Have you ever counted how many adverts on the TV are trying to tempt us to eat 
more ? The top supermarket chains in the UK have a combined marketing budget totalling £282 million – that’s a lot of money being spent on trying to persuade us to eat more. Yet a lot of us are looking for ways to lose weight. So if you are one of those, here are some tips you might like to try.
- Be as active as possible throughout the day. Walk to the shops, climb the stairs, go for walks etc. Lots of low to medium intensity exercise will help you burn off the fat. High intensity exercise may, however, leave you craving for food, burn stored glucose rather than fat, and possibly stress your body more than its ready for.
- Eat regularly through the day. Eating helps fuel your metabolism, and not-eating slows it down.
- Keep nicely hydrated. It only take a 2% level of dehydration for the bodies systems to degrade by as much as 20%. 2 litres a day is a good amount (add extra for exercise).
- Look at the composition of what you eat. Its easy to have a diet over-rich in carbohydrates which are easily absorbed and result in excess blood sugars that are then stored as excess body fat. If you include proteins, fats and fibre, this reduces the desire to snack and will help reduce peaks in blood sugar.
- Maybe its time to revisit the gym or look at joining an outside exercise class – or set aside a regular time to go for a jog / brisk walk with a friend.
- Set a realistic weight loss goal, 1-2lb per week is a sustainable level of weight loss and will not upset your bodies systems. As the bodies weight fluctuates from day to day, its best to check every week, rather than every day.
- Try cutting down the TV – a lot of TV might tempt you to snack, and all those adverts will encourage you to eat more than you would like. As the weather’s been so great recently, how about going for a walk, bike ride, swim or try some tennis, squash or badminton. Try going with a friend for some mutual support and encouragement.Do something today…. you will feel a lot better about it.
