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  • Driving from Montreal to Ottawa to Toronto in February?! I hope you are comfortable with driving in the snow! Honestly, that is the worst possible time to visit Canada. Even Vancouver and Victoria are ugly in February. Bleak, bleak, bleak and rain all the time. Is that the only time your schedule allows you to visit?
  • You could try doing a train trip across Canada. To drive coast to coast would take you about 2 weeks, and that is driving for 8 hours a day. Canada is HUGE, as someone has mentioned, and people tend to forget that. It is very expensive and time consuming to see the whole country in one visit. We have basically every…
  • I always like to do it in the morning. If I wait until I get home from work, I'm too wiped out. Plus I have to put the kids to bed, clean up, etc.... before you know it, it's 10pm and all I want to do is veg. What I typically do is wake up, have some water & a banana, do my workout & then eat breakfast. Of course, today…
  • I need to start it! I didn't finish it the last time. I also need something to kick my butt & make me accountable!
  • Aw, sweetie, he sounds depressed. The not eating is just a symptom of that. Is there any type of counseling available at the hospital for the family members of people undergoing palliative care?
  • My motto is: Eat real food, just eat less of it. Fat doesn't make you fat - calories make you fat. Yes, a gram of fat has twice as many calories in it than a gram of protein, but that's where the moderation kicks in. Fat-free food confuses your body - it's getting the rich taste, but without the sustenance (calories). Same…
  • If you are down to losing the last 20 pounds or less, you could be creating TOO MUCH of a calorie deficit. Someone mentioned that you may not be eating enough for the amount you are exercising and that is correct. Those last pounds are what Jillian Michael's calls "vanity pounds" - your body feels healthy, but we just want…
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