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Chocolate You Can Indulge In

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 16, 2015 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Food, Healthy Eating, Raw Chocolate Making, Workshops

Indulge in Chocolate – Yes You Can! Eating chocolate for me used to be a guilty pleasure. I was addicted to the fake euphoria I experienced with every massive sugar shot to my brain. It triggered my reward centre to release a hormone called Dopamine – I felt fine when I was eating chocolate. I even felt pretty fine after I ate chocolate. But about thirty minutes later I felt low, lethargic, irritable and disgusted – with myself and my lack of willpower; with my body and the excess fat I was carrying – the same fat I’d just fed a dose of creamy, sickly sweet chocolate to.

Chocolate Choc Chip Cookie [recipe]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 8, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Chocolate Choc Chip Cookie Make my famous Chocolate Chip Cookies – a variation of my Grandmother’s Ginger Shar biscuits and my Macadamia Chocolate Brownies. The perfect recipe to get the kids involved if you’re looking for a fun activity that results in food! It’s not gluten free, but more easily digestible by using spelt flour, however it is refined sugar free. These are a huge scrumptious hit in our house and usually the kids stop at two because they’re so filling and satisfying! This recipe is based on the Macadamia Chocolate Brownie recipe that’s in my raw and healthy chocolate eBook, “Easy Chocolate

Fig & Double Choc Healthy Hot Cross Buns

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 3, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Healthy Hot Cross Buns – Gothic Fig & Double Choc Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free, Egg Free It’s Good Friday 2015 as I type this and I’ve spent the morning with my Beloved in the kitchen, baking two versions of my Spelt Hot Cross Buns. The first is my Orange, Fig and Pecan Buns, the second, my Gothic Fig and Double Choc Buns below! Honey thought that these particular hot cross buns looked a little dark and Gothic with the melted chocolate crossed over the top – hence the name! Whether you celebrate Easter or not, love the family get-togethers, or

Orange, Fig and Pecan Healthy Hot Cross Buns

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 3, 2015 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Healthy Hot Cross Buns – Orange, Fig & Pecan Dairy Free, Refined Sugar Free, Egg Free It’s Good Friday 2015 as I type this and I’ve spent the morning with my Beloved in the kitchen, baking two versions of my Spelt Hot Cross Buns. The first is my Orange, Fig and Pecan Buns below, the second, my Gothic Fig and Double Choc Buns here. (Honey thought they looked a little dark and Gothic with the melted chocolate crosses over the top!) Whether you celebrate Easter or not, love the family get-togethers, or simply look forward to 4 days away from work, it’s

Inspiring Wellness to Live Your Best Life

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 3, 2015 / Food, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Medicinal Nutrition, Meditation, Nutrition, Wellness Coaching

Wellness Inspiration to Live Your Best Life Death and Cancer. These two words often co-exist and can strike fear, anger and grief into the heart with one cruel blow. And chances are, you have been affected by either one of these at least once in your life so far. Last weekend Jess Ainscough, founder of The Wellness Warrior, peacefully passed away at 30 years of age after living with a rare cancer (epithelioid sarcoma) for 7 years. She was so young and outwardly positive. Jess inspired wellness into the hearts of thousands who received her regular emails. She spoke and wrote

Tasty Cashew “Nut” Cheese [Recipe]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 1, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition

Tasty (Nut) Cheese that’s Dairy Free! You’ve got to hand it to the Cashew Nuts (that are actually the seeds and grow on the outside of the fruit!). Cashews have a great mineral source and contain 31% of the daily recommended value for copper, along with 23% for manganese, 20% for magnesium and 17% for phosphorus. Add to that 12% of the daily recommended value for vitamin K and you’re looking at a versatile and healthy nut to add to your whole food pantry. They’re also the perfect creamy nut with a subtle sweet taste. Because they aren’t overpowering you can dress them up however

Super Seed & Herb Crackers [Recipe]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 1, 2015 / Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Wellness Coaching

Super Seed & Herb Crackers Finally! I’ve cracked the code on home made crackers that don’t require a dehydrator! I’ve made so many seed and gluten free, grain free loaves of bread now, that I’ve wanted to finally break our Jatsz cracker habit by creating some kind of delicious and super healthy home made version of crackers that will make a decent amount to last for a while before having to make them again. I like the idea of all the things I can create with a dehydrator, but we don’t have one and I’m not ready to find extra

Cravings, Needs and Desires [VLog]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on March 1, 2015 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Eating Psychology, Emotional Eating, Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Mindset, Self-Care, Wellness Coaching

What are you really hungry for? Cravings, needs and desires… We all have them, but how often are we actually attending to our cravings, needs and desires? When we don’t feel fulfilled in our lives, these three areas will be left hungry for whatever it is that will fulfil, satisfy and satiate us on a deeper level. Yet, because we aren’t always aware of what we truly crave, need and desire in all areas of our lives, it’s far easier to reach for pleasure inducing foods that give us a short-term feeling of being happy and having what we want.

Beat the Food Designers at their Fat, Sugar, Salt Game

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 27, 2015 / dieting, Emotional Eating, Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Wellness Coaching

Food by Design A food designer’s job description: create the perfect ratio of fat, sugar and salt in a food product to create opiates in the brain and have consumers craving more! Big corporate food organisations rely on these food designers to create great wealth in their companies at an even greater cost to public health. People already restricting themselves on one diet or another especially find these cravings overwhelming. They will often berate themselves and feel like failures, believing they have no willpower or motivation, all because the food they’re eating is designed in such a way to make

How to Heal Your Gut (instead of bloating, fatigue and hormone imbalance)

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on February 7, 2015 / dieting, Eating Disorders, Food, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Mental-Health, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

Bloating? Fatigue? Hormone Imbalance? In the last two years we’ve heard more and more about the importance of gut health and it’s influence on the brain and mood – Largely thanks to the ABC Catalyst Program for their gut and brain function series last year which you can watch here. When I was navigating my way through Bulimia Nervosa for 18 years – eating and throwing up and literally hating my own guts – I had NO CLUE as to how our digestive health is intimately linked to our immune, endocrine, circulatory and central nervous systems… I didn’t realise that all the

Hydration Drink & Zesty Fruit Salad [Recipes]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 26, 2015 / Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Self-Care

Hydrate & Zest Up your Fruit Salad! My honey and I love to make hydration drinks that include natural mineral salt, whole citrus fruits, fresh herbs and a little zest. These drinks are perfect for a hot summers day, or at any time where you’ve been working out, sweating or simply not drinking enough water. Added bonus is using the whole fruit and having the fibre help to assimilate and metabolise the sugars. If you don’t happen to like the taste of plain water, making a vitamin water is a great idea in making the water look and taste more

Dairy Free Creamy Berry Pops

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 25, 2015 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

Creamy Berry Pops – Dairy Free It’s summertime. Hot, hot, hot. Of course the children, and adults alike, would love a nice ice cold treat that’s sweet, creamy and delicious. Well I’m all up for giving my family that, but I don’t like the unnecessary added sugars, artificial colours and preservatives that make up the store bought coloured icy poles. I’m really not a fan of frozen yoghurt or ice-cream, simply because of the ingredients and how it makes my stomach queasy. I’ve been blending up frozen berries for quite some time now on a hot afternoon and the children

Should you go Gluten Free?

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on January 21, 2015 / dieting, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss

Is Gluten Free for You? Why go gluten free? And what is gluten anyway? Surely you know if you’ve decided to exclude it! Unfortunately it’s a popular practice to jump on the latest health advice and follow along without really knowing why. So let’s get educated. There are various foods in modern life that are recognised toxins to the body. They’re inflammatory, upset hormones and attack the lining of the gut, which upsets the balance of healthy bacteria. The toxic six, in no particular order, are: gluten, dairy, soy, corn, caffeine and sugar. No matter how few calories you may be

Chocolate Orange Truffles [Video]

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 19, 2014 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Nutrition, Raw Chocolate Making

Chocolate Orange Truffles (with Rum!) REAL FOOD FRIDAY RECIPE I think you all know how much I love making my own raw chocolate, but sometimes it’s necessary to use a good dark quality chocolate (preferably organic) to break into pieces and whip up in a hurry. These deliciously decadent truffles are super easy to make and can be customised to your taste. Best of all, they comprise of only a handful of ingredients that you can put together quickly for a special celebration. I’ve already made these twice recently: for a Christmas party and a special treat at home for the

Mini Christmas Pudding Balls – Gluten/Dairy/Refined Sugar Free

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 29, 2014 / Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Lifestyle, Nutrition

Mini Xmas Puddings Balls! It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…. We put our Christmas Tree up today, and I’ve been thinking more and more about what healthy, delicious and nutritious whole food sweet treats I can make for the festive season to subsitute for the any of the processed, packaged and convenience options. Most people seem to love the traditional Christmas puddings – you know, the ones served with the creamy white sauce over the top – sweet, dense, rich and satisfying! Since the release of my latest eBook, “Healthy Chocolate Delights: Nutritious, Delicious & Guilt-free” (sweet treats, puddings,

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