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The festive season has
passed and our waist size may have expanded slightly from all the treats we
have snacked on. It’s now the New Year and with that comes plans for the new
us, the pre-Christmas streamline version!
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Here
are some of our favourite weightloss tips:
Get a
blood glucose monitor
These
are great, you can buy them online or in Boots and they often link up with smartphones.
You can take simple skin blood prick tests throughout the day to monitor your
blood glucose levels so that you are eating when you need to. Sometimes you
will think you need to eat, but your blood sugar is high, meaning the best
you could do is fast at that time and go for a walk to get the metabolism
going!
Avoid
instant sugar hits
...such
as chocolate. Sugar is stored in all the wobbly bits such as the tummy
and thighs. When you eat sugar, and it isn’t used up immediately for energy,
such as when you exercise, your body can be in danger of going into
hyperglycemia which can cause you to pass out. To prevent this, your body
thinks ahead for when you may need some food and cleverly stores the sugar
like a packed lunch in your fat cells ready for when you need a big surge of
energy. Alas the energy surge is often not that frequent leaving you with
lots of prepacked packed lunches to get through!
Cinnamon
is your new buddy that goes everywhere with you
Carry
this in your pocket and sprinkle a small amount on your food or in your
drinks. This slows down sugar release into the blood stream keeping you
feeling fuller for longer and less likely to gain fat.
Chromium
This
little mineral is known to have the GTF (glucose tolerance factor) which
means it regulates glucose in the blood after eating or when experiencing
cravings, making it a popular ingredient to have when hungry or just
after eating, to encourage satiety.
Insoluble
fibre
Fibre
such as Konjac, alongside water, swells inside the gastrointestinal tract. The
swelling makes the body feel full by triggering appetite suppressors.
Get
your Zzzs
Sleeping
and appetite can easily get confused. There is an appetite stimulator called
ghrelin - think of it as the little hunger gremlin in your tummy which
makes that rumbling noise. Ghrelin is stimulated by two things, hunger and
sleep deprivation to encourage sleep, which can easily confuse you in to
thinking you are hungry.
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