You may be looking for a quick way to drop some kilograms and there’s no shortage of ‘fad diets’ to pick from. While these ‘diets’ may provide you with short-term results, they are very difficult to sustain and, ultimately, they deprive you of the essential nutrients that only balanced eating can offer. How do…
If you are trying to lose weight at the moment, your focus may be entirely what you eat and how much exercise you do. Of course, these are both important, however, there are lifestyle issues that you may need to address too! Unfortunately, if you are guilty of some of the ‘unhealthy’ lifestyle choices below,…
While stress is part of our lives, too much of it can have a huge impact on your health and weight. There are several ways in which stress can contribute to weight gain. One has to do with cortisol & adrenaline, our stress-response hormones. Whether you are stressed because of constant, crazy demands at work or…
Easter is a 4-day holiday NOT a 4-day feast!! Easter should be a time to relax and enjoy the company of family of friends rather than seeing how quickly you can polish off a box of Cadbury Roses. Don’t get me wrong, it’s ok to have some chocolate over Easter, but by making discerning choices…
You may remember back in February I wrote about the Biggest Loser USA Winner, Rachel Fredrickson. She lost an incredible 70.3kg to claim the crown, however, it was very evident that she was underweight: she looked positively skeletal! (read more here: https://loseweightwithsue.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/winner-of-the-biggest-loser-usa-is-too-thin/ ). However, since the shows’ finale, she has gained 9kg in 2 months…
We have heard it all before: Australians are currently in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Perhaps what is more frightening is that we are getting bigger at a rate much quicker than experts had predicted. In 2010, the OECD (The Organization of Economic Co-operation & Development) had estimated that by 2014, 60% of Australians…
The latest ‘fad’ diet doing the rounds is the 5:2 diet. In a nutshell, you eat normally 5 days a week, but for the remaining 2 days you must fast. When I say ‘fast’ it is not total food abstinence: if you are a woman, you can eat 500 calories on a ‘fast’ day, and…
Almost every single time you log onto your Facebook account, a sponsored ad ‘pops’ up featuring a celebrity and their ‘amazing’ weight loss secrets. Unfortunately, these advertisements usually are not endorsed by the celebrity featured: in fact, the person may be totally unaware that their image is being used! Media personality, Fifi Box, has had…
Weight loss companies sponsoring celebrities to lose weight is nothing new – for example, Mahlia Barnes (Jimmy Barnes’ daughter) is the latest ‘face’ of Weight Watchers. The idea can backfire badly however if the celebrity being sponsored puts back on all of his / her lost weight. Jenny Craig has had this embarrassing problem more…
Some of you may have made a New Years’ resolution to lose weight in 2014: How is it going so far? It is very easy to be motivated in January, but as the weeks’ pass, you can lose your enthusiasm, particularly if your results are not as good as they were at the start of…
I think we can all relate to this: You have just finished a delicious meal, and, within half an hour you find yourself standing in front of the fridge looking for something to eat….again! So why does this happen? It could just be a very bad habit (who needs to eat something sweet just after…
It’s no secret that Australia is in the grips of an obesity epidemic. Health experts are working together to try and ‘fight’ the battle of the bulge and, as a result, have recently revised the guidelines for the recommended time spent exercising each week. The Australian Guidelines, released in 1999, suggested that 150 minutes of…
I know I have written about ‘The Biggest Loser’ for two weeks in a row now but the finale for the American season screened in the USA late last week…and there has been a lot of controversy ever since! For the uninitiated, on the final show of the season, all remaining contestants have one last…
I am a fan of the Biggest Loser program – probably because I love seeing the results each week on the scales – however there times when I am literally horrified by some of the things that occur on the show. And last week I witnessed a particularly low point: The Sydney Opera House stair…
I love blogging about the ‘latest’ weight loss diet / drug / fad – and the more peculiar they are, the better! This one fits right in the ‘Are You Serious?’ category: Scientists in the UK have just released a miracle obesity loss pill that will help you to lose weight through ingesting a ‘pill’…