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October 2009

Janine and Jade's Clean Eating Cookbook

Oct 29, 2009

Healthy eating shouldn't be about sacrificing the pleasure that you get from food. If you create healthy meals that taste great, then it is going to be a lot easier to embrace changes to your diet.

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Thursday show round-up

Oct 28, 2009

Hello!

Here we are already on episode 4 of X-Weighted: Families. This week's episode follows two beautiful ladies: Janine, and her 17 year old daughter, Jade. They are determined to get fit together and turn their lives around. It is a powerful episode and these participants make leaps and bounds towards a healthier life. In tomorrow's blog posting, Janine shares some of the healthy recipes that they love to make and talks about the changes they made to their diets in order to succeed.

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Easy Ways to up Your Fruit and Veggie Intake

Oct 27, 2009

We all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables, but managing the 8 servings per day (for women) or even 10 (for men) can seem like an impossible task. Here are some easy ways to up your intake:Casey making a smoothie with his son

1) Grab and go

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Everything X-Weighted

Oct 22, 2009

Hello there!

Well, here we are entering week 3 of X-Weighted Families. From all the feedback we are getting, it is obvious that the show is creating quite an impact. This week's episode, about 13-year-old Daniel is pretty intense, check the blog tomorrow for a posting about diet and ADD/ADHD - one of the issues that comes up in the episode. 

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The Importance of Eating as a Family

Oct 21, 2009

Sitting down to eat a family meal is something that many of us neglect to do these days, thanks to our ever busy lives and scheduling issues. However, the benefits of doing so can be huge, says parenting expert Julie Freedman Smith, who along with Gail Bell owns the company Parenting Power, which is based out of Calgary and offers coaching and workshops for parents.

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Blogging Your Way to Better Health

Oct 19, 2009

Whether you’ve got a specific goal to reach or just want to lead a healthier life, starting a blog could help you succeed. Marie Ainey, who lives in Toronto, has had her fitness blog "Mouseroo's Mumblings" since November 2006, and uses it to record her attempts to stay at her goal weight. "I started the blog because it was a great way to put out how I was feeling, get feedback and connect with people who identified with what I was going through," she says.

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Dr Macklin Explains Percentiles and Obesity Categories

Oct 18, 2009

On this season of X-Weighted, we are dealing with families and children, which means that the term "percentiles" comes up on every episode. Here Dr Macklin explains why we use percentiles when talking about childrens' weight, and what the differing categories of obesity mean in regard to adults.

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Time for a little housekeeping

Oct 15, 2009

Hello there!

With this blog post, we wanted to tell you about some of the great ways you can keep up with all things X-Weighted, and how you could be a part of our next season.

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Fantastic fitness activities for kids

Oct 14, 2009

Signing your child up for a fun fitness activity is a great way to help them lose weight and get healthy. If they do something that they truly enjoy, it is going to be a lot easier for them to stay on track. From African dance to capoeira to Pilates, there are so many different activities that they can try.

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Sweat, Curses and Tears: Paul's Top X-Weighted Scenes

Oct 11, 2009

Through the four seasons of X-Weighted, Paul Plakas has been made proud, made people cry and been afraid he was going to get hit. Here are some of Paul’s favourite moments from the show: 

The poker game at Casey’s place

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