Eating and exercising to suit your personal body type may be the secret to maintaining weight and boosting your overall health. If you’ve battled the bulge, the chances are you’ve toyed with a fad diet or two. Who hasn’t? In our want-everything-now world, any quick-fix weight loss always seems like a good idea at the […]

By Judy Davie For further information about food and nutrition, visit Judy Davie’s website at www.thefoodcoach.com.au Winter is a hard season to try and lose weight. It’s cold and we seek warm, nourishing food for comfort and warmth, and chocolate to cheer us up. Some diet plans offer a different meal every day of the […]

Jodie’s vital stats Weight before: 92kg Weight after: 69kg Weight lost: 23kg Clothes size before: 16 Clothes size after: 12 Jodie had six very good reasons for losing a whopping 23kg — her partner and her five children. Bad news spelt the end of Jodie Minter’s diet plans. “I started to lose weight in January […]

Shedding those extra kilos after giving birth will be easier with Sophie Falkiner’s proven tips. When Sophie Falkiner gave birth to her lovely daughter Isabella, the weight she wanted to lose wasn’t baby weight. She needed to shift the extra kilos she’d put on while leading an “indulgent” life as a reporter for The Great […]

By Judy Davie For further information about food and nutrition, visit Judy Davie’s website at www.thefoodcoach.com.au **I urgently need some advice. My son Michael has knocked out three teeth riding his bike and I need to swap his diet to some softer foods. My problem is that the softer the food is, the worse it […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

Most of us love chocolate for the smooth, creamy texture and treat it as an indulgent pleasure, and although chocolate is well renowned for its feel-good factor, there’s some debate as to whether chocolate really is the best food to improve your mood. Welcome to the pleasure dome Chocolate has been popularly claimed to act […]