by josephine | Feb 16, 2018 | Blog, Dieting
Last week Weight Watchers announced the launch of a new program providing free membership for teens 13 to 17 years old. Although the bullet points below are few, there are many adverse health effects on teens. Between the age of 13 to 17 is when teens go...
by josephine | May 15, 2017 | Blog, Dieting
We are experiencing an epidemic of comparisons between food choices and diets. Information about foods is often based on an ‘or’ question such as ‘bread or wraps’, ‘butter or margarine’, ‘pasta or rice’‘butter or oil’, ‘low fat or full fat milk’, ‘low fat...
by josephine | Apr 15, 2017 | Blog, Dieting
Recently a client was describing her frustration with trying to eliminate chocolate. Totally. When I delved into her reasons for doing this she said “like smoking, chocolate is bad for you, isn’t it?” … “once you start, you can’t stop!” As an ex-smoker, she had...
by josephine | Mar 19, 2017 | Blog, Dieting
I enjoy the messages embedded in Aesop fables. There is one called ‘The Wind and the Sun’. It describes a competition between two of nature’s elements – the Wind and the Sun. They each set out to prove that they can make a passing traveller remove his cloak....
by josephine | Nov 25, 2016 | Blog, Dieting
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 then deciding to cut...
by josephine | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog, Dieting
Are you always dieting and striving to be just that little bit thinner to be happy with your body? I once was. Then a comment by my Grandma changed that. During my childhood and early teenage years, I was never obsessed with my weight. I enjoyed my food, enjoyed...
