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Top Ten Tips For Weight Loss
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
1. Keep to a meal routine – A regular eating pattern is an important
part of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight.
– People who have more chaotic eating
habits often end up eating more
– Research has shown people who eat
breakfast are more likely to be a healthy weight.
– 3 meals a day ensures wider variety of
foods, enabling you to get all the nutrients you need for good health
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
2. Reduce your fat intake
– Fats provide double the calories found in the equivalent
amount of other foods, cutting down on fatty foods saves a lot of calories
– Boil, steam, grill, poach or microwave food rather than
frying or roasting
– Choose lean cuts of meat and trim off any fat
– Switch to a reduced fat diary foods such as reduced fat
milk cheese and yogurt
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Select lower-fat options whenever possible
200ml serving-132kcal
8g fat 11% GDA
5g saturated fat 25% GDA
Full Fat Milk Skimmed Milk
200ml serving-64kcal
0.4g fat 0.6% GDA
0.2g saturated fat 1% GDA
Semi-Skimmed Milk
200ml serving-92kcal 3g fat 4% GDA
2g saturated fat 10% GDA
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
3. Base your meals on starchy foods – Starchy foods contain less than half
the calories of fatty foods.
– Bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, noodles & couscous
– Limit added fats used for cooking and serving & reduce the calorie content of the meal.
– High fibre starchy foods tend to be filling- you are less likely to snack
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
4. Don’t forget your 5 a day
– Eat at least 5 portions of fruit and veg a day
– Try having fruit or veg with every
meal. This makes it easier to reach target
– Fruit and veg are low in fat and calories
– Good sources of many vitamins and minerals
– Fresh, frozen, dried, canned
and juiced-they all count
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Practical Tips for Weight Loss
5. Restrict chocolate, cakes and crisps eaten but don’t ban them completely.
– Banning them completely might make your diet difficult to maintain and you will be more likely to fail
– Choose a healthy option such as fruit or low calorie yogurt
– Sugar can add a lot of calories, especially in sugary drinks.
– Try to wean off sugar or try artificial sweeteners instead.
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
6. Think about your drinks
– Drink plenty of water or or sugar-free squashes 6-8 glasses
(2litres) per day
– Unsweetened fruit juice high in natural sugars, so limit it to 1 glass per day
– Alcohol contains only calories & few other nutrients-approx. 200 kcals for a pint of beer; 120 kcals for a glass of wine
– Cutting down on alcohol will help in weight reduction
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
7. Check labels.
–Be careful about food claims.
–Check the fat and sugar content on food labels when shopping and preparing food.
–A low fat digestive biscuit has the same number of calories as a standard digestive biscuit at 70 calories
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Practical steps for cutting down on fat
• The Food Standards Agency is an independent Government department
• It has developed Traffic light signpost labelling
• This provides 'at a glance' information on labels about the levels fat and saturated fat content of foods
• Compare labels and choose the option that is lower in saturated fat
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Food Labels
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
8. Focus on your Food
– Slow down.
– Don’t eat on the go or while watching TV.
– Eating meals at the table will help to focus on the amount of food eaten.
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
9. Caution with your Portions
–Don’t heap food on the
plate (except veg).
–Think twice before having second helpings
–Fill the plate up with lots of veg
–Low in calories & helps satisfy hunger
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Top Ten Tips for Weight Loss
10. Walk off the weight – Walk 10,000 steps (about 60-90
minutes of moderate activity) each day.
– Use a pedometer to help count the steps.
– Break up the walking over the day bouts of ten minutes at a time
– To benefit need to feel warm and
slightly puffed but still able to have a conversation.
– Take the stairs rather than the lift