• Home

  • Services

  • Plans & Pricing

  • Blog

  • Contact

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Nutrition
    • Life Balance
    • Movement
    • Weight Loss
    • Business
    • Sleep
    • Stress
    • Career
    • My Weight Loss Story
    Search
    Why I Didn’t Undergo Weight Loss Surgery
    Elizah Swan
    • May 14, 2019
    • 5 min

    Why I Didn’t Undergo Weight Loss Surgery

    All the reasons why I didn't have weight loss surgery, even though it's become quite mainstream now.
    The Benefits of a Workout Buddy
    Elizah Swan
    • Apr 4, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Benefits of a Workout Buddy

    When it comes to exercise, it’s difficult for us to commit and show up for ourselves, but having a friend to hold you accountable works.
    My 30 before 30-Updated
    Elizah Swan
    • Mar 28, 2019
    • 5 min

    My 30 before 30-Updated

    Well, what a year! I just turned 30 and here's the updates from my 30 Before 30 list.
    What to Eat When Aunt Flo's Visiting
    Elizah Swan
    • Mar 8, 2019
    • 2 min

    What to Eat When Aunt Flo's Visiting

    For the two days leading up to my time of the month, I want to eat EVERYTHING in sight, and mostly sugary snacks. Oestrogen levels are high.
    3 F Words for "One of Those Days"
    Elizah Swan
    • Feb 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    3 F Words for "One of Those Days"

    You hear yourself saying it was “one of those days”. You just want to curl up into a ball, be left alone. Here's how to fix it in 3 steps.
    Feeling "Snacky"? What To Do
    Elizah Swan
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 2 min

    Feeling "Snacky"? What To Do

    All afternoon I've wanted to eat. Not because I’m hungry, but bored, and lacking direction or focus. Here's what I do to minimise the damage
    My Weight Loss Story: Injuries and Illness
    Elizah Swan
    • Jan 18, 2019
    • 3 min

    My Weight Loss Story: Injuries and Illness

    I've been pretty lucky. I haven’t had many major accidents or incidents where I was injured badly. But I've had my ups and downs.
    What are Workout Finishers?
    Elizah Swan
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    What are Workout Finishers?

    Finishers are designed to completely fatigue the muscle group you’re working on. So you don't necessarily need any exercise equipment.
    Weight Loss Tips for Dining Out
    Elizah Swan
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Weight Loss Tips for Dining Out

    Ever since I’ve been on weight loss, if I’m invited out for a meal, I immediately start thinking about what to order. I generally overeat.
    How to Deal with Binge Eating
    Elizah Swan
    • Dec 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    How to Deal with Binge Eating

    Standing in the fridge or pantry, chowing down on food with my hands. This has been a struggle. Here's how to deal with it in two steps.
    How to Increase Your Step Count Each Day
    Elizah Swan
    • Dec 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    How to Increase Your Step Count Each Day

    Adding in steps is becoming more and more important in our increasingly sedentary lives. In the past, we’ve heard of the phrase “incidental exercise”. This is when you go out of your way to add steps or more movement into your day. This doesn’t include doing an actual workout. What it does include is things like parking your car further from the shops, taking the stairs, walking to the bus stop or getting off one stop early, lose your remote control so you have to get up, sta
    Strive Wellness FAQ
    Elizah Swan
    • Nov 29, 2018
    • 3 min

    Strive Wellness FAQ

    What is wellness coaching? As a wellness coach, I understand that when it comes to wellness goals, it’s not always straightforward. You and I take a whole-istic approach to your goals. Primarily, it focuses on: Nutrition Fitness Sleep Stress Relationships Work/Life balance I understand that each and every one of us is different. So, together we consider every aspect of your life, your values, dreams, desires, priorities as well as, your situation, time and money constraints.
    My Weight Loss Story: How My Confidence Grew
    Elizah Swan
    • Nov 22, 2018
    • 4 min

    My Weight Loss Story: How My Confidence Grew

    See My Weight Loss Story: Timeline for reference (this was 2013-2014). I suppose you could say my confidence started to grow when I began a diet called Shred, which is based on the principle of “keeping your body guessing”. Each week the meal plan was different, such as high fibre, smoothies/low carb, carb cycling, high protein etc. That worked in the sense that I was able to test out different styles of eating and started to learn what my body did and didn’t respond well to.
    Elizah Swan
    • Nov 15, 2018
    • 3 min

    Emotional Eater: Addressing your Negative Emotions

    I have struggled with this for as long as I can remember. And I still do sometimes. If you’re like me and know that your emotions trigger eating patterns… whether it’s positive or negative emotions, stick with me while I explain my thoughts. As children we were often rewarded with food. Example: be good at the shops and you get to pick a treat, don’t fight on the car trip and we’ll get McDonald’s ice creams. As adults if something good happens, our brain often wants a reward.
    Healthy and Satisfying Day of Eating
    Elizah Swan
    • Nov 1, 2018
    • 4 min

    Healthy and Satisfying Day of Eating

    Here's an example of my day of eating. I've tried many diets, meal plans and ways of eating and it was when I ditched all of the diet culture bullshit, I actually made more progress. So, I thought it might help you too. First Thing when you get up have a minimum of 250ml of water - make it warm if you like, add lemon if you like (to protect your teeth, use a straw). Meal 1 Some people don’t like to eat first thing when they wake up, others love a big breaky. My recommendati
    How to Shift Your Mindset from Weight Loss to Health Gain
    Elizah Swan
    • Oct 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    How to Shift Your Mindset from Weight Loss to Health Gain

    If you have tried diet after diet after diet with little success, remember this: “A well-worn path doesn’t mean that you are on the right track.” If you struggle with weight and rarely see positive changes reflected on the bathroom scales, it is important to recognise that the continual diet cycle can do more harm than good—mentally, physically, and spiritually. The diet cycle typically flows like this: We start an extreme diet. We feel restricted and deprived. The cravings c
    Get Moving in 20 minutes
    Elizah Swan
    • Oct 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    Get Moving in 20 minutes

    Whenever I have a scheduled workout but seriously don’t want to do it, I always make a deal with myself. Do 20 minutes and if you don’t want to do any more, then you’re done. This way I’ve got at least some movement into my day, still making baby steps towards my goals and I don’t feel like a fat loser for bailing. 95% of the time, when that 20-minute timer goes off, I can do more, and I kinda want to. It’s like the perfect length of time for the endorphines to kick in. But i
    How to Combat Stress Eating
    Elizah Swan
    • Aug 30, 2018
    • 3 min

    How to Combat Stress Eating

    There’s two types of people in this world, those who eat when they’re stressed, and those who don’t. I am type 1, 100%. And since you're here, I’m guessing you’re feeling that too. When we’re stressed, our body goes into a Stress Response. This means our hormones go to work and create a fight or flight response in our body. It does things like pump blood into our limbs, affects our heart rate and it also does a few things to our gut. Our body releases a hormone called Cortiso
    The 5 Minute Morning Routine to Light You Up
    Elizah Swan
    • Aug 23, 2018
    • 2 min

    The 5 Minute Morning Routine to Light You Up

    You’re uninspired, lethargic, sluggish and might have some aches and pains. So what do you do? Here's some great tips.
    15 Signs You're Overtraining
    Elizah Swan
    • Jul 19, 2018
    • 2 min

    15 Signs You're Overtraining

    We’ve all been there – get fired up, start going to the gym 6 times a week, adding walks, strict meal plan. And then after a while, our body starts to feel lethargic and we just can’t anymore. Here are the signs you’re overdoing it with your workouts: Your heart still feels high long after your workouts Very thirsty Muscle soreness lasting more than 3 days Depressed, moody or irritable Can’t sleep even though you’re working out hard Changes in personality – your typical trait
    1
    2
    Say Hello...

    Queensland

    Australia

    ​​

    Tel: 0427-213-132

    ​​

    elizah@strive-wellness.com

    • Black Facebook Icon
    • Black Instagram Icon
    • Black Pinterest Icon
    • Black LinkedIn Icon
    • Black Google+ Icon

    Success! Message received.