Fruit and vegetables
are an important part of a healthy diet
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A simple
lifestyle change to your diet can help to reduce the risk of having
a stroke.
If you don't
fancy going on a diet plan but still want to lose weight, take a
look at the No Diet diet.
Rosemary Conley,
health and fitness expert, has come up with a solution to shedding
those extra pounds by just following a few simple rules.
Here are
the DOs
- Do eat 3
moderate-sized meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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| Watch
the amount of you drink |
- Do limit
your alcohol consumption to 3 units of alcohol per day.
- Do look at
the nutritional labels on food. Only buy products that contain
4 grams or less of fat per 100 grams (4% fat).
- Do increase
your activity levels. Use the stairs more, walk further and more
often. Try the walking programme
and the fat burner workout.
- Do cut out
all visible fat from your diet. That includes butter, margarine,
oils and mayonnaise.
- Do eat a
desert if you want to. Just select a low-fat (max. 4% fat) pudding.
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| Vegetables
help to bulk up your main meal |
- Do eat enough
at mealtimes to fill you up. Vegetables are great fillers with
your main meal.
- Do eat 3
pieces of fruit per day.
- Do drink
300ml (1/2 pint) of semi- skimmed milk each day, this can be in
your hot drinks and on your cereal.
- Do drink
as much water as possible. Diet drinks are also unrestricted.
- Do continue
to dine out, but avoid anything fried, coated in breadcrumbs or
batter or cooked in pastry.
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| Eating
out at a restaurant - beware of the pitfalls! |
Choose a jacket
potato or boiled potato in preference to chips. Ask for your food
to be cooked without fat and have fat-free dressings.
- Do choose
soup as a starter as it is a good filler. Avoid creamy soups and
forget the bread roll.
- Do weigh
yourself and measure your waist every week at the same time of
day, under the same conditions. Wear the same and use the same
scales. Keep a record of your progress.
- Do balance
the effects of a sumptuous meal out by taking extra exercise the
next day.
- Do cook and
serve all food without adding fat.
And the DON'Ts
- Don't nibble
between meals.
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| Avoid
the sweet counter to keep your waistline trim |
- Don't buy
any chocolate or sweets.
- Don't save
up your daily alcohol allowance and drink it in one go.
- Don't skip
meals.
- Don't eat
just one massive meal a day.
- Don't eat
biscuits, cakes, pastries - in fact anything with more than 4%
fat content, except oily fish.
The weight loss
will not be as fast as following a set diet.
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