Here’s my simple one-word answer to that question… No. And here’s why.
If you’re asking if you can have a cheat day, it means you’re not eating in a way that you thoroughly enjoy. Chances are, you’re trying really hard to eat healthy, move more, and better...
With Christmas coming up you probably have heaps of parties to attend. But what if you’ve been working on eating healthy and exercising regularly? And doing a good job of it too! How do you attend those parties, still enjoy yourself, and stick to your health goals?
The first...
“Oh, Rebecca watched my Instagram story! But hey, she didn’t watch them all. Why not?” :-( LOL This is the self-talk that is all too common in today’s world. It might sound funny and we can all probably admit to being a little disappointed when someone sees our message but...
Most people know that sugar is not good for you. That it’s worse than fat. But people still eat sugar and everyone still likes the sweet stuff. It’s good to enjoy some sweet food sometimes. Coconut palm sugar is a better option than other types of sugar.
Coconut palm sugar is...
The order that you either eat or exercise is a common question that many people have. That question often leads to many other points of confusion around the topic of eating in relation to exercise. How long should I wait to exercise after eating? What foods are best to eat before and after...
So you've just started exercising again and you want to know what’s happening to your body. You want to know that all that paving of the pavement or lifting of heavy things is worth it. Well, let me tell you, it is! But what exactly is happening to your body?
One of the things...
If you could have more of something what would it be? Money? Time? Energy? These are the three most common things people wish they had more of. I’m not a financial advisor so I’m not going to teach you how to get more money. I’m not god so I’m not going to show you...
The ancient art of colon cleansing, cleaning the large intestine, dates back to ancient Greece. The two main methods for cleansing the colon include taking supplements through the mouth or rectum, and colon irrigation, whereby you insert a small tube into your rectum and flush water into your...
PCOS stands for Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. It is a condition in which women have an imbalance of the hormones, oestrogen and progesterone. This leads to the growth of cysts on the ovaries. These cysts are benign but can cause problems with the menstrual cycle, fertility, cardiac function and...
The idea of counting calories has been around for a long time. It became popular around the turn of the 20th century when a scientist by the name of Wilbur Atwater noticed that the energy of food could be measured when you burned it. He discovered that you could measure how much energy was in...
“Just eliminate gluten and see what happens”. That’s what a naturopath said to me when I presented to him with fatigue. At the time I was like, “What is gluten?” I went straight home and looked it up. I was intrigued as to why the naturopath suggested I give it up...
Pokemon GO has taken the world by storm. It seems as though one day we were all living our lives as we knew it, and the next we were either out chasing Pokemon’s or asking what the hell they are.
A friend told me I should write a blog about Pokemon GO. She explained how a...
