TIPS ON EATING HEALTHIER &
LOSING WEIGHT

Here are some great tips on eating healthier when trying to lose weight:

Tips on eating healthier to put on the to do list

Eat 6 small meals throughout the day rather than 3 big meals
Choose green leafy 'fibrous' vegetables rather than starchy vegetable such as potatos or pumpkin
Reduce your portion size for each meal
If you are not losing weight with your current eating habits reduce the amount of food you eat every day. This may be as simple as taking out one snack bar a day, or just reducing your portion size for 1, 2, or all meals of the day. Do it progressively
Make good fats a part of our diet. This includes fats found in foods such as trout, salmon, avocado, olives, almonds, walnuts and liquid vegetable oils from soybeans, corn, safflower, canola, olive and sunflower. Click here to learn more.
Try to include a good source of protein with each meal. Eggs, fish, lean red meat, chicken, turkey and low fat cottage cheese are all good sources of protein. Click here to learn more.
Choose carbohydrates with a low Glycaemic Index (GI)
Introduce changes gradually. 1 extra cookie a day may add 5 pounds at the end of the year! So the opposite is true if you a looking to lose weight
Replace fizzy drinks and cordial with water
Replace full cream milk with reduced or low fat variety
Reduce (or even better... remove!) sugar in tea and coffee
Cut down on alcohol amounts
Include regular exercise, but start off slowly. Don’t do too much too soon
Find something you enjoy for exercise to increase the likelyhood of sticking with it and becoming a regular activity

Tips on eating healthier to put on the not to do list

If you want to get rid of that 'loose weight' fast and do it the healthy way, do not crash diet or exercise excessively. If you are overweight, you are overweight because of your current habits. Introduce changes gradually and so you will make it a part of your new lifestyle. Crash dieting usually sends you right back to where you started from, and worse
Avoid saturated fats found in foods such as beef, veal, lard, poultry, butter, margarine, whole milk, cream, cheese and other dairy products all contain saturated fats
Try not to eat an excess of carbohydrates later in the day, say after 3pm
No 2nd helpings of food, especially at dinner
No sugary snacks and biscuits between meals. If you must allow it, start reducing the amout you have
Don’t over eat carbohydrates
No ‘cheat days’. One of the best tips on eating healthier I can give is to allow yourself a treat here and there, but a full day of bad eating can seriously disrupt your weekly plan. You've heard it before, but moderation is the key. If you are on the right track eating the right foods, you shouldn’t necessarily be having extreme cravings. Click here to read more about nutrition to help develop the right habits
Avoid starchy carbohydrates such as potatoes and pumkin