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Time to step up your activity levels with a daily brisk walk

  WALKING can improve health and fitness. Walking can help you lose body fat and maintain a healthy weight, improve your fitness and reduce your risk of developing conditions such as heart disease, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and some cancers. To get ...

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Tuna patties

Preparation time: 15 minutes   Cooking time: 20 minutes Makes: 30 patties Recipe highlights Suitable to freeze Store covered in fridge (under 5°C) Nut free Ingredients 500 g potatoes, peeled, and cut in quarters 1/2 cup milk 325 g canned tuna in brine, drained 1 ...

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Thinking outside the box

"I wish I was on a program like yours." "I wish I had a gym membership" I have heard these comments over the past 2 weeks and it's really got me thinking. Some of us just can't afford a gym membership & even ...

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Run for your life

Fernwood Fitness offers a healthy incentive So you didn’t win the first Better Health Club six week challenge with Contours Bendigo. Don’t despair, we have another challenge for all the runners-up. We had so many deserving entrants, it was hard to choose just ...

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Open souvlaki

Ingredients 400 g trim lamb, diced 2 cloves garlic, sliced 4 tablespoons tzatziki 4 slices of pita bread (preferably wholemeal) 2 cups shredded lettuce or ...

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Shake, rattle and roly poly

A few weeks in, and Steve has discovered there’s a health professional for every step of the way... THE pack has been unleashed. It’s my own doing of course. Since I hopped on board the Bendigo Weekly Better Health Club it’s been nothing ...

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Annette takes the challenge

FLORA Hill mother of two Annette Sayle has spent the past 20 years looking after a lot of people, but not herself. That is about to change. Annette’s daughter has cerebral palsy, and endured two difficult brain operations last year. While still caring ...

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Increasing excercise

STARTING an exercise or fitness program requires some preparation. Build up your level of activity gradually. Always warm up before exercise and cool down afterwards to avoid injury. Some stretching can help avoid injury. If you are new to exercise or ...

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Bendigo’s obesity crisis

THE State Government has formally released the statistics highlighting Bendigo’s obesity crisis, and they are daunting. We don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables, and more and more Victorians are becoming obese or developing diabetes. We’ve improved our smoking habits, have kept steady ...

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Confronting the new me

  Bless me Bendigo, for I have sinned.  It has been goodness knows how long since I last exercised and only a few days since my last chocolate binge. Hi, I’m Beck Chalmer. Wife, mum of two boys, radio announcer (3BO’s Breakfast ...