Fitness Fridays

Well Mes Amis

The weekend is finally here! Time to catch up on some lost sleep, cook, clean and do that laundry that’s been piling up - yes you know its true! Before the weekend officially starts, I wanted to start a weekly “column” about fitness. Hence Fitness Fridays. As much as we want to kick back relax and have that beer, treat Friday night as a weekday. Don’t forget to get in your workout, particularly if you know you will be splurging on treats over the weekend. Continue to remember that everything in moderation is ok. So having a few drinks wont kill you, but drinking to excess where you’re feeling like death the next morning isn’t going to help.

Become a “Weekend Warrior” put on that game face and get outside. Whether it’s a quick jog or a workout at the gym, do something to stay active. It’s important to let both our mind and body let loose, have fun, but stay in shape. It’s easy to plop ourselves down on the sofa and have a Big Bang Theory Marathon, but take time to come out of your sugar and food coma long enough to get your heart pumping. Did you know that if you get in a good cardio workout, you can still burn an additional 35 to 40 calories after your workout? This is because your already elevating the levels in which your heart is working. Give yourself that love because at the end of the day if you don’t take care of that fabulous-self, no one else will!

The weekends also gives you the flexibility to get in a workout mid afternoon (where you energy levels may be more elevated) compared to a late evening or early AM workout. One last but very important component of your fitness program that you shouldn’t overlook is stretching. You can do this between sets you’re working out. Stretching is essential in preventing injuries and keep you from getting too sore. You can also do it after your cardio session when your muscles are good and warm! Be sure to stretch every muscle and hold each stretch for at least 10 seconds without bouncing or straining.

One last option (but not the least!) is to supplement your weekend workouts with yoga or pilates. These days you don’t need to spend a large amount on classes, just pop in a DVD and take it from there. You can find some great ones out there!

So remember its the weekend, get out there and get motivated!

Beauty of Burnt Orange

Well Fashonistas

I am back after yet another bit of a hiatus. The Fine Balance has been feeling slightly under the weather the past few days, but she has not forgotten her lovely readers and vows to post on the regular!

Today I was feeling more fall-like than winter or spring and felt the desire to wear something that was reflective of crisp fall afternoons, clear blue skies coupled with hues of red, yellow and burn orange leaves crunching beneath a pair of knee high boots. Clearly the world outside is very different - ice cold, grey, and just plain awful. That is not stopping me from expressing my love for the Beauty of Burnt Orange and its possibilities to make my Tuesday a little more bearable.

What I am wearing:
Top: H&M
Skirt: BCBG
Jewelery: bangle (I got it from my mama!)

- it’s a half shot as i took it of myself….

I have also decided that Fridays will also feature a new section on Fitness! So keep on reading friends, it will be a new addition to the blogging currently underway. Today I am meeting with a nutritionist-who is also a three time Serbian bodybuilding champion along with placing 15th in World Bodybuilding Championships. We are planning on discussing a Metabolic Typing Diet. In essence it teaches dieters how to first assess their own metabolism and then to choose a diet that fits their own body type. Working with a professional is important for them to assess and monitor your food intake and see what exactly forks for your body and what doesn’t. An easy way of understanding this is green light, yellow light and red light foods. Those on the “green” list are foods to be eaten all the time, Yellow light - foods to be eaten in moderation, and red light - foods to be avoided in general. According to the metabolic typing diet, there are 6 metabolic types. Unlike other diets that recommend the same plan for everyone, the metabolic typing diet recognizes that everyone is different and has their own special needs. Sine our metabolisms differ, our diets need to be reflective of this as well.

Hope you all have had a happy Tuesday!

Twilight Thursday

So friends, I SWEAR there has to be a full moon out tonight, or something wrong with the drinking water in Ontario and Quebec or some sort of cosmic shift in the universe to make it become one of the most bizzaro days to throw not only my bangs of balance, but the equilibrium within me! While most of my days have been set to juggle and balance my many responsibilities and my way of life and my fitness frenzy, I have been thrown into a world of helter skelter twilightness!

Why you may ask, well today started off with my hair deciding it was going to do its own thing. Hard as I tried my hair had a mind of its own and felt the need to “express itself” - cause for celebration? I think not! I also had the pleasure of having a repair man come to my home to fix my shower and my heater (both have been acting up something weird) to have him tell me that I look better than in my pictures? A) where has he seen these pictures? B) I must have heard wrong right? and C) I should have known it was all down-hill from there. So Doug the repair man cleared up the “misunderstanding” he said he had seen my pictures the last item he was in my home fixing things oh about 3 months ago when I had stepped out to talk to some of the other workers about doing a paint job in the apartment. Needless to say I felt very uneasy at the meeting.

As for the rest of Thursday, I wont get into the details of day, but lets say I was offered “herbal” tea, given life histories (more than just about the kids)? , put in awkward situations and have felt completely out of my skin - by persons in positions of authority in the office. Work aside, my personal life is as some would say hanging by a thread. Its as if someone has painted a huge target on my back that says “Pick Me!”

Ok enough ranting and raving, Today’s outfit, like the day, is a mismatched patterned dress (to match my mismatched surreal mood) with a light grey cardi to keep me warm from the troubling winds that seem to have stirred up from the warmer weather!

What I am wearing
Dress: Buffalo by David Bitton
Sweater: BCBG (4-5 years ago)
Jewellery: ring (Aldo) bangle (Gifted)
Shoes: Flats BCBG
Belt: Club Monaco

Hopefully Tomorrow does not turn out to be Freaky Friday!