10 Weight Loss Tips
- Eat Smaller Portions – Take smaller portions when plating up your meal, don’t overfill your plate. Try eating off smaller plates, this is surprisingly helpful as eating a reduced portion off a large, empty looking plate fools your mind into thinking it is not getting enough.
- Eat Slowly – Don’t rush your food. Take smaller mouthfuls and take the time to chew and savour the meal you are consuming. It can take the stomach up to 20 minutes to inform your brain that it has had enough. Give it time to let you know you are full before overeating.
- Snack Exchange – Switch fatty snacks and treats for their healthy counterparts. Try eating fruit and low-fat yoghurts in-between meals instead of reaching for those evil biscuits and chocolate bars.
- Don’t Skip Meals – You will become hungry and are more likely to reach for the carbohydrate-laden snacks.
- Change the Pudding – Pudding doesn’t mean full-fat cream, sugar-rich cakes and fatty pastries, it can be yoghurt, fruit and low-fat alternatives.
- Breakfast is the Meal of Champions – Always eat breakfast, it kick-starts your metabolism for the day and will help your body burn calories. Try a breakfast rich in fibre like porridge, bran or muesli.
- Make a List – Don’t go shopping unprepared, always take a list – and stick to it. Wander the aisles unsure of what you are after and you are asking for naughty foods to ‘fall’ into your basket.
- You Can’t Eat What You Don’t Buy – If you do not buy the bad, unhealthy food, you can’t eat it – it is that simple.
- Resist Hungry Shopping – Shopping when you are hungry is a recipe for disaster. Foods that you would usually resist will be almost too tempting and you are likely to opt for a quick unhealthy snack. Try to go food shopping only when you have eaten and you will be in a far more food sensible frame of mind.
- Check the Labels – Food now has to clearly display its contents by law. Spend some time checking different brands and finding out which is the healthiest option. Look for low sodium, low percentage of saturated fat and watch the sugar content, including the amount of carbohydrates made up of sugars. You will soon learn which brand or produce is the best option.
