Winter is officially around the corner, so it’s time add the extra layer of clothes & some ‘heat’ to our meals so we can feel warmer both on the inside and outside! It’s true that when the temperature drops, your desire to eat more hot food definitely increases. The trick to NOT piling on extra…
There’s no question that eating two pieces of fruit & five servings of vegetables daily will improve your health. But if you choose the same coloured fruits and vegetables every day, then you may not be giving your body the nutrition it needs simply because you need to eat a wide VARIETY of these important…
Hurray, Summer is just around the corner and the countdown to Christmas is on. If the thought of Christmas is stressing you out already, then you need to delegate cooking duties to your chief BBQ chef – and these ‘BBQ Chicken Patties’ are perfect for outdoor cooking – as added bonus is that these patties…
You know how it feels…it starts with yawning and then you realize that your eyes are slowly closing. Despite the fact that there are a few hours left in the work day, the prospect of having a little nap is much more appealing than the pile of paperwork on your desk. Welcome to the mid-afternoon…
Grocery shopping used to be great in the ‘good old days’ because the range of products available was fairly limited compared to today’s standards: take milk for example. Twenty years ago, there were only two types of milk you could buy which was either full cream or skim. Now we have Trim, Smart Milk, A2,…
I hate to say it but it is true…Winter is here! I am not sure about you but Winter is my least favourite time of the year. It’s just so cold outside that all I want to do is rug up, sit on the couch, binge-watch Netflix and eat comfort foods. EEK – a potential…
There is nothing worse than having a plan to eat healthy all day and then, at morning tea, someone in the office is having a birthday. Next thing you know, you find yourself enjoying a piece of birthday cake…so much for your good intentions. While you may not have anticipated eating the cake, it is…
Happy New Year! No doubt some of you are desperately trying to undo all of the ‘bad’ habits that you may have adopted over Christmas i.e. eating and drinking far too much. If you have been wondering what you should be eating, you may have seen a news article in the last week which talks…
Warmer days are almost here which means the excuses to ‘comfort food’ eat are coming to an end. The onset of warm weather is the best time to overhaul eating habits and commit to change. Whether your goal is to eat better or lose weight, now is the time. Consider this your Spring cleaning checklist to get on track! Go…
With the price of food rising, eating healthily while trying to stick to a budget can be challenging. However, while healthy eating out can be expensive (in fact, just as expensive as unhealthy eating out!), that’s not to say healthy eating is impossible or that it can’t be cheap. This week I will outline some basic…
How many people do you know that are gluten-free? It is amazing that many people have jumped onto the gluten-free simply because they believe it is ‘healthier’ – but in actual fact, it often is not. This week we are going to investigate why a gluten free diet is not necessarily healthier and can even…
Have you had enough of Superfoods yet? Neither have we! This week is the third and final part of our blog series focussed on nature’s wonderful Superfoods and their health benefits. Read on to find out more: Apples: It is true that an apple a day keeps the doctor away…because they are so full…
If you didn’t read the blog last week (link here: https://loseweightwithsue.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/what-is-a-superfood-part-one/ ) we examined exactly what a superfood is and listed some of the most commonly known ones. This week, we are going to continue on the ‘superfood’ path and look at more foods that you should be thinking about incorporating into your diet a…
The term ‘superfood’ is bandied around quite a lot at the moment…but what exactly does it mean? There is no real definition of the word (it was probably created by some clever marketer!), but to put it simply, superfoods are broadly considered to be nutrient-dense foods that usually contain large doses of antioxidants, polyphenols, vitamins…
If you have been to a cafe for breakfast lately, I bet that you have seen chia seeds on the menu. Chia seeds are one of the newest ‘superfoods’ – these tiny seeds are full of natural goodness. In this blog, I will put the spotlight on chia and explain why you should make them…