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November 2007

Summer Kebabs

Tip:  soak your kebab sticks in cold water for a few hours before threading the sticks and BBQing.  It stops them burning, which makes kebabs a whole lot easier to eat!

Soak as many sticks as you need to have 2 sticks per person.

While sticks are soaking, cut into chunks of a similar size: fresh pineapple , then capsicum, nectarines and chicken thigh fillets (skin and fat removed). 

When sticks have soaked sufficiently, thread alternately the fruits, capsicum and chicken making sure you have about 4 pieces of chicken per skewer. [Vegetarians will of course skip the chicken.]

When all the sticks have been dressed, brush or spray lightly with olive oil, and drizzle very lightly with honey, and sweet chilli sauce.  This will help the pineapple and nectarine to caramelise and tastes delicious.

Grill on the BBQ on a medium heat, or in a frypan, turning regularly to brown evenly.  Cook until no pink juices run from the chicken.

Serve with salad or cold sweet potato salad for a delicious and low fat meal.

Are you wobbling with winter weight woes?

I've been going down to Mt Gravatt where I am looked after.  You can use the centre purely for maintenance rather than weight loss, because they shape women for life!

Quickly call HI Mt Gravatt and
smile again!

Dear Reader 

I have now settled into Gordon Park, on the north side of Brisbane and love walking around the Kedron Brook creek.  It's been wonderful to observe the wildlife in and around the creek.  There were 17 turtles in one patch of the creek, it's so cute to see them hanging by their nose, which just peaks out the water's surface.  Plus a snake, (I've lived in the bush so snakes don't worry me) eels, little fish, a guinea pig, and the gorgeous array of birds: ducks, moorhen, ibis, parrots.  Oh, don't forget the water monitor lizards, sunning themselves in the morning light.  How blessed are we to live this close to the CBD and have this fantastic wildlife in our midst? 

Take a walk and visit your local wildlife, and feel fit and fabulous while you are out and about.

Warm regards Narelle

Anxiety

Anxiety manifests in many symptoms that interfere with the autonomic nervous system - this is that part of us that runs many physical aspects of our body 'automatically'.  When anxiety occurs, instead of normal physiological activities occurring, such as perspiration because you are hot, or rapid breathing because you have been for a run, or trembling jelly legs because you've worked them hard; no instead of those things happening because of appropriate activities, they happen because you are anxious about something.

Imagine the worst, and anxiety hits!

You see, when you go out into the future and imagine the worst, or something that's hard to do, your subconscious responds to your imagination as though it were real and happening right now.  Gradually, because you keep imagining the worst, your body becomes conditioned to experiencing this worst, and so before you know it, you always have anxiety with it's accompanying symptoms.

Symptoms of Anxiety

Here are just a few symptoms of anxiety:

• Dry mouth

• Breathing difficulties

• Shaky or jelly legs

• Feeling faint

• Noticeably perspiring

• Feeling scared

What can you do?  Here are my 7 top tips to reduce anxiety.

Simple yes, easy yes, so do it!

1. Focus on seeing, feeling and believing that you are getting better, every day, in every way. 

2. Stop your negatively impacting self-talk.  Stop it now.  Tell yourself something positive such as, "Every day in every way I get fitter, stronger, healthier!"

3. Drink loads of water and ease the stress on your brain.

4. NO CAFFEINE!  Uh Uh, I said NO CAFFEINE!  No tea, coffee, chocolate, or cola or cola substitutes.

5. SMILE!

6. EAT REGULARLY!  I mean it.  People who eat nourishing food regularly have less emotional swings than those who eat irregularly - when your blood sugar decreases (through lack of food) your mood worsens.

7. BREATHE!  Take a slow deep breath through the mouth and breathe in and push your tummy out as you breathe in.  This will expand the lungs to allow more air in.  
   Now breathe out SLOWLY through your mouth and pull your tummy in so it pushes up against the diaphragm and that pushes against your lungs to expel all the stale air.  
   As you breathe in, on the first breath breathe in peace, and breathe out tension.  
   Next breathe in calm and breathe out anxiety.  
   Lastly breathe in love and breathe out negativity.  
   Do the three breaths 3 times a day and notice your body begin to relax. And come and see me!

 Master's Wisdom!

Master says, 

"Drink lots of water!

Your mind and body is 90% fluid so hydrate."

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