Larissa West-Registered Dietitian

05/11/2025

Slow progress is better than no progress, stay positive and don't give up🪻💪🏻

01/11/2025

The goal isn't to change everything overnight.
Our body and mind work best when changes happen gradually, it reduces resistance, makes adaptation easier, and increases the chances of long-term success.

28/10/2025

Is gluten-free bread too expensive, or maybe just not all that tasty?
Why not try a freshly baked Mealie Loaf?!
🌽

Recipe taken from Hilda Lategan's South African cookbook for allergies and food intolerance

26/10/2025

22/10/2025

EAT YOUR APPLE = BRUSH YOUR TEETH!! 🦷🍎

You brush your teeth every day to keep them healthy.
So why treat your body any differently?
Healthy eating isn’t a phase — it’s daily care for your future self. 🥗🪥

Likewise, nourishing your body with balanced meals is a lifestyle that protects your long-term health, not a temporary fix.
Consistency — not perfection — is what makes the real difference.

09/10/2025

You don't need to lose 20 kilos. You need to lose the habits that made you gain them. Weight follows behavior- not willpower.

08/10/2025

Just a gentle reminder why it is practically impossible to out-exercise your fork 💪🧁

23/09/2025

All foods fit!!🍋‍🟩🥦🍔🍗🍿🧁

Feeling guilty about something you ate steals the enjoyment you should have derived from that meal or snack, and will most probably lead to wrong- or over eating later.
Rather enjoy it, savor each bite (don't gulp it down) and make sure that you next meal on-plan again

21/09/2025

🍇🍉🍑FOOD FOR THOUGHT🍌🍍🍒

Change nothing and nothing changes...

12/09/2025

Friday Morning Wisdom 🍒

Discipline is exactly that: doing what you have to do even if you don't always feel like doing it

01/09/2025

In spring-time, the heart regrows hope 🌺🪷🌸🌷

27/08/2025

Every meal you eat is:
-A short-term investment in how you feel
-A mid-term investment in how you look
-A long-term investment in your freedom of disease

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