I have a confession. Sometimes, when I'm teaching a Belly Bootcamp postnatal class and the babies are sprawled on the floor (or the grass, in the summer), it is the babies - not the mommies - who impress me the most. Don't get me wrong. My clients and Belly...

For the past 4 months I've been using the Heart & Stroke Foundation's Healthy Weight Action Plan to track my current fitness goals, eating habits and behaviours in my quest to blast off these last 5 pregnancy pounds. These "vanity" pounds are the toughest to lose...

  As a parent, 9 times out of 10, the first question you get asked is, “So, how is he/she sleeping” – or something to that sentiment. And often, when you honestly shrug and say you aren’t sleeping well, or admit that your baby is still nursing all night long,...

It is HOT in Toronto this week. Actually, I hear that it is pretty hot everywhere this week. I've been teaching our outdoor Belly Bootcamp classes and trying to stay as cool as possible, but I am on a weight loss mission and lolling around in front of the air...

“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”  ― Allen Saunders Oh, that first pregnancy. Remember when you had time to actually plan things? Did you make a birth plan? Did you stick with it? Maybe you are pregnant with your first right now &...