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  • The truth about British workers

    How much desk skiving do YOU do? Yeah, I’m talking to you, reading this at work! 😉

  • FC: Day 3

    Today’s morning weight: 145.6lbs Had an english muffin for breakfast, veggie ciabatta for lunch, an apple, a banana, two herbal teas and no snacky stuff! Got a lovely piece of salmon to steam for dinner while Andrew’s going to pig…

  • FC: Day 2 Roundup

    So this is day 2. I ate well today, drank loads of water, did sitting-situps (when you tense and release your diaphragm very slowly) while at work, got home, did dishes, dinner, then went for a good brisk 25 minutes…

  • Fitness Challenge: Day 2

    This morning’s weight: 145.4lbs Breakfast: teacake with Flora and a cup of hot water. Lunch: Brought with me 2 apples, a banana and a low-fat Ski Vanilla yogurt. Will buy a salad or a soup and wholewheat roll for lunch.…

  • More Funny Google Searches

    I love doing this… scrolling through the searches that landed people on my site recently… Some highlights so far in April: “if i get married to a canadian im i automatic canadian” Not if you write like that, you’re not!…

  • Fitness Challenge: Day 1 Roundup

    Ok I doubt I’m going to do a daily roundup and 26 million other health posts so don’t worry, this won’t turn into a total health nut blog! 😉 Alright, so today, I’ve had three people (possibly 4) joining me…

  • Fitness Challenge: Want to keep up?

    Email me at thatcanadiangirl {a} gmail dot com if you want to join the fitness challenge, or just know what I’m hiding behind those passworded posts. I just think that by making the posts passworded, Google won’t index the posts…

  • Fitness Challenge: Day 1

    So this is day 1 Starting weight on April 11th: 146.2lbs Goal weight by May 13th: 139lbs (hey, I’m being realistic here!) Goals for the day: Eat homemade bulgur with chicken and tomatoes, buy yogurt for pudding, nothing more. Have…

  • Anyone up for a fitness challenge?

    Since the month-long Christmas binge, I’ve gained a bit of, lets say, baby fat. (One can still have baby fat at 23, right?) Either way, these love handles definitely seem to be holding on a bit too long. So here’s…

  • French Women Don't Get Fat

    Following the publication of the book French Women Don’t Get Fat, Clotilde from Chocolate & Zucchini got involved in a discussion with 3 other French women. Her post about it is here along with the follow-up comments, while the transcript…