15 easy ways to lose weight: Nuts, protein & speed!
5. Sprinkle nuts & seeds
Nuts and seeds contain chromium - a mineral that helps insulin to regulate sugar in your body and prevent it being turned to fat. A dessert spoon sprinkled on cereal once a day or added to stirfries is all you need. Most health food stores have cereal sprinkle mix made of a selection of seeds and nuts, but any combination you like is fine.
6. Have protein first
Sounds weird, but eating the protein part of your meal first (chicken, cheese, meat) really does fill you up more quickly than the other items on your plate. Save the potatoes to last and you won't gobble them down so quickly.
7. Get there faster
It's an old one, but if you usually get somewhere in 20 minutes, try doing it in 15. Not only does this increase heart rate, which is good for you, but it improves leg muscle power, and more muscle burns more fat. Just walking for 15 minutes, twice a day, burns an extra 3,600 calories a month, equal to 12lb weight loss in a year without dieting.
By Monica Grenfell
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