The most sensible approach to losing excess weight is to make small, health based changes to your eating and exercise habits. When making these changes, what you need to ask yourself is, can you sustain these changes both whilst you are losing weight, and whilst you are maintaining your weight loss for the long term? July is an excellent time to take a breath and plan for … [Read more...] about How to Set Goals for Long Term Weight Loss
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How to lose weight without losing your lifestyle
It's common on a weight loss journey to fluctuate. One minute you're on a streak, losing and feeling great. The next, work gets busier than usual, exercise grinds to a halt and those kilos slowly creep back on. In order to make your weight loss stick long term, it's important to know your lifestyle and have the right tools available to help combat the yo-yo effect. As … [Read more...] about How to lose weight without losing your lifestyle
Weight loss after menopause – an impossible dream?
By Associate Professor Amanda Salis, The University of Sydney, Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders. If you’ve experienced weight gain with menopause, you may believe that losing excess weight will now be impossible for you. However, clinical research shows that women are able to lose weight after menopause – although there are some … [Read more...] about Weight loss after menopause – an impossible dream?
Look after yourself first, you’re worth it!
I can't believe it has been 22 years since I went through major surgery on my neck where my neurologist had no choice but to do a cervical fusion on my C5-C6 discs, fusing them together after removing one that was being strangled beyond repair. The only reason I bring this up is I'm reminded that when I was lying dosed up on morphine in hospital figuring out if I needed the … [Read more...] about Look after yourself first, you’re worth it!
Don’t be shy about screening for bowel cancer!
Nick Lee lost his wife to bowel cancer in 2010 and created the Jodi Lee Foundation to help raise awareness and funds for Bowel Cancer. As Nick says in this video, "Bowels. We've all got them!" so let's not be shy and ensure that we and our loved ones (especially those over 50) are adding bowel cancer screening to their health checklists. Click here to find out how easy it … [Read more...] about Don’t be shy about screening for bowel cancer!
