Whole Food Revolution

20/11/2025

Friday musings 🤔

ChatGPT was asked how to live to 140 years old…
And the authors were shocked by the answer.

But should we really be surprised?

At Whole Food Revolution, Ronit and I saw this truth years ago:

Chronic stress silently unravels everything.
It overrides good nutrition.
It sabotages movement.
It disrupts hormones.
It accelerates aging.
It dims the mind and crushes the spirit.

We’ve only just begun to understand how deeply stress shapes our biology, our metabolism, and our ability to heal. And most of us are walking around carrying far more of it than we realise.

If we want to live long, live well, and live with joy…
it’s time to prioritise the mind.

Not as an afterthought.
Not as a “when life slows down” project.
But as the foundation of real, lasting health.

Because the body can only thrive when the mind is safe, supported, and calm.

Longevity starts in the mind.
The rest is simply strategy.

If you want to understand your mind—and how it shapes your health, your habits, and your healing—join us for our Habits to Healing Workshop on 21st February 2026.
Your transformation starts there.

https://wholefoodrevolution.com.au/program/emotional-eating-habits-to-healing/

20/11/2025

Hi Wonderful Whole Food Revolutionists,

This week, I have reached 134 Hours of Fasting… and My Body Is Basically Sending Me Love Letters

Much like every fast, I stop it due to a family dinner.
I count the hours, count the days 5 days and 14 hours.

Don’t clap — it’s not a big deal. I’ve done 10-day fasts before, so my body is happy.
I know my body well enough to understand what it’s capable of.
But every single time I fast, even after years of practicing it, I’m surprised by the same simple truth:

My body loves the rest.
My mind loves the quiet.
My whole system feels like it finally has space to breathe.

At around day 4 or 5, something inside me always shifts. My body becomes calm. My head clears. My emotions settle. The noise drops and I can "hear" my own thoughts, I can feel my skin. I feel lighter, not just physically but emotionally — as if someone wiped the dust off my internal world.
Like my body is sighing with relief because I finally gave it a holiday.

I fast because it feels like pushing the reset button on my system — physically, emotionally, hormonally, mentally… and sometimes spiritually.
And this is exactly why I keep coming back to fasting.
Not because I’m trying to prove something.
Not because 134 hours is impressive.
But because it feels like coming home.

And if you want to learn how to fast safely, happily, and without feeling like you’re starring in your own survival show… we built something just for you:

6-Week Self-Guided Fasting Reset
https://wholefoodrevolution.podia.com/learn-how-to-fast-right-6-week-self-guided-fasting-reset

Next year, we are going to have the 5 days fasting challenge and we hope many of you join us but... we advocate for you to fast right and if you are not training your body, to reach 5 days, it is not going to work. In order to get to 5, you have to start slow. You can find all that information on the fasting reset course.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend
Hugs
Ronit

Your body might thank you.
Mine usually writes me poetry around day 5.

19/11/2025

💪 Week 3 — C = Carrying Load!

Strength training isn’t just for athletes.
It’s the secret to staying independent, energetic, and toned as we age.

Use what you have: water bottles, shopping bags, or even your body weight.

🕔 5-Minute Strength:
• 1 min wall push-ups
• 1 min squats
• 1 min water-bottle curls
• 1 min glute squeezes
• 1 min stretch

17/11/2025

F.A.C.E. Ageing Challenge: 5 Minutes to a Stronger You

This week, Its C = Carrying Load

Building muscle doesn’t make you bulky — it makes you functional!

Losing muscle = losing mobility, balance, and metabolism.

But building it back? That’s your anti-ageing superpower.

Every squat, lift, and push you do protects your bones and your future self.

16/11/2025

15/11/2025

Aerobic Exercise for Women Over 40: A Smarter Midlife Approach

When “Pushing Harder” Stops Working
Let me tell you about Marian, a woman in her late fifties who came to see me about 18 months ago. She arrived feeling tired, frustrated, and confused. She had been gaining weight around her middle, her energy was low, and she felt constantly overwhelmed by life and her own body. What worried her most was that she was doing “everything right” — at least according to the standard fitness advice she had always believed.

She was exercising five days a week, following a demanding routine designed by her young personal trainer. Each session pushed her to the edge — heavy weights, intense intervals, and workouts that left her sweating, shaky, and breathless. Her trainer believed he was helping her get strong and lean. But her midlife body was quietly saying something different.

When I asked how she felt after those workouts, she admitted something important:

“I feel wrecked. I have to lie on the couch for an hour afterwards. And the next day I’m exhausted.”

This is a story I hear far too often from midlife women. The truth is: the type of aerobic exercise that worked in our 20s and 30s often backfires in our 40s, 50s, and beyond. Hormones change, our stress response changes, and our metabolism becomes more sensitive. This is why understanding aerobic exercise for women over 40 is so critical.

After several sessions discussing her symptoms, nutrition, and hormone changes, I suggested something that surprised her:

“Let’s ease off the high intensity for a while. Just walk. Move gently. Let’s bring your nervous system down, not up.”

She hesitated — like many midlife women, she feared that reducing intensity meant “giving up” or “losing fitness.”
But she trusted the process, and everything changed.

The Gentle Shift That Transformed Her Health
Six weeks later, Marian walked into my office looking completely different. Not physically — but energetically. Her eyes were brighter. She smiled easily.

All she had done was switch temporarily from punishing workouts to gentle aerobic exercise, primarily walking. And yet the benefits were remarkable:

Her energy improved dramatically

She felt clear-headed instead of foggy

She was no longer living in a cycle of crash and recovery

Her waist shrank by several centimetres

Her mood stabilised

Her sleep deepened

Most importantly, she felt in control again

This is the power of choosing aerobic exercise for women over 40 that supports hormone balance rather than fighting against it.

Continue reading 👇

Learn the best aerobic exercise for women over 40 – gentle Zone 2 movement plus short bursts of intensity. Support hormones, burn belly fat and feel energised without burnout.

14/11/2025

Why don’t governments and health authorities promote a low-carb, whole food lifestyle — despite the growing evidence that it can reverse obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disease?

In this eye-opening conversation, Dr. Nelum Dharmapriya, GP and Ronit—talk about why powerful systems continue to promote outdated, low-fat dietary guidelines.

You’ll discover:

The role of Big Food and Big Pharma in shaping nutrition policy

How the low-fat movement led to sugar addiction and chronic disease

Why doctors aren’t taught nutrition in medical school

The truth about whole foods, low-carb living, and metabolic healing

How to take your health back — naturally, confidently, and independently

👉 Stay healthy, eat whole foods, move daily, get sunshine, and trust yourself.
There’s no money in health — but there’s freedom in it.

🔔 Subscribe for more empowering talks on low-carb living, mindset, and metabolic health for women over 40

Why don’t governments and health authorities promote a low-carb, whole food lifestyle — despite the growing evidence that it can reverse obesity, diabetes, a...

13/11/2025

Friday musings 🤔

“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” — Marie Curie

At Whole Food Revolution, this is one of our deepest pillars.
When we understand the science behind our nutrition, our hormones, our metabolism, and the way our bodies respond to stress, sleep, movement, and food… we become empowered.

Knowledge dissolves fear.
Clarity creates confidence.
Understanding fuels change.

So today, let this be your reminder:
You don’t have to fear your symptoms, your cravings, your weight changes, your hormones, or the unknown.
You simply need the right information — explained in a way that makes sense — so you can take back your power.

Here’s to learning more, fearing less, and stepping into the strongest, wisest version of ourselves.

13/11/2025

Today is World Kindness Day, and every year when I get to this date, I can’t help but think—why just a day?
Honestly, we could all use a World Kindness Week, or better yet, a World Kindness Year.
Because if there’s one thing the world needs right now, it’s more kindness—towards each other, sure—but mostly towards ourselves. I always say ripples starts from the inside out.

Last week in our workshop, the theme of kindness to self, came up again and again.
At the end of a full day of learning, reflecting, and sharing, we asked everyone to share their biggest takeaway.
And guess what kept coming up? “Being kind to myself.” Over and over again.

It’s funny how something so simple—being kind—feels so radical when we apply it to ourselves. Especially when it comes to our health, food choices, and emotional wellbeing.

Now, you might be thinking, “Alright, Ronit, what does kindness have to do with my whole food, low-carb, healthy fat lifestyle?”

Oh, my fellow revolutionist. Everything. Absolutely everything.

Every change—whether it’s healing your body, changing your relationship with food, or managing your emotions—starts with kindness. And it always, always starts with kindness to yourself.

Why Kindness Is the Foundation of Real Change?
Continue reading
https://wholefoodrevolution.com.au/world-kindness-day-self-kindness-weight-loss/

12/11/2025

Health and the number on the scale are not the same.

12/11/2025

Aerobic activity keeps your heart young and your brain sharp.

Women who move daily have stronger metabolisms, better sleep, and fewer mood swings.

🕔 Today’s :
• 1 min brisk march
• 1 min side steps
• 1 min step-ups
• 1 min light jog or dance
• 1 min deep breathing

What song will you move to today?

11/11/2025

We talk a lot about gratitude as a way to be happy and healthy.
I'm sure you know by now that happy and healthy go hand in hand.
Though they have a direction.
If you are happy, you are more likely to be healthy.
If you are healthy and take it for granted, you won't be happy
Think about it.
The direction matters.
If you work on your health but not your happiness and miss opportunities to be appreciative and grateful, it will be a long battle.

Today , Gal and I took Naya ( our granddaughter) to the swimming pool. It was a heated swimming pool and there were many disabled people with carer in the pool.
As a special Education professional who know what it means to work with a child or a grown up who is disabled, It reminded me how lucky everyone of us is , for having a healthy child.
I think the opposite of happiness is taking things for granted, otherwise we would be in constant gratitude.
Gratitude for being healthy instead of complaining on the petty things in life.
Gratitude for having children instead of complaining about them.
Gratitude for living in a peace zone, instead of complaining about what doesn't work around us.
and more relevant to you, a member of the healthy, happy revolution is being grateful for every progress you have achieved, every drop of 1 kg of weight, every moment of clarity,every time you take a deep breath , every time you care for your body and mind....
I can make this list so huge, it'll never end.
We can be in that state if we choose to, any minute of our day.
Ok, we need to do other things as well but we especially need it when things are not going so well, a reminder, of how lucky you are.
So, if things are challenging , ask yourself, why am I so lucky? and see how the challenge is easier to manage.

When we got home, it reminded me that the Be Happy Family is donating to people who are less fortunate in countries that are not so lucky as us in Australia and we have been doing it for over 10 years through kiva.org. Actually I think we joined about 18 years ago. i just remembered the women who told me about kiva and she came into my life 18 years ago.
So, I gave a loan donation to two groups in Portugal and one group in Vietnam and I'm happy we do it.
Over the years we have donated in 25 countries, touched 881 lives and their families, and gave a total of 2.335 $
So simple.
Remember, happiness is a choice.
Kindness is also a choice.
Gratitude is the way to get there
Giving is another way to be happy.
When we give, we receive
What do we receive?
A good feeling we have made the world a better place. .
I highly recommend you all to check www.kiva.org
May the force be with you
Ronit