The Daily Diet

Making simple changes to your lifestyle, can help you lose weight…

8.00am ~ Get More Energy
For a quick and easy energy burst, next time your in the shower, blast some cold water onto the back of your neck for a few seconds.
Studies show it will boost your circulation and energy levels, which will help you avoid your latte fix. Coffee in moderation is fine, but a latte every morning will add on an extra 200 calories to your daily diet.

8.30am ~ Eat Breakfast
Having breakfast within an hour of waking up speeds up your metabloism and helps your body burn fat more efficiently for the rest of the day.
Countless studies show that people who eat breakfast are slimmer then those who don’t.
If you don’t feel hungry in the mornings, get into the habit of eating something small such as a piece of fruit or yoghurt or a homemade somoothie. Then you can have a bigger breakfast later on.

11.00am ~ Have a Snack
Never go for longer than 3 hours without eating. Even if you are not hungry again have something small like yoghurt, a piece of fruit or even a handful of nuts and seeds inbetween breakfast and lunch.
Studies show regular snacking helps keep your metabolism ticking over. It will also stop you from adding unhealthy foods to your lunch.

3.00pm ~ Put on Your Trainers
Recent studies have shown that the best time of day to do a workout is between 2.00pm and 3.00pm.
Studies show mid afternoons are often a dieters downfall as dieters tend to become hungry and snack on unhealthy foods.

5.00pm ~ Drink Green Tea
Drinking a cup of green tea will gently rev up your metabolism so have a cup before dinner to burn off more efficiently.
It also has the added benefit of filling you up and taking the edge of your hunger, so you don’t over eat.

6.30pm ~ Have a glass of Wine
If your going to have a glass of wine have it with your dinner. Although alcohol is fattening a glass in the evenings is pretty much harmless as long as you have a couple of booze free days a week. Alcohol does unsettle your blood sugar levels, which lead to cravings, but if you drink wine with your dinner, the alcohol will not hit your blood stream so fast.
Also the liver metabolises alchol most efficiently in the early evenings which is why lunch time drinking hits you harder.

7.00pm ~ Tuck into Chocolate
If your going to have a treat, like a biscuite or a bar of chocolate, have it straight after your dinner. First of all it will cause less of an acid attack on your teeth because by eating something first your mouth will have produced enough saliva to ward of acid erosion. Also since you have just eaten, you will be less like likely to eat 2 or 3. Try not to eat sugery snacks on an empty stomach because suger increases hunger which can lead to binging.

8.00pm ~ Go Food Shopping
Never food shop when you are hungry. If you nip into the supermarket before you eat, you will only load your basket with sugary fatty treats, whereas if you go after eating, you will only pick up what you actually need.

11.00pm ~ Hit the Sack
Not going to sleep will not just give you circles under your eyes but also a wobbly circles around your waist too.
Research shows that getting between 7 – 8 hours sleep can help you lose upto 10lbs in a year. Without enough sleep hormone levels that regulate appetite change, leading to hunger.

The above are a few changes dieters can make to make dieting easier for themselves…..
I myself have tried these and yes they do work.
Does anyone else have easy and simple dieting tips that works for them?

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