For many mums out there the pressure to lose that pregnancy weight can affect the enjoyment of those first months with your baby. So unless you are planning on donning the catwalk or appearing in Vogue, take a chill pill, enjoy your first few months, while slowly getting back into a healthy routine. It takes nine months to put the weight on, so expect around nine months to take it off again! After that, it’s more about your lifestyle than your bubba! Watch my segment below for more tips.

Tagged As: baby, exercise, Kerri-Anne Kennerly, Weight loss

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Recently New Idea Magazine has uncovered Matt Preston’s latest project – weight loss! He has enlisted yours truly to train him both face to face and online as he strips off 25kg and embarks on the quest to go from fat foodie, to fit foodie! New idea (23rd August 2010), and has outlined my training plan, nutrition plan and Detox that Matt has embarked on. Watch this space for more updates as we embark on what will no doubt be a whirlwind adventure between the Fitness Freak and the Foodie.

Tagged As: Amelia Burton, Foodie, Masterchef, Matt Preston, Weight loss

Recently I appeared on mornings with Kerri-Anne  to discuss whether it is necessary to weigh yourself for weight loss. It’s an interesting debate and one that I have very strong views about. Watch the discussion below…

What has your experience with the scales been? How frequently do you weigh yourself?

Is goal setting really worthwhile? A recent study from Harvard University seems to think so. In this goal setting podcast I explore how goal setting will put you back in the drivers seat and how to best organise your goals.

Click play on the above icon (approx 6min).

Have you done any goal setting this year? I’d love to hear what you’ve set out to achieve and how you are tracking.

Tagged As: Goal Setting, Motivation, podcast

Here is a hysterical clip of what not to do in the weights room. The obnoxious spotter is my personal favorite!

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Editors Note: This post is written by contributor Gina Ryan. Gina is a licensed nutritionist and Wellness coach from Hawaii. Read her Bio on the About page or visit her blog Lunch Without Ed.

Fat. The word itself will bring up some emotion for most people and for many it isn’t pretty!  Love it or hate it we find it back in the news, now with the scientific community saying the science was not really there all along.

Take for example this quote from a recent article;

“For more than three decades, we’ve been told that fatty foods are deadly, to blame for a full menu of health hazards, from heart disease to obesity to cancer. Regularly described as the nutritional equivalent of cigarettes, fat has been the target of public-service campaigns and municipal bans aimed at keeping us slender and healthy. But a growing body of international research suggests our obsessive fear of fat may be misplaced. A high-fat diet won’t necessarily make us sick or fat; a low-fat diet may not make us healthy or slim.” from Janet Paskin | June/July Ode Magazine.

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Editors Note: This article is written by David Hodgeson a Performance Coach, Business Architect and Advisor. You can visit him at I-Acomplish or read more about him on the About Page

Your secret weapon is something you already have unlimited access to, is more powerful than any supercomputer and can be honed to your every whim. I think you already know what I’m talking about. The answer is your mind.

Our minds perform the most complicated tasks without us needing to think about them. This autonomous control in life’s critical  actions hints at the potential of our minds. They say we use around 10% of our mind. This has proven difficult to prove and disprove. What we do know is that the minds ability to adapt is huge. The potential of our minds is incredible and yet we know so little about it. The following example demonstrates what training our minds the right way can do:
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Tagged As: fitness, mind training, performance, psychology

Editors Note: This post is written by weight loss expert (and former couch potato) Meg McFarlane. Meg has experienced the weight loss journey first hand and has chronicled this in her blog, Spud On The Run.  She has a Bachelor of Science from Sydney University is currently working in IT.

1. I  hate dieting

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Tagged As: diet, Excuses, healthy, Motivation

If you have trouble getting to sleep, or need some new meditation material, this video blog gives you some podcast tips! My personal favorites are Meditation Oasis. Go into the Itunes store, click on podcasts and search for Meditation Oasis. It’s narrated by Mary Maddox who has a lovely soft voice. Just be careful you don’t wake up with the ipod cord wrapped around your neck!

Tagged As: meditation, podcasts, sleep

Recently I competed in and completed the 2009 Boston Marathon (that’s me on the left being an idiot at Niketown!). I have never seen a city get so hyped up by a road race, not just on race day but the preceding days as well. It seemed bigger than Christmas day, New years eve and the big game rolled into one. With 25000 competitors, it’s a big race, but New York gets double that, as does Sydney’s City to Surf. So why is there such a hype around the Boston Marathon and is running this race really worth the gruelling winter training and US$250 involved?
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Tagged As: Boston, exercise, fitness, marathon, running