AN honour to meet Celebrity Chef Mark McEwen!

I shared this on my family, personal link. Yes, I have 2 blogs. One solely for food and fitness, and the other? Anything and everything I want to share!

Since it is food related, I would love to share my story meeting Mark McEwen and our fabulous night of good food!

Click ,
http://stephanie-lifeonthebay.blogspot.com/2011/08/mark-mcewan-and-cobble-beach-golf-club.html
 if you'd like to read!

Summer Eats- Georgian Bay...

Low Carb Dinner- Ribbons of Zucchini Pasta with lemon and garlic. Chicken breast grilled with vegetables, escargot,  garlic,  swiss cheese ,wine and herbs

Turkey Meatballs smothered in home-made tomato sauce, with fresh basil served on Spaghetti squash.

Steph's Canadian Caesar Appetizer! Truly SUMMER!



After the market! Fresh peppers stuffed with rice, beans and cheese, mini pizzas with fresh  tomatoes, ripped basil and southern Ontario peaches and cream corn on the cob. All cooked on the grill. Pure Summerbliss!

Pan seared scallops with white wine, and garlic, served on salad with goats cheese and and sunflower seeds.

Good times on the deck!

FRESH Georgian Bay Lake Trout---5.5 lbs. caught in our backyard..

lightly breaded and pan fried GOODNESS!  The best fish I have had in a very long time...

Pretty Biking Gear! Who said you have to wear those ugly cycling outfits!?

Since I am a Spin Teacher now, and going to France to bike for a few days, I thought I needed some new clothes.

Not to mention, I have quite the reputation at the Y.   One of the girls that works there, told me today, that she has missed seeing me this summer ( I am home with the kids more) and all of my cute and new exercise outfits! ha!

I am such a clothes whore! ( hate that word, but it is true! lol)

So guess what I found!? 

A biking dress! Superstar Cycling Dress


by Pearl Izumi

 Yes, THIS little black dress has a built in padding on the saddle and shorty shorts..so you can ride and look cute at the same time!  I had to get it!

and the padded cycling SKORT!  Nice!

and you can't ride without this little saddle bag!

 
I'm so excited for my order to arrive! 

My new favourite and quite entertaining Fitness Blog to follow!

Read for some straight up advice! LOVE him!

Fitness Blog- His Tabata Rant! too funny! but so true!

Fitness at Home- The best bang for your time? Circuit Training

I made a mini home gym at home. Nothing fancy about it at all. I will add a picture of it to this post later on, but for now, I want to share my newest circuit routine that I love, since it works the entire body in 40 minutes or less!

Circuit Training Benefits via fitday.com


Due to the lack of rest that circuit training demands, exercisers maintain elevated heart rates for the entire period of exercise. The combination of weight training and increased cardiovascular effort makes circuit training a beneficial type of cross training. The exerciser gains muscle through the resistance training. The exerciser increases his/her cardiovascular endurance during the slightly elevated heart rate that is maintained in between sets and throughout the overall program. The exerciser burns high amounts of calories during the high exertion periods of his/her sets.

Circuit training is also a convenient way to exercise. It maximizes the total exercise volume (number of sets, repetitions, and amount of weight) completed in a period of time. Exercises are completed in a row, and therefore, the time spent exercising is condensed. Separate cardiovascular training is not necessary. All body parts are trained in one session, and therefore, exercisers do not need to work out everyday.

MY current routine:


Start: Put the fans on you, get some good loud music with a fast  beat and ice water.

3 minutes of RUNNING on the treadmill
20 lunges with 10 lb weights in each hand each leg
20 squats with 10 lb weights in each hand
20 side crunches with 10 lb weight in both hands-
20 regular crunches with legs up and 10 lb weight
Resistance band- arms 15 reps

REPEAT X 4.

Cool down with a 8 minute fast to slow walk...to finish up at 20 minutes on treadmill.


Why is this a good workout?

In the end you have done a 20 minute cardio segment, 160 lunges, 160 side crunches, 160 squats, 160 regular crunches, and 60 reps on your arms with resistance band ( triceps and biceps). A TOTAL body work-out for beautiful lean muscle and cardio weight loss all in one!

WIN! WIN!  now you can start your day right.

My Baco Noir grapes--- After 3 long yrs, this is going to be THE year!

It takes at least 3 yrs before you can harvest grapes from a vine for wine. 

This is year 3, and they are looking fantastic.  Still buds and green, they will turn red, but look at them all! I am so excited! This is ONE vine. We have 18 of these in our backyard...amazing...

Born To Be Alive- Another Spin Class coming up!

I am so excited! I teach another Spin Class on Tuesday , so I am looking for fun music and something " different" as usual...

I love this song.  After a few hard songs of climbs and tabata sprinting, I am going to play this one to  lighten it up and make it FUN!...I'm going to get OFF my bike and walk around the room.  When I tap their bike...I want to see if THEY were born to be ALIVE?  spin it hard!!!    Should be fun!

EDIT! Oh my gosh! Don't watch the video. It is disgusting, but crank the music and dance instead!

Circut Training!

I just started doing this at home and I love it, because it is a TOTAL work out, all over your body, your heart rate stays UP and you get it done quickly.

I spend about 40 minutes, doing the following...

3 minute run
20 lunges with weights
20 squats
3 minute run
resistance tubing for biceps- 30
Tricep lunges-20
crunches with weights-40
3 minute run


over and over again...wow! GREAT work-out and energy!  Give it a whirl!