How to keep the weight off
Eating on the run
The problem:
A sausage roll grabbed here, a packet of crisps there.. It's really hard to find healthy food on the run, and that can spell disaster for your waistline.
The solution:
Always carry healthy snacks, for example fruit, nuts, a wholegrain sandwich or a yogurt, so you're prepared. But don't miss proper meals if you can avoid it. It's the sure way to put on pounds as you'll be too hungry to make sensible choices when you do get to eat.
You've started, so you'll finish
The problem:
Otherwise known an 'all or nothing syndrome', this is what happens when you tell yourself you've blown it with just one slice of chocolate cake? so you finish the whole thing.
The solution:
A lapse isn't a collapse! Just get straight back on track with healthy eating. If allowing yourself a small portion of your favourite indulgence is too hard, you may need to keep foods that are a weakness completely out of the way for a while.
Relax? You need to eat over 12 Mars bars (3500 calories) to put on 1lb of fat. So one bad day isn't going to spell disaster.
Keeping that weight off
When you've lost your weight, how do you keep it off? Researchers in America interviewed thousands of dieters who have lost more than 10 per cent of their body weight and kept it off for at least a year. They came up with the following advice:
- Be physically active for an hour or more daily.
- Severely limit the fatty and sugary foods you consume and keep a check on overall calorie intake.
- Always eat breakfast.
- Weigh yourself once or twice a week.
- Maintain a consistent eating pattern across weekdays and weekends.
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claire, over 2 years
Gillian Mckieth's detox is really good for losing weight fast but you put the weight straight on again when you stop.
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LILIAN POWRIE, over 2 years
Reading about these comments about various ways to lose weight is very encouraging, as i put on weight after i packed in cigs over 3 years ago without any help, just willpower.
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