Getting Healthy

Hi! I'm a naturopathy student, writer and self-confessed chocolate addict living in Melbourne, Australia. I spend most of my time studying and thinking about Nutrition, Homoeopathy, Flower Essences, Iridology and Western herbal medicine. I love to try new and interesting foods and alternative health practices (in the last chapter of Getting Healthy I tried quinoa and dry brushing) and I am always on the look-out for something to try. If there is anything you'd like me to try or write about, do let me know! Goal: To go back to school in March 2010 with a whole new body, a muscular, lithe, panther of a body. I plan to achieve this by putting in place an exercise routine and healthy eating habits that, hopefully, will last a lifetime. I'm not so much concerned with dress size and weight as I know from experience that thin does not always equal healthy. My goal is to reach the highest level of health that I can, whatever that means for me. Stats: Age: 25, Height: 165cm (5'4"), Weight: 60kg (132), Clothing size: 10 on top (US size 6), 12 on the bottom (US size 8).
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Week 7: Back on the wagon!
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 30 December 2009

Finally, finally I am getting back on the wagon. I’m convinced that the week either side of New Years’ Eve has some kind of special mojo that enables me to achieve things I have been struggling with all year. New Years’ Eve is my most favourite day of the year, followed closely by the 1st [...]

Week Six: Honesty
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 22 December 2009

You know those people who are addicted to helping? Who will go out of their way to solve other people’s problems, but won’t touch their own? I think I’m one of them. In my everyday life I try to help people solve their health problems by telling them about the healthy living tools that I’ve [...]

Gauri: Week 5: The Work
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 15 December 2009

I’ve realised that most of the things that are stopping me from eating and exercising properly right now are emotional in nature:

I have had conflict with friends lately
My family is a bit more stressful than usual
My beloved cat has been sick
Money has been very tight
My room and lounge room look like a rubbish dump and [...]

Gauri: Week Four: How to remember to eat
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 8 December 2009

I am so far off the wagon that the wagon has not only disappeared around the corner but is now trundling off to Sydney.
Somehow in the past two weeks I’ve forgotten how to eat three square meals. Lunch has been the most neglected meal. I have been eating either Weet-bix or a banana, or failing [...]

Gauri: Week 3: Of Feelings and Flower Essences
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 1 December 2009

This week I began a course of Australian Bush Flower Essences. In a nutshell, Flower Essences are energetic preparations, made from flowers, that can be used to heal emotional and spiritual blocks. There is very little of the physical flower left in a Flower Essence, and only the flower’s vital energy remains (kind of like [...]

Gauri: Week Two: Wagon? What wagon?
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 24 November 2009

Is it possible to fall off the wagon before having really got on?
Last Thursday I finished exams (YAY!). That evening I said to myself, “Gauri, tomorrow you will drink with your uni friends. After that, there will be no more junk food in your diet for two whole weeks.”
Well, it was a nice thought. On [...]

Gauri: Week One Survey
By Gauri
Posted in CH.II, Getting Healthy on 17 November 2009

My “Getting Healthy” Info
1. As of the beginning of this project, what are your height and weight?
Height: 165cm (5′4″)
Weight: 60kg (132).
This is what that looks like:

2. We all know that numbers never give us the big picture. When you think of your body – its size, shape, strength and health – how do you feel?
This [...]

Final week: Video wrap-up
By Gauri
Posted in CH.I, Getting Healthy on 28 October 2009

Hey there!
This week it’s a video blog from me instead of a post. In this video I talk about how things went last week (badly, I’ve fallen so far off the health wagon it’s not funny), and I wrap up the first chapter of my Getting Healthy experience. Click here to watch it. Don’t worry, [...]

Week Seven: Body knows best
By Gauri
Posted in CH.I, Getting Healthy on 19 October 2009

Yesterday morning, during the cardio phase of my work-out, I noticed something was wrong. My muscles were stiff, I felt more tired and dizzy than usual, and dancing like a nut to 90’s hits wasn’t having the usual beneficial effect on my mood. I considered stopping my work-out, but decided to put the sensations out [...]

Week Six: Drunk on dry brushing
By Gauri
Posted in CH.I, Getting Healthy on 13 October 2009

Whoops. Google is telling me that it is now Tuesday in America, and I have missed my updating day. This is because I am almost drowning in uni work (five assignments and four exams in six weeks — panic ! panic !) and my memory is like a sieve when it comes to the rest [...]