It was brought to my attention after the first Drafted recap was posted that "shoot outs" should have been "shootouts" so APOLOGIES to any crazy sports fan whose eye twitched when they read my typo.

As I mentioned in the first recap last week, I'm following this...

For the past two years I've been actively recapping Drafted, a reality show put on by The Score and Gillette to find Canada's next sports broadcaster. The first time I wrote about it, I was motivated by the fact that one of my friends, Jackie Redmond (the eventual...

"You're going on a juice cleanse?" my coworker asked me. "Remind me to stay far away from you until you break down and scarf a whole pizza."

She wasn't being mean, snarky or implying that I'm a nightmare when hungry. I mean, except she was definitely implying the last part....

If my hair could talk, it would have a lot to say. Like, at the moment it'd be all "Comb me once in a while you lazy hippie!" but otherwise it would be chalk full of stories.

There was the time in high school when I thought I was...

Somewhere out in the unknown time continuum, 13-year-old me is whooping it up and smiling like she's holding a hanger in her mouth. The reason being: I have finally gotten to the point in my life where I have a dog.

Only a mere few months ago, I met Freddy....

I had hoped to start going to fitness classes on the regular (twice a week is good enough, thank you very much) but after the kickboxing class I could barely get up a flight of stairs without crying much less get into another class.

So, in an...

I recently re-watched my favourite Tom Hardy movie Warrior. In it, he plays an ex-soldier who takes part in a mixed martial arts competition to win money. The behind-the-scenes footage of what Hardy went through to achieve a fighting physique were crazy. I mention this because I spent my Monday...

Hey Bianca, it's me, your inner voice. How are you girl? Super cute plaid pants today!

I realize we chat all the time (and should probably cut that out since people around us stare) but it's time we got real. Every year you make the dumbest New Year's resolutions and...

With Christmas literally right around the corner, I can't even handle how my master plan for the holidays came to a crash. I tried so hard to be a huge Grinch this year but was thwarted at every turn.

I sat everyone in my family down and...

One of the most popular forms of fitness these days is the one you can do at home, in your living room with your dog watching and judging. Oh the judging. How could I begin to talk about fads and trends in fitness without subjecting myself to the creepy world...

If you're keeping track of my progress during this workout trek, then you'll know that my last diary entry was about Zumba. This week my class was a cross between Zumba and....I don't know...skiing? Either way, yet again my uncoordinated self received a rude awakening: I have zero rhythm while...

Zumba. Everyone is always talking about Zumba. Whenever I mention my workout quest to friends and family they practically unite in saying "Zumba! Have you tried Zumba yet? Why haven't you Zumba'd?!" Well, listen up you guys, I finally went out and tested Zumba.

When I looked up just exactly...

A few weeks into my quest for the best workout, a workout buddy mentioned a machine called The Reformer. While describing its uses, I could not get the picture of an 18th-century torture device out of my mind.

This week I was excited to try out MisFit...

When I worked near Queen Street West and Bathurst Street, I would pass a sign on my walk that advertised classes at Barreworks Toronto. The woman on the sign is SO toned, glistening with sweat and in possession of a set of abs I want, so I took...

In May of this year, I packed myself into a car with three gal-pals and headed south to Tennessee for the enormous music festival Bonnaroo. I was excited beyond belief to live in a tent, embrace my inner hippie and become one with the swaying, music-loving masses.

While everyone...

In the movie Crazy, Stupid, Love, Ryan Gosling tells Steve Carell that the war of the sexes is over and men claimed victory the moment women started taking pole dancing fitness classes. Ryan Gosling has never seen this gal pole dance.

When I decided to start writing this column, pole...

When I first heard about the Aerial Strength class offered by Brass Vixens on Queen West, I have to admit, I pictured something totally different.

At a recent runway show put on by Cashmere, a lithe young lady used two pink, long, stretchy ribbons to pull herself...

I like to make myself believe that I'm in shape. I walk every day to and from work which amounts to a 30 minute jaunt one way, 25 if I'm listening to quick-paced music. This walk is what I use to convince myself that a Big Mac isn't that big...

It's official: my feet despise me and are out to destroy me.

I'm sure it hasn't always been this way. When I was a baby my mom loved to put me in cute little baby shoes with polka dots or bows and I'm sure I didn't make a fuss...

Working out: my mortal enemy. I've never been one for strenuous activities. Like fashion-obsessed women before me, I like to consider shopping my personal cardio and lifting those bags and boxes my weight training.

Ever since high school, I've hated fitness regimes. Running the 5k to pass gym was...