Yeah, yeah, yeah … drink more water. I know. 1-2 liters a day for most of us. We know it’s good for us, yet that’s not enough motivation for some to slam it down. What if you knew what the consequences were of NOT drinking enough H2O? The long-term consequences, not just the “it makes … Read more
Just ask Edna who’s 94 and still keeping fit and healthy at 94. Exercise isn’t just for weight loss: it helps with agility, flexibility, balance, strength and mental acuity amongst other things. If you haven’t exercised for a while: 1. check with your doctor that there’s no medical hindrance to starting to exercise 2. start … Read more
The frustrating thing about losing weight is that there are so many ways to do it. Some have success with LCHF, others with paleo, some with prepared foods like Lite’n’Easy, some with programs like WeightWatchers, Biggest Loser and Challenges, some with hypnotherapy, some with pills, some with … you name it. (Just noticed I didn’t … Read more
A couple of years ago, Dr Michael Mosely came upon an eating plan that he found seemed to work. So impressed was he that he turned it into a flourishing business. Called the 5:2 diet, it works on the principle of intermittent fasting. It is pretty simple really. Eat 5 days a week normally but healthily … Read more
Hands up if you hate the word “diet”? I know, I know! It’s become synonymous with restriction, struggle, pain, deprivation, failure, futility. A four-letter word! Why is that? Because we’ve been presented with a myriad of opportunities to follow a certain diet to solve our weight problem and for whatever reason it hasn’t worked long … Read more
There are any number of diets out there. I don’t know if anyone has actually calculated the number but I’d bet there’re hundreds. Reckon I’ve tried a lot of them! You too? How did that work out for you? Yeah, me too 🙂 After a couple of decades I’ve come to realise that there is … Read more
I have to admit, I l-o-v-e my food! So the idea of fasting is usually only under sufferance and demanded by medicos when I have to go in for an op or a blood test that requires fasting. As soon as I hear “Nil by Mouth” my head automatically responds with “Not by Me!”. Annoying … Read more
It’s amazing. Really. I am in the morbidly obese category even though I don’t look THAT big. (Denial, much?). And yet I always proclaimed that I didn’t eat much. You know what? I didn’t. So imagine my quandary as to how someone who didn’t eat much could continually gain weight or at least stay well … Read more
When you want to lose weight, often the first thought is to reduce the amount of food you eat. This may be one solution but it’s not exactly the best there is! In fact, if you reduce the amount you eat by too much this can become a dangerous option and negatively impact your health. So … Read more
Feel like you’re living your life like a caged animal? Our bodies are built to move yet we often put ourselves in a cage! A corral. A stationary state. Our bodies are designed for racing across the plains, but instead we live a limited physical lifestyle: we travel from the bed to the breakfast bench, to the … Read more