Dietitians Corner
Weight Loss Motivation
As a dietitian, I often have people asking me how they can get motivated to lose weight. The simple answer is, it’s not something that can be packaged up and handed to you on a silver platter. Everyone has different motivations when it comes to weight, health, fitness and nutrition.
Psychological barrier to weight loss
So you’ve got your exercise program and diet sorted, the weight should just drop off now… right?
How to set realistic goals when it comes to your weight loss plans
Starting out on your health journey can be a little daunting, and people certainly experience information overload with access to so much conflicting diet information online (with most of it not being helpful, or even correct).
How to use social influence to your advantage for weight loss
We all know that we can follow different diets and exercise regimes to assist with weight loss, but now we also know that we can use social influence to improve our weight loss results.
How to Go 'Low Carb' the Healthy Way
Do you love carbs? Most people do and carbohydrates are in so many foods that they are hard to avoid, but should we be avoiding them in the first place?
How to Maintain Weight after Dieting?
Have you ever gone on a diet, lost the weight and then regained it plus an extra kgs? Unfortunately, many experience this, you’re not alone! It’s not the that diet wasn’t effective, because it was...
You do you this Mother's Day
f you’re a Mum, we’re sure you’ll agree that finding ‘you’ time to look after yourself comes at the end of a very long list of other more important tasks and people to care for.
How to be more active from home?
With many of us spending more time at home now, being more active and adding some structure to our daily routine has never been more important for our physical and mental health.
8 Tips to Help Develop Healthy, Sustainable Eating Habits
If you’re trying to lose weight or improve your health, you’ve likely tried or considered a number of diets. With so many to choose from, the options are endless...
Egg-cellent Weight Loss Tips to Survive the Easter Holidays
For most, our daily routines have changed as we find ourselves spending most of our time at home. While for some it can be a nice break from the outside world, catching up on spring cleaning...
What to do when weight loss stops?
You’ve worked hard to lose weight by following through on your weight loss meal plan and keeping up with your exercise routine. To begin, your weekly weigh-ins have become a time of celebration, which strengthens your drive and motivation to continue your weight loss journey.
Losing Weight As You Age
While this is an area that needs further research, it does seem that as the decades pass, it becomes a little harder to drop the kilos. Now, before you decide all your weight gain is due to this, it should be noted that...
