an awful cook, okay not awful but a very limited one. I was told by my Home Economics teacher to marry rich because I set the fire alarm off and spilled milk all over her. In recent years I have set my kitchen on fire, luckily my Dad and I were able to get it under control without having to call the fire department. What caused this fire you ask, French Fries! I have also burnt holes in 4 pairs of oven mitts. I’m not sure how people pull things out of the oven without setting their oven mitts on fire, it baffles me.
Recently I have been doing cooking demos for Cookin’ greens, flash frozen Spinach, kale and rapini I cook these greens in health food stores to help promote product awareness. At one of these demos a very sweet elderly lady asked if I was married. When I told her I was not she said “Don’t worry dear you will be married in no time because men love a women who can cook” AWESOME!! I just hope Mr. Right does not mind eating greens everyday!
I love my sleep and I think I love it more than most because when I was younger I was an insomniac. I used to lay awake thinking about everything and anything. It was time consuming and quite unproductive because I could think of all the what if’s a million times over but it didn’t change what actually happened. Then one day in my early 20s I said to heck with thinking I am done.
I’m all for analyzing things and thinking, who isn’t? But when it becomes a burden and ruins sleeps then the line needs to be drawn. For me, I just needed to let things go and stop analyzing things from different angles. It isn’t hard and with a little practice you too can shut down your mind.
My trick for getting a good nights sleep is to tell myself to "be quiet" (it's my mind telling my mind to shut down). I take great pride in the fact that even in the worst of times I can still fall asleep. My sleep maybe altered somewhat as I’m not a machine, but when push comes to shove I know I can shut it down. The power of the mind is great and if you can take control of things you too can stop yourself from over analyzing situations.
This is something I think all single people should know, especially women, we tend to over analyze situations and if there is one lesson I have learned through my many years of dating, it is that men take things at face value and us gals over think them. Now if you think of a way to make money fast, with minimal work, feel free to let me know.
Today I was looking at my bookshelf and I realized that I’ve gone through various phases throughout the years. I had my horror phase which consisted mainly of Stephen King and Clive Barker novels. I still love horror books, the darker the better. I love going into the deep dark crevasses of these writers minds. A good writer can make you forget everything while you’re in their world, and I love that.
Next was my vampire phase, no not Twilight! Sorry vampires do not sparkle in the sunlight that is just wrong! My obsession was with the vampire chronicles by Anne Rice. Those books were great until Queen of the Damned and then she became too loopy and religious for this gal. However Ms. Rice deserves major props for creating Lestat because he is by far one of the coolest vampires there is next to Dracula (you can’t compete with an original).
Then the biographies, well dirty rock star bios. Why read about our great leaders when I can spend hours inside the head of a heroin addict (Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx) fascinating. My favorite is Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis you will either hate or love him. I love him because I respect a man that takes accountability for his actions. He could have blamed so many others for his choices but he knew that every choice he made was his, I admire that.
Now we move on to the self-help books no not to analyze my fascination with the macabre or dirty Rock Stars. Sometimes a girl just has to try and make sense of this crazy world and it cannot be done by oneself so in enters The Power of Now and The Secret. Be weary of the self-help section it can become a bit obsessive if you find something that you connect with. My birth sign is Virgo so like a true Virgo I analyze everyone and everything yes even me. So give me tools to analyze myself even further equals obsessive. I have eased up on the self-help and analyzing myself, but I still analyze others. I must know what makes people tick. I love it when I can’t quite read someone, these people show you different sides of them but you never get the whole picture. I hope to meet more people like that.
Currently there are dating books on my shelf, He’s Just Not That into You, She Crazy He’s a Liar and The Rules. Had anyone ever told me that I’d be reading books on dating advice I would have laughed and said NEVER. But what they say is true never say Never. I read them in part for blog research material and in truth because I am hoping someone will enlighten me to the ways of this crazy dating game. Yes it is a game. Everyone will say that they don’t play games, if that were true we could all be ourselves without fear of judgment. I fidget, it is worse when I am nervous and yes dating makes me nervous. I keep thinking what if I say the wrong thing, will I sound butch when I tell them I can ride a motorcycle and have a blue belt in Jiu-Jitsu? All the messages in these books say be yourself but not quite yourself! See its all games, and I obviously do not play that game very well. I go on dates, fidget, babble on (I do that when I get nervous as well) I do not hide the fact that I like UFC and yes I think 80’s hair bands rule! If he can’t handle the surface stuff then he would not be able to handle the deeper layers underneath. I am aware I may be single forever but I refuse to conform!
