Fitday.com is a fab, free website that can help you lose weight, get fitter and more.
FREE & FABULOUS | I’ve been trying on a quasi-casual level to lose “those last five pounds” for the last five years, but haven’t been able to. Now I know why and what to do about it, thanks to Fitday.com. Fitday, for the uninitiated—and there are still one or two of us out there—is a free, superbly organized weight loss website that allows its five million members to easily set a weight loss goal that will trigger an action plan that includes daily food consumption and physical activity requirements.
All of this is great, of course, but the best thing about Fitday in my view, and in the view of Innovative Fitness trainer Josh Allen who introduced me to the program, is the way it tracks the nutrient values in the foods you consume—and nutrient values, as I’m coming to learn, are at the root of my problem.
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Turn Your Instagram Images Into Prints
/1 Comment/in Culture & Leisure /by EditorTwo of our favourite dead simple web apps can turn your digital Instagram photos into more permanent art-house prints.
FREE + CHEAP = AWESOME | If you own an iPhone and are not among the 15 million people who have already downloaded Apple’s FREE Instagram app, what are you waiting for? This dead simple photo manipulation program includes filters and other photo effects that can alter the way your iPhone 4 and 4S photos look. One of the reasons for Instagram’s instant popularity is that it makes photo sharing on Facebook, Twitter, et al., super easy, but I like it because it makes even my grossly pedestrian photos look infinitely more exciting. Read more
Tropical Plants Are Great In Arrangements
/0 Comments/in D.I.Y., DECOR & DESIGN, DIY, HOME, HOW-TO KNOW-HOW, View All DIY Stories, View All Home Stories, View All How-To Stories /by EditorAdd fresh drama to your home in winter with long-lasting—and inexpensive—cuttings from supermarket tropical plants.
By this time of year, when the garden is devoid of flowers, the florist shop is not the only source of plant material to put in an attractive vase. Cuttings from a potted plant purchased at your local supermarket or corner store can take their place.
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Great Threads: The Best All Around Floss
/4 Comments/in Fitness & Health, HEALTH, View All Health Stories /by EditorEveryone plans to floss more (according to a survey of New Year’s resolutions): This product will insure that happens..
MONEY WELL SPENT | Is Canada a nation of flosser wannabes? You would think so if you glanced at the December 31 Huffington Post “picture gallery” piece that ran under the bold headline “New Year’s Resolutions 2012: The Top Resolutions For Canadians.” Read more
Lose Extra Pounds With Help From Fitday.com
/65 Comments/in Diet, FITNESS, Fitness & Health, HEALTH, Nutrition, Skin & Body Care, View All Fitness Stories, View All Health Stories, Well Being /by EditorFitday.com is a fab, free website that can help you lose weight, get fitter and more.
FREE & FABULOUS | I’ve been trying on a quasi-casual level to lose “those last five pounds” for the last five years, but haven’t been able to. Now I know why and what to do about it, thanks to Fitday.com. Fitday, for the uninitiated—and there are still one or two of us out there—is a free, superbly organized weight loss website that allows its five million members to easily set a weight loss goal that will trigger an action plan that includes daily food consumption and physical activity requirements.
All of this is great, of course, but the best thing about Fitday in my view, and in the view of Innovative Fitness trainer Josh Allen who introduced me to the program, is the way it tracks the nutrient values in the foods you consume—and nutrient values, as I’m coming to learn, are at the root of my problem.
Carbs and Fat and Protein, Oh My! Read more
Finding Photobooths In Metro Vanvouver
/7 Comments/in Culture & Leisure /by EditorPhotobooth portraits are all the rage. Here’s how and where to get yourself shot in Metro Vancouver.
DIRT CHEAP & VERY COOL | Isn’t it ironic that, with legions of rabid snappers out there pointing and shooting their digital phone cameras at everything moving and otherwise, the automatic photobooth, the last bastion of easily accessible print photo strips, is enjoying a renaissance? Rented-by-the-hour photobooths are the currently hot commodity at private parties, corporate functions and wedding receptions, and people are increasingly snapping up shots at the 25 freestanding “photomats” in public locations dotted around Metro Vancouver. Read more
Pill Popper: Why You Need A Sweater Stone
/3 Comments/in FASHION, Goods & Services, HOW-TO KNOW-HOW, View All Fashion Stories, View All How-To Stories /by EditorThe best device ever for removing pilling from fabric is on sale right now.
SALE ALERT | This is hardly the time to suggest that you rush out and buy stocking stuffers with another 354 shopping days left until Christmas, but we’ve decided to do a little pre-Christmas shopping at Eddie Bauer this week because they’re having a sale on our all-time favourite Christmas stocking gift, the Sweater Stone and we plan to stock up. If you’ve ever put one of these tools to work, you’ll know why we’re excited; if you haven’t, you might want to listen up. Read more
It’s Eagle Counting Time In Brackendale
/0 Comments/in Go Here Now, Travel, TRAVEL, View All Travel Stories /by EditorThe place to be this coming Sunday is Brackendale, B.C., for the 26th annual bald eagle count.
MUST SEE B.C. | Most of us, consciously or not, keep a running record of places we must absolutely see before our particular shot clock runs out. Chances are many of these destinations are the same: Paris, Prague, Katmandu. Probably not Brackendale, B.C. Exoticism requires distance, or so we imagine, and Brackendale is way too close to home to offer anything surprising or remotely unfamiliar.
But what if you could experience something extraordinary close by Vancouver in Brackendale, something exotic that people from other places make an effort to see—wouldn’t you want to experience it too, particularly if it were free? Read more
How To Deep Down Clean Your House
/0 Comments/in Home & Garden /by EditorHow to keep your house deep down clean year round—without a live-in maid.
CLEAN SMARTER | Have you ever noticed there are two kinds of house dirty? The first is surface dirty. This is what most of us deal with on a weekly basis, doing the dusting, vacuuming and general tidying that keep our homes looking presentable.
The second is deep down dirty. This kind of dirty creeps up on you while you’re religiously attending to the surfaces. Deep down dirty is the leather sofa that never gets conditioned, or the back of the insides of bottom kitchen cupboards that become magnets for grunge, or the dust and gunk that gathers on baseboards behind bedroom dressers that seldom if ever get moved.
Deep down dirty can make even a tidy house feel unclean. Read more
Arch Angels: Bombay Brow Bar Is Heavenly
/0 Comments/in CANADIAN CONTENT, Fashion & Beauty, Hair & Nails /by EditorNicely shaped eyebrows are heavenly, and Bombay Brow Bar is divine.
The finest gift of beauty I could give another woman would have to be the golden arches—not fast food but the perfect eyebrow. A nicely sculpted brow can open up the entire face. Even a woman who doesn’t wear makeup would find that a well-groomed eyebrow can enhance her beauty with very little effort. Read more
How To Make An Edible Place Card Super Quick
/0 Comments/in Entertaining, FOOD, Holiday, HOLIDAY /by EditorThese unconventional place cards are beautiful, organic, yummy and take only minutes to make.
EASY & QUICK | Silver and pewter are traditional materials for decorating and never go out of fashion. These metal place markers were created by cutting bannerlike shapes with scissors from a disposable aluminum baking sheet. Read more