After two years in Canada talking about how great wine is for a living, Shiraz & Shenanigans is starting a new chapter. Don’t feel too bad for me, while it was a pretty sweet gig, I was definitely ready to re-join reality and give my liver a well-earned break. In my new job the goal…
Tag: health
Defeated and covered in soy sauce… why I’m furious at health food.
The other day I felt like a hot lunch. But, while my heart was down on its knees begging for hot chips or pasta, I instead went in search of dumplings. I felt great about my decision though, and it was one of those days where I was in heels and a pencil skirt – lookin’…
Why sugar is the new fat… And 5 simple ways to lower your intake every day.
In the 90’s we were told fat is bad and everyone became scared of it. The clever marketers got wind of this and jumped on the bandwagon. In a short amount of time, formulations were changed in products to lower the fat content, and to make up for this decline in flavor… they added sugar….
Jump outta bed… and work it like an animal!
It’s been on your mind all week. Consuming your every thought. First thing you think of when you wake up in the morning, and last thing before you go to sleep. Did Mel manage to get up at 5.30 every weekday this week? (if you’re behind on why, read this then come back). I’ll put you…
Today’s workout: Upper body HIRT (HURT might be more accurate!)
Last week I was a bit naughty and just did whatever workout I felt like and did miss a couple of days. Doing much better this week! And, because I promised Kara I’d stick to the program, today is upper body HIRT (high intensity resistance training) day. It went a little something like this… It all started…
Advice from Kara: How to get out of bed early for a work out
I had a call from Kara yesterday. She asked how I was going and I admitted my alarm clock had gotten the better of me a couple of days this week. I hear the beep beep at 5.30 and look something like this: The advice she gave me I thought was pretty good. She said: When your alarm…
Challenge #4: The Plank
Whoever holds the plank the longest wins!!! See how we went…
Weigh 5: Weigh in
This week the lovely Mitch – a PT at Genesis Preston – offered us a session. Neither of us had done personal training before so we were a bit nervous, but we went along and actually had a really good time and got a great work out! Mitch had us doing all kinds of work…
Challenge #3: The Pool
This week we thought we’d add a different kind of work out to our regime- so we squeezed into Hannah’s old one pieces and went to the local pool! Unfortunately we got there the same time as a football team and it took us a while to get the courage to walk out in our…
Week 3: Weigh in
This week we are both starting to notice the weight loss on ourselves. You would think this would be a good thing, but the unfortunate fact remains – that we are girls… so we are still managing to be critical on ourselves. Repeated statements going round this week are: Hannah: “I’m losing my bum… I…
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