New Blog: Compass Fitness

Hi Everyone!

Just a reminder that I am still blogging away but I have a new home :)! I now blog on the Compass Fitness website: http://compassfitnesskingston.com/blog-2/, which is my new companies website. I'm still posting awesome recipes but I'm also post more now on meditation, stress management and all natural recipes for home and beauty products. So come and check me out!

See you soon,
Andrea :)

Grand Opening Pictures



Happy Monday!

 

I just wanted to thank everyone who came out to out Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday (About 65 people)! And to those who couldn't make it I thought I would post some photos today so you can be part of it too. We had Kat McMonagle (RMT) giving free massages and I don't think she stopped once in the entire three hours! We also had raffle prizes, free class passes, games and snacks to make it a great day.

 

Enjoy the pictures and we hope to see you soon!

 

 

 

Us in front

 

Our cake!

Zach & I cutting the cake

Snack & Drink Table

Lots of people enjoying the party

The spring ball competition begins

Raffle Prizes

Guests hanging out

Kat McMonagle (RMT) giving free massages

Our little garden is growing!
www.4squaregardening.ca

 



Stay Healthy!

Andrea :)

Party Time & Special Offer!

Hello Everyone!

Its finally here - Compass Fitness Kingston's Grand Opening Celebration! Its going to be a great day full of prizes, snacks, a slide show, games and massages.

Its today (May 11th, 2013) from 2:00pm-5:00pm feel free to stop in and say hi or stop in stay awhile and have a great afternoon.

We also have a very special offer today for those of you coming to our Grand Opening and those of you who are there in spirit:



Today only in celebration of our grand opening we are offering our comprehensive 90 minute assessments at 1/2 price! That is a $75 value for $37.50 (tax included)! For that $37.50 you get assessments of nutrition and wellness, muscle function, current fitness level, current state of overall health and physical benchmarks such as measurements. Then we also go over strategies to reach your goals and give you helpful tools to make sure you stay on track!*

You can purchase one while your at the party today or on our website:
www.compassfitnesskingston.com/our-services-2/

See you this afternoon!
Andrea :)

* Offer valid today only, Limit one per person

Reminder - Grand Opening Party!

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to send you a quick reminder that this Saturday is our:

 

You are invited to our Grand Opening Party! This is your chance to check out our brand new studio, meet the trainers/owners, have a free massage, eat some snacks and learn all about us and all of the services and programs we have to offer! There will also be special offers and free giveaways! See you there.

 

Update: Adam from Body Systems is sending some things to add to our awesome raffle prizes which so far include a new yoga mat, a hand made silk yoga mat bag, sugar body scrub and other amazing treats!

 

When: May 11th, 2013 2:00pm-5:00pm

You can just show up or RSVP on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/124111991117620/

 

See you there!

Andrea :)

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

 

Hello Everyone!

As promised here is a delicious chocolate zucchini recipe that I got out of ‘The Looneyspoons Collection’ cookbook! I did make a few tweaks to lower the amount of sugar and increase the fibre and I think I made it even better!

Ingredients
1 Cup All purpose flour
1 1/2 Cup Whole wheat flour
1/2 Cup Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp Baking powder
1 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1/2 Cup Organic sugar
3 Eggs
1 1/2 Cup Unsweetened apple sauce
1/3 Cup Coconut oil
2 tsp Vanilla
1/4 Cup Milled/ground flax seed
2 Cups Zucchini packed & grated
1/2 Cup Mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 Scoop Protein powder (optional)

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350*F. Spray muffin pans with pam and set aside.

2. In a large bowl, combine flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, protien and flax. Set aside.

3. In a medium bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, applesauce, vegetable oil and vanilla. Stir in zucchini. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix just until dry ingredients are moistened. Fold in chocolate chips.

4. Pour batter in to muffin pans and bake for approximately 50 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes in the pan then remove from pan and cool on wire rack before serving.

And there you have it! Delicious and nutritious zucchini muffins. Give them a try and see what you think.

Stay Healthy!
Andrea

PS I'm doing most of my blogging now on our new website www.compassfitnesskingston.com check it out :)

We're Ready!

Hi Everyone!

I have exciting news! Our equipment has finally arrived, the phone and internet and up and running and our uniforms have arrived. Do you know what this means?... We're ready for you!

And to prove it I wanted to share a few photos of the finished product :)

Panoramic view from the front door

Equipment

Workout space & equipment

Waiting area

Us in our uniforms!

 

 

For more information on our new adventure please visit www.compassfitnesskingston.com!

 

Andrea :)

 

PS Stay tuned for an amazing chocolate zucchini muffin recipe in the next few days.

23 1/2 Hours by Dr. Mike Evans

Hi Everyone!

Some of you may know I'm going through training right now to be a volunteer with Kingston Gets Active so I can help spread the news about the importnace of people getting their buns off of the couch! During my training they showed us a really great video about the the scientifically proven effects of excerise. So now I'm passing this video on to you as homework! Yay homework!

Its actually only a few minutes long (I think 9 minutes maybe) but definitely worth watching. And if nothing else it will show you some mind blowing statistics!

23 1/4 Hours by Dr. Mike Evans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUaInS6HIGo

Enjoy!
Andrea :)