Need foolproof slimming strategies to help
you look and feel lighter? Registered nutritionist Anita Bean reveals the
easiest ways to close those calories
Bad
for you - on so many levels
Keep it off!
Why do so many people find it hard to keep
weight off once they’ve shed the pounds? One explanation is that when you’re
lighter, your body needs fewer calories so unless you consciously eat less, you
risk putting it back on. But the good news is that weight re-gain isn’t
inevitable. Many dieters do manage to stay slim – here’s how the 10,000
successful weight-losers on the US National Weight Control Registry do it:
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Exercise (gently) for an hour or more a day –
the equivalent of a four-mile daily walk.
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Weigh yourself every day and cut back if your weight
goes up more than 2lb.
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Eat breakfast every day and don’t skip meals to
stop hunger pangs and curb over-eating.
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Spend no more than 10 hours a week watching TV.
·
Be consistent – don’t cheat at weekends or on
holiday.
Which diet is best?
Which
diet is best?
When it comes to weight loss, it’s not the
diet itself that matters but the calories that count. A major new study has
found that people following a low-fat or a low-carb diet are no more successful
than those following other diets. Provided they stuck to their plan, everyone
in the study lost the same amount of weight and body fat in six months, whether
they cut carbs or fat, or upped protein. Even after two years, there was no
difference in the amount of weight loss they sustained. The key, it seems, is
to find a plan that fits your lifestyle and that you’re most likely to stick
with.
A sweet solution
Even if you virtuously don’t add sugar to
tea and coffee, you’re probably eating more than you think in processed food. A
little sugar isn’t a problem, but high intakes can be as harmful to the body as
alcohol or tobacco: that’s the stark warning from a group of leading experts
who say that, over time, sugar changes the metabolism, raise blood pressure and
damages the liver. Aim to eat less than the guideline daily amount of 90g and
look out for new products that contain stevia. It’s 300 times sweeter than
sugar, can be used in the same way and comes as granules, cubes, powder or
tablets.
3 easy ways to save 100 calories in June
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Swap
350g Waitrose Mains For 2
Paella 484 calories
For
300g Waitrose Frozen King Prawn
Paella 364 calories
Nutritional saving = 120
Calories
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Swap
50g Jordans Country Crisp +
100ml semi skimmed milk 287 calories
For
1 sachet (27g) Oat So Simple +
180ml semi skimmed milk 183 calories
Nutritional saving = 104
calories
·
Swap
300g Tesco Chesse and Tomato
Pasta snack salad 545 calories
For
275g Tesco Chargrilled Chicken
Pasta snack salad 425 calories
Nutritional saving = 120
Calories
