Weekly Messages
Take Control – Beware of the see-food diet
The see-food diet is probably the commonest diet in New Zealand. Remember two-thirds of New Zealanders are overweight. So the see-food diet is an obesigenic diet. If we want to maintain obesity (which we don’t!) the see-food diet is the (more…)
Enjoy Life – Be thankful for simple things
Enjoyment of life can begin and deepen without spending a cent, and without consuming another calorie, or losing another kilogram. It can start happening today. Being thankful is one of the fundamental ways of achieving greater contentment and enjoyment of (more…)
Persist – When the going gets tough, go into first gear
Sometimes the journey feels easy – the strategies are in place, the weight is steadily coming off, the cravings have vanished. Everything is ka pai! These are times to enjoy and savour because for the rest of the time there (more…)
Eat Well – Knock all added sugar on the head
Whether it be the paleo diet, the Atkins diet, the Ketogenic diet or any other diet, we can be sure that each diet craze will be followed in time by another fandangled cure-all diet. If any new magical diet has (more…)
Get Active – 10,000 steps a day is achievable!
A sedentary life featuring a lot of sitting around is an excellent strategy for maintaining obesity. Getting up on your feet and walking a little more is an important ingredient in the overall recipe for recovering from obesity. How much (more…)
Take Control – There is no magic
Many people join up to a snazzy up-beat gym and think great! That’s it I’m now fit. It’s human nature – we’re masters in self-deception. In the same way, joining the warm and supportive Kia Ākina network might lull some (more…)
Enjoy Life – Be thankful for simple things
Enjoyment of life can begin and deepen without spending a cent, and without consuming another calorie, or losing another kilogram. It can start happening today. Being thankful is one of the fundamental ways of achieving greater contentment and enjoyment of (more…)
Persist – Be a tortoise rather than a hare
Slow small steps achieved every day will get a tortoise a lot further along the journey than a hare that intermittently takes great leaps and bounds. The hare can appear to be making dramatic progress in the short-term. However, when (more…)
Eat Well – Are you sure you’re not thirsty?
It’s strange, but we’ve all experienced it. We can feel like eating when we’re not actually physiologically hungry. This happens when we’re responding to a whole range of other cues that stimulate us to feel hungry and want food. These (more…)
Get Active – Experiment with new behaviours
We all wish there was a quick-fix solution to our problems. Many of us probably joined Kia Ākina hoping that it was going to provide an easy, quick-fix formula to recovering from obesity; anything other than working on a new (more…)