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Want to lose weight in a healthy way?
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Kathryn’s Healthy Weight Loss Group is aimed at helping you to lose weight, while eating real foods and living your normal life. Members attend weekly, fortnightly or monthly, depending on their needs and the group is kept small to maximise personal attention. With the Balance2health Healthy Weight Loss program, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Unlike many weight loss schemes, you also receive personalised advice and strategies from a qualified Nutritionist. h3. Details: * Meetings are held …
Cooking Class: Cooking Basics - Using Eggs
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h3. SPACES AVAILABLE Kathryn starts a new series of cooking classes on Saturday. Called Cooking Basics, the classes are all about basic ingredients and techniques. Perfect if you lack confidence in your cooking skills; are just moving out of home; or want to learn some fundamental techniques. The first class is on EGGS and Kathryn will be covering: * the health issues around eggs * whether eggs are good or bad for you * do they raise cholesterol levels …
Cooking Class: Vegetables - Getting Your Five Serves
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Everyone knows vegetables are good for you, however less than 10% of Australians are getting the minimum five daily serves necessary for good health. If this is you, come to Kathryn’s cooking class where you’ll discover easy ways to eat more vegies, as well as different methods to prepare so they taste delicious. h3. Cooking Class Details: * Date: Wednesday 12 September * Time: 7.15 – 8.45pm * Location: Balance2health * Classes include: cooking demonstration, notes and recipes, tastings …
NEXT Cooking Class: One Pot Cooking
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Sometimes cooking seems to involve so much washing up. For some recipes you need saucepans, bowls, implements, food processors, spoons, plates, cutlery, and even more saucepans. Which is all too much for a Tuesday night, when you’ve had a long day and you just want a healthy dinner. However, it’s possible to make a delicious, interesting, easy and healthy meal using just one pan. In this cooking class Kathryn will look at ways to minimise the washing up and …
Starting this week - lunch-time Healthy Weight Loss sessions
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The Friday lunch time Healthy Weight Loss programme starts this week * 12.30pm – 1.00pm * at Balance2health * Cost is $10 – although you get your first session for free The Thursday evening group (6.15 – 6.45pm) is also open to new members. Contact Kathryn if you’d like to come along and click here for more information.
Extra Date - Cooking Class: Salads - Meals for Summer
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The popularity of this session means I’m adding a second date. Details below. As the weather starts warming up, salads become a much more attractive meal choice. While they can be healthy and full of vegetables, salads can also be dull and bland. In this seminar our Nutritionist, Kathryn Elliott, will be exploring ways to make salads more interesting. She’ll be talking about different flavours, textures, easy dressings and how to make a salad into a satisfying meal. h3. …
Cooking Class: Gluten Free Meals
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If you, or a member of your family, have to avoid gluten it can sometimes be hard to know what to eat. Many people end up having the same meals over and over and over, because they know they’re safe and suitable. In this session Kathryn will be demonstrating three delicious, easy and totally gluten free dinners which are suitable for the whole family. h3. Seminar Details: * Date: Saturday 29 October * Time: 3.30pm – 5.00pm * Seminar …
Extra Date - Cooking Class: Salads - Meals for Summer
Posted by kathryn in Nutrition
The popularity of this session means I’m adding a second date. Details below. As the weather starts warming up, salads become a much more attractive meal choice. While they can be healthy and full of vegetables, salads can also be dull and bland. In this seminar our Nutritionist, Kathryn Elliott, will be exploring ways to make salads more interesting. She’ll be talking about different flavours, textures, easy dressings and how to make a salad into a satisfying meal. h3. …
Cooking Class: Food For Your Skin
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Skin health is not just about what you put on the outside. While moisturisers and other creams can help look after your skin, it’s how you feed it from the inside which matters most. Find out which foods really nourish your skin, and how to use them in your daily and weekly meals. During the session Kathryn will also be demonstrating three skin-healthy meals. h3. Seminar Details: * Date: Saturday 30 July * Time: 3.30pm – 5.00pm * Seminar …
Ten Most Common Food Questions
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Should you be avoiding carbs, or just after 3pm? What about nuts, are they good or bad? Do you need to eat goji berries and exactly how much is enough vegetable? These questions and more will be answered in Kathryn’s session on the Ten Most Common Food Questions. It’s easy to get confused about what to eat and sometimes, every magazine you read tells a different story. In this session Kathryn will cut through all the rubbish and give …
Cooking Class: Cooking With Spices
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Using spices in your cooking is a wonderful way to add flavour and deliciousness to meals. And yet many people are hesitant about adding spices, lacking confidence in how to use. Barely used packets of spices can sit in the pantry for years and years, gradually losing their freshness and spark. In the middle of Term 2 our Nutritionist, Kathryn Elliott will be running a seminar on Cooking With Spices. She’ll be looking at simple ways to use spices …
Healthy Eating For Your Heart
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As the Heart Foundation says the health of your heart has a lot to do with the foods that you eat. Research shows that eating the right foods can improve and protect your cardiovascular health. But healthy eating can often seem boring, uninspiring even. This seminar is all about the foods to eat, and how to make healthy meals to protect your heart. Meals which are both easy and delicious. h3. Seminar Details: * Date: Saturday 2 April * …
Healthy Cooking Seminar: Easy & Tasty Vegetarian Cooking
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Having a couple of meat-free meals each week is a good strategy for your health. Cutting back on meat can reduce your saturated fat intake, improve the variety of foods you eat, while also introducing new and different foods, like legumes, which are really good for you. The trick to introducing more meat free meals to your own and your family’s diet is, knowing what to cook, how to make a balanced meal and how to ensure it tastes delicious. …
Seminar: Decoding Food Labels
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The average Australian supermarkets sells over 30,000 different products. Apart from the fresh foods most of these products are sold in packets, which are covered in pictures and words. It’s possible to find out a lot of information from food labels. However much of what’s on the box is marketing -which emphasises the good and glosses over the bad. If you’re concerned about your health and what you eat, then it’s vital to know some of the tricks and …
New dates for the Group Weight Loss programme
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In 2011 Kathryn will be running more sessions of her successful Group Weight Loss programme. This is a four week, group programme, aimed at helping you to lose weight, while eating real foods and living your normal life. Recommend a friend and you will get your first session for free. Each week will include a weigh-in. You’ll also learn about the best way for you to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise …
Psychology of weight loss
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There’s a great piece on the ABC’s website covering some of the psychology of weight loss – Mind Over Kilos. It covers a lot of ground, but takes a realistic and pragmatic approach. I particularly love that it discusses weight loss as a long term project and the effects even small scale changes can have. So often people want to lose all their weight NOW. The dietary restrictions and denial needed to achieve those goals are unsustainable, they fall off …
New dates for Group Weight Loss programme
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The next sessions of Kathryn’s successful Group Weight Loss Programme start up soon. This five week group programme is designed to help you lose weight, while still enjoying real food. Each week includes a weigh-in. You’ll also learn how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings. With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will also receive personalised …
Next Healthy Eating Seminar: Mid Week Meals
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- Date: Saturday 4 September * Time: 3.00pm – 4.30pm * Cost: $25 Cooking at home is one of the best ways to ensure you’re eating a healthy diet. However, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut, repeating the same old recipes week-in and week-out. Alternatively in the rush of daily life food can get pushed to the bottom of the list – meaning you end up eating take-away. Are you fed up with this and want to …
Dinner in 30 Minutes: Schedule
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If cooking is a chore and you’re bored with what you’re making, then you need some new ideas. Dinner in 30 Minutes is a series of 30 minute lunch-time cooking classes, where you learn how to make one new recipe. A dish which is healthy, easy, delicious and which can be cooked in under thirty minutes. Each session includes a cooking demonstration, take-home recipe sheet and (of course) tasting the dish. The classes cost $10 and _bookings are essential, as …
Group weight loss - evening meetings
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Evening sessions of Kathryn’s Group Weight Loss Meetings start on Thursday 19 August. This five week group programme is aimed at helping you to lose weight, while still enjoying real foods. Each week includes a weigh-in. You’ll also learn how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings. With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will also receive …
Dinner in under 30 minutes
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If cooking is a chore and you’re bored with the dinners you make, then you need some new ideas. From the end of July Kathryn will be running monthly 30 minute lunch-time cooking classes. At each session you’ll learn how to make one new recipe. Something you can make at home. A meal which is healthy, nutritionally balanced, but also delicious and only takes thirty minutes to make. h3. July 29 – Fish in Yoghurt Sauce In July’s session …
Group weight loss meetings - starting August
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The next series of Kathryn’s Group Weight Loss Meetings will start in August. This is a five week, group programme, aimed at helping you to lose weight. Each week will include a weigh-in. You’ll also learn the real story about how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings. With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will also …
Is middle-aged weight gain inevitable?
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There’s a great piece on the ABC’s website about middle-aged weight gain. A lot of people think it’s inevitable. There seems to be a widely held belief that as you age there’s a dramatic slowing of the metabolism, which means no matter how hard you try weight gain is going to happen. But this is not really true. There is a slowing of the metabolism as people age, but it’s relatively slight. What’s more significant in the development of middle-aged …
Seminars & programme update - spaces available
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There are currently two spots available in the Wednesday morning Group Weight Loss Programme starting on Wednesday of this week. * Five week programme * Wednesdays 10.00 – 11.00am – starting on 9 June * Cost: $20 per week * For more information click here or send Kathryn an email There are three places available in the special parent and baby friendly session of the Five Meals in Under 20 Minutes seminar on Thursday. * Thursday 10 June 2.00 – …
New Group Weight Loss Programme - starting in June
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The next series of Kathryn’s Group Weight Loss Meetings are starting up soon. This is a five week, group programme, aimed at helping you to lose weight. Each week will include a weigh-in. You’ll also learn the real story about how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings. With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will …
Healthy Eating Seminars - Including Mum (& Dad) & Baby Friendly Sessions
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Kathryn is now taking bookings for the May and June Healthy Eating Seminars – Low GI Cooking and Five Meals in Under 20 Minutes. We’ve also added some mum (and dad) and baby friendly sessions to the schedule, so bring along your little one and find out how to make healthy eating easier. h3. Seminar: Low GI Cooking Everyone’s talking about the GI, but how do you actually prepare low GI meals? In this session Kathryn discusses simple and …
Group Weight Loss Meetings
Posted by kathryn in Nutrition
The next series of Kathryn’s Group Weight Loss Meetings are starting up soon. This is a five week, group programme, aimed at helping you to lose weight. Each week will include a weigh-in. You’ll also learn the real story about how to lose weight, as well as practical ways to improve your energy levels and minimise food cravings. With the Group Weight Loss Meetings, you’ll benefit from learning in a supportive, group environment. Moreover, unlike many programmes, you will also …
Kathryn's a guest on the Two Fit Chicks podcast
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Last week I recorded a Q & A session with Shauna and Carla from Two Fit Chicks and a Microphone. The podcast is now available online and it’s all about Food Glorious Food. We talk about Vitamin D, the importance of eating a variety of foods, grapeseed oil, whey powder and a whole lot of other things. For details about how to download see the Two Fit Chicks website. – Kathryn
Indian-style Scrambled Eggs
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Over on my blog I’ve just posted a recipe for Indian-style Scrambled Eggs. It’s an easy meal which makes a tasty, filling and nutritionally dense breakfast. You could also make it for a quick dinner, at the end of the day. Pairing with a couple of handfuls of salad will ensure you get a good 3 – 4 serves of vegetables. I’ve been making this a lot over the last two weeks – it’s definitely my current breakfast obsession! …
Kick start your weight loss in 2010
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Do your New Year’s Resolutions include losing weight? It’s a really common goal, particularly after the eating and drinking excesses of the Festive Season. Starting the new year with a resolve to eat well, feel good and lose some weight. While you may start the year well, by the end of January or middle of February, the resolve is often fading. As life gets busier, the holidays end, you start back at work and the children return to school, …
Eat well, feel great in 2010
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Eat Well, Feel Great is a new 4-week group programme run by our Nutritionist Kathryn Elliott. Many people start the new year feeling sluggish, tired and like they’ve gained a few kilos over the silly season. The Eat Well, Feel Great programme is designed to kick-start your good health in 2010. Over the four sessions you’ll discover practical ways to get your health back on track, improve your energy levels and lose weight. We’ll be looking at: * food …
Healthy eating seminars in 2010
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In the new year Kathryn will be expanding her popular seminars programme, to include three new sessions: h3. How to cook vegetables so they taste great Everyone knows vegies are good for you. However only 5% of men and 10% of women are getting the daily five serves of vegetables regarded to be the minimum for good health. Whether you find they take too long to prep; don’t know how to include vegies in your day; or don’t like the …
Own up to what you eat
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Do you know what you eat? I mean, do you really know what you eat? We often have a picture in our heads of how we eat. While you may think you eat wholegrain toast, lots of salads, regular stir fries, plenty of fruit and minimal take-away, this may be different from what you actually eat. If you kept a Food Diary for a week, what would you find? It may be that salads, stir fries and fruit are …
Do you know more about nutrition & exercise than GPs & truckies?
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The latest Australian Family Physician has an article about weight loss facts and fallacies. Noting the confusion about weight loss information, they decided to survey two groups of people about their weight loss knowledge. One group were GPs and medical registrars, while the others were truck drivers and tradesmen. To find out if you can do any better, take the survey on Kathryn’s website – click here.
Quick Diet Review – $45
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The way you eat has a profound impact on your health. From the way you’re feeling now; your energy levels; ability to maintain a healthy weight; as well as preventing chronic diseases in the future – the food you eat has a direct impact. A one-off Quick Diet Review can help you work out how to deal with the downfalls in your diet – whether it’s missing breakfast; crashing after lunch; dealing with sugar cravings; or pre-dinner bingeing. If you’ve …
Re-evaluating your 2009 health resolutions
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It’s November. However we want you to think back to January of this year. What New Year’s resolutions did you make? In the excitement and enthusiasm of the beginning of 2009, what did you decide you were going to do differently this year? We often make big resolutions on the first day of the brand new year. We decide that finally this is the year we’re going to lose weight and get healthy. However, while many people start the …
How much food do you throw away?
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According to the University of Western Sydney’s Urban Research Centre Sydney-siders throw out over $600 million worth of fresh food each year, as well as $182 million of leftovers. Which totals almost $1 billion of food each year. There are lots of reasons for this. For example: bq. ‘Sydney is such a rich consumer society that it happily throws away in value as much as Sydney farmers receive in income,’’ said Phillip O’Neill, director of the centre, which crunched figures …
Looking for diet, food or health advice?
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Kathryn has developed a number of new programmes and consultation options: h3. Standard Nutrition & Herbal Medicine Consultation – $90 Find out how the combination of nutrition and herbal medicine can improve your vitality; boost your energy levels and set you on the path of good health. Includes: full health review; diet analysis; herbal medicine options; a practical and focussed plan that’s adapted to your health and lifestyle. First consultation 1 hour, further consultations 30 minutes Cost: First consultation …
2010 Healthy eating seminar series
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Over the last few weeks Alexia and I have been planning for 2010 at Balance2health. As part of that I’ve mapped out a series of seminars for the year. More information on each will be available closer to the date – but here’s an outline of what’s planned: h3. Term 1: How to cook vegetables so they taste great * Saturday 13 February 3.00 – 4.30pm * Thursday 18 February 6.30 – 8.00pm * Saturday 20 February 3.00 – 4.30pm …
Seminar: Controlling your weight after 40
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Once you hit 40 most women start noticing changes to their body and it seems to become more and more difficult to lose and maintain a healthy weight. In Kathryn’s Controlling Your Weight After 40 seminar she’ll be looking at this very issue. Bring along a friend, and join Kathryn at Balance2health for a cup of herbal tea and some healthy treats, while we talk about what to do. The seminar will concentrate on simple practical solutions, as well as …
Cooking for one . . . or two
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Update: 2 new dates added – see below. Spaces are available in each session. Book early as numbers are limited. If there’s just one or two of you at home, it can feel hard to get motivated to cook a proper meal in the evening. Instead many people fall back on take-away or toast. However no matter the size of your family, eating good food is fundamental to your health and wellbeing. And it’s possible to make it easier. …
Spaces available in latest Mid Week Cooking seminar
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There are still places available in the Mid Week Cooking seminar scheduled for Thursday evening (10 September). If you’re interested in coming along then let Kathryn know ASAP. There’s more information about the seminar here.
Mid week cooking
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The first three sessions are now fully booked. I’ve added a fourth seminar, in September. Cooking at home is one of the best ways to ensure you’re eating a healthy diet. However, it’s easy to get stuck in a rut, repeating the same old recipes week-in and week-out. Alternatively in the rush of work, kids, public transport and daily life, food can get pushed to the bottom of the list – meaning you end up eating take-away or frozen …
Winter Weight Loss Plan
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If you have made the decision to change old habits, lose weight and get fitter – now’s the time to act! Keep moving over winter; learn how to control cravings and find a healthy way of eating that you enjoy. The Balance2health Winter Weight Loss Plan will ensure you lose weight and have more energy, while still enjoying tasty, satisfying meals. h3. Get the individual care and attention you need Losing weight and getting into a regular fitness routine …
How to beat fatigue
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Is tiredness getting in the way of your enjoyment of life? Are you so tired it’s impossible to get through the morning without drinking a triple espresso? Being tired affects everyone at some point in their life. A busy life, staying up late, a full week at work can all lead to tiredness. However if you’re feeling fatigued all the time it can affect your health, relationships, work and happiness. h3. Feeling tired all the time? There are a …
Five healthy meals to beat the heat
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It’s hot here in Sydney, which adds an extra layer of difficulty to eating well. I don’t know about you, but the thought of turning on the oven fills me with horror. However eating endless salads can also get a bit tedious. So here are five healthy meal ideas, that keep the kitchen (and you) cool. h3. 1. Roll your dinner in rice papers An excellent way of sprucing up vegetables is to roll them up in rice papers …
Kathryn's in the new Wellbeing Food magazine
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Wellbeing magazine have just released their first Food Guide. It’s a beautiful issue, called Wellbeing Food: Eating for Pleasure & the Planet. A cross between a book and a magazine, Wellbeing Food is a guide to eating local, fresh, seasonal and sustainable food. Kathryn’s article looks at whether fresh, in-season fruit and veg really is best. Other writers cover how to buy organic food on a budget; the ethics of eating fish and meat; what “biodynamic” actually means; the best …