Biggest Loser contestant P’eta Phelan talks to Woman’s Day about her time on the show. **Starting weight: 131.6kg Elimination weight: 126.3kg** How did you feel about being a replacement contestant? When I was told I wasn’t in, I’d said to myself, “Thank God I didn’t get in”. There was a part of me that wanted […]

One of the complaints I often hear from people trying to lose weight is that while there’s diversity in a diet, with interesting and different meals each day, it’s just too hard to organise. When we examine the majority of people’s eating habits, it’s typical to eat the same or similar meals many days a […]

By Judy Davie “Can you please provide me some information on how diet can affect children suffering concentration and learning problems and with ADD? What foods should be avoided and what foods added to assist?” Research has shown that a diet free of processed foods with additives can have a significant effect on children with […]

Lisa Oldfield wants to see the elderly cared for by their loved ones rather than the hospital system. My grandparents and my mother and father-in-law, whom I love very dearly, have been very sick of late and have relied on care. They’ve lived through the Depression and worked so hard to carry Australia through that […]

Biggest Loser contestant Michael Hinde talks to Woman’s Day about his time on the show. **Starting weight: 165.2kg Elimination weight: 145.7kg** Were you surprised to be eliminated? It was a shocker and quite hurtful. They said I wasn’t a team player which was a surprise considering all the sport I’ve played. I don’t mean to […]

By Annette Campbell Around the world, thousands of different martial arts are practised every day. And while they all have different origins, techniques, benefits and theories, there is one thing they all have in common … timelessness. “Martial arts are the best form of exercise and fitness,” says Master Phil Monaghan, a black belt multi-discipline […]

By Judy Davie **”I recently detoxed then changed my diet to minimise animal and plant fats/oils, dairy, sugars, processed foods and wheat. However, my cholesterol is higher than ever. The bad cholesterol is up to 4.5 and the good cholesterol is down to 1.9. My doctor said to cut meat to only 480g of red […]

I have quite a bit of weight to lose and I have just started. I want to be slim by my big 30 next year. I have realised that I am using too many calories on milk. As I like about a cup on my breakfast plus two or three cups of coffee or tea […]

Kelly Donaghy-Lewis talks to Woman’s Day about her friendship with fellow Biggest Loser contestant Michael, and about how things are going with her estranged husband now she’s been eliminated from the show. **Starting weight: 117.1kg Elimination weight: 108.7** What led to you being eliminated? Mel was jealous of my friendship with Michael and she’d told […]

Do you regularly get the night-time nibbles or the midnight munchies? A little evening snacking is normal and can fit into a healthy, balanced diet, but if you overdo it or regularly get up in the night to eat, you may in fact be suffering from night eating syndrome. What is it? Night Eating Syndrome […]