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Four easy ways to speed up weight loss

It doesn’t take much to feel healthier, slim down and keep pre-diabetes at bay. - by Aaron Clayton
  • 15 Sep 2017
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Try these simple tricks to boost your weight loss and overall wellbeing

1. EAT WELL THROUGHOUT THE DAY


Spreading your food intake over your waking day helps keep your energy and blood glucose levels stable and your metabolism firing. Eating breakfast is particularly important, with many studies showing that breakfast eaters are less likely to be overweight and are more likely to have better overall nutrition than those who skip the day’s first meal.

2. GET IN TOUCH WITH YOUR APPETITE

Many of us have lost touch with our appetites. We tend to eat for all sorts of reasons other than hunger, including boredom, stress or just because the food is there or someone else around us is eating. The idea here is to only eat when you’re hungry and to stop when you are satisfied (not full).

How do you know when it’s time to eat and when you should stop? You don’t want to wait until you are starving to eat, or you are likely to eat too much, but you should be a little bit hungry when you sit down to a meal. Then you need to stop eating when you feel satisfied (i.e.: ‘I enjoyed that meal and am no longer hungry’) and not when you’re full (i.e.: ‘I shouldn’t have eaten that last mouthful’). Eating slowly will help you to recognise when you get to this point, before it’s too late.

3. PLAN YOUR MEALS AND EXERCISE

Being organised is your key to success. Without a plan, it’s all too easy to get caught up in day-to-day life and never get around to fitting in exercise or making those dietary changes you were aiming for. So, plan your meals for the week, make time for shopping, set aside an afternoon to cook up meals for the week and schedule exercise in your diary like you do other important commitments.

4. REST AND RELAX

High levels of stress can worsen insulin resistance (the underlying problem in type 2 diabetes), lead to weight gain and cause havoc with blood glucose levels. Not only that, when you’re tired and stressed it’s hard to get motivated to make healthy lifestyle changes. Taking steps to reduce your stress levels, as well as scheduling time to kick back, is an important part of your health and wellbeing plan.

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