The cravings are not your fault
August 31, 2018
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Imagine, after work you go to the local supermarket to pick up a few items for dinner. As you stroll down the frozen food aisle, you notice an ice-cream which you saw advertised while watching TV one evening.
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Regenerate your habits
June 30, 2018
Change is hard. Even when we are motivated and committed. When we are in denial or impatient it is excruciatingly difficult. Change is not an outcome. It is a process. It is the before, during and after. It begins with the desire to stay comfortable rather than to change, to then choo
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Exercise: obligation or opportunity?
August 18, 2017
How would you describe your mindset around exercise? Is it one of “I have to do it to control my weight”, “It always feels like a chore”, “I just want to get it over and done with” or perhaps, the common “I hate going to the gym”?
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Inch by inch
July 11, 2017
Have you heard the quote, “Mile by mile, it’s a trial, yard by yard, it’s hard, but inch by inch, it’s a cinch”? It has a similar meaning to the old Chinese proverb “The man who moved a mountain is the one who started taking away the small stones.”
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Sugar in moderation: well established or epiphany?
November 25, 2016
In last Sunday’s episode of 60 minutes, Liz Hayes interviewed Peter FitzSimons about his weight and health transformation. He explains how he went from being overweight, not exercising, drinking 2 bottles of wine at a time and eating junk food to
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Upsize my nutrition
November 03, 2016
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I am sure you’re familiar with the upsizing concept at food outlets – where you pay a little extra and get a larger portion of chips or soft drink. This is nutrition in reverse: getting extra fat, sugar and/or salt with little or no nutritional benefit. Instead we could be opting for
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Why wait to make lifestyle changes?
June 08, 2016
“The Waiting Place… for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or No or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waitin
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Which road sign applies to your eating habits?
July 24, 2015
Have you ever thought of how applicable road signs are to our eating habits? A few days ago, I was stopped at a red traffic light and it occurred to me how many road signs are symbolic of our eating habits. Take a look – which one do you relate to? Food rules What things are yo
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Healthy meals for kids using the Food Variety Game
April 24, 2014
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Eating a wide variety of different foods is a key principle of healthy meals – if you’re short on iodine, selenium or some other trace element, for instance, you stand a better chance of getting it from 40 foods than from just 10.
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