10 More Weight Loss Tips
- Get Inventive – Create new healthier recipes, switch full fat ingredients for reduced-fat in your favourite meals. There is a wealth of great free recipes available on the internet, be proactive.
- My Diet Recipes – Make your own diet recipe book. Write down or print off the recipes you find or create. Keep them handy in a file so that you are never stuck for ideas.
- Water, Water, Everywhere – It is the cheapest of all drinks so take advantage and drink more water. It is 0 calories, fat free and contains no sugar. Drinking water will help to suppress your appetite, often when you think you are hungry, you are simply thirsty – try drinking some water and see if your hunger disappears.
- Be a Realist – Set yourself achievable goals. Do not expect to lose everything in a week. Be sensible about the amount of weight you want to lose and allow yourself a reasonable time to lose it. You will lose more weight at the start of your diet; do not be discouraged if the final few pounds become harder to lose. 1-2lb a week is a healthy, sustainable weight loss.
- Scale Crazy – Give yourself a chance, don’t check your weight obsessively every day – your weight will naturally fluctuate and if you are scrutinizing every ounce you will go mad. A slight weight gain could be down to simple water retention that will pass in a day or two. Check your weight once a week; give the diet chance to work.
- Target Your Interest – Targets could help you to keep interested. Have a monthly target of the weight you would ideally like to lose. A 3 month time scale is quite a nice period for your total diet regime. After 3 months you can assess the results and decide on a new course of action. This allows a decent time span to see if this diet is the one for you.
- Food Traps – Low-fat foods are good, but be sceptical of food products that are advertised as low-fat, often they are high in sugars and calories. Check the labels, and compile a list of the best low-fat options.
- Fresh is Best – There is no better diet than one that contains a healthy content of fresh, nutritional produce. Whenever possible use fresh produce, there are no hidden traps in food that is not packaged and tinned!
- Dieter’s Diary – If you are calorie counting and struggle to remember one meal to the next, you can keep a food diary. Use the diary to record the meals you eat, don’t forget to add the drinks you consume – alcohol and fizzy drinks do contain calories!
- Balancing Act – A good healthy diet should be nutritionally balanced. Any diet you choose should allow for protein, starchy carbohydrates, fruit, vegetables, fibre, essential minerals and vitamins. Don’t neglect important food groups for the sake of weight loss. What is the point of losing weight if it leaves you unhealthy?
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