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The ACTIVATE trial
Increasing physical activity after a diagnosis of breast cancer has been shown to improve both physical and emotional health, and overall quality of life. It can help improve body weight, muscle strength, confidence, mood, depression and anxiety. Research also indicates that regular exercise may also reduce the risk of…
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A little festive season tip talk!
Food tips Tis the season for family, festivity, and food—lots of food! With a little planning you can still enjoy the temptations :) * Avoid going hungry to parties. Eat something light before the party to reduce your chances of snacking on high calorie party food. * Don’t try to lose weight over the festive season.…
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Sydney Support Lunch
The Sydney Support Lunch was enjoyed today by these lovely ladies. Ali came to chat about the wonderful (and free) YWCA Encore exercise program - designed specifically for women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer. This was our last Sydney lunch for 2016. Thank you to everyone for a wonderful year of lunching…
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The countdown to the Carman's Women's Fun Run is on!
As the weather starts to get nicer and the silly season approaches, more and more of our members are enjoying the outdoors and looking to include some sort of activity into their days. The countdown to our 2016 Fun Run in Melbourne is on and this may be just what you need to kick start some new health and wellness goals.…
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WEIRD
Woke up this morning sun was shining, no wind,got up & got ready for my 5km parkrun as I do every Saturday morning. By the time I got there it was blowing a gale & cloudy but off we went, like we always do rain , hail or shine. Had Flynn, a Kelpie, attached to me as his human is on the injured list & cant run & off we…
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Central Coast Support Group
The Central Coast Support group enjoyed a lovely lunch together today in the beautiful setting of the Japanese Gardens. Carol was our guest speaker from Encore, a wonderful free 8 week program specifically designed for women who have undergone treatment for breast cancer. She also shared how important it is to include some…
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Friday Update!
A big hello to everyone. Welcome to the Friday Update. This week we have 24 new members. Please welcome @weaver, @Tilley, @DMaree, @Colette, @KezMac, @HealingPower and all our new members. Community highlights Each week we have lots of different discussions take place in the online network. These can include questions,…
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First Chin-up. Yay!
Some of you may remember I recently began a weightlifting program to hopefully improve my bone density. One of my personal aims was to improve my upper body strength enough to be able to do a chin-up. Today I achieved that! What a feeling to achieve this. My body has been through so much and the aches and pains (Femara…
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Breast Cancer has changed my fitness ideas to another level
Hi, my name’s Karen and I am a Breast Cancer survivor, a member at Fernwood Darwin and I have just completed my 'Certificate III in Fitness' through Fernwood Learning. In March 2012, at the age of 37 married with 3 young children, my life was turned upside down. I went for a routine mammogram and ultrasound following my 40…
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Its Friday
hi everyone thought I would give us something to do .... not that we are not busy but come Friday it is the end of the appointments for the week etc and time to catch our breathes ready for next week. THIS picture has a phone which has fallen off the Coffee table onto the Carpet can you find it ? Don't spoil it if you…
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Friday Update!
A big hello to everyone. Welcome to the Friday Update. This week we have 29 new members. Please welcome @Pickles, @minty, @tommo, @rosieree, and all our new members. I had the pleasure of spending the last week in Newcastle and Sydney with the BCNA team for our Information Forums. The highlights, putting faces to names,…
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Power squared
This is one of my husbands favourite sayings. He uses it to describe the situation where something has more than one benefit and the benefit is then multiplied rather than just added on (yes he's an engineer!). That is what I am finding regarding the Weight Class (for bone health) that I now attend 2 to 3 times a week. I…