The Fitness Cheerleader

September 10, 2015Leave a Comment

My Top 10 Blog Posts of All Time

As I mentioned in my #MotivateMe Monday post this week, our month is extremely busy because of the overlap between the softball season wrapping up, and the start of the girls' hockey seasons so I haven't really had much of a chance to think about any post topics for this week. Whenever I've been approached about how to find things to write about I often advise bloggers to look at their old posts and their stats to find out what posts get the most traffic, and then to try and write posts that elaborate on similar topics. So when I found continue reading →

September 7, 20158 Comments

Well Hello September! My September Goals #MotivateMe Monday

Wow, September certainly has snuck up on me, has it snuck up on you too? With the really late start to the school year (my kids start back tomorrow - on the 8th), and the super warm weather, it’s still very much summer here despite the date on the calendar. As I look at our family schedule for this month, I can see that once school starts our busy schedule will go into a ridiculous level of busyness. Softball will end on the 12th, and hockey starts back on the 13th. Between hockey starting for all three girls (yep – Amber will start playing continue reading →

September 4, 20152 Comments

Hi Running Shoes, I’m Janice (How to get back to running)

How to get back to #running - tips for returning to running without getting injured

After spending many years running consistently, training for and completing marathons, I swore I would never fall back into my old couch-potato ways. Building endurance is hard. Unfortunately I grossly underestimated how attached to my babies I would become once we started a family. Once my children reached 2 and 4 years old, I became ready to leave them in the hands of my very capable husband while I reintroduced myself to my long-lost best friend - running. At that point leaving the kids was now the easy part. The running part? Not so continue reading →

August 31, 20157 Comments

#MotivateMe Monday: Fitness is Better with Friends

Happy Monday everyone! How are you? I hope you had a great week last week. Are your kids back in school? My kids have 1 more week until school starts. Our school board typically starts back the first Tuesday after Labour Day, so my kids are enjoying their very last week off. This week instead of camps they are spending their days with their best friends and we’re busy getting their back-to-school clothes and supplies. Last week was a busy sports week for our household so the only time I had for my workouts was first thing in the continue reading →

August 28, 20153 Comments

New Balance Vazee Pace Review #AlwaysInBeta

A few weeks ago I was sent a beautiful pair of New Balance Vazee Pace shoes to review. I would have shared my thoughts on these earlier but my feet take a few runs to get used to a new pair of shoes. It doesn’t matter which pair of shoes I switch to, I initially get blisters on my arches from them. Over time my gait either changes for the shoe, or my feet adjust or whatever happens, but after 5 or 6 runs the blistering stops and I then have a better chance to decide if the shoes will work for me or not. If my feet adjust, then they work, if continue reading →

August 26, 201525 Comments

Qi’a Superfood Snack Bars Review + Giveaway #OnMyPath

Have you tried the new Qi'a superfood snack bars? Check them out if you love coconut, seeds and all the good stuff! #organic #OnMyPath

Now, most of you know that I have been focusing more on real foods and am moving away from bars and shakes, BUT there are definitely times when I need to grab something QUICK when I am running out the door for an early morning run OR when I get hungry while cheering my girl on at softball OR when I am so addicted to something that I just can’t stop eating it…..which definitely happened with these Qi'a Superfood Snack Bars! Here's my Qi'a Superfood Snack Bars Review: Every bar starts with superfood ingredients like chia, continue reading →

August 24, 20154 Comments

#MotivateMe Monday: Back to the Grind + Vacation Recap

If you’re new here, #MotivateME Monday is a weekly link-up co-hosted by myself and Running Rachel for accountability and encouragement. It’s a place for us to share goals, plans, successes and have each other to pick us up to keep moving forward. Happy Monday everyone!! I am sadly headed back to work from vacation this morning, oh how I dread going back! I took a peek in at my work email and this week is going to be crazy busy, there's a ton of things to do already. That said, I really did have a great vacation. We definitely continue reading →

August 21, 201510 Comments

Monday Night Mile Race Recap

A month ago hubby and I planned what is quickly becoming our annual trip to Saratoga Springs, NY to watch the horse racing at Saratoga Race Course while his mom spent a week with our daughters. We went last year and had a blast, so we decided to try to squeeze in a trip up to Ottawa to drop the girls off at my in-laws place, then head down to Saratoga between the girls' softball tournaments. I was disappointed that the way our schedule worked out we weren't going to be in Saratoga over a weekend because I really wanted to do a race while continue reading →

August 19, 20155 Comments

Back-to-School with Netflix + Tips for Transitioning the Kids Back-to-School

The days are getting longer and the nights are getting cooler. That can only mean one thing, the summer is coming to an end and it's time to get the kids ready to go back to school. Tips for Transitioning the Kids Back-to-School Re-establish bedtime routine. If you aren’t already doing so, re-implement a bedtime routine for your child. This is especially important if over the summer they were allowed to stay up late and sleep in. Children need at least eight hours of sleep daily to function optimally. continue reading →