Recipe: Here is my recipe for the Gluten Free Muesli (Paleo style) 4 cups activated nuts (if you don’t have activated nuts you can make them or use raw nuts). I like to use: 1 cup Brazil nuts, 1 cup blanched and skinned almonds, 1 cup cashews or macadamias and 1 cup of a mix […]...
Everyone has a Size Fantastic! What’s Yours? Everyone has a size or weight that feels just right for them… and being that weight or size means something different to each one of you. If you struggle with your weight, you’ll know exactly what I mean. You will also know that it...
Nutrition is worth getting excited about! Especially when you make it DELICIOUS! Sometimes I make the mistake of assuming that everyone knows “nutrition basics”, and of course how could they?! So this post is all about sharing some basic nutrition principles, and useful facts. First ...
“Why do we have to listen to our hearts?” the boy asked, when they had made camp that day. “Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” “But my heart is agitated,” the boy said. “It has its dreams, it gets emotional, and it’s become passionate over a ...
“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about unbecoming everything that isn’t really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” Unknown Sometimes we define ourselves or allow others to define us by appearances or achiev...
Chocolate anyone? What is it about chocolate that makes it so hard to resist?! This is a photograph of my little girl taken after I caught her getting stuck into some chocolate she had discovered. The magic of chocolate is in the taste, the texture, and the way it makes you feel (which has something...
Binge eating disorder (BED) is marked by bouts of (seemingly) uncontrollable eating and usually followed by feelings of guilt or shame. It sometimes affects weight, but doesn’t always. Why do we do it? There has been much research into binge eating behavior, it seems to be affecting more and...
Our Modern Environment has changed and sets us up to fail. Our FIRST STEP to beat it, is AWARENESS. You need to know where the enemy lies. Watch this documentary called the “Men who made us fat” for some crucial clues....
A British documentary “How to be Slim” looks at food and dieting myths and what makes us fat and helps us lose fat. First they disspell the myth that a slow metabolism is what makes “us fat” and show conclusively that “eating too much” is what makes a person fat. ...
No. In fact some people’s comfort food of choice can be relatively healthy, for example: roast dinner, tomato or chicken soup, baked beans on toast, cup of herbal tea. Men typically favour meals as comfort foods while women typically reach for a favourite snack. Guesses as to why this is amo...
