Skinny-Teatox

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook) 

It’s September, and for many of us that means back to school and back to the books. Looming ahead of us are long nights of studying, lots of new knowledge to retain and lots of need for brain power! This makes it a great time to have a look at our diet and up our intake of brain friendly foods!

Here are 10 foods that feed your brain:

By: Bethany Barich (Follow on Instagram & Twitter)  

It’s not going to be summer for long, and with the changing of weather comes the changing of fruit and veggies in season. Sometimes our favorites leave, but sometimes they stay – and are perfect for the cooler seasons.

Choosing which fruits and veggies to pick up, in the stores around this time, can be a bit challenging. Check out five great options below that are perfect for this weather, and will satisfy your taste buds!

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook)

One of the biggest reasons you are probably struggling to eat healthy is you don't have enough time or energy.

There’s not enough time to come home after work and cook dinner, or it’s faster to stop somewhere along the way. You get up in the morning and are rushed to get out the door, so it’s faster to buy a muffin at the coffee shop than put together a smoothie at home.

Yes it’s true, we are all busy, but don’t let time be an excuse that gets in the way of you being at your best and properly fuelling your body - it’s not that you don’t have the time, it’s that you need to make the time. And one of the best ways to do that is to meal prep.

Here are some tips and ideas to help you in your meal prep: 

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook)   

1) Smoothies – Who doesn’t love a healthy, tasty good morning smoothie?  Whether it is green, some awesome flavour, or just thrown together with whatever fruit you have in the fridge, smoothies are a good breakfast option because you can pack so much nutrition in one drink! You can even add protein powder if you prefer as well as any other superfood powders you have.  (If you are interested in learning more about superfood powders and which ones would be best suited to your lifestyle and nutritional needs, check out this list here). I make my smoothies ahead: put all of the solid ingredients in the blender jar the night before, put it in the fridge and then in the morning, just add liquid and blend. I’m a big fan of green smoothies (like this one!), but sometimes I like to mix it up with flavours and try some others. If you need some guidance on creating the best smoothies (both tasty and healthy), have a look at this post. And then start prepping! 

By: Laura Peill – (Check out her blog Chronicles of Passion & Facebook)    

If you’re going to be spending any amount of time at the gym, running or working out, you owe it to yourself to invest in some good workout clothes.

And if you have spent any amount of time working out in cotton, you already know what I’m talking about. You’ve experienced the whole, every thing sticking to you and feeling like you’re wearing a soaking wet shirt around the gym (and for hours afterwards) thing.

But just like phone technology has improved, so has fabric and clothing technology. And there are people out there who work to make the best fabrics possible so we can have the best workout.