Welcome!

Welcome to Andrea’s Fitness and Art blog! I started this blog to share with you three of my passions - Fitness, art and dress making. I'm a personal trainer by day and artist and seamstress by night and I'm one of the few people that gets to work on what they are passionate about everyday.

In this blog I'll be sharing with you delicious healthy recipes, workout tips to help you get the most out of your workouts and healthy living ideas to make sure you are as healthy as you can be in all areas of your life. I will also be sharing pictures of my art and dress making for those of you interested in that.

Thank you for visiting my blog and if you have any questions, comments, ideas or recipes please post or drop me a line!

Andrea :)

Monday, May 13, 2013

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 :)

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Party Time & Special Offer!

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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

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Reminder - Grand Opening Party!

Hi Everyone!

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

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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 :)

Friday, May 03, 2013

Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

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 :)