| This article contains 10 very doable and simple tips | | | | preservatives must have been added! |
| to help you shift those extra pounds. Get rid of | | | | 4. Eat more veg. Vegetables are great when it |
| those extra calories and pounds as early as you | | | | comes to losing pounds. As with fruit, try and eat |
| can and try to enjoy life the best you can | | | | fresh veg as opposed to tinned or frozen. Include |
| without inviting all those terrible diseases that | | | | a salad in your diet every day. |
| come with a few extra pounds. | | | | 5. Watch what you eat. The difference between |
| 1. Drink plenty of water. Your body needs a lot of | | | | man and animal is that animals are driven by |
| water. It is not just way to flush out toxin but if | | | | instinct while we are driven by intelligence (well, |
| you have more water in your body you will | | | | we should be!) Do not eat just because you are |
| generally feel healthier and fitter. This in itself will | | | | bored or you feel like eating. Ask yourself if your |
| discourage any tendency to gorge on junk food. | | | | body really needs it or not. |
| The best thing about water is that is has no | | | | 6. Control your sweet tooth. Remember that |
| calories at all! Start your day with a glass of | | | | sweet things generally mean more calories. |
| water. It lets out all your digestive juices and it is | | | | 7. Have fixed meal times. Try to eat at fixed |
| good for you. | | | | times of the day and stick to it as much as |
| 2. Avoid fizzy drinks. All those sodas and fizzy | | | | possible. Otherwise you could easily spend a day |
| drinks are sweetened with sugar and sugar | | | | picking at junk food and not actually eat a proper |
| means calories. The more you can cut out on | | | | meal. |
| these sweetened bottle drinks, the better for | | | | 8. Avoid fried foods. The more fried foods you |
| you. So if you must drink sodas, then stick to diet | | | | can avoid, the better for you! They are cooked |
| sodas. | | | | solely in oil which is no no if you are trying to shift |
| 3. Turn up the fruit! There are so many reasons | | | | a few extra pounds. |
| to increase your intake of fresh fruit. They | | | | 9. Make chocolate and sweets a luxury and not a |
| contain fibre, which prevents constipation and | | | | routine. Chocolate and sweets should not be part |
| assists in a healthy digestive system. They are an | | | | of your diet. Keep them as a treat. Do not indulge |
| excellent source of vital vitamins and minerals. | | | | in them too much. |
| Where possible, choose fresh fruit over canned or | | | | 10. Do not skip breakfast. Try to eat breakfast |
| processed fruit. Processed fruits are nearly | | | | within 1 hour of waking. That way your body has |
| always sweetened and if you look at the expiry | | | | time to charge itself with the energy it needs for |
| date on the tin, you will see just how many | | | | the day ahead. |