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Eat Well – Eat slowly, very slowly
It is Christmas time and food is everywhere, lots of yummy food, including yummy healthy food. Christmas is always a high-risk time of the year for putting on weight because there is just so much more food right there in (more…)
Get Active – Deliberately build in more activity
When you think about it, we New Zealanders live pretty inactive lives. Just walking three blocks can seem a long way to many people. But our bodies need movement and our hearts love to pump it up a bit. We (more…)
Take Control – Routines and reality
There’s something very real about standing on the scales and checking our weight. Becoming overweight requires a certain neglect; and part of this neglect is being dissociated from the reality of slowly putting on unnecessary fat. Becoming overweight requires us (more…)
Enjoy Life – By being thankful
One of the surest ways of enjoying life is to become more thankful. Counting our blessings means focusing on the good things in our lives and feeling grateful for them. There are controlled psychological experiments confirming that genuine happiness increases (more…)
Eat Well – Eat bulky low-energy food everyday
Bulky low-energy foods are natural appetite suppressants; they really do quench hunger, particularly when eaten slowly – thorough chewing and deliberate pausing between mouthfuls. What are the best bulky low-energy foods to eat? Two of the best are salads and (more…)
Persist – Make the change
Everyone wants to lose weight without having to put any real energy into it. But putting things off until tomorrow is literally a killer when it comes to obesity and recovery. Procrastination about taking the steps to make the permanent (more…)
Eat Well – Chew every mouthful thoroughly before swallowing
As we become more conscious of our eating behaviours we might be amazed at how we eat. A mouthful of food, a couple of chews and then, instead of chewing the food thoroughly we swallow, or perhaps shovel in another (more…)
Get Active – Leave the car in the garage
Isn’t it great to have a car – it’s so comfortable and convenient. However, along with TV, the private motor vehicle is one of the most obesigenic of all the human technologies. It takes a bit of planning and cunning (more…)
Take Control – Set short-term weight goals
One of the most important ways to Take Control is to set goals and be committed to them. It is easy to have grand plans for the future, but these can soon fade in the hurley-burley stress of life. Making (more…)
Enjoy Life – By being reassuring, comforting and encouraging to yourself
We all know the “long and happy journey” isn’t always happy. All of us have experienced some ups and downs and most have also experienced some really big ups and downs over the years while coming to grips with our (more…)