Stoked on Stott's Pilates

When your roommate happens to be a Pilates instructor in-training, you're bound to hear about good deals. Just for being a friend of a Pilates apprentice, I have access to 1 hour private sessions (one-on-one) for only $10 + hst.

I know, phenomenal.

As a student, this delights me and I have already taken advantage of the deal in the form of 3 sessions.  I'm actually kind of hooked on it and my oblique muscles are thanking me for it.

Not friends with an apprentice (yet)?  As a regular client, you will only pay $20 + hst.  Since a private session by a certified instructor is around $70 per hour, you're still getting a fantastic deal.

Check out the Stott Pilates Studio and Corporate Training Center website by clicking here or go visit them in person:

2200 Yonge St., Suite 500
Toronto, On
(416) 482-4050

Book Review: The Hormone Diet

In my undergrad I was constantly meeting people (usually gym rats) who claimed that effective weight loss through exercise and slight diet modifications alone was possible.  I'm a huge fan of both exercise and diet modifications (hello, have you seen my blog?) but I always felt that there was another part of the equation that we were missing.  It seemed that everyone I knew knew someone (or a few someones) who were diligently exercising and eating healthy meals and yet were struggling with weight loss.  What was the missing link?

Luckily, my colleague Dr. Natasha Turner discovered the winning equation and wrote a fantastic book about it!  As it turns out:

diet + exercise + HORMONES = weight loss

The idea is balance your hormones with personalized lifestyle changes,  supplements and dietary changes and you will see lasting weight loss.  My favorite part of the book is that you can evaluate the areas of your body that are prone to weight gain (abdomen, back of the arms, hips etc.) and gauge which hormones you are deficient in or in excess of and go from there.  Another cool thing? She has a website, in case you can't wait to get your hands on a copy.

Not only could I not put this book down, I now have a great gift idea for Christmas....

Enjoy!