For husband and wife weight-loss team Ros and Rob Holloway, losing weight was a matter of making lifestyle changes rather than following fad diets. And the Sydneysiders have lost the kilograms to prove it! “We’d actually been losing weight for about two years before we decided to join Weight Watchers at the end of 2004,” […]

Green leafy veges are brilliant! Also lots of green teas. I have found from personal experience and reading that these two items would have the greatest impact on my weight. And even more importantly, on the way I feel. The easy way is to just increase the quantity of these in your diet. For instance, […]

What’s a reasonable amount of sugar for fruit yoghurt to have and how much can I assume the sugar content is from the fruit or an added form? In yoghurt, sugar is found in many forms: from the yoghurt itself in the form of lactose, from added fruit in the form of fructose and sometimes […]

Following a painful and debilitating spinal injury, Deborah Morandin gained nearly 40kg. But now the 35-year-old motivational trainer from Brisbane, Queensland has lost every excess kilo. Here’s how she did it. “It was February, 2003 when I injured my lower back while I was surfing,” she explains. “It required a long rehabilitation and lots of […]

Question: l have curly to wavy hair which is very thick. How can l wear my hair in a stylish way without always having it in a ponytail? Brooke Answer: Everyone I know is curling their hair! You have the perfect hair for all the backswept and up-dos around at the moment. What you need […]

By Annette Campbell Just four days before what was to be the happiest day of her life, Glenys Cook heard the words all women fear: “It’s breast cancer”. “I went into shock, just started trembling and shaking,” she recalls of that moment in her specialist’s office. “I didn’t cry at first. I think the shock […]

Question: My dog Elly-May is a miniature poodle and has lived with us ever since she was a puppy. Whenever we take her to see other dogs she snaps at them when they come close to her. She is five years old now and I was wondering is there any way we can get her […]

Chuckie, our shih tzu/border collie cross (yes, it is possible) has many anxiety problems and had a couple of biting incidents. After contacting a behaviouralist, Chuckie was placed on anxiety medication, which continued for approximately 10 months. It helped a lot, together with some heavy retraining, but we decided that it was time to come […]

By Lucy Hine A quick learner, eager to please, gentle and non-aggressive ? the Labrador is one of the most popular dog breeds in the world and a great family pet. The Labrador is a well-adjusted and adaptable dog that can just as easily be the devoted companion of an elderly person as a children’s […]

I spent many long, hard hours over the first five years of my marriage trying to build a business for my husband and myself. Unbeknown to me, he had been bankrupt twice and had few employable skills, so I established a business using mine. He was to do the selling. After mortgaging, pawning and losing […]