Nutrition – Page 8 – Viki Thondley | Mind Body Food | Depression, Stress, Eating Disorders

HOW You Eat is Just As Important As WHAT You Eat and WHEN!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on June 2, 2013 / Eating Disorders, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Positive change, Positive Psychology

HOW You Eat is Just As Important As WHAT You Eat and WHEN! Many of you have heard me talk about food designers before. They have the task of creating the perfect ratio of fat, sugar and salt in a food product that will create opiates in the brain to have you craving more! People already restricting themselves find these cravings overwhelming and will often berate themselves and feel like failures, believing they have no willpower or motivation. This often leads to comfort or emotional eating, which of course is only feeding the cravings. People try so hard to eat healthy,

Easy Chocolate Delights Workshop in Toowoomba was AWESOME!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on May 12, 2013 / Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition

Well, the very first Raw Cacao “Easy Chocolate Delights” workshop was held at Sauce, The Sauce Kitchen in Toowoomba yesterday – Saturday 11th May 2013 – and it was an absolute success! Take a look at all the photos on the FB page here! 16 people (plus one very generous friend as my kitchen helper, and my amazing media manager and partner) all gathered at Sauce, The Sauce Kitchen to learn about, create and EAT real and easy chocolate delights, all made from the raw cacao bean!

Raw Chocolate Making Workshop with Super Foods in Toowoomba

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 24, 2013 / Benefits of Meditation, Food, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition

Easy Chocolate Delights Workshop! Come join me in learning how to make 5 easy and yummy chocolate treat recipes, made with REAL and RAW Cacao – the number ONE antioxidant food in the world! I will demonstrate with your help and everyone will sample! The recipes will be compiled into a small booklet for you to take home and create for yourself, complete with nutritional information on all ingredients used, AND along with your own personal goodies bag of Easy Chocolate Delights! YUM! Learn how easily you can make and incorporate delicious, healthy and nutritious chocolate delights into your eating plan with the help of one of the

Top 5 Natural Sweeteners

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 13, 2013 / Fat Loss, Food, Health & Fitness, Healthy Eating, Holistic Health, Medicinal Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Wellness Coaching

My Top 5 Natural Sweeteners We all know that sugar is bad for you and contributes to various health issues. So here are my top 5 natural sweeteners that are full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids that will contribute to your nutritional health without compromising on taste. Simply pick one according to your preference! 1. Coconut sugar — As the coconut tree is a palm, this means that coconut sugar is a type of palm sugar. It is made from the sap of cut flower buds off the coconut palm, and is a traditional sweetener that’s been used for

GF Orange Almond Cake

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on April 11, 2013 / Benefits of Meditation, Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition, Personal Growth

Orange Almond Cake REAL FOOD FRIDAY I came up with this very simple, easy and delicious one-bowl cake a few weeks ago (April 2013) and have since created variations of “Orange Chocolate Cake” and “Carrot Cake with Nuts and Seeds”. It’s a winner! The whole family loves this little beauty. It’s moist, satisfying and best when served warm. Best bit is it’s gluten and dairy free, and sweetened with nutritious coconut sugar! Enjoy Viki xo Gluten & Diary Free Orange Almond Cake! Ingredients: 2 cups of Almond Meal 1 tblsp ground Linseed OR LSA (linseed, sunflower and almond

Chocolate Rum Balls!

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on December 16, 2012 / Food, Healthy Eating, Nutrition

Choc Rum Balls for a Christmas Treat! Purely for inspiration – here are some delicious Chocolate Rum Balls I made yesterday that make a yummy Christmas Treat! Not having made these babies since my early twenties I simply put together what I thought until they were the right consistency for rolling. Chocolate Rum Balls are not exactly a healthy food, but in moderation – just like anything else – there’s no reason why you cannot enjoy them. Ingredients that I used are short and sweet: Weet-bix or Vita-weet bix Condensed Milk Cocoa Powder RUM! As one family member doesn’t like

Losing Weight for Health

By Viki Thondley | The MindBodyFood Coach on November 23, 2011 / Body Image, dieting, Emotional Eating, Fat Loss, Health & Fitness, Holistic Health, Hormone Balancing, Nutrition, Nutrition & Weight Loss, Wellness Coaching

Lose Weight – Your health depends on it. If you are facing health issues such as chronic inflammation, diabetes, cardio-vascular risks, auto-immune condition, hormonal imbalances, insomnia, depression, cravings, high blood pressure and arthritis – then you need to seriously attend to the extra kilo’s you are carrying around. Quite possibly you are well aware that you have a problem needing attention. Very possibly you’ve been aware for some time but have resisted admitting that fact to yourself for whatever reason. You may know already what it is you need to do, or you may lack motivation to change your habits because

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