It may be your last chance to get out in the garden and get the barbie fired up but be careful! While grilling is one of the more healthy ways to cook, it’s the portion sizes and all the additions that can be dangerous. Chips and dips, creamy potato salad, coleslaw, cheese, a few drinks and as many burgers as you can handle – you know the culprits! .
2. Plan what you are going to eat
People don’t plan to fail, they fail to plan. If you are eating away from home, try to pick a restaurant you know will serve a healthy option. If you are sightseeing and bringing along a picnic, make sure you bring foods like sandwiches with low fat fillings, salads and crunchy vegetable sticks and low fat dips, low fat crisps, rice cakes or bread sticks and fresh fruit salad. These picnic foods are suitable, satisfying and won’t ruin your diet.
3. Pack a snack!
If you do get hungry between meals there is only one way to be sure your willpower won’t let you down – pack a snack. If you have a healthy snack with you, you are far less likely to be tempted by high fat, high calorie foods, which might be the only options available.
4. Buy small!
The portion of chips may be beckoning, or that ice cream cone. You don’t have to deprive yourself completely, just buy small serving if you are genuinely hungry.
5. Watch your alcohol intake!
We’re all likely to have a beer with our barbeque, or a glass of wine with dinner on a weekend away but don’t go crazy! Alcohol adds calories. Remember, a pint of lager will set you back 131 calories, a measure of spirits 55 calories (before adding mixers) and a glass of wine, 100 calories. Alcohol also loosens our inhibitions and can make us lose control over what we eat.
6. Be assertive
Have a say in where you go and how you spend your weekend. Choose the restaurant, choose the food you bring along and choose an activity-filled day out. Spend your time in a way that will benefit YOUR health as well as being enjoyable to those around you.
7. Look for support
If others are suggesting activities that will be difficult for you in terms of food temptations, or a day out (or a day in) that involves no physical activity whatsoever, be sure to explain clearly why it doesn’t suit you to do that. Giving someone that understanding will inspire him or her to play a role in your success.
8. Stay focused & committed to your weight loss
YOU KNOW what your target weight is. YOU KNOW how many pounds you want to lose this week. YOU KNOW why you want to lose the weight. YOU KNOW that it is possible. Stick to the plan.
9. Get active!
Gather a group of friends together or take yourself outside with the kids. It doesn’t matter whether you want to play Frisbee, football, volleyball or rounders – as long as you are active and enjoying yourself. Alternatively, why not try something new like rollerblading, horse riding or even water skiing? Whatever it is that you really want to do, get out there and just do it!
10. Take time out!
Give yourself even just five or ten minutes to focus on you, your body and your health. You want to enjoy yourself as much as the next person, so think about ways you can treat yourself without using food. Buy a book or a magazine, hit the shops for a look at the new autumn lines, take a long leisurely stroll, have a bubble bath, get yourself out to the cinema, book a massage. Take your time and enjoy your break!
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