Health

• #HealthyisHot: 18 Day Fitness Challenge

  

  This post is sponsored by Bayer. To make sure these products are right for you, always read and follow the label.

  If you’ve been following along, Chloe Wilde and I have embarked on an 18 day #healthishot challenge to get her red carpet ready for the MMVAs on June 18. Although the goal is very specific, I personally have been struggling with my own motivation in the health department, so this impromptu declaration was much needed for myself as well. I recently splurged on Eat, Train, Live for a month to get my eating habits under control, but when it comes to fitness, I was still falling short. Continue reading

• KEEN Adventures: Treetop Trekking

  

  It’s not easy getting out of the city. I lived in Vancouver for a couple years and the differences between our two metropolises are vast — especially when it comes to the ease and accessibility of outdoor activities. Continue reading

• Back Health: Part 2

  

  If you read my last health post, you’ll know that I’ve been experiencing some back pains lately. Update: I’ve been strengthening my back properly and the pain has finally subsided. But I realized that another simple strategy played a big role in that as well: stretching. Continue reading

• Back to Back Health

  

  Photos by Luis Mora

  Something odd started happening late last year. My lower back hurt. I used to spend most of my workouts focusing on cardio, specifically running. So when it came to perpetual soreness, I was usually feeling it around my knees and joints. This was a new development…and I was not into it for obvious reasons. Continue reading

• Burt’s Bees: Beyond the beeswax

  

  A couple of weeks ago I was invited to Burt’s Bees headquarters in North Carolina. I didn’t know what to expect. I’d been a longtime fan of the brand (a love affair that started with its tinted lip balm), so I was definitely excited. Beyond that, I had no expectations. Yet I couldn’t have imagined just how all-encompassing the short trip would be. Continue reading

• Orange You Happy Smoothie

  

  Orange fruits offer heaps of nutrients called carotenoids, which repair the cell damage that happens during workouts. Florida Orange Juice, specifically (but obviously not exclusively), is also a good source of potassium, which is important for muscle function, nerve transmission and helps maintain the body’s fluid, electrolyte and pH balance. Continue reading

• #NoShame: A frank discussion about women’s health

  

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  More than ever before, women are facing untold pressures to be able to do it all. Yet this idea of “all” also features just as many hidden caveats, many of which are being brought unashamedly to light by the Trump Administration, in turn reinforcing the shame burdening women when considering their basic human rights. While men sit in oval offices deciding on what women can and cannot do with their bodies, women naturally begin to question what they can open up about. Continue reading

• Genuine Health: Advanced Gut Health Probiotic

  

  Confession: I’m terrible at taking pills. Whether it’s medication or multivitamins, I’ve never been one to remember. I’ve also been of the belief that our bodies are made to deal with whatever the world has to throw at me on its own. But that’s not the case…at all. Surrounded by more pollutants than ever and terrible food options, our bodies are basically screaming for all the help they can get. Continue reading

• (Cake) Beauty in a Bottle

  

  Believe it or not, but I’m super low maintenance when it comes to my beauty routine — considering my job, that is. I’m not saying my bathroom isn’t brimming with product. I’m just saying that I don’t use half of it. Not because I don’t want to, but because I want to use everything to the last drop. That said, there are some things I never gave an honest try until recently. One being dry shampoo. Continue reading

• Happiness in a Shoe: Nike Air VaporMax

  

  Photos by Elaine Fancy

  If there was one person in the world who would find happiness in a shoe, it would be Carrie Bradshaw. Yet while she would be all about the Blahniks, I’m talking Nikes. The mood shift I experienced after running through the city with my favorite fit friends was huge. Although it would be silly to attribute that solely to a shoe, it was the Nike Air VaporMax that brought me out on, fittingly, International Happiness Day. Continue reading