Healthy Eating & Exercise Advice
Not all fat is created equal and eating the right type of fat is a vital part of a healthy lifestyle. Certain types of fat can actually help reduce your risk of heart disease, you lose weight, absorb certain types of vitamins, keep your skin and hair healthy, improve your immunity, boost your physical well-being [...]
Exercise is just as important as a healthy diet when it comes looking after your body. If you’ve started to pick the exercise up a notch and are regularly training quite hard (60-90 or more minutes a day), then it may be time to start thinking about your pre and post exercise nutrition. Why have [...]
If you have ever lost weight, tried to lose weight or a currently in the midst of a weight loss journey you’ll know that it can be hard work. Food and it’s role within society and our lives is much more than just fuel for our bodies. It’s a part of almost everything we do. [...]
I love cooking and I love the fact that as the seasons change so do our cooking methods and the type of fresh produce that we use. An important part of eating well is having adequate skills in the kitchen to turn whole fruit and vegetables into a meal that is tasty, healthy and something [...]
Summer time desserts are so much fun! Here’s a perfectly portion controlled summer treat that I’m sure you’re going to love. I’ve combined all my favourite things: pastry, chocolate, Philadelphia and fresh berries to make a deliciously rich dessert that won’t burst your belt buckle! The recipe makes 12 so make sure you share them! [...]
The summer months of the year always involve one of my favourite meals – Salad. Salads are a great way to ensure you’re eating plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes and seeds as well as healthy fats, protein and carbohydrate. When you start to be creative and begin trying new combinations, the skies the [...]
How is your metabolism? Still firing on all cylinders? Although everyone has one, over the years many of my clients have expressed to me that theirs simply doesn’t exist anymore. They feel that eating one piece of cake ends up straight on their bottom, and for some of them their journey with losing weight has [...]
This my family’s all time favourite meal. It’s taken me a little while to share it with you all, as I feel quite protective about it! I recently made it for the lovely owners of Vegies to Your Door and so I thought it was only fair to share it with you too! It’s tasty, [...]
It’s the start of a new year. Whether you make resolutions or not, most of us like to think that we’ve become better versions of ourselves compared to the year before. I know I definitely do. If you’ve decided that 2012 is the year for an improvement in your health and vitality than I’d like [...]
2011 has been a huge year for me! I officially launched my home based business and received some incredible free-lance writing and speaking oppourtunities that I’m so very thankful for. More importantly, I’ve been very priviledged to regularly write for you, my subscribers. You are the amazing people who willingly hand over your email addresses [...]
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