Health and Wellness Tips

Health and Wellness - weight loss

Losing weight is something that many of us focus on at this time of year as the weather gets warmer. Thoughts turn to how to look good on the beach and when we’re wearing light summer clothing but we all want to lose weight easily so here are 5 quick tips to help you drop the pounds.

1. Set Goals. This is a great way to motivate yourself into losing weight. Don’t set targets which are too high or they will have the opposite effect but do make them challenging. Aim to lose 2 or 3 pounds a week and you will see much better long term results than trying to set a target of 7 or 8 pounds.

2. Increase your fibre intake. Fibre not only helps cleanse your digestive tract, which will help you lose a few pounds, but it also makes you feel fuller with less intake. This is because it clears the stomach more slowly. Foods which are high in fibre are also usually low in calories and fat.

3. Cut the calories. To lose one pound in weight you need to either consume 3,500 fewer calories or burn off the same amount. There are a number of simple ways to consume fewer calories without noticing the difference. Try these:
Choose steamed rice instead of fried rice (saving 100 calories)
Eat open faced sandwiches with just one slice of bread (saving 70 calories)
Drink black coffee (saving 35 calories)
Have a smoothie instead of milkshake (saving 50 calories)
Eat wafers instead of choc-chip biscuits (saving 75 calories)

4. Eat more often. Now I know that sounds counter intuitive but it really works well. The idea is that you eat little and often rather than having larger meals. This convinces your body that there is no need to store fat because there’s a plentiful supply of food. It also helps keep your blood sugar levels up and reduces the cravings for comfort foods which are full of refined sugars and fats.

5. Exercise. Remember back in point 3 how the options are to consume fewer calories or alternatively burn them off? The truth is that it’s often much easier to burn off the excess calories than to restrict your intake especially if you’re a real foodie! But don’t go thinking you need to spend hours at the gym. Yes, that will get the pounds off faster but you can also increase the number of calories by a few simple changes to your lifestyle. Walk to the shops if they are within a mile, take the stairs instead of the lift or get off the bus one or two stops earlier.

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