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And so it begins... With the introductions done and the fitness test complete...all I have to do now is wait. Haven't connected with my dietitian or my trainer yet, but I may as well get things started on my own.

It is important for me to make good choices. For example, eat healthily, exercise as much as I can, get enough sleep ....don't have Malbec for dinner etc. Today for breakfast I made an astonishing decision...to only have one piece of bread.

With all the attention paid to the Idle No More movement and the tenuous talks between some native chiefs and the prime minister, one basic fact about aboriginal life in Canada has been forgotten: Most aboriginals do not live on reserve and seem to b

Speaking of garbage — which Canada’s International Co-operation Minister Julian Fantino was doing when he criticized Haitians for the state of their streets — Oxfam Quebec’s director in Haiti, Claude Saint-Pierre, 56, described the situation in the s

Feeling pretty chuffed to be getting fitness tested at PISE ...in fact, I was feeling kinda like "ya, that's right...I have yoga pants on...I'm wearing sneakers...I bought a sports bra for the occasion...check me out, I'm all Simon Whitfieldy .

Why yes, this is a children's train So...I'm pretty much used to taking shortcuts, elevators, escalators, people movers, small children's trains, taxis, golf carts, trollies, metros and cars to get to where I want to go.

"I go to farmer market, give me you bra I no have big beg."

Tomorrow I have my fitness testing at the 91Ô­´´ Sport Institute Victoria's lab...yes...I will be hooked up to fancy machines that will tell my physiologists how out of shape I am.

Danijel - my Croatian conscience Yes, you read that correctly...my conscience is Croatian. This may be somewhat confusing to those who know me...as my parents are of Irish and Scottish descent.

Diary of a week — where we travel from the hot sun into cold reality. Sunday. We return from Mexico after a memorable family Christmas. It’s difficult to leave the sunshine.