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Late Night Fix

Posted on 05. Sep, 2010 by kris.

Happy Sunday!

How are you this morning?

I hope your day is going smoothly and the sun is shining wherever you are?  It is overcast here right now, but I do see some blue sky off in the distance.  I sure hope it is coming our way

Thank you for the wonderful feedback on my new Brown Rice Protein Powder!  I am loving it so much I am baking with it again today.  As we speak a batch of Quinoa Protein Bars are in the oven.  I will post that recipe later!

**For those of you who emailed me regarding the protein – It was purchased here in Vancouver and all the Planet Organic stores carry it.

After our dinner last night we did some work around the condo, worked online and then we realized we didn’t have any fruit, rice milk or a brita water filter in the home so at 9:45 we were rushing to the grocery store.  WOOO hold me back….FUN Saturday night!

I picked up my things I needed and then Ryan tells me “I am out of cereal. I need it” He is on t his cereal kick right now and when he needs it, he needs it.  He loves being vegan, but the raw desserts and breakfasts don’t hit home for him……he still loves his baked vegan treats and well, cereal.

The grocery store we went to was so weak in there cereal selection and he wont eat anything with wheat in it (He says wheat gives him kankles ) sooo…..we hunted, and hunted, and HUNTED for an acceptable wheat free, fruit juice sweetened breakfast food.

“How about Corn Flakes, Ry?”

“I honestly don’t care what it is as long as its wheat free, you can pour rice milk over it and it crunches”

Done. Like. Dinner.

Gluten Free Corn Flakes that are Fruit Juice sweetened by our lovely Nature’s Path it is

He had a bowl as soon as he got home.

I had a few bites and these flakes are tasty!  They keep their crunch a lot longer than our beloved Millet Flakes.  Great choice if you are watching your gluten intake

Breakfast for me this morning was a delicious Green Smoothie with the Organic Brown Rice Protein of course!

And a small sunrise apple = TRUE LOVE

My sister and I are in a texting frenzy over here as we are discussing the upcoming episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians!  Kimmies new bodyguard / make out partner is hot!  Has anyone else seen this???

Well I am off to get my Starbucks on, pick up some produce and some items from Whole Foods!!

What are your plans for the day??  What is your fave Reality tv show right now??  Mine is sooo Kardashians!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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New Organic Brown Rice Protein Powdaaa

Posted on 05. Sep, 2010 by kris.

Heyyy!

How is your Saturday night going??  Did you have a great day?  Fill me in!  I want to know what you have been up to!

So this whole posting twice a day thang is pretty easy   I just need to remember to take a lot of pics so I can show proof to what I am telling you, LOL!

Today was a beautiful day here, sunny, not too hot, but warm enough to sit outside in a T and drink some decaf coffee.

I have been jingling out rhyming words lately and I am not sure where they are coming from, but I am.

*Side note – My mom and I are Rhymers….We usually write our birthday cards in the form of a cute rhyming poems.  We both love doing it and it comes really naturally to us.  I think she is a tad better with her words than I am, but I am not too shabby.

Anywho….moving along…

This mornings breakfast was New!!  I have a new lover…a new brown lover..

So if anyone is in the market for a new protein powder and don’t want to spend the arm and the leg for the other big names, you will love this one!

Reasons I love my New Organic Brown Rice Protein Powder by Prairie Naturals:

1. It tastes super yummy!  I got the Cafe Caramel Flavour and it tastes soooo good just alone with some Rice Milk!

2. Stirs up really nice with liquid.  If you make a smoothie in the morning and take it to go, the protein doesn’t settle at the bottom.

3. Great in baked goods!  I made some killer quinoa based protein bars with this and it adds such a wonderful taste!

4. High in protein – there is 24 grams of complete protein in a 30 gram serving.

5. Low Cals!

6. It tastes good….I know I said it before but I will say it again

From Prairie Naturals Site:

Prairie Naturals is the first in Canada to introduce Oryzatein™ Silk, the only concentrated protein made entirely from organically grown and sprouted brown rice. Prairie Naturals RiceProtein Powder is a balanced, complete protein containing all the essential amino acids. It has a Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score (PDCAAS) of 1, which is the same protein quality rating as whey, egg white and milk.

BOOM!  I love this stuff!

I do still drink my Vega (of course…) but this and my pumpkin seed protein by Omega Nutrition are a close second

Today was Whole Foods lunch day and I picked up some of my favorite Dolmas for lunch, along with some Smart Water and a wheat free power cookie.

(cell phone pics…quality is outta control…)

The dolmas were supurb!  Normally I find they sit in an inch of oil at the bottom of the corn container (hahaha, I just found out today that their containers aren’t plastic, but they are made out of corn!…jeez…where have I been?!) and these dolmas were not soggy or drippy, they were Dolma Perfection!  I could have ate 12 of them I am sure.

The water, well was some good water   The cookies we took to go and headed to Starbucks for our warm bevy and munch on our cookies.  They were “pretty good”.  I definitely liked that there as chocolate chips in them and a variety of other seeds, raisins, and good junk…..but they had soy milk in them   Normally I steer clear of the soy (allergy) but today I said “screw it” and ate the effin cookie.

After my outing I came home, at some left over Thai Dinner and now I am deciding what to do with the rest of the evening.

What are you getting up to tonight?  What is your favourite Whole Foods lunch item?  Do you enjoy Brown Rice Protein Powder?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Drinking Dirty Laundry All Night

Posted on 04. Sep, 2010 by kris.

Happy Saturday!

How is your morning going??

I might have confused you all as I posted twice yesterday  For those of you who missed my Raw, Nut and Oat Free Granola Bar Enhanced recipe, check it out here.

I figured I wanted to start posting more. I really like it when you get to see what your friends are doing in the a.m. and the p.m. but if no one is coming back in the p.m. to do blog reading, let me know and I will save it for the next morning

Anywho….

How was your Friday night??  Did you rock your socks off?

We went out for din dins with the parents so we would hear all about there recent vacation up to the interior.  We heard all about their lovely vineyard visits and all the delicious, organic, gluten free bakery they got to try!  That is my dream….a cute, gluten free, vegan bakery

As soon as I sat down for dinner I had a nice glass of red waiting for me.

“Come to momma!”

We had a little Dirty Laundry Merlot….perfect way to start a Friday night

We chit chatted, laughed, and ordered!

Again we started with the Veggie Fritters:

Then the big meals came!  I had some Rocking Latin Beans and Rice.   I frickin love this dish!  Perfect zip to it, perfect flavor and perfect amount of food for me.  Not too much rice and I never leave feeling overly full.

Ryan had the vegan stew…..drool!

(Horrid pic, but I am trying to add more of me to the blog….lol…horrid pics and all!)

Dad finished off with a pecan pie – No Pics.  And YES I did have 3 bites  Pecan pie is my weakness!!

For a while there I was doing P90X (again…I have done this program like 4 times!) and the results were of course, perfect.  But I was getting a tad bored and the workouts are always an hour.  Honestly I am a 30 min gym gal and if I can get it all in within the 30 min, perfection!

So after searching all your blogs (I have already done the Fitnessista’s workouts) I decided to give Averie’s 5 Day Split Workout.  LOVE IT!

I am on day 3 and I am loving the amount of  weights that I get to use in this workout plan.  I love lifting weights over doing cardio (I am still doing cardio, just don’t love it yet!), so when I get routines like this I am excited to hop into the gym!

I will let you know when my next two days are over and I will most likely repeat it.  Thanks Averie!

This morning I am trying a new Protein Powder!!  I am so excited to whip this new one up and I can’t wait to write about it!  Check back later for another post

**Remember to find me  on Twitter and Facebook!  I can always use more friends to chat with

Any other great workout routines I can try or that you recommend?  Do you have your own that you have created?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Kris’ August Favourites

Posted on 01. Sep, 2010 by kris.

Hola!

Happy Humpity- Hump day!  WOOT!

Why am I in such a good mood??  The sun is out here in some spots this morning!

I decided I was not letting the dreary wet, gray stuff get me down, I can have sunshine in my head all day long.  Lol, I just had the blinds closed in my office  yesterday while I stare at my dream home in Hawaii on my Vision Board   Does the trick!

I am starting a Health & Wellness Blog movement! I want to hear all of YOUR fave items that you have been using over the month of August.  Every first of the month I would love to hear new, old, fave or good products that you use and notice make a difference for you.

Do a video, Write a post, Come Post over here!  I think we would all love to know what has been tickling your fancy.

Here are my August Favorites!

The video quality is very poor….Ryan took the HD camera and I was left filming off the mac

I am in love with my Omega Nutrition Apple Cider Vinegar and Coconut oil!  Didn’t you just love the color of the nail polish??

Moving along, Ryan and I dated it up last night and went and saw some movies.  I say “some” since we went to see Step It Up 3D (Thank you for all the Twitter votes my dear twittle heads! I had asked you on twitter what movie we should see and you totally made our decision for us!)

Anywho, we made it about 10 minutes into the movie before Ryan looked at me and said “Do you want to go see Takers instead?”

I don’t think we have ever left a movie to go see another!

Originally it was Ryan who really wanted to see Step It Up 3D…..he will kill me for saying this.  But its true, he likes watching Dancing.  hehe

It has to be like the crazy hip hop, break dancing stuff for him to watch it.  Trust me I tried getting the boy to ballroom dancing lessions and there was a big fat NO all around that question.

So we are in the movie and he asks me if I want to leave, I ask “Why?” and he tells me “I hate dance movies where they ENHANCE the DANCE!”

What The #$@*^?

He disliked that because it was a movie they sped some of the dance moves up and it looked to fake to him. He wanted to see “REAL” American Dance Crew stuff and his love tank was not getting filled with Step It Up.

I was totally fine with leaving to change our tickets for Takers as I wanted to drool for 2 hours over Paul Walker anyways   Love him!  Common…Anyone else out there a Paul Walker fan? Raise your hands for Fast and the Furious!  WOOT WOOT!

We loved Takers, ate our snacks and left very happy

Well my friends I am out to get some work done.  Chat with you online!

Tell me what you favorite Products or Things have been this August!  I wanna know!!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Beach Attack and Eat Pray Love Review

Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by kris.

Hey!

How is your morning rolling? Ahhhh I am staring out my window and the rain is coming down. This is a far cry from what it was yesterday – Hot Blazing Sun and Hot Temps!

Its a really good thing that Ryan and I decided to take full advantage of the summer heat last night and packed up our blanky, dog, and utensils and hit up Whole Foods for some dinner to go and set up our picnic on the beach.

The beach blanket menu consisted of Vegan Potato Salad (I have a mean recipe of my own!), Some asparagus, bean, cranberry salad, Dolmas, and Ryan had a mushroom soup!

Of course for dessert were some dark chocolate covered goji berries which finished off the meal very nicely

We had our guard set up so the other dogs wouldn’t mess with  us or our food!

Unfortunately one little dog we didn’t know came over and started jumping all over us as we frantically lidded our meals!  Errggg I feel that if you are at a beach and you know your dog doesn’t stay with you leash ‘em up!  Don’t let it take over the whole beach

Oh!  I almost forgot to discuss with you Eat Pray Love.

On Tuesday night (cheap Tuesday’s!) Michelle and I had our date night.  We stocked up with dark chocolate goodies, decaf americano’s and sweaters to hid our bevy’s that we take in with us.  shhhhh.

We got to our movie at 6:45 which was scheduled to start at 7pm and it was sold out!  Good thing we have phones that connect to the internet on a whim so we could scour the other near by theaters and times.  There are never any movies playing between 7 ish and 10 pm!  Seriously Cineplex, where did the 8pm show times go??

Anywho, we ended up sticking it out until the 10pm showing.  How was the movie? Just Okay.…I felt the book was better and the I cold have done without the whole India part.  I personally felt that part was boring and too long.

Who else has seen this movie?  What was your take on it?

I did however walk away with a lot of things to think about. A) You must take care of yourself for yourself. B) You MUST listen to what YOU Need! C) I MUST get back on my daily medi sesh’s to keep myself connected and grounded.

I can’t really agree with her eating habits in Italy because I would not be able to feast on all that carb and wheat action, but the food sure did look tasty!

So I can’t say the movie wasn’t good because I did have some thinking to do the whole way home (which was like 12:45 am since the movie is a long one!)

I walked into the condo at 1am with the lights out, Ryan crashed out, and the dog freaking out! I swear I woke up the whole building when I roll in

Feed back please!  How did you like Eat Pray Love??  Did you learn anything from it?  Do you take care of yourself first?  Do you eat at the beach often in the summer?

**Remember to send Questions that you have for the next Vloggity to iheartwellness@gmail.com If you haven’t watched the last Vlog watch it now!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Nature’s Path Cereal Review and Accomplishments

Posted on 20. Aug, 2010 by kris.

Happy Friday!

Are you happy or what that the weekend is here and you can relax and play?  I know I am super excited!

We have a dinner tomorrow night for my uncles birthday which is always fun and full of wine

I will be preparing a summer green salad to bring with me for the dinner and possibly another dish for us to eat, just in case.

WOW!  I have been getting some great feed back on the social media outlets for the FREE GI JANE Bootcamp Giveaway!   You still have some time to enter, if you haven’t yet!

I want to take you quickly back to yesterday……..sigh……yesterday was a GREAT DAY.

I was in my PJ’s when the courier dude rang the buzzer.  To be honest I wasn’t really sure what was coming in the mail for me, but when I ran downstairs I had died and gone to cereal heaven!

My wonderful friends at Nature’s Path knew I wrote a post declaring my love for my Millet Flakes and sent me over 3 boxes of cereal to try!!  SWOON or what?!

Hmmmm which one did I break into first?  If you know me well, you would know that I have a weak spot for Maple (hey, I am a Canadian Gal after all) so I ripped right into the Crunchy Maple Sunrise.  PURE BLISS.

Ryan and I crunched, and crunched saying “Mmmmmm, frig this is good…mmmm” between eat spoonful.

I ate it in the morning as soon as it was delivered.  I ate in the evening after my dinner (wtf?).  It is THAT good

For all of you cereal lovers out there, have you tried Nature’s Path brand?

The reasons I love this brand is that they bring the Cool Factor to eating Gluten Free.  The boxes are cool, colourful and appealing which makes it even harder for me to resist them sitting in my cupboard.

There was a time that gluten-free cereal only came in a small section of the store and they were packaged like some foreign drug, you know?  Not appealing and honestly the cereal itself tastes like the box it came in.

Nature’s Path has a large variety of GOOD tasting, healthy cereal.  Moms out there, I think you should be stocking up on this instead of the sugary sweet lucky charms.  You get more nutrients, less sugar, and a happy kid

**Side note, but related in someway – Did you know that 5% of school-grade children are affected with ADD or ADHD?  They are saying that most kids don’t even suffer from this disease, it is actually caused by the children eating sugary breakfasts, getting hyper, half way through school loosing their focus due to the sugar crash and BOOM teachers complain, doctors prescribe meds and the little one believes that they have to struggle with this.

Naturopaths now suggest changing the diet first before resulting in the medications.

I actually find this so interesting and the last time I met with Brendan Brazier, he explained this.

Anyways, back to my glorious review!  For myself, I can’t eat cereal every morning.  Well, yes I could, but I don’t let myself.  I can alternate between that or a Smoothie, or I save the cereal for the weekends  My little treat!

Before I forget I wanted to share with you a simple exercise with you that will bring you back to believing in yourself and a reminder of what you HAVE accomplished.  Sometimes we are hard on ourselves and don’t actually let ourselves see how far we have come and what we have done.

Yesterday I saw my Life Coach and she told me that I am too hard on myself and need to be happy with my progress and my accomplishments to date.  I wrote out this morning, before doing anything else what My Accomplishments were.

I listed out where I feel I am with myself inside, outside, how I now have my own voice, listen to MY needs, love myself, blogging, figured out my passions, I  listed it ALL!

It felt amazing to actually see how far you have come.  I invite you to try this tomorrow morning when you wake!

Gym time!  I am off to the gym this morning as I have been pretty weak in that area for the last week or so…..today will be interesting

Do you eat cereal for breakfast?  What is your take on the sugary cereals?  Fave cereal right now?  Do you show yourself love for you accomplishments?

If you liked this post, you will love me on social media  Find me on Facebook!  Follow me on Twitter!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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My Review on Apple Cider Vinegar and Its Health Benefits

Posted on 18. Aug, 2010 by kris.

Hey!

Happy Hump-Day!  How is your day going?

Wow, the temp has dropped drastically here today.  For the last few days it has been super hot here, but today it is a tad windy and chilly.  I am actually in jeans and a t-shirt, no tank top!? UGH, I really love the heat, but can still handle the wind if at least it is sunny

Last night was our movie night and we went to see The Other Guys.  It was just ok and I give it a 6.5 out of 10.  There was some super funny parts I couldn’t stop laughing at, I just found it a bit too long.  Ryan and I agree on the rating on this movie, so you know from both a male and girly perspective

Of course snacks were packed in the purse {cookies and chocolate covered blueberries from Whole Foods!} which always make a not so good movie, better

Movin along…..

In the big package of goodies from Omega Nutrition was a nice bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar {which I love in my Salad Dressings} and on my quest to find other recipes and options for this Apple Cider Vinegar I got my Google on.  I found out that ACV is FULL of Healthy Benefits and is so good for our bods!

First off lets settle what Apple Cider Vinegar is. ACV is a completely natural product, brewed from the fermentation of apple juice to hard apple cider followed by a second fermentation to apple cider vinegar.

The vinegar contains many important minerals and trace elements such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, chlorine, sodium, sulfur, copper, iron, silicon and fluorine that are vital for a healthy body.

This sour liquid retains all the nutritional goodness of the apples from which it was made plus it is fortified with the extra acids and enzymes produced during the two fermentation steps.

It’s the final fitting of all these ingredients that give apple cider vinegar its amazing health benefits and amazing results!

*It is important to use organic apple cider vinegar and one that states it has “mother” in it.

The “mother” is a natural gelatinous substance formed during the last fermentation step.  It may look icky, but it is full of benefits!!  Drink it up

What is Apple Cider Vinegar good for?

Well, for me, I can honestly say it has helped my skin!!  Thank the freakin’ goodness that it has and I have discovered this!

I have been drinking a tbsp at least twice a day in a tall glass of water.  I have also been using it as a toner in the evening all over my face.

If you have oilier skin, or are looking to clear or minimize pore size or scarring, mix a splash of apple cider vinegar and a splash of water.  Use a cotton ball to apply all over freshly washed skin.  Works Wonders people!!

Drinking the Vinegar will also keep the skin glowing and your tummy happy!

I found this list of benefits online:

Natural Apple Cider Vinegar is a wonderful natural cure for a number of ailments which usually require antibiotics and other medications that have a number of side effects. In particular, Apple Cider Vinegar has been known to:

• Reduce sinus infections and sore throats
• Balance high cholesterol
• Cure skin conditions such as acne
• Protect against food poisoning
• Fight allergies in both humans and animals
• Prevent muscle fatigue after exercise
• Strengthen the immune system
• Increase stamina
• Increase metabolism which promotes weight loss
• Improve digestion and cure constipation
• Alleviate symptoms of arthritis and gout
• Prevents bladder stones and urinary tract infections

{source}

Yes, it does take a bit of time to get used to the taste and smelling of a salad when you go to bed, but trust me….it is worth it!

It has almost been a week for me drinking this cocktail and I am very pleased with my results  My insides and outsides feel better.

**It is also a good way to rid that pesky cellulite ladies!

Drink up!

I think it is absolutely beautiful that mother nature has remedies for so many things!  I think combining mother nature with our positive minds can cure anything!

Well back to getting my work on…I am starbucks by the ocean enjoying the calmness of watching the boats go by.  I flippin Love Summer!

Have you ever taken ACV for health benefits?  Do you have a special home remedy you can’t live without??

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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A Girls Review on Hiking The Chief

Posted on 17. Aug, 2010 by kris.

Heyyy!

Happy Tuesday!  How is your day treating you??

I am a late poster today  Honestly, I have been busy this morning with other things and lost track of time.  I am here now and ready to share with you my Sunday Hiking Adventures

Ryan and some of his friends had decided to go up to Squamish (Close to Whistler where the Olympics were held, for those of you who have no idea where Squamish is) early Sunday morning to hike The Chief.  He asked me to go midweek and I hummed and hawed for the full 4 days prior.

Ugh, could I last 5 – 6 hours hiking straight up a mountain?  Could I last 5-6 hours with NO WASHROOMS?

The night before I decided that I would put my phobia of peeing in a bush a side and “live” more.  I decided I would rock the chief.

What do you  bring to eat on a 6 hour hike I instantly thought!  See, my two main concerns when leaving the house for a long period of time is always the same two things:  Where is there decent, healthy food, how much should I bring and are there clean potties there!  LOL

As you can tell, I am not a camper

Anywho, luckily I had some left over delicious pizza I could pack for our main lunch and of course packed an abundance of fruit, nuts, vega bars, smoothies, cookies and water.

Poor Ryan was loaded up with a weeks worth of food on his back plus freezer packs out of the wazoo to keep my pizza and smoothies cold.  Honestly, he should have known better before he invited me, right?

We got to the base of the mountain around 9:30, climbed, climbed and did more climbing with Hudson running around our feet  on a tight trail and many people trying to come back down.

Oh yea.  You can’t forget that once you get to the top, you have to plummet all the way back down.  *SIGH*

We all rocked the 3 hours up and made it safely to the top!  I have to admit, I felt like a million bucks knowing I made it up to the top of this 700 meter mountain and the view was freaking outstanding!

I was starvin marvin at the top and needed my fluffy pizza right away…….errrrrr….fluffy??

My pizza got squished with all the freezer packs in the backpack on the way up  But it was still tasty!

Going up there were a few sketchy places where you needed chains to get up a rock face and obviously Hudson couldn’t make it up, so we had him go in the backpack (obviously he was squishing my pizza!) and his head would rest on Ryan’s shoulder.  It was so stinking cute and he looked very comfy.

We chilled at the top for a bit taking in the sites and drinking lots of water and then decided to scale our way back down.

Going down was actually a lot of fun except your quads quiver like a mad fool.  I was also a tad peeved with myself because I should have rocked my Gracie’s Gear A-line Tank so I would have stayed dry and had a place for my iPod! It was wayyy to early obviously for me when I dressed Sunday a.m.

Even today my calves are so tender and my quads kill to sit but I can tell I had an amazing workout and it was great to be in fresh air for the day!

Ryan shot a quick video of our hike for his blog, but I thought I could also share it with you

Oh!  We decided to invest in some large bottles of Smart Water and noticed such a difference in energy while drinking it.

Have you ever had Smart Water?  What do you think of it?  Do you enjoy long hikes?  What food do you take to fuel you?

**REMEMBER TO ENTER INTO THE FREE BOOTCAMP GIVEAWAY!!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Wanna Get Your Booty Into Shape? Free Bootcamp Giveaway!

Posted on 16. Aug, 2010 by kris.

HEYYYYY!

Happy Monday

I am so freaking excited to be writing this blog post today!

Did you have a great weekend??  OMG, our Sunday rocked our socks off!

But I will get into that tomorrow as today I have WAY BIGGER news for you today!

FREE BOOT CAMP!

See, I told ya it was better

Have you ever wanted to join a Boot camp so you have someone to help and coach you into the shape you desire?  You might be looking to fit into a dress asap or are heading on an amazing tropical vacay and have no idea how to get a 6 pack poppin’?

If so, bootcamp is the answer for you.   Good news is, I have the best bootcamp for you with sessions starting as soon as early September!

My beautiful, lovely and fit friends at FIT CHICKS wanna hook YOU up with 1 FREE month of their GI JANE Bootcamp!

What is GI JANE Bootcamp you ask?

G.I. JANE Bootcamp is a fun, fabulous but FIRM program designed to give you RESULTS in as little as 4 weeks!  Don’t let the cute chicks fool you, this is not a “girly” workout!

Giveaway Includes:

8 Total Body toning, FAT BURNING bootcamp classes (value $159)
2 – Fitness assessments to prove your progress (value $79)
CHICK PACK to set you up for success (value $29)
Weekly nutrition info, at home workouts and fitness tips to get your RESULTS (value $39)
A FAB new you in 4 weeks!  (value -PRICELESS)

One lucky winner will be sweating their faces off with the FIT CHICKS for one month!  If you believe you need this month of bootcamp ENTER below!

How to enter:

1. Comment below and tell me which FIT CHICKS location you would be attending and why you believe you need this 1 month free bootcamp.

***For Bonus Entries:

2.  Head over to the FIT CHICKS Facebook Fanpage – “Like” them and post your answer to the above question.

3. Follow FIT CHICKS on Twitter!  You can also tweet them your answer to question #1

4. Subscribe to the FIT CHICKS Newsletter at www.fitchicks.ca

5. Head over to the FIT CHICKS Blog and post a comment with your answer to question #1.

6. Tweet this Giveaway to your followers.  Use this url in the tweet:  http://tiny.cc/axh9j

The contents will close on August 23, 10 @ 8 pm PST.  The winner will be announced Tuesday August 24th!

*All qualifying entries must be in a location where a GI JANE Bootcamp is currently running.  Location must be included in entry in order to qualify.  All locations can be found at www.fitchicks.ca

Good Luck and Remember to Pass This Along To Your Friends!

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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Summer Night Market Adventures

Posted on 15. Aug, 2010 by kris.

Heyyyy!

I am so happy to hear you are all having a splendid weekend!

What have I been up to besides baking and eating my face off?  Friends of ours came over on Thursday {Sam and Cindy} and Cindy has the most amazing looking clip in hair extensions in!  I fell in love with them!

She let me try the piece on and it made my hair so much more full and long.  I didn’t want these extensions to rock them everyday, but it is a nice change if you are heading out or shooting some fun photo’s.

Anywhoo, she told me she picked them up for dirt cheap at the Summer Night Market in Richmond {about 20 min from my place}.  Ryan wasn’t super keen on the hair extension hunt, so Michelle came with me and we made it a date night!

Friday Summer Night Market Adventures!

We rolled into Richmond around 7pm, found a parking spot in the local Ikea parking lot and hoofed it to the outdoor market place.

The place is swarming with people eating some pretty funky things {octopus, fish balls, deep fried everything, etc}

Now I am not going to lie, I stood outside of these deep frying station with Michelle as she contemplated ordering a deep fried oreo “just to try it”.  She declined by looking at me and saying “I will save myself from cardiac arrest tonight I think”  Good choice Michelle

We continued our hair search with no luck.  No fake hair to be found at the night market….

Better luck next time I guess.  I am not sure how many times the kiosks there update their stock, but the market still runs until the end of September.

As you know from the Amazing Faux Peanut Butter Cookie recipe that I have been swooning over my new coconut flour!  Oh my goodness, I have been sprinkling, dashing and pouring this all over everything!  This is the only coconut flour I have ever purchased or had in the house that actually tastes of coconuts!  Go figure.

Normally I buy Bob’s Red Mill brand and it always tastes a bit salty like baking soda to me.  But this one by Omega Nutrition tastes of shredded fresh coconuts from Hawaii.  I have been adding it to Ryan’s “BeefCake” smoothies {Putting his man muscle on vegan style} as he needs all the extra protein and good fats he can get.

I even sprinkle some on top of my green breakfast smoothie!  LURVE IT

Coconut flour is a great alternative to wheat if you have a gluten intolerance.  It is low in carbs, and high in absorbed fibre! Being high in fibre the coconut flour acts as a little broom that cleans out the intestines  This can prevent so many illnesses if you are clear of the toxin build up.

I love the taste of it and how it makes my cookies extra fluffly.  I replace a 1/4 cup of the buckwheat flour in my baking with Coconut Flour and find it adds a divine taste and texture.  A little more oomph to the good ol’ cookies!

What is your Favourite Gluten Free Flour?  Do you have an issue with eating wheat?  Do you enjoy Coconut Flour?

To Your Glam Life,

xxoo

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