YMCA Healthy Living Magazine, powered by n4 food and health Summer 2017 | Page 9

EUCALE STANES
Eucale is a passionate Accredited Practicing Dietitian (APD) who
loves food and helping people maxamise their health. She is also a
wife and mum and enjoys cooking, running, gardening, and
bushwalking. For more information about Eucale visit
www.nutritioninaction.com.au or www.n4foodandhealth.com

advise your friends of what you need
to do (and not do) so as to avoid
temptation from peer pressure, and
find a great PT to help educate and
empower you through your change.
• Make a contract with yourself – write
down a list of parameters that you
are going to stick to over the silly
season, for example: “I will consume
no more than five units of alcohol per
week, I will eat five serves of veggies
everyday, and I will accrue 200
minutes of exercise per week”. Write
these down on the back of a picture
of your goal (a healthy body, strong
legs, a mountain you would like to
climb, an event you would like to
compete in), and keep it in your

purse as a daily reminder of the
promise you have made to yourself.
• Don’t have a restricted fitness regime
that doesn’t allow you to be able to
change your mind depending on
where you are and what you are doing.
I quite often advise clients to change it
up or if they are going away, know
what areas and facilities are available
(e.g. run on the beach instead!). This
also refers to your eating habits in
regards to lunches, going out and
enjoying the holiday and new year
t