The Healthstyle Emporium

Adelaide has welcomed me with open arms! It is such a beautiful city. Everyone is so welcoming and friendly. I have moved here has a mature aged student (apparently 26 is mature aged  😉). I am studying Bachelor of Food and Nutrition Science, which goes hand in hand with my position at The Healthstyle Emporium.  I am a holistic health and wellness coach.

In 2012, I changed my lifestyle and achieved a healthier happier life! I will never turn back. It is my dream to be able to teach others how to live a healthier life. I am able to do this thanks to The Healthstyle Empoium.

The Healthstyle Emporium is an online hub which means it is available worldwide. It is an holistic health journey which is personalised to you to meet your own health goals.

If your goals include…  

·         weight loss 

·         Improve your lifestyle, health & happiness,

·         Introduce yoga, meditation & relaxation into your life,

·         Decrease stress

·         Learn all there is to know about nutrition & exercise,

·         Be kept accountable,

·         Improve the appearance of your skin, hair & nails,

·         Treat uncomfortable digestive issues,

·         Have a support group where you know you’re not alone,

·         Or you just want to improve your general overall well being, feeling & motivation,

Then The Healthstyle Emporium is for you.

This programme is tailored to your likes and dislikes, your goals and of course budget. The amazing thing about this program is that there is a team of incredible health professionals who are there to help you on your journey and share there knowledge and experience with you.

The important thing to remember here is that this is not a diet, it’s not a ‘booty or bikini challenge’ that will have you slipping back to old ways once you reach your goals. This in an holistic programme, our wellness coaches will support you to make small changes which will result in a healthy lifestyle change.

We are also BIG believers in children eating nourishing food, so therefore they are able to have the wholefood for free, to support their growth into healthy little humans. So on this programme, not only are you educating yourself on health but also your loved ones.

 The program is a minimum 4 month program which includes.. 

·         Meal guides,

·         Exercise guides,

·         Shopping lists,

·         Food journal,

·         Yoga and meditation guides,

·         Life coaching activities,

·         Daily motivation,

·         100% natural, vegan & gluten free wholefood supplement pack according to your goals,

·         New weekly recipies from breakfast all the way through to dessert,

·         Access to our monthly online educational workshops,

·         Discounted tickets to regular events,

·         Consistent check in consults,

·         Access to The Healthstyle Emporium Support Group

·         24/7 support from The Healthstyle Emporium team to answer all questions / concerns.

What you can expect from joining the Emporium:

·         Increased energy & concentration throughout the day,

·         Improved restful sleep

·         Healthier skin, hair, nails & overall feeling,

·         Decreased cravings,

·         Education on the food you’re eating & why,

·         Increased immune system,

·         Reduced body fat,

·         Increased muscle tone,

·         Decreased appearance of cellulite,

·         A delicious wholesome diet full of variety,

·         No restriction, no dieting, no deprivation,

·         Overall increased wellbeing & quality of life.

You can create and choose a program that best suits you, your lifestyle & budget. There are no joining fee’s, no upfront costs or any cancellation fee’s. If you wish to know more, we are always happy to help, so leave a message.

It’s time to meet your happiest and healthiest self.

If you are interested, please email me at m.hackenberg@hotmail.com

Fairy garden - Adelaide Hills

Fairy garden - Adelaide Hills

Today we went exploring in Adelaide Hills. I found a really nice 45 minute bush walking track on http://www.walkingsa.org.au/ . I’m quickly beginning to really like this website. There is a particular section on there that has children and pram friendly walks. We went to the Heysen Trail Walk at Bridgewater. It is about 2 km return track.

We honestly didn’t really start out too well because I parked at the end of the track instead of the start. It took me a few tries to work out exactly where I was going. Because I was at the end of the track, the description didn’t sound right to me. We walked back to the beginning and it was so beautiful. Axl my 2 year old took his balance bike. It was a great track for that. I did have to carry the bike up a few stairs through the train but it wasn’t an issue at all.

We got to the beginning and I didn’t really know where I was meant to find this fairy garden. So we headed back towards the car. The fairy garden was at the car park, near where we parked. We found a few very small old fairy doors on some trees and I was actually quite let down. But then we decided to walk a little further and found them. I was so worth it. Axl loved it and they were so cute! He kept knocking on the doors trying to wake them up. I think it’s so amazing that someone has made this for the public. It is such a special little treat for kids. And anything to keep their imagination alive these days is a must!

I will defiantly be going back to this track. I’ll make sure I park at the write car park next time though. I get nervous when going on bushwalks and hikes with Axl because you just don’t know if it is pram or children friendly. This was a great distance for him and a bike worked really well. I wouldn’t take my pram there though.

I filmed our little adventure. Please have a look.

Xx.

I take it back - why so naughty

AHHH thank you my darling boy! Terrible twos finally kicked in? Big move! Missing his daddy like crazy!! Missing his family! Mum why aren't you playing with me?
I really can't blame him that much but OMG is my boy testing me! I am very busy and spending a lot of time on the computer. Uni and work takes up a lot of time on the computer and it is too expensive to have my boy in daycare anymore. If anyone has any ideas for stimulating games for him while I'm working? I do try and keep uni for when he is in bed.
The sleeps is so difficult at the moment. I have NEVER had any trouble with him sleeping until now... nope he just stays awake. WHY???
Tantrums too... this is all new to me. 
I am looking forward to having our family back together so life can be normal again. Get out of our tiny unit. Have daddy back. 

Xx.

Toddler adjustment to moving interstate

It is going on 2 weeks now since our big interstate move. My darling little toddler has been amazing. To start with, we had to drive over 24 hours (over 3-4 days). He had a few moments when he was frustrated but so did i!!!

I think one of the big things was we spend a night with daddy (he has been away since september). This must have been so confusing for Axl. We were with daddy again.. acting normal and then all the sudden he is gone again. Not long now and we will be back together as a family

Moving away from all this family and friends. This is a huge thing as well. His whole life, we have spend minimum 1 day a week with each side of our family and minimum one day a week with his friends. He has such a good little group of friends already..... side note.. we have been FaceTiming and he loves it!!!

I can't imagine how confused he must be. All the sudden.. he is at a new home.. new school.. doesn't get to just call around to anyone's house anymore. I feel so guilty but in the long run this will benefit him.

But honestly.. he has been amazing.. a little more naughty than usual.. that is to be expected. It hasn't even been 2 weeks yet. One of the main things he has been doing is telling me he doesn't like his new school and doesnt want to go back. Even though he says these things... He is happy to run off and play when I drop him off... he is happly playing when I pick him up... the teachers tell me he has not cried at all and eats and sleeps like a champ!! I'm putting his comments to me, down to acting out.

I feel like you may be expecting this big speech about how I recovered from the huge change and my child being a terror but I guess what you should take from my story is children are more resilient than you think.

From the beginning I went into parenting, with the moto... don't alter you'r life around the baby.. they will adjust to yours. This has honestly worked for us and this is a fine example. I could have been worrying terribly about this massive change for my boy but it really hasn't effected him as much as I thought it would.

Xx.

HELP!!! Mum guilt - University- working - 0 time

Ok mums. I need advice or even just reassurance?
I've just moved interstate away from all family and friends. I know no one here. My husband is away in the army. I am full time studying at University and working from home with my boy home 15 hours aweek.

Oh why does the guilt have to happen. All he does is iPad and eat while I'm working. I am on the phone to customers all day, so I need him to be quiet. I just can't afford him to be in daycare while I'm working as he is already in daycare 3 days a week for me to go to university.

Is anyone is the same boat? Any advice for more exciting stimulating (yet quiet) activities for him to do while I'm working?

Xx.

Soft pink hair - Brite first impression

I've been wanting to colour my blonde hair soft pink now... only for about 2-3 weeks haha but when I was grocery shopping I first seen these hair masks on special and if you purchased these two products, it was $10!

So... what the hell lets give it a go. I dilute the dye with conditioner to make it a soft pastel colour and the pastel colours wash out very quickly, so there is no harm in trying.

I had a cheap conditioner that I used it it. The conditioner had a slight green colour to it. I'm sure it wont make a difference.
I made a first patch and it was not enough for my heap of hair. I ended up make so much more after these photos. I applied it to dry hair.

I washed the conditioner mixture out but did not shampoo it, my hair was already clean.
This photo does not show the colour up at all but its as good as I could get. I got the soft pink that I wanted. Yay! I still need a hair cut but at least I have a new colour for a bit!

I will be doing it again.

Xx.

Adelaide Park adventures

Finally... a day with no plans. We went on a really long walk to see a few parks. The first on was really good. There was 2 different style parks at the one area. The first one was a little hard for Axl, the other one was really good. We will be going back for sure. There was a nice area the go walking but I seen lots of magpies so I got scared and didn't go haha




The second park was so far away, I under estimated how far away it was but it was too late to turn back by the time I realised. It was a really good park. Excellent for Axls age. I really liked that it was completely fenced in too.












We then went for another really long walk to get lunch. I wanted to go to this nutrition cafe that I had seen and I was so let down. It really wasn't nice, expectantly for the $$. Oh and lovely Axl had a sip of the smoothie and spat it in our table number haha I was out of there.



The walk home wasn't too far away thank god. We have just spend the rest of the day at home relaxing. 

A day of first

Today was our first day in our big new city. If we weren't exhausted enough from all the traveling, it was going to get worse. 
Axls first day of his new school. On the way there he told me that he wasn't going to play with his normal friends today, he was going to play with his new friends. It was really nice that he understood that. And when we got there it got even better. He was so comfortable, that he put his bag on the hook and just went off and played. Not a care in the world. When I picked him up, they were so impressed by how well he went today and were amazed my his vocabulary. My smart, confident little man.
Now me... it was orientations at Uni. Wow how overwhelming. I am looking forward to just starting and it all to be a regular normal thing. It was such a good feeling to go to the gym after though. I haven't been in over a week and it really let me relax and de-stress.
Tomorrow is a no plan day. Just me and my boy. We might go exploring.
Xx.

Road trip

Day 1 and we are off. 8 hours on your first day. Thank you car DVD player and Ipad. And thank you Audible. I don't know what I would have done without an autobook. It's the first time I have listened to one and it was so helpful. Kept me occupied and the time went so quickly. I listened to The Chemist. I highly recommend it. Me and my little man went out for dinner and had a nice early night. 
Day 2 was an very early morning start. The 5 hour drive to finally see hubby 😍
We just chilled for the day and went out for dinner. 
The next day we went to a trampoline park. It was so much fun. I was exhausted and Axl just kept jumping. We will defiantly be taking him to another one. We had to say good bye to daddy today. It is so hard saying goodbye but hopefully in 3 weeks time he will be coming to see us.
Day 4, the big drive to our new home. He went pretty quickly but omg once we got there, we were exhausted.
Over the 4 days we drove over 24hours.
Tomorrow is first day of daycare and some orientation at the uni. I'm very keen on the next day when we finally have no plans.
Xx.

Lifestyle changes

It wasn't until I looked at these photos the other day, until I realised how much I have changed. I don't mean so much physically but mentally. The one thing I swear by is never go on a diet... Change your lifestyle. I can't get my head around the way I used to eat. How did I feel good and not just gross and sluggish all the time.

It is obviously a lot easier said than done and I can understand how people start and stop all the time. I go through it, even now I find myself slipping back to old habits. 

The first photo is in 2012 when I decided to calorie count and just see how it would work. The second photo is about 6 months later. Calorie counting did take over my life, I'm not going to lie. A tad unhealthy being that obsessed with everything I ate. I still ate a good amount of food and it was all healthy but I OBSESSED over it. Maybe 2-3 months before my wedding in 2013 I decided to stop calorie counting. I new how much of food I should eat and what sort of food I should eat. I did put on about 2kgs but this was my healthy comfortable weight. Having to obsess to maintain a certain weight is not what I wanted to do. If I know I'm eating right and can maintain that, I'm happy.

July 2014 I fell pregnant ❤ It honesty was so hard seeing my body change after all the work I had put in. I still eat really well... not 100% the same as before but it was nowhere near as bad as pre-2012. After giving birth I was happy with the condition of my body. It was harder to loose those few extra kgs but I got back on track. And here I am now. Happy! Love food, I healthy relationship with food and love working out. 

The point I am trying to get across is, I am proud of these photos and love the journey I have gone on with nutrition. It has taught me to love food and just know what I am putting in my body and how it effects me. Because of my "life style" change, I was able to maintain my healthy body, even though my pregnancy. No more dieting for me!!

Xx.

Our big adventure

Where should I even start?! I guess with my husband wanting a new job. He had been in the same job for over 10 years and was searching and searching for a new career. Something to challenge himself in. Well.... he sure got that. Next thing we know he has joined the Army. So many emotions came with this. Excitement.... Scared.... Sad.... But something we think is going to be great for us.

To start with he had to leave for 3 months for training. In this time we had very little communication with him. It was so extremely hard but we did it. Now he is at the next lot of training, which is even further away from us. The communication is so much better, we are able to talk everyday all the time. Facetime is a life saver.

During all this time, we decided to rent our house out and Axl and I would move back to mums, in the granny flat. This is so we could save for the big move to Adelaide 6 months later. I had applied to Uni in Adelaide, not really thinking much of it and I got excepted. Firstly I did not think it was going to work at all. Where would I live? How would I work? Day Care? But within 3 or so days, everything just fell into place. I lined up a job, a furnished rental, Daycare. It was like a massive sign saying I have to do this. 

And here we are now. In less than 2 weeks time. Little Axl and this excited scared mumma are off to the big city. We live in a very small country town now. I have lived here since I was 7. Now we are moving 18 hours away to a capital city where we don't know a single person. 

This is exciting! Xx.