It is always good to go back and visit old friends…and Amy Houtermans is one of ‘The Natural Way’s’ old friends, who I blogged about last year in August. Amy was an entrant in our Slimmer of the Season competition back in Winter 2010 and lost an impressive…
Jodie after losing almost 18kg Sometimes a traumatic event can happen in your life which (once you get through it) makes you determined to change ‘what you are doing’ so you are never at risk of such a situation occurring again. Jodie…
This week is National Diabetes’ Week and Type 2 diabetes (otherwise known as Adult Onset Diabetes) is a disease that, unfortunately, is on the rise due to the explosion in obesity rates. The number of adults with Type 2 diabetes has more than doubled since 1981…
Maryann at her before weight of 99.3kg The problem with weight is that you can’t just ignore it because it won’t just ‘go away’: if you are carrying excess kilos, then it impacts on…
Why is it by the time Spring comes around, we can sometimes feel a bit more flabby around the mid? There are lots of culprits, but the drop in temperature is the number one problem! When the cold arrives, we stay inside. This means our metabolism slows down and we pack on the extra kilos. In fact, some…
Michelle Bridges, trainer on The Biggest Loser, recently created a mini media ‘storm’ by stating that parents who give their children junk food regularly are guilty of child abuse. It’s a pretty big statement to make but when you consider that there are currently 1.5 million Australian children who are overweight / obese, maybe Michelle…
Defunct Food Pyramid now replaced with more user friendly MyPlate Everything Australia can do, the USA can do better – and that includes being obese. American health authorities are so concerned with the ever growing obesity rates, that they have decided to review and overhaul their basic nutritional guidelines. So that means, after almost two decades, the traditional ‘Food Pyramid’…
As Australian obesity rates have increased over the past 3 decades, so too has a whole swag of disease ‘epidemics’ which can be directly linked to the excess weight we now carry. For example, the incidence of diabetes and heart disease has been steadily increasing in the last 20 years – but more disturbingly, the…
I recently had a phone call from one of our excellent weight loss consultants Cynthia. She was absolutely flabbergasted and needed to share her story with me. A client of hers – who has lost 11kg to date – had recently visited her Doctor. Of course, the topic of her weight loss came up during…
Figures released today are a BIG cause for concern. Current spending trends show that by the end of the year, Australians will have spent $37 billion on fast food. More amazing, is that this figure has increased by $4 billion in just three years! So despite the fact that we are all feeling the…
Karen at her start weight of 91.8kg Turning 40 is a milestone that is worthy of a big celebration. Karen Mathews certainly marked the event with family and friends, however she was less than impressed with…
Nothing does bad food like a food court: but it is almost always possible to find some good choices You know the feeling…you have only intended to pop into the shops to pick up a few things, BUT before you know it, time has flown and your stomach is telling you to stop and…
Jaimie after losing 15kg Jaimie Holland may be only 20 years young but she was certainly wise enough to recognise that being overweight was NOT part of her ‘life plan’. As can happen to most…
Now that Autumn has well and truly arrived, motivation to stay ‘on track’ is a little more difficult. In fact, the dropping temperatures can make your weight loss efforts so much more difficult. For example, it may have been easy for you to spring out of bed and have an early morning walk during summer – but…
If you feel like you overdosed on hot cross buns and chocolate eggs over Easter, now is the time to get back on track. These three ‘golden rules’ will help to get you started: Start each morning with a healthy breakfast. Eating breakfast stops you from snacking on high-calorie foods mid-morning (an absolute weight loss disaster) and provides you with the…