Healthy Simplicity.Healthy Simplicity.This site just contains some of my thoughts about our complicated external and internal worlds, how we struggle to respond and deal with these daily complications, and how we often forget that the simplest answer is usually the best one. 
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Reaching a healthy weight: Two sides to the same coin
2009-09-24 03:45:00 Last year, I wrote a post about a weight-loss incentive program implemented by the mayor of Varallo, Italy. The reward for this program was 200 euros if the individual was able to lose a certain amount of weight and maintain the weight loss for a period of 5 months. I also posted ... More About: Weight , Sides , Healthy
Chiropractic medicine: My first experience
2009-09-24 03:45:00 I've been on a bit of a hiatus from my beloved circus school for the past 6 weeks. I'd love to say that this break was solely the result of the school moving locations. Though the school closure is a fact, the truth is that I injured my back. As someone ... More About: Medicine , Experience , Chiropractic
What?s your city?s traffic personality?
2009-09-24 03:45:00 It's the beginning of the Labour Day weekend and along with the many families getting ready for the first day of school, I'm sure that there are just as many people planning on getting out of the city for the next few days; myself included. As soon as the clock strikes ... More About: Traffic , City , Personality
Letting in a bit of unwanted advice.
2009-09-24 03:45:00 The other day I was having dinner with a good friend of mine and we were discussing some of the recent changes in my job. I've been in my new job for about one month now and there have been many changes that have taken place. Our conversation turned to some words ... More About: Advice , Letting
Someone?s got a case of the Mondays!
2009-09-24 03:45:00 This morning, a particularly difficult Tuesday morning (since yesterday was a holiday, so it felt even more like a Monday), I sat at my computer at work staring blankly at the screen. My to-do list had grown again since last Friday, and all I could think about was how much I'd ... More About: Case , Mondays
What do you want?
2009-09-24 03:45:00 It's been about 6 weeks now since I've started my Circus School classes and I'm really loving being able to jump around, test my physical limits and re-learn old tumbling skills. Like I mentioned in my post about about "Never Going to the Gym Again!", after being away from any ...
Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.
2009-09-24 03:45:00 Just a quick note to let you know that Healthy Simplicity has been upgraded to WordPress 2.5. The newest version provides a few new great features (the management interface has been dramatically redesigned to give the administrator a much better dashboard, where you can see everything at a glance). Another great ... More About: Wordpress
Dofollow: your reward for a comment!
2009-09-24 03:45:00 While working on a new design for Healthy Simplicity, I've decided to implement Do Follow, a plugin that removes the 'nofollow' attribute from the URL a commenter provides. While there's quite a bit of debate about the 'nofollow' attribut, and whether it's effective or not, I wanted to provide a small ... More About: Comment , Reward
Never going to the gym again!
2009-09-24 03:45:00 Yes, you read it correctly. I've decided never to go to the gym again...sort of. After paying monthly membership fees for a year to one of the larger exercises facilities in Toronto, I decided to cancel my membership when I realised that I could count the number of times I actually ...
Wii Fit: popular but hard to find!
2009-09-24 03:45:00 Lots of people have been talking about the Wii Fit, which came out at the end of May in North America. While the popularity has been great for Nintendo, it's certainly made it difficult for any Wii fans to get the newest Wii peripheral. That hasn't stopped people from using the ... More About: Find , Popular , Hard
Never going to the gym again!
2008-05-22 00:00:00 Yes, you read it correctly. I've decided never to go to the gym again...sort of. After paying monthly membership fees for a year to one of the larger exercises facilities in Toronto, I decided to cancel my membership when I realised that I could count the number of times I actually ...
Dofollow: your reward for a comment!
2008-05-06 00:00:00 While working on a new design for Healthy Simplicity, I've decided to implement Do Follow, a plugin that removes the 'nofollow' attribute from the URL a commenter provides. While there's quite a bit of debate about the 'nofollow' attribut, and whether it's effective or not, I wanted to provide a small ... More About: Comment , Reward
Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.
2008-04-21 00:00:00 Just a quick note to let you know that Healthy Simplicity has been upgraded to WordPress 2.5. The newest version provides a few new great features (the management interface has been dramatically redesigned to give the administrator a much better dashboard, where you can see everything at a glance). Another great ... More About: Wordpress
Healthy Restaurant Dining: Fact, Fiction and Finances
2008-02-14 00:00:00 I had heard about this vegetarian restaurant a little while ago from a friend who couldn't stop raving about the great food. I'm always up for trying something new (bonus if it's healthy!), and so decided to give it a try. I'm not sure if my friend was just a great ... More About: Fiction , Finances , Restaurant , Fact , Healthy
When my problem becomes your problem
2008-02-14 00:00:00 I came across an article yesterday about parents of students at an elementary school in Toronto who have complained to the Ontario Human Rights Commission that the failure of the school to screen children's lunches for known allergens is a form of discrimination against those with a disability. I have to ... More About: Problem
Happy holidays!
2008-02-14 00:00:00 This time of year is not always filled with laughter and cheer, and can instead be a stress-filled, financially and emotionally draining time. Remember that the word "No" can be a friend and ally when you feel like you need to re-establish your boundaries and regroup. This is a time ... More About: Holidays , Happy Holidays , Happy
Why do we do what we do?
2008-02-14 00:00:00 Whenever we come to a crossroads in our lives and must decide on a new path, a change of paths, or just a slight detour, there are inevitably several considerations that we take into account before making our final decision. I have recently started to wonder what types of considerations we make ...
The boy who cried ?Obesity!?
2008-02-14 00:00:00 A couple of days ago there was a news story describing how elementary schools in the UK are considering sending warning letters home to the parents of overweight children about the health-related dangers of being overweight or obese. Nobody is denying that obesity has become a significant health crisis in the western ... More About: Obesity
To Gardasil, or not to Gardasil?
2008-02-14 00:00:00 So I realise that the HPV debate has been raging in Canada for quite some time, but I feel like I've only just come to some of my own realizations and conclusions. I think I have been reading up diligently on the news updates that are released about Gardasil , the new HPV vaccine that has ...
What do you mean ?Everything on the Internet isn?t true??
2008-02-14 00:00:00 I received an email today from a friend that said "FYI - Cancer" in the subject line. Inside was a long list of "Cancer Updates" supposedly published by Johns Hopkins Medicine. As I went through each item one-by-one, I immediately began to wonder about the validity of several, if not all, of ... More About: Internet , True , The Internet
Pros and Cons of Getting Paid to Lose Weight
2008-02-14 00:00:00 After writing some intial thoughts about the incentive program initiated by the mayor of Varallo and the potential implications if implemented on a larger scale in Canada, I began to wonder what the possible success rate of such a program might be. Mike Howard on the Diet Blog poses some interesting ... More About: Weight , Lose Weight , Paid , Cons
Talk About External Motivation!
2008-02-14 00:00:00 I came across this interesting article about a small Italian town, Varallo, whose mayor has decided to take weight-loss incentives to a whole new level! Here we thought that trying to sell the idea of losing weight for personal health benefits was motivation enough. What were we thinking? The mayor of Varallo has ... More About: Motivation , Talk , External
Soccer: The Universal Language
2008-02-14 00:00:00 Soccer-mania has recently hit Canada in a way that I never would have imagined. With the FIFA-U20 World Cup being held across the country, people seem to have been hit with a potent maladie only hinted at during the World Cup held last year. The clusters of people surrounding the huge ... More About: Soccer , Language , Universal
The boy who cried ?Obesity!?
2008-02-03 00:00:00 A couple of days ago there was a news story describing how elementary schools in the UK are considering sending warning letters home to the parents of overweight children about the health-related dangers of being overweight or obese. Nobody is denying that obesity has become a significant health crisis in the western ... More About: Obesity
To Gardasil, or not to Gardasil?
2008-02-03 00:00:00 So I realise that the HPV debate has been raging in Canada for quite some time, but I feel like I've only just come to some of my own realizations and conclusions. I think I have been reading up diligently on the news updates that are released about Gardasil , the new HPV vaccine that has ...
What do you mean ?Everything on the Internet isn?t true??
2008-02-03 00:00:00 I received an email today from a friend that said "FYI - Cancer" in the subject line. Inside was a long list of "Cancer Updates" supposedly published by Johns Hopkins Medicine. As I went through each item one-by-one, I immediately began to wonder about the validity of several, if not all, of ... More About: Internet , True , The Internet
Pros and Cons of Getting Paid to Lose Weight
2008-02-03 00:00:00 After writing some intial thoughts about the incentive program initiated by the mayor of Varallo and the potential implications if implemented on a larger scale in Canada, I began to wonder what the possible success rate of such a program might be. Mike Howard on the Diet Blog poses some interesting ... More About: Weight , Lose Weight , Paid , Cons
Talk About External Motivation!
2008-02-03 00:00:00 I came across this interesting article about a small Italian town, Varallo, whose mayor has decided to take weight-loss incentives to a whole new level! Here we thought that trying to sell the idea of losing weight for personal health benefits was motivation enough. What were we thinking? The mayor of Varallo has ... More About: Motivation , Talk , External
Why do we do what we do?
2008-02-03 00:00:00 Whenever we come to a crossroads in our lives and must decide on a new path, a change of paths, or just a slight detour, there are inevitably several considerations that we take into account before making our final decision. I have recently started to wonder what types of considerations we make ...
Healthy Restaurant Dining: Fact, Fiction and Finances
More articles from this author:2008-02-03 00:00:00 I had heard about this vegetarian restaurant a little while ago from a friend who couldn't stop raving about the great food. I'm always up for trying something new (bonus if it's healthy!), and so decided to give it a try. I'm not sure if my friend was just a great ... More About: Fiction , Finances , Restaurant , Fact , Healthy 1, 2, 3 |
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