Tips on nutrition
To help you shed those pounds
Eat mainly complex carbohydrates, such as wholemeal products, potatoes,
fruit and vegetables.
Cut down on fat by:
- Cooking without fat: baking, roasting, boiling, steaming.
- Using lean pâté and cooked meats. Cut off any visible fat from meat
- Serving low-fat fish and poultry with skin removed
- Using low-fat or fat-free milk products
- Using less butter, margarine, oil, salad dressings, mayonnaise. Avoid nuts, ice cream and chocolate
- Sweetening low-fat desserts with calorie-free sweeteners
Drink a lot of fluids - but only the sugar-free kind, such as mineral water or 'light/ diet' drinks Sweeten coffee or tea with sweeteners.
Don't make any total bans for yourself - becoming ravenously hungry is counterproductive.
And get those muscles moving! Keeping fit activates the metabolism and helps to lower the set point.
Don't be disheartened - small steps lead to big results. And even if you have a little lapse, it isn't going to stop you from reaching your ultimate goal.
Watch out for hidden sugars!
When we use sugar cubes to sweeten drinks or sprinkle granulated sugar on fruit or desserts, we are well aware of what we are doing, and it is something that each of us can control or give up altogether. It is also quite clear to us how much sugar there is in soft drinks, biscuits, cakes, jam and blocks of chocolate.
Sugar is also to be found, however, where we would least expect it, for instance in 'ready-cook' meals, tinned vegetables, soups and sauces. Take a closer look at the list of ingredients - what you find listed as sucrose, glucose, dextrose, fructose and maltose are different types of sugar.
