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Are you the type of person that lunges for a cupcake when the going gets tough? Or scoffs chocolate biscuits when you feel tired, depressed or upset? If so, then you might just be an emotional eater.

What is emotional eating?
Emotional eating is a term used to describe when individuals consume large amounts of food, normally junk food, in what is similar to a binge-eating episode.

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If you’re anything like most people, you’ll spend the week following Easter in a catatonic state of complete and utter chocolate egg inebriation. You’ll probably feel bloated, stuffed and more than a little green around the gills.

After all, with the abundance of delicious, tantalising eggs circulating around Easter time, (cleverly masked as ‘gifts’) how can you resist the temptation…

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Sometimes, when it comes to weight loss, life gets in the way. The jobs, the kids, the social engagements, they all just seem to take priority over our health. If you are struggling with finding the time or the energy to dedicate to your health, you might benefit from some time at a residential weight loss retreat like those offered by OnTrack Retreats in Australia.

These programs…

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What could be more beautiful than a mountain of fresh and colorful salad piled high on a plate? Salads have always been associated with healthy living; however, all salads are not created equally. A salad is just a salad, simple and full of nutritious bounty until it is spoiled with high-fat, sugar-laden dressing, then it becomes something different, something much less healthy. Many people find…

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Bad habits, we all have them, we all hate them, and we all wish that we could change them. Good habits, we all have a few and wish we had more.  Especially when it comes to our health. The good news is that bad habits can be broken and better yet, they can be overridden with good habits. Unfortunately, for many bad habits around eating and exercise can lead to serious, if not life threatening…

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Do you find yourself snacking when you are feeling blue, or heading for the ice cream aisle when you are mad at someone? If so, you may be a comfort eater. Emotional eaters let their feelings determine when they eat rather than their body. Sometimes we can be emotional eaters and not even realize it. While everyone comfort eats from time to time, chronic emotional eating can lead to serious…

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Our partner weight loss retreat in Victoria by OnTrack has announced their latest upcoming program dates.

The weight loss retreat program runs from the Peppers The Sands Resort in Torquay and includes a full program of exercise, all meals and comfortable accommodation at the Peppers Resort.

Nestled on the headland in Torquay there are some amazing walks around the resort, and t…

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25 January 2013

Well done Don who recently attended the Weight Loss Retreat in NSW. He worked so hard, and deserved all the results he got during stay in December 2012.

Here’s what Don had to say about his experience at the NSW Weight Loss Retreat..

“I did 3 weeks at Central Coast and came away energized and confident. The best coaches and guidance for what I wanted to achieve, and t…

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Our friends over at OnTrack Retreats have announced they are moving their specialist weight loss health retreat in Perth to The Vines Resort in The Swan Valley.

OnTrack, as Australia’s No.1 provider of weight loss camps added the Perth health retreat to their properties in January but due to popular demand they needed a new home for their weight loss camp in Perth.

So, from March they w…

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