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A health and wellness page run by a food, fun, fitness and firefighting loving mama! �� My name's Heather. What does that mean? It is never perfect. Be Safe.

I am a Firefighter, mom of three and a fitness and food junkie. Follow this page for motivation, workouts, recipes and an inside look at what it's like to be a firefighter. I have been a paid-on-call firefighter for almost 3 years. Well, it means I work a full-time job and carry a pager around with me 24/7, 365. When I hear the beep beep that means it's GO time. I wasn't the kid who knew they wanted to be a firefighter from the time they were 5. In fact, it took me all of 36 years to decide that I wanted to be a firefighter. People ask me, "why did you want to become a firefighter". My honest answer is, I wanted the challenge. I wanted to prove to myself that I was capable of more. That I was strong enough, smart enough and worthy. Of course, I can now say that I am honoured to serve the community that I call home. Fitness has always been a huge part of my life, from playing competitive sports in high school, becoming a Group Fitness Instructor as a young adult, running competitively, triathlons, mountain biking, Crossfit.... but this was different. As a young adult, most of my fitness endeavours were to look a certain way, be a certain size etc. As I have grown up and found firefighting, I have a whole new perspective on being physically fit and healthy. If I am not at my best, someone else's life could depend on it. While I am still a very new firefighter (Probie/New Recruit) and not running into burning buildings yet, it is still vital to be as healthy and strong as I can be and not just physically, but mentally too. As a mom of three, going to school and having a full-time job, it is REALLY hard to find the time and motivation to "workout". My days never go exactly as planned, but, I keep trying. I don't rely on motivation to get my workouts in and keep my meals on track. I rely on determination to succeed and build healthy routines and habits. This page is meant to share knowledge, triumphs, fails and a place for first responders, aspiring first responders or health and fitness-minded people to visit to find useful information. Be Healthy. Be Real, and laugh at yourself. Heather

27/05/2022

Day 56
Today was a pretty great day. 4km of trails with my kiddo, tree planting followed up with a 6km walk with a friend tonight.

26/05/2022

Day 55 - Softball and a quick Tabata round!

25/05/2022

Day 54, got a walk in with my favourites 💕

24/05/2022

Day 53. Disc Golf golf for the win

23/05/2022

Days 51 and 52
These two days have been busy with house Reno’s and updating. My shoulders got a great workout as well as a s**t ton of squats. Stretching is in order!!!

21/05/2022

DAY 50 Wahoo!!!!!

20/05/2022

Day 49. Low activity but high in stretching.

19/05/2022

Day 48
Early morning walk with the pups!

18/05/2022

Day 46: 30 minutes of total body yoga
Day 47: 60 minutes at the gym doing a mash up and a lovely walk in the fun with my pups!

16/05/2022

Day 44 3km walking at the campground today. I love this life!

15/05/2022

Day 44

14/05/2022

Day 43…. Baseball with Bardy… that is all Christine McDonald

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