Bright Diets

07/09/2026

SYDNEY ZUMBA FEST + STRONG NATION TRAINING
I am going to@sydneyzumbafestival and STRONG Nation (Choreographed HIITT) training next weekend (19th) if anyone would like to join me, or meet me for lunch, afternoon tea or dinner afterwards on the Saturday.

Tickets:
https://zumbafest.com.au/
https://strong.zumba.com/en-US/

I am sure to be sooooore after it all but it will be worth it!

07/09/2026

CALLING ALL DANCERS AT HEART!
I am keen to start another Zumba Gold class in addition to my 9am Monday Gosford 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre and 11am Friday Narara Ecovillage
Please get in contact if you are keen for a 5.30pm Monday Narara Ecovillage Class or 11.15am Gosfrod 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre Class.

FYI This and next week I have another FREE 11.15am Wed Class at Gosfrod 50+ Leisure and Learning Centre to see if it a popular time.

What Is Zumba Gold?
Zumba Gold is a low impact dance class for:
-the older active adult: bit of a falls prevention exercise class with specific balance exercises.
- can be a good option for people with an injury/ post knee and hip surgeries with no jumping or twisting- check with your health/fitness professional first
- those new to dance, coming back to fitness including post pregnancy, (check with your health professional) we build upon the basic moves as the dances progress.
- people with disability or neurodiversity who need to keep their busy brain active with positive thoughts and connect the mind to body.
-anyone who finds the regular Zumba class too fast and too intense and loves to keep all the different dance genres around the world alive!

We do a bit of salsa, cha cha, disco, country, swing, belly dancing and more!

Leave all self judgement at home!
See you shaking your stuff on the dancefloor!

07/09/2026

GET OFF YOUR BUTT!
🌟 What are some changes you can make to your lifestyle?
🌟Standing desk?
🌟Less time commuting- can you find a job closer to home, walk, scooter or ride?
💪🥗 Share your strategies to get up off your but!

07/09/2026

This is so sad, nutrition consultation with an expert Accredited Practising Dietitian is so important.

Unless a Dietitian does a nutrition assessment, (I often use a nutritional analysis software called Foodworks), to check food intake against requirements, you can't guarantee the multivitamin supplement is effective. I am not sure how much time the hospital Dietitians had allocated to the family but knowing the health system, it may not have been adequate. Feeding therapy has come a long way in recent years and requires a lot of time to educate, reasssess and make progress.

In other countries Dietitians are starting to have prescibing rights for supplements, which are like medication, you need the right dose to be effective, too much and you can get side effects, too little and signs and symptoms of deficiency present. Then, there are interactions with other medicines or herbals etc to consider. So a consultation process with the GP or pharmacist would work best.

I would love to see Dieitians more valued and everyone see a Dietitian just like they would see a GP or dentist. The 3 D's Doctor, Dietitian and Dentist, it is normal and acceptable. Have a check in about your eating habits with your Dietitian and you will be in the best control of your health that you can be.

I would love to see every family with a child with a disability and feeding concerns seeing an experienced Accredited Practising Dietitian from the moment they start having concerns. Hospitals have long wait lists and limited time. NDIS has a lot of red tape.

If you know someone with feeding concerns please encourage a Dietitian consultation. It could be the best thing you do! Find an APD at Dietitians Australia

The Queensland coroner found a six-year-old boy had a severe vitamin C deficiency when he died after suffering a cardiac arrest in 2024.

06/09/2026

WOYTOPIA IS ON NEXT MONTH!
Check out my:
- Eat Like An Eco-Warrior Green talk at 10am
- Zumba session- Calling all IBIS's (INTELIGENT BIN INSPECTORS for the Chicken Dance!) Kariong Eco Garden
- Performance- channelling Hannah Malony again and my Little Costa!
This is mostly a volunteer run event so get involved to help make a cleaner and greener world for our future!
https://www.facebook.com/share/1F7oDju5Fh/

05/09/2026

A huge thanks to On The Coast Over 55 for another fabulous edition and for printing my article: Is It Food Allergy, Intolerance or Coeliac Disease?
Have a read along with all the other fantastic articles.

05/09/2026

GROW IT KNOW IT OKINAWA SPINACH
Okinawa is a Prefecture in Japan in the Blue Zone: where a higher number of centenarians live, whose diets are high in plant based foods, omega 3's and super low in factory foods.

Okinawa Spinach is so easy to grow, it does not mind a bit of shade, (a trait of plants with with a purple underside of their leaves) or a damp spot. Mine has also survived the sunniest and dryest places in my garden. It cna be prone to critters that munch the leaves too, but if you grow plenty in different places of your garden giving that fair share of 25% to nature should not be a problem. It propogates from cuttings so easily that you can make many plants and share abundantly. I plan to grow a lot more in my garden to eat, now I have begun using this new (to me) food in my cooking.

Like all spinach it is a great source of fibre (to keep you regular), vitamin C (for immunity), vitamin A (eye health), and Vitamin K, for blood clotting. It contains minerals like calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium and manganese as well.

You can eat Okinawa Spinach raw such as in a salad, or cooked in pretty much any dish you please. How do you enjoy yours?

04/09/2026

🌟 Movement Motivation!
🤝 Let's motivate each other to love moving our bodies and keep working on our fitness. Let's suppport each other on this journey to a happier, healthier you. Together, we will get there!
💪🥗 Share your strategies to get motivated when you started your fitness journey.

03/09/2026

WOYTOPIA IS ON AGAIN!
Fundraising event on at Link and Pin if anyone is keen: https://www.facebook.com/share/1bKbDKTWbo/

I have a busy day planned!
- Eat Like An Eco-Warrior Green talk at 10am
- Zumba session- Calling all IBIS's (INTELIGENT BIN INSPECTORS for the Chicken Dance!)
- Roundabout Circus Performance- channelling Hannah Malony again and my Little Costa!
- Will I have time to help out at Permaculture Central Coast Inc. stall or help out being an IBIS with Lisa from Kariong Eco Garden ? If not they will want some help too so reach out!
This is mostly a volunteer run event so get involved to help make a cleaner and greener world for our future!
https://www.facebook.com/share/1F7oDju5Fh/