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I cringe every time my little empty gas pump light comes on these days. I'm not usually in a good mood at the pump, where gas prices have remained steady at well over $1.10 a litre over the last few weeks. There's only one other thing that revs my motor more when it comes to driving in this city, those big gaping holes that are far less few and not so far between this winter.

After a killer lifting session and a 5k jaunt on the treadmill, what's the first thing you reach for as you exit the gym? A power bar? A protein shake? An ice-cold bottle of water? What if I were to tell you that up until two weeks ago, my answer would have been a cigarette? A regular smoker since the age of 13, I had long been undermining my efforts to get fit.

I recently upgraded the operating system on my computer, and with it came a fun new tool called…