From Lisa Bullock There are times when  despite all your best intentions, sugar cravings hit and hit hard!  Rather than giving in;  blowing your diet for the day, week and month, try some or all of these sweet snacks (preferably not all at once!) Chocolate has to come head of the list!  What chocoholic hasn’t […]

Most recipes for tuna salad call for fat-filled mayonnaise, but this recipe uses fat free Greek yogurt instead. You get all the creaminess without added calories to set back your results. Servings: 5 Here’s what you need…     2 (5oz) cans wild albacore tuna, packed in water     1 cup fat-free Greek yogurt     2 […]

Excuse me for one moment, I’m just colour coding my underwear drawer – be right with you!  Oh, sorry about that – just checking that my world is organised, controlled, the T’s are crossed and I’s are dotted.    Um, just diverting to sort the cutlery drawer.  All good!  Not that I have control issues […]

Guest Post by Lisa Bullock “Organisation is the mother of all successful weight loss” And if Shakespeare didn’t get around to saying that, he should have!  You’ll have heard that other famous quote “Failing to plan is planning to fail”. I was chatting to a client last week about the frenetic pace of her life […]

Just because you gave up white bread and sugar doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy a delicious plate of French Toast! This recipe is made with sprouted grain bread, egg whites and protein-packed Greek yogurt. The whole family will love it. Servings: 5 Here’s what you need…     5 slices cinnamon raisin, sprouted grain bread […]

Here’s a bodyweight workout that uses the RIST and FUW method. RIST means ‘reps in specific time’ and FUW means ‘finish up with’ Set your timer for 45/10 and do: 5 prisoner squat finish up with burpees 5/leg spiderman push ups finish up with plank alternate leg lift wall sit with 5 stick ups finish […]

Guest Post by Lisa Bullock It’s stupid o’clock here in Melbourne!  Another night of sleeplessness and I’m wondering if anyone is on Facebook at 2.30am?  Surely there must be a host of over 40’s women who’ll want to hang out with me in the middle of the night because they can’t sleep either?  Maybe we […]

    1 cup cabbage     1 carrot     1 green onion     1 Tablespoon fresh cilantro     1 Tablespoon sliced almonds     2 teaspoons sesame low fat dressing     1/2 cup cooked chicken breast     Chop the cabbage, carrot, onion and cilantro into very small pieces. Add the almonds and toss with dressing.     Top […]

  I LOVE my boxing!   It’s probably about 14 years since I first put on my boxing gloves.  Not Taibo.  Not Boxercise.  Not girls in a room wearing pretty pink gloves doing circuits.  Boxing.  Punching people and being punched.   To many people, and especially women, it’s a “not quite nice sport” – something that […]

From: Lisa Bullock Even if you’ve been living under a rock, chances are you’ll have heard talk of Shawna’s wildly successful 21 Day Challenge Diet.   This is really a ‘non-diet’ diet in that the program teaches you healthy nutrition and sensible eating.  And one of the key elements in the success of this plan is […]