Healthy Weight Loss Tip

Dieting the healthy way

• Only eat when hungry.
• Cut portion size - protein portions should be about the size of pack of cards and half your plate should be vegetables or salad.
• Leave the table 80% full, you will digest your food better. Don't eat left-overs.
• Have a light balanced breakfast such as fruit, natural yoghurt and seeds.
• Balance your blood sugar by eating protein and carbohydrates with each meal.
• Don't cut out fat but swap bad fat such as fried food and hydrogenated fat in cakes and pies, for good fats found in oily fish, nuts and seeds and olive oil.
• Drink more water, thirst can be mistaken for hunger.
• Have a sensible snack mid afternoon if there is a long gap between lunch and evening meal. One or two oatcakes with some humous, tahini, tapenade or cottage cheese is good. Or a bowl of berries.
• Chew your food very slowly and don't eat when stressed, making you more likely to overeat and not digest your food. Chewing food well helps control insulin and reduce cravings.
• Bread can be very bloating, try oatcakes instead or german rye bread.
• Be prepared. Take healthy snacks with you such as fruits and nuts, and don't eat fast food - oatcakes, hummus and crudités and homemade soup in a flask are portable.