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Dieting Advice

Dieting is a huge undertaking for any individual and can be very confusing for people who simply just want to lose weight or eat more healthily, here we have gathered a list of diet tips to help you on your way:

• Choose brown rice, wholemeal bread and whole-wheat pasta, as these are higher in fibre than the “white” varieties and will help fill you up.

• Plan your meals ahead and make sure you leave enough calories for your evening meal and take into consideration any snacks you might have during the day. The main reason people on diets do not lose weight is due to eating more calories during the day than you burn off.

• Exercising more along with eating a healthy diet will help you lose weight more quickly.

• Don’t try to lose too much weight too quickly, aim for around 1 to 2 pounds per week and include your favourite foods as part of a well balanced diet.

• Choose low fat dairy products and include three servings each day in your diet.

• Choose wheat products that are high in fibre such as wholegrain cereal, whole-wheat pasta and granary bread.

• Eat five different portions of fruit and vegetables per day which can either be fresh, canned or frozen but preferably those that are in unsalted or unsweetened water.

• If you use butter then spread it thinly or just put butter on one slice of bread when making a sandwich.

• Choose lean cuts of meat and make sure you trim off any fat from the outside before cooking and grill or dry roast the meat.

• Try to snack on fresh fruit instead of sweets, biscuits or crisps.

• Stick to your daily calorie allowance with base meals of high fibre but remember to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables per day and keep fatty or foods containing high sugar levels to a minimum.

• Check the calorie content of low fat foods, often there is little difference in those and “normal” products.

• In restaurants don’t be fooled into thinking just because it’s a salad its healthy, if it contains a lot of high fat ingredients then it might have more calories than steak and French fries.

• Many products specifically packaged as “healthy eating” focus only on cutting out the fat, many contain the same if not more calories than the normal foods.

• Always check the nutrition label on packages carefully especially the calorie content.

• The term organic doesn’t mean the food is healthier, organic only refers to how the food was grown.

• Research has shown that a diet including a moderate amount of fat can actually help with weight loss and can help lower the risk of heart disease.

• The more you weigh the more calories you can have and still lose weight.

• As you lose weight the amount of calories you can have per day and still lose weight will drop.