Diet

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 […]

If you're used to running or walking a local circuit for fitness, you better have a plan B for winter. Rain, hail, sleet and shorter daylight hours are bound to see you caught out and unable to work out. More and more people are turning to home based treadmills, that they either purchase or hire, and here's why...

If you’re used to running or walking a local circuit for fitness, you better have a plan B for winter. Rain, hail, sleet and shorter daylight hours are bound to see you caught out and unable to work out. More and more people are turning to home based treadmills, that they either purchase or hire, […]

Hollywood’s leading ladies know all about slimming… and now you can, too! ‘By eating every three hours, you’re never hungry and constantly reset your metabolism’. Tinseltown’s brightest lights are usually a fickle bunch when it comes to diets. Over the last few years, the fad-diet bandwagon has been overloaded with A-list names, all vying with […]

We eat out for all sorts of reasons – to celebrate a special occasion, to entertain an important client or simply to catch up with friends and have a great time. Therefore you are being a little unrealistic not to eat out just because you’re trying to lose weight. However, eating out need not “blow […]

A race such as the Forster Ironman Triathlon places huge demands on your body physically and emotionally. As well as dehydration, the key challenge your body faces is carbohydrate depletion. That’s why it’s essential to plan ahead and adjust your diet just before the big event. Three days before Muscle glycogen stores will be challenged […]

The Biggest Loser‘s two female finalists, party-girl Fiona and mother-of-five Kristie, share their weight-loss secrets.

The Biggest Loser‘s two female finalists, party-girl Fiona and mother-of-five Kristie, share their weight-loss secrets.

I was 82kg and 5’3″. Not a good look. I found out I had osteoarthritis in my knees and I just had to lose weight. I love food; growing it, cooking it and of course eating it! I have always had a healthy diet with lots of fruit, vegetables, lean meat and fish but still […]

After my first child, I had packed on over 20 excess kilos from reckless eating throughout the pregnancy. After 18 months of carrying this extra weight and low self esteem, I was dubious about extra weight piling on throughout my second pregnancy, but then my best friend asked me to be her bridesmaid for her […]