25kg overweight and I feel sensational! wait, what?

Today I feel good about myself. Isn't it great (and a little strange) that losing even just a small amount of weight can have such a positive impact on the way that you feel about yourself. I have lost just over 5kg in four weeks.  And today, I reached into the drawer and pulled out my 'normal' jeans.  These are my favourite pair of jeans because they fit me really well at this weight.  A month ago, on my birthday, they were almost too tight to wear.  I remember wearing them to the kids' first day of school and feeling...
delicious summer healthy eating meal plan

delicious summer healthy eating meal plan

I don't know about you, but I have a real love / hate relationship with summer.  Like most people, I guess, I love the thought of summer when I am sick of winter.  And then, when summer is making it unbearable to go outside, I am begging for winter to return. When it is hot,  it is hard to think.  It's hard to find the desire or motivation to cook in a hot kitchen.  So for summer meals, I have tried to go really simple this year.  We use our BBQ a lot - steak with fresh corn has been...

are your thoughts making it hard to think? find out how to live in the present

I'm sick today.  I have a cold and for the first time, in a long time, I'm at home.  Alone.  Completely by myself. It's so quiet.  I'm sitting on the couch by the windows with a view outside.  It's a warm, sunny day and from my seat I can see the tops of the eucalyptus trees that stretch across the sky.  There's a breeze from the overhead fan and occasionally I can hear a car drive past or the fridge compressor switch on. There's no children chatting, playing or arguing in the background.  No call of "Mum, I'm hungry" or...