Fitness Tip: Rocking out to your favourite playlist helps you power through a difficult workout.

Fitness Tip: Whatever you tell yourself to get through a gruelling workout, don’t stop. Motivational self-talk can really help reduce the rate of exertion.

Fitness Tip: If your food fits on your plate with no individual item touching another, you can be pretty confident that your portion sizes are appropriate.

Fitness Tip: Learn the ropes. Not only is it inexpensive, portable, and easy to use almost anywhere, you’ll burn about 200 calories in 20 minutes.

Fitness Tip: Dig deeper. It takes a lot of discipline to turn down a cupcake or roll out of your warm bed for a cold morning run.