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There’s no excuse for porking up. Stay slim with these hot tips With the weather cooling down, it’s easy to reach for comfort foods such as creamy pastas and stodgy roasts. Sydney-based company Eat Fit Food, which helped actor Brandon Routh stay in shape for the made-in-Oz movie Superman Returns, has great ideas for keeping […]

My best friend Claudine and I spent every spare moment together. One night we even got matching navel rings after a big night out. We always swore that we would be best friends forever and that nothing would split us up. I met Geoff on a night out with Claudine at our favourite club in […]

Say hello to Australia’s boy in the bubble — a playful toddler who is allergic to the rest of the world. Since he was 10 months of age, Harrison Saunders has needed to be cocooned from the sort of life everyone else takes for granted. Even a loving kiss from his doting mum Tammy is […]

Swap cheddar cheese for fetta. Fetta has fewer kilojoules and less fat per serving than cheddar cheese and it tastes just as good on a pizza. Swap orange juice for tomato juice. Tomato juice is better for weight loss as it contains less than half the kilojoules of orange juice and has a lower GI. […]

Barbara Finch, 55 Before: 107kg After: 56kg When Barbara Finch weighed more than 100kg on Christmas Day, 2003, she knew she had to change her diet. “I had Type II diabetes and high blood pressure,” remembers Barbara, 55. “I thought, ‘I have to do something about it’.” So, on Boxing Day, she began a walking […]

Sarah and I had been friends since Grade Four. We spent heaps of time together, even after I went off to a different school, and often slept over at each other’s houses. We were close to each other’s parents. Hers were a bit old-fashioned and mine were “modern”. We called both sets “Mum and Dad” […]

Question: Our golden retriever pup kept chewing everything well past her first birthday. She even destroyed the carpet in the lounge room. We sought the advice of a dog behaviourist and his first response was to check her mouth. Sure enough, she was having a lot of trouble cutting wisdom teeth. Answer: Just like some […]

Sometimes, the difference between joy and sorrow is only a slender thread. For Tracy Grimshaw, seeing Tasmanian miners Todd Russell and Brant Webb emerge from the Beaconsfield gold mine after 14 days entombed a kilometre beneath the surface was almost too much. Standing beside Australian Worker’s Union (AWU) boss Bill Shorten, she watched, mesmerised, as […]

Exclusive extract from Once upon a day (Allen & Unwin) by Lisa Tucker, the Great Read in the June issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly. Stephen Spaulding was very happy, and you can’t say that about most people. He hadn’t sought happiness, but he recognized it. This was his gift: to know what he had. […]

A steaming bowl of porridge with a drizzle of honey or golden syrup is the perfect way to warm up on a winter’s morning. Not only will it get your body in gear to face the cold, wholegrain oats also contain a whole host of nutrition benefits. Let’s take a closer look: Take heart Beta-glucan, […]