DON'T DIET : DO MOVE!

By now your kitchen cupboards should be free of anything that remotely looks like it may have been around since Christmas! What's that? You've got mince pies?! Shame on you!
Traditionally January is the month where you go on, yet another, diet. And maybe you join a gym, thinking the fat will just melt away as you build up to a gentle sweat in your new trainers, believing you'll be slim & trim in a couple of months.
Sadly, the reality for most people is that it's much harder than that.... for me too!
Yes the kitchen cupboards look like a health food shop again, but still get rifled through when my husband swears there's a Ferrero Rocher lurking at the back!
Now even I (as I'm only human) gained a few pounds over the festive period - huge pat on the back & a gold star if you didn't.
But what I'm not doing is dieting... it's back to slightly stricter healthier eating for a while.... the 90/10 rule rather than the 80/20.
Then there's the dreaded E word.... EXERCISE.... it took me a few years, but eventually I learnt that you have to sweat to lose pounds - combine this with eating fresh healthy nutritious food & you will not only lose weight, but feel fit & fabulous!
So sort out your cupboards, restock with the healthy options, plan how & where you will exercise, & get back into all those good habits, so you can enjoy your Easter egg in the knowledge that yo-yo dieting is a thing of the past!

Happy moving!

Bev

TOP TIPS FOR A NEW BEGINNING

Feeling lethargic? For many people the overindulgences of Christmas & New Year will have resulted in tiredness, stress & a weight gain. It's important now to get your body working well at digesting food, assimilating nutrients & evacuating waste efficiently. So here is my advice:
1. Never skip breakfast - your body needs refuelling after sleeping.
2. Ditch the junk - clear out all the leftover 'Christmas' food.
3. Get cooking with fresh ingredients for optimum nutritional intake.
4. Keep a bowl of homemade vegetable soup in the fridge - warming & healthy.
5. Eat 'healthy' snacks to keep blood sugar levels stable between meals.
6. Go brown - bread, rice, pasta as they help you 'feel full' for longer.
7. Have one 'raw' meal a day to ensure absorption of high nutrient levels.
8. Give your liver a break - stop or severely limit your alcohol consumption.
9. Aim to drink 1.5 litres of water per day.
10. Write it all down - studies show that keeping a diary of all you eat & drink gives great results with weight loss.

Happy New Year & Happy Eating!

Bev