Fear of Losing Weight
What is Fear? By definition Fear is an emotion induced by a perceived threat that causes entities to quickly pull away from it and usually hide. Some may say Fear is a useful emotion and that without it, we would not be able to protect ourselves from danger. The…
7 Tricks for Vacation Fitness
It’s the time of year when people are starting to travel. The weather is getting mild and more and more trips are being planned. Camping, family vacations, be it to Mexico or right here in your town. Either way it takes those of us on a regular fitness and healthy…
Juicing for Weight Loss – The Results
If you haven’t read Part 1 – “Juicing for weight loss – Good or Bad”, Click here The Results After juicing for 7 days (Miguel) and 5 days (Katie) we’ll break down our findings: Foods consumed During this experiment 90% of our intake was organic juices from…
Coldest Night of the Year
We live in the beautiful city of Nanaimo and we’re very fortunate to have amazing nature around us, a warmer weather than most of the country and a sense of community like no other. That’s why our team Driven Performers has decided to join this amazing cause: The Coldest…
Juicing for Weight Loss – Good or Bad?
(To see the results scroll down) Why Try Juicing? Katie and I have been asked what we think of Juicing several times. Specially after Katie posted her thoughts of that movie on Netflix “Sick, Fat & Nearly Dead” it was clear that a lot of people are intrigued by juicing in…
Weight Loss Nutrition Workshop
At the turn of the new year we collected some feedback and it was clear that Nutrition was the most challenging part of your fitness journey. Based on this, we set out to have our first Fitness Nutrition workshop of 2015 to discuss our nutrition challenges. Some great questions were…
The Big Leap
Get your life to the next level I am reading this book “The Big Leap” and it speaks about how we all have an Upper Limit, which acts as a glass ceiling that prevents us from getting to the next level in all areas of our life, whether it’s…
What should I eat?
Who hasn’t asked themselves this question?! Especially when trying to stick to a nutrition goal, we know how confusing it can be to figure out how many calories you should be eating and what macro nutrient ratios to aim for. There is a ton of information on-line and it can be very…
Healthy Thanksgiving
It’s that time of year again. The holiday that is pretty much defined by the delicious food cooked in your kitchen (obviously I know the real reason behind Thanksgiving but let’s be realistic we are all thinking about pie) Now some of you might be dreading this day of turkey…
Men are what their mothers made them
How do you start a post about the person to whom you owe everything that you are and will ever be? I couldn’t wish for a better mother. She’s a woman that, before anything else, was a mother, and at a very young age. She practically lived and breathed for…