Category Archives for Diet
Meal prep for beginners update
“Meal prep is the key to success” This is one of the secrets to being able to stick to your healthy eating plan. The saying “Fail to plan or plan to fail” is true when it comes to changing eating habits. Without planning, motivation and conscious thought is required to create suitable meals. This is […]
Read moreHow to avoid weight loss (diet) discouragement
Have you ever started a diet or weight loss plan only to become completely discouraged? You might have been discouraged with lack of results, or discouraged by your own efforts. But maybe it was not your fault. To make matters worse, when you became discouraged, you self-medicated with feel-good starchy, sugary foods or alcohol, or […]
Read moreMeet Bev
Lost 21 kg and 56 cm – That’s 26.96% of her body weight Prior to my 50’s I managed to maintain a healthy weight and a reasonable level of fitness. It wasn’t until I experienced the joys of menopause that my weight increased. I had thought that putting on weight around the hips and waist […]
Read moreMeet Jo
Lost 4.3kgs and 27.5cms in the 42 day challenge! My step is lighter, my clothes fit better. Clothes I haven’t worn for 3-4 years fit me now! I feel healthier. I have more energy. I now eat more nutritious foods and so do my family. This is what the 42 day challenge did for me. […]
Read moreMeet Felicity
Lost 7.3kg and 31.5cm – That’s 9.09% of her body weight Before coming to Healthy Inspirations I was feeling frustrated, as my efforts to lose weight had not been successful. Despite eating Lite ‘N’ Easy meals and walking at least 4kms per day, I couldn’t shift the weight. The Air Force had just accepted my […]
Read moreDo you kick against diet rules?
It’s common that many people who want to lose weight actually don’t want to be told what do. As soon as they have rules or guidelines in front of them, they dig in their heels. One of our centres had this exact issue during the week. Trying to tell the person what or how much […]
Read moreAre you shopping for milk at the hardware store?
If you have a really important goal in mind, one of the hardest things to learn is that you have to stop going to the hardware store for milk. Of course, nobody goes to the hardware store for milk – they don’t even sell milk, after all – but it’s common that we do look […]
Read moreMeet Elaine R
Lost 9.6 kgs and 41 cms. “After returning from overseas at a hefty 75kgs and a body shape I was not proud of, I tried regular walking, and restricting food intake which achieved a small loss. I was introduced to Healthy Inspirations where I got knowledgeable advice on diet and exercise. After a slow start […]
Read moreMeet Kuljeet
Lost 7kg and 23cm – That’s 12.34% of her body weight I’d never really done much exercise before. I tried a gym a while ago but it didn’t suit me as I didn’t know what to do on the machines and the classes were too hard. I knew I had to change something when my […]
Read moreWinter skin
Have you ever noticed how your lips get chapped and your skin gets dry in winter? It doesn’t have to be like this, yet we just accept it and get on with our lives. If we don’t just accept it, that means there must be something we can do about it, right? We used to […]
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