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 | Feb 12, 2017 | Blog, Intuitive Eating
If your body could talk, what would it ask for: diet plans and calorie counting or intuitive eating? If your body could talk, what would it ask for: to be deprived and punished with food or to eat food to nourish it? If your body could talk, what would it ask for: to...
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 | Nov 3, 2016 | Blog, Nutrition
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...
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...
