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The 7 secrets of long term weight management
  • Keep a diary, tracking what you eat and drink and how much exercise you do is the key to understanding your 'energy equation'.
    I tend to keep a running tally of calories, 'in my head', if I am successfuly managing my weight. If I find I am slipping, I quickly revert to writing everything down to make sure I am not underestimating or not counting anything.
  • Eat breakfast A good breakfast kick-starts your metabolism and helps curb your mid-morning hunger pangs, making it the most important meal of the day. Many trainers recomend that breakfast should be 400 to 600 calories. I eat, mueslie, skim milk, low fat unsweetened yogurt, fruit and a few almnds on top. It is delicious ad the serve size I have is 400 calories and that and my  skim milk coffee and fruit mid morning snack is 600 calories sconsumed in the morning.

  • Be active daily Exercising for up to an hour a day is the ultimate way to manage your weight and feel revitalised. 

  • Weigh and measure Weighing in once a week and taking your body measurements monthly will provide you with motivational evidence of your weight loss.  I focus on the monthy weight, not the weekly fluctuations.

  • Limit takeaway Takeaway and fast food can still be enjoyed as part of your weight-loss program, but in a controlled, healthy way. I use very little pre packaged, pre made food, they are hidden sources of corn syrup and hydrogenated fats which I try to avoid.

  • Be consistent Being good in the week and bad at weekends is a common eating strategy, however research shows that consistency is key.

  • Jump on rebounds Regains are a normal part of weight mangement, but the secret is to jump on them immediately and go back to basics.

 


Comments

Jin

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 1:59:14 pm

Fitness training outdoors must be really refreshing in this day and age of indoor gyms. ...........

 

Nats

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 4:28:37 am

What good points! I think the diary is a great idea, I always seem to forget about that chocolate bar I ate, then wonder why i'm not losing weight! :)

 

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