Dieting

Dieting and trying to lose weight can be a lengthy process and lot’s give up very quickly. What you need to remember is not to expect miracles to happen, dieting is hard but if stuck too, you will notice the results of all your hard work.

For long term weight loss you need to burn more calories than you consume. This means doing more sports activities than you have ever done such as;

Aerobic exercise

Brisk walking

Jogging

Tennis

Eating low calorie foods such as;

Salads

Fruits

Skimmed milk

Whole wheat bread

Low fat yoghurts

Eat plenty of fibre foods such as;

Oatmeal

Banana

Apple

Whole wheat bread

Chickpeas

Peas

Broccoli

Orange

Pasta

Tips for low fat dieting

Eat smaller portions

Eat fish or chicken instead of red meat

Drink more water

Eat low fat snacks

Steam, grill or bake food (don’t fry)

Cut alcohol to a minimum

Eat plenty of fruit and vegetable portions a day

A diet which is high in fibre and low in fat will help you lose weight slowly but safely as to not affect your body to much. You need to also cut down on sugary foods, fatty foods and eat low fat dairy products instead of full fat.

A good way of fitting in the exercise to burn the calories of would be, if you drive everywhere, then try and ditch the car and walk to places at least once or twice a day. Or if you have children and they enjoy playing energetic games, then join in and run around with them.

If you have a spare hour throughout your day then go swimming twice a week, swimming is a great hobby and you will probably meet new people who like you are dieting, and then you will feel more motivated to stick to the diet and exercise.

Make your household a healthy house and get rid of any food that could be tempting for you such as;

Chocolates

Crisps

Biscuits

Fizzy drinks

Bacon

Cooking oil

Sweets

Then everybody in your house can help you along with your diet by dieting with you and invite them to swim and exercise with you. In the long run you will all benefit from this, and will all feel like new people when the pounds begin to drop you when standing on those scales.

So I wish you all the luck in world with your dieting and always remember to stick with the diet and that the results will not happen straight away, everything we do takes time to see a result. So good bye to the old you and good luck to the new you.