Summer is just around the corner and now’s the time when many thoughts turn to losing a bit of excess weight. Here’s some helpful advice from naturopath Nikki Warren.
- Increase protein, decrease carbohydrates. Snack on nuts, fruit, salads, soups, low GI carbs such as sweet potato or brown rice, meat or protein, plus vegetables.
- Introduce more movement into your day. Take the stairs where possible, and walk instead of driving.
- If you have a sweet craving, brush your teeth.
- Drink plenty of filtered water. Often thirst is masked as hunger. Work out how much water you need to drink by taking your weight in kg and times it by 0.03. e.g. 60kg x 0.03 = 1.8 litres daily.
- Eat two small squares of dark chocolate daily if you’re a chocoholic. One to two small squares of dark chocolate a day helps to satisfy a sweet tooth, and to prevent binging.
- Consider adding strength training to your daily exercise. Building muscle increases your metabolic rate.
- Stop eating before you feel full. Get out of the habit of eating everything on your plate.
- Ditch the sugary drinks. Drink water or flavoured sparkling water.
- Eliminate lollies, biscuits, cakes and fast food. Not only are these foods going to increase your bad cholesterol, they are empty calories that have little nutritional value.
- Detox and switch to organic food. Detox diets are usually low in calories and there is a naturopathic theory that releasing toxins from your fat cells helps to boost your metabolism.
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