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Beautiful people,
At Real Life Medicine, our mission is to empower you to make the changes necessary for good health so you can live a happy and fulfilled life.
Sounds simple right?
We know, like many things, it’s not that simple.
If it was, you would have already done it, right?
We know!...
How to stay on track when drowning in Easter Eggs
Are you afraid you'll be pressured to eat the hot cross buns? Worried that the sugary easter eggs will be too tempting?
Easter is a time of year that brings joy and celebration and some very welcome time off work. However, it can...
Will a few drinks this Christmas and new year make you gain weight?
We commonly get asked, “Can alcohol fit into a low carb lifestyle?”
The short answer is - Yes!
It can, there are lots of low carb alcohol options that will not increase your insulin (our fat storage hormone) and can fit in with a ...
You have a goal. It might be to lose 35kg (77 pounds), it might be to improve your blood sugars, or it might be to get fit enough to hike the mountain trail you have always dreamed of. Whatever your health goal. You will get there much more easily if you have fun!.
What on earth could be fun about ...
“I just feel so overwhelmed”
This would be one of the most common things people say to us as doctors.
Feeling Overwhelmed is one of the major reasons people don't continue on with their health journey.
They stop doing the things because they feel too overwhelmed
The phrase that is often used i...
Hello lovelies, Dr Lucy here. As I am writing this, I’m sitting on my deck on Cocos Keeling Islands a small archipelago of remote tropical islands in the Indian Ocean about 1000km west of Western Australia.
This is the long-awaited family holiday that was booked in September 2019, six months before...
A change in bowel habits is common with any change in diet.
When starting a low carb or ketogenic lifestyle the reduction in carbohydrates can result in either constipation or diarrhoea.
It is important to note that any change in bowel habit that doesn’t resolve needs investigation as this is one ...
We get this question all the time, “Doctor, what can I eat at Easter?”.
Most people expect 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 you are the...
Hi lovelies, Dr Lucy here. In our Real Life Momentum Membership, the January Challenge was all about planning out the year ahead. Not a rubbish New Year’s resolution plan, but a really in depth look at our goals and aims for the year ahead.
The wheel is divided into segments, and we grade how well...
Self-care is the buzzword of the moment, and there's a good reason for that. The majority of us feel overworked and overwhelmed. We have so “much on our plate”. The pandemic is beyond our control but has placed inordinate pressure on our lives which were already busy. Often our needs go to the botto...
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...
