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Most of us have all done the yo-yo dieting. You can lose weight and then it comes back. You end right back where you started and have often put on more weight.
Long term calorie restriction will do this.
You will lose weight in the short term by cutting calories, but science tells us that long te...
Stigma is horrible, yet it is all too common in our society.
Anyone who does not fit the ideal “norm”, including those who are overweight, frequently suffer stigma.
Any of you who are or have been overweight, will have undoubtedly suffered stigma at some time with the common and misguided belief t...
We get this question all the time, “Doctor, what should I eat at Christmas?”.
Most people are expecting us to give them a food list or a meal plan, but here’s the thing - there is no one plan that suits everyone.
There is no one size fits all.
The key is to really know yourself well.
Remember...
I love analogies.
I just love them. They make complicated things easy.
One of my favourites is Fluffy.
Low carbohydrate diet (low in starches and sugars) is a very powerful lifestyle tool to lose weight permanently and regain fabulous health.
However, craving carbohydrates can make starting and st...
Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to whip up a quick and easy low carb dinner that the whole family will love - low carb burgers.
Ingredients
- 500g beef mince
- 1 zucchini, grated
- 250g hallo...
Visualisation is a kind of mental rehearsal that is often utilised by sportspersons. It is also a powerful technique you can utilise to stay on track with your healthy changes this Christmas. You can make visualisation your weight loss superpower.
A fascinating and famous study from the University ...
Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to whip up a quick and easy low carb dinner that the whole family will love - low carb chicken stroganoff.
Ingredients
- butter
- onions, chopped (we used fro...
Christmas is all about joy.
But pesky old joy doesn't always spontaneously arrive.
We have to cultivate joy.
So what does joy have to do with weight loss? Well, we know that the majority of people don't eat because they are hungry.
We eat because we are bored, sad, lonely, angry, resentful...
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Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to whip up a quick and easy low ca...
The silly season is soon upon us. Food and alcohol-filled work Christmas parties, family gatherings, and friend’s barbecues, fill our calendars and our stomachs. It is a busy time of buying gifts, managing family expectations, and prepping for events. It can be a wonderful time of friends, fun, and ...
Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to whip up a quick and easy dish for entertaining or taking along to a get together - cheesy chicken meatballs.
Ingredients
- 1kg chicken mince
- 125g grated ...
Christmas time is the giving season. Gifts are in abundance.
We often talk about giving ourselves a Christmas present.
“I’m going to treat myself this Christmas…”
And frankly, why not?
We deserve it. We’ve worked hard all year.
But the one thing that this pandemic has shown us is that:
“Th...
