by Gillian Goerzen | Mar 18, 2019 | Healthy Living
One of the tips I give clients when it comes to staying committed to exercise sessions or other health habits is to treat the time allocated for these things like important appointments – like a meeting with your boss. If you had an appointment with your boss,...
by Gillian Goerzen | Mar 5, 2019 | Healthy Living, Nutrition
I have been giving this tip for years. I’m pleased to see that research is now backing this recommendation. Why do I tell people not to track? For many people tracking calories/ macros/ food is NOT healthy behaviour (scroll down for my list of questions you need...
by Gillian Goerzen | Mar 5, 2019 | Healthy Living, Nutrition
Be honest. Have you ever sat down to watch a movie with a bowl of popcorn and before you know it your hand hits the bottom of the bowl? Yeah. Me too. Have you ever noticed how much you don’t notice eating? It’s easy to get onto “autopilot” when...
by Gillian Goerzen | Feb 20, 2019 | Healthy Living
When most of us talk about “habits,” especially as they pertain to health, we tend to make them synonymous with the behaviours we repeat – like the habit of eating healthy or going to the gym. But a habit is more than just the thing you do, and...
by Gillian Goerzen | Feb 11, 2019 | Nutrition
Health Canada recently released their long awaited update to the Food Guide and I could not be more excited. Not only have they done away with confusing portions and servings (that no one can remember anyway), they’ve incorporated some of the very important...