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Nourishing Knowledge Blog Post Seven: Processed Foods
Image Source: www.naturallifeenergy.com Processed food has a very bad reputation when it comes to nutrition and health but what many people don’t realise is that processed food is more than just potato chips, drive-through hamburgers and Spam. It may come as a surprise but wholemeal bread, homemade soup and even a chopped…
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Mindful Mondays Blog Post Four: mindfulness in everyday activities
Our lives are comprised of moments, one after another. For instance, today you may have woken up, turned off your alarm, got up, showered, dried yourself, had breakfast, travelled to work or school, etc. We can engage in each of these moments with a sense of curiosity and engagement, or just on automatic pilot. We can…
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Regaining fitness
I am ectsatic that I finally managed to get to the pool today. I've finished my 4 cycles of AC chemo and each cycle has been quite different. Cycle 1 sick for a week then was able to do some pool exercises and a gym session with light weights and felt good. Cycle 2 I was sick for 2 weeks then was exhausted and just kept…
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Weekend Workouts Blog Post Six: Pilates
Image Source: www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au Pilates is a physical fitness system that was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. It involves exercises performed on the floor on mats, or on specially designed equipment in studios. Pilates uses a range of techniques to facilitate improved body awareness, strength,…
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Exercise and Cancer - double your survival!
"By age 85, every second Person will develop it. But what if I were to tell you there's a medicine that may double your chance of survival and cause your own body to attack the cancer? It's exercise. " Do yourself a favour and watch the recent ACB Catalyst story about how exercise can increase survival rates and has zero…
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Nourishing Knowledge Blog Post Six: Eat Smart While Dining Out
Image Source: www.123rf.com Dining out, whether it is restaurant dining, grabbing something on the run or a takeaway, is something most of us like to do. One of the main issues with these food choices is the high kilojoule content, due to extra oil, fewer vegetables, fatty meats and pasta-based dishes. These meals can…
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May you be Mindful - Get Active and Keep Well Challenge!
Get Active and Keep Well online group challenge! Set yourself the goal of practicing mindfulness for at least five minutes every day this May. Mindfulness exercises allow you to be present and aware of what is actually happening to you by not allowing your attention to drift off to what happened to you yesterday or might…
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Moving forward and feeling better
After getting the call from surgeon on Wed to say they didn't get everything out last week and falling to pieces, we had my surgeon appointment yesterday and can't believe how much better I am feeling today. Not knowing what is going on is just the worst! When I know what's going on and what can be done, I am superwoman!…
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Feeling Great
Hi Ladies, I haven't posted for a while but I am feeling really great, I am just on my tablet for 5 years now my oncologist put me on Exemestane, the only side effect has been the bone pain but I am managing it quite well. I am doing things like my old self now but I have a new prospective and outlook on life, everyday is…
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Mindful Mondays Blog Post Three: The Mindfulness Journal
Why keep a mindfulness journal? Keeping a journal is in itself a mindful activity. Keeping a regular journal will encourage you to stop and reflect on the mindful activities you have completed. These might be: * Formal mindfulness meditation exercises; * Moments of less formal mindfulness, such as pausing to really taste…
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Nourishing Knowledge Blog Post Two: Percent Daily Intake Guide
You may have noticed labels on packaged foods called Percent Daily Intake or %DI. This shows you the percentage of energy and nutrients in a serve of the product. Because it is on the front of food packaging, it’s easy to see and can be a useful guide for choosing foods to best meet your nutrient needs. You can use %DI…
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Weekend Workout Blog Post Five: Heartmoves
With only two days left of Heart Week for 2016, it’s only fitting we shine a spotlight on Australia’s heart health and talk about Heartmoves. Heartmoves is a gentle group exercise program suitable for anyone who hasn’t done any exercise in a while. Participants can exercise at their own pace in a friendly atmosphere,…
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Never goes away does it?
Good afternoon girls I have been thinking...the breast cancer journey never really ends does it? I sometimes count myself lucky that my cancer journey, which started 12 months ago, didn't involve any chemo or radiotherapy but i did have 5 surgeries (2 minor ones, then the mastectomy/reconstruction and then 2 follow-up…
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Nourishing Knowledge Blog Post Five: Sizing up our food
Image source: myhealthoc.org Over the years, the ‘regular’ meal and drink sizes and suggested serve sizes on many food packets have increased and have often surpassed what’s recommended. Although a giant muffin or an extra-large cookie might seem like value for money, unfortunately it is adding no value to our health. One…
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Losing weight.
A little background of my weight. In my 20's I was 58 to 59kg which upon looking a past photos taken of me was a bit on the thin side so obviously that's not a good base weight. Just before the BC news I was 82kg. I had been up a high as 88kg but that was a post Christmas weight and didn't stay long. 88 is absolutely not…