Jukari Fit!

So you might notice that on occasions I hit serious work out highs, I easily get distracted and am always looking to find the next best workout to get my body where I believe I want it to be... still hasn't gotten there, but here's hoping!

I was invited to the Jukari Fit to Fly event from their creators Cirque du Soleil and Reebok! I had seen this workout on TV before, by all means I am a celebrity junkie and never miss a story. But when I was invited to this I couldn't turn it down for how fun the opportunity to get to do the same workout I have seen Brooke Burke and Brooklyn Decker do! Please I will give anything to have either body, and well... Brooke Burke let's me to believe Momma can fly too!

Here in Toronto, the first location to house this great fitness experience was the King West Fitness, what a great space for this fitness routine. I was unfortunately in high heels at this event and didn't get a chance to try it out but my girl friend did and has already booked sessions to do it. Fun is the number one key!

In Canada you can only go to classes in Toronto and gyms in Quebec, they have locations in the UK, Hong Kong and nationwide in the US. So there is no excuse, time to fly baby! Best thing I can say is it really brings out that fun girl in you!

Cheers!~

Banana Orange Coconut Loaf

I really love baking and creating new things for us all to eat in the house... but a few of us in the house have been sick, and I felt like filling my daughter with freshly squeezed Orange Juice, so I squeezed about 7 oranges for our drinks and was left with a ton of pulp on the machine. What to do, I will not waste all that fiber.

So baking was the only option!

Banana Orange Coconut Loaf

2 cups of Flour ( I used 1 cup of All Purpose White flour + 1 cup of Whole Wheat flour)

2/3 cup of sugar

1/3 cup of Butter

2 Eggs

1 tsp of Baking Powder

1/2 tsp of Baking Soda

2 bananas

1/3 of cup of Orange Pulp

1/2 of Coconut (toasted coconut are just as good)

1 tsp of Vanilla Extract

Glaze

1/3 of a cup of Icing sugar

Milk

Set the over for 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Blend the Sugar and butter first. Add the eggs until fluffy. Add the Vanilla extract and the orange pulp. Mash the bananas in a bowl.

Sift together the flours, baking soda, and baking powder. Now start combining the dry ingredients to the wet one with a folding motion with a spoon or baking spatula. Put some flour, some bananas and some coconut fold, repeat.

Put the mixture in Greased cooking pan, I used a 9x5 cake loaf but you can use cupcake, cake pans.

And enjoy!

Cheers!~

Finding One's Self!

I don't tend to blog a lot about Motherhood, being that I am one of the firsts of my friends to have babies I never felt it my place to bombard my friend with talks of poop, parenting, late nights and exhaustion. Not to mention the lack of connection with ones body after a whole other body has left your own. Do I do it to not deter my friends, perhaps--- I think being a Mother is great, and would never tell someone anything that could make them change their minds in having something that truly has brought such utter joy into my life.

But there is something about becoming a mom, the added pressures that most don't understand til you are a mom, and the lack of self care that happens while you are trying to be Super Mom! Your brain hits serious over drive, not being all you can be really allows your brain to go into overdrive in the lack of who you are without your children and how much you can be for them because you want them to be proud of their mama!

So while you are tugging and pulling with your brain, your diet, excercise, work and children are tugging and pulling at you physically. And many of us have our A-HA moments! Mine was when my arm broke (only because imagine all those tasks and thoughts and then not being allowed to do them because you are FORCED to heal), truly presented me without an option than to confront my thoughts and how little I was taking care of myself.

Many Mommies have these moments, and here at Mommy Doings it just wouldn't be right to share these stories so that we can all know we've been there and we can get passed it, but most of all we are NOT alone!

Cheers!~