My last post was all about tip #1 for transitioning to a whole foods diet; just changing the way you think about food. The questions you ask, the ingredients you challenge and the advice you think twice about. This was the lesson I learned in January 2012.
Continue reading Transitioning to wholefoods – February 2012
If you’re reading this blog, I’m assuming that you’ve had your ‘penny drop’ moment. That moment where you realise that what is considered commonplace these days isn’t actually normal. Our lack of movement, the number of chemicals we are inundated with each day, the packaged pseudofoods we consume, our irregular sleep patterns and the status quo of negative self-talk and limiting beliefs. For the sake of keeping this post as brief as possible, let’s just focus on the pseudo-food side of things for now. If you haven’t already had an a-ha about what real food actually is, then perhaps this post might just open your mind up a little.
Continue reading Transitioning to whole foods – January 2012
If someone had given my 14-year-old self a diet diary of what I eat now that I’m 19, I would have laughed, squirmed and probably thrown up (all at once!).
Back then I loved nothing more than Special K cereal (original variety) with plain yoghurt (from local Adelaide business; The Yoghurt Shop) for breakfast, a wholemeal cheddar cheese and grated carrot toasted sandwich at lunchtime, and marinated baked salmon with salad and a baked potato for dinner. I’d snack on apple slinkies (where I’d make my apple into a slinky shape with a tool from the homewares store) and warm skim milk (microwave heated) with a chocolate Sipahh straw. My favourite treat was frozen banana yoghurt (also from The Yoghurt Shop) and I was partial to eating natural peanut butter out of the jar with a spoon.
Continue reading Transitioning to whole foods – an introduction
Oh hello there. You’ve found some very old content. Please read the disclaimer on this page before thinking I’m still a total sheep who has been sucked into a bone-broth worshipping fad diet. Been there, learned from that and am now a much less rigid human.
Let’s be honest, GAPS may be just what the doctor nutritionist ordered, but it’s not without it’s drawbacks, challenges and isolating guidelines.
Here’s a few truths that only those living the GAPS life will truly understand.
Oh hello there. You’ve found some very old content. Please read the disclaimer on this page before thinking I’m still a total sheep who has been sucked into a bone-broth worshipping fad diet. Been there, learned from that and am now a much less rigid human.
It’s been since this post that I’ve done a GAPS update and I figured it was time for another one.
I’m half on full-GAPS, half stuck between stage 5/6.
GAPS Status: It’s complicated.
Last night I had the pleasure of cooking dinner for my mum and stepdad. Usually I cook GAPS food for myself and mum cooks what she calls ‘regular food’ for everyone else dining at our place that night. I miss cooking some of my old favourites, such as a simple chicken curry with steamed Jasmine rice. I always jump at the chance to cook a meal for the rest of the family.
Natural selfies are the best kind of selfies
You may be expecting that today’s post is where I’ll be getting up on my little soap box and banging on about animal cruelty and make-up testing or perhaps about the many chemicals that we voluntarily lather upon our bodies, especially our faces, each day. However, whilst these are very relevant factors, today I’m discussing the cost of make-up from another angle. YOU and your self esteem.
Katie is a friend of mine who made gradual, yet radical changes to her diet and lifestyle and reaped countless benefits for doing so.
Experiencing the changes herself has driven her to educate her community on how to live happier, healthier and more vibrantly – one baby step at a time.
Meet Katie …
You know when you hardly know someone, yet get the vibe that they are a ‘good egg’? That’s Megan. We met at the 2015 Wellness Summit and even though we only spoke a few brief times, I was overwhelmed by Megan’s genuine warmth and humble glow.
