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1. Drink Water
Drink at least 6-8 glasses of liquids per day and try to make
at least 3-4 of these water. Water helps eliminate toxins, keeps cells healthy
and improves the appearance and texture of skin. Dehydration reduces your
ability to concentrate and to perform well.
2. Eat breakfast
Eating a
healthy breakfast, such as cereal with semi-skimmed or skimmed milk and fruit,
provides valuable nutrients and helps prevent unhealthy snacking later in the
morning.
3. Take five
Aim to eat at least 5 portions each of
fruit and
vegetables per day. Make this easy by making fruit smoothies, vegetable soups
and choosing fruit as a snack.
4. Watch your portion sizes
Larger
portions encourage us to eat more when we don't necessarily need the extra
calories. Be particularly aware of this when eating out.
5. Taste what
you eat.
Try the old maxim: 'Taste what you eat and eat what you enjoy, and,
when you stop enjoying, stop eating'. Often we eat habitually, not actually
tasting the food we eat. When we really taste what we eat we may find that we
enjoy what we didn't know we did and, conversely, do not actually enjoy what we
think we do. Really tasting the food we eat makes it easier both to prefer
appropriate foods and food quantities, and to give up inappropriate or
inadvisable ones.
6. Go Wholemeal
Wholemeal bread, pasta and rice are
more filling and contain more vitamins, minerals and fibre than white
varieties.
7. Less Salt
Limit the salt in your diet to less than 6g
per day (2.4g sodium). Avoid adding salt to cooking or at the table. Limit salty
snacks and check how much is in processed foods (1g of salt = 0.4g of
sodium).
8. Lean Meat
Meat is a good source of protein, iron and other
nutrients, but, when eating meat, remove the visible fat and keep high fat
products, such as sausages, beef burgers and salami, to a minimum.
9. Less
fat
Reduce the amount of fat in your diet. Choose lower fat alternatives when
possible and grill foods instead of frying.
10. Don't feel guilty about
snacking
Snacking on fruit, yoghurt, low fat milk shakes, a few nuts or
sunflower seeds can all be valuable contributions to your nutrient, energy and
fibre intake. It may also help to prevent you over-eating at meal
times.
Remember - there are no bad foods, only bad diets. The combination
of foods in your diet determines how healthy it is, and you don't need to deny
yourself everything.
Control you cravings
Food's a drug, YES! food is addictive, many things are. Cutting a long story
short, if you have enough of anything you enjoy, your body and brain can become
dependant on it, when deprived, it sends you signals "I like that, I WANT
MORE"... It's so GOOD!... come on, just one more slice! What can you do?
"Ok, just a little REMINDER, food is a drug and when you want more, you'll have
more. Now it's time for self control.
Helping you succeed
Firstly to succeed in your goal of either loosing weight or
eating healthier.
You must first examine and understand yourself. REMEMBER, this is about you!
Attitudes towards food and the control of it can be very difficult at times.
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