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THE BORING ONES
You've heard it all before but you're still not doing it:
Drink 8 cups of some sort of rehydrating substance a day
Anything without sugar, sweetener or caffeine. This basically leaves water and herbal tea. It's really not that hard. Don't like water? First step - grow up. Second step - squeeze lemon juice or add mint leaves and then play a game of ‘down-downs’. Get a colleague to join you in the challenge. Ask me - it makes it fun!
Get off your arse
Most modern women lead sedentary lives. Sitting behind a desk, sitting in front of a TV, sitting in your car and sitting down with friends adds up to a lot of sitting. So get moving. Walk to the shops. Climb the stairs instead of standing on an escalator. Sort out your garden. Play an outside game with your kids.
Stop eating plastic crap
Regularly ingesting processed food and drinks will not only make you fat but also give you cancer. This means stop eating fast food and snacks that come in shiny packets. Egg on toast or creamy oats takes less than 5 minutes to make. A delicious avo sandwich on wholewheat or a can of tuna with brown pasta is a wholesome lunch. Instead of soft drinks rather reach your 8 cups target. Dinner is your problem.
THE SNEAKY ONES
These may catch you by surprise:
Embrace olive oil
Too often the idea of a dry salad stops you from ever making, or more importantly, eating, one. A nice dressing turns a salad into a dish and it’s only a handful of extra calories. Make your own dressing by mixing up a teaspoon of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, a few drops of vinegar, a knife point of mustard and a knife point of honey with some salt, pepper and herbs and voila!
Go fat free with dairy
Get used to skim milk, fat free yoghurt and fat free cottage cheese. It’s very good for you and ridiculously easy to substitute.
Cauliflower mash is awesome
We all tend to eat too much carbs. Substitute your starch one night with a yummy cauliflower mash. Just steam it until cooked through, and chuck it in a blender with aknob of butter a dash of olive oil and salt herb seasoning to taste.
Take a tip from the French
We know they eat butter and cream and wine and chocolate, but what we don’t know is that they indulge in moderation. That is, small servings. The trick is to eat a salad, or a non-creamy vegetable soup as a starter, about 30 minutes before your main course. This will take the edge off your hunger, help you to reach your 6 veg a day target, extend the eating process so your stomach can register the food, making you feel all fancy because you’re now eating starters and mains on a normal Tuesday night.
Drink champagne
This is all the rage in the diet world at the moment. Dry champagne has very few calories compared to most other alcohol beverages. And if you don’t love it yet, I promise you’ll develop a taste for it soon enough.
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You've heard it all before but you're still not doing it:
Drink 8 cups of some sort of rehydrating substance a day
Anything without sugar, sweetener or caffeine. This basically leaves water and herbal tea. It's really not that hard. Don't like water? First step - grow up. Second step - squeeze lemon juice or add mint leaves and then play a game of ‘down-downs’. Get a colleague to join you in the challenge. Ask me - it makes it fun!
Get off your arse
Most modern women lead sedentary lives. Sitting behind a desk, sitting in front of a TV, sitting in your car and sitting down with friends adds up to a lot of sitting. So get moving. Walk to the shops. Climb the stairs instead of standing on an escalator. Sort out your garden. Play an outside game with your kids.
Stop eating plastic crap
Regularly ingesting processed food and drinks will not only make you fat but also give you cancer. This means stop eating fast food and snacks that come in shiny packets. Egg on toast or creamy oats takes less than 5 minutes to make. A delicious avo sandwich on wholewheat or a can of tuna with brown pasta is a wholesome lunch. Instead of soft drinks rather reach your 8 cups target. Dinner is your problem.
THE SNEAKY ONES
These may catch you by surprise:
Embrace olive oil
Too often the idea of a dry salad stops you from ever making, or more importantly, eating, one. A nice dressing turns a salad into a dish and it’s only a handful of extra calories. Make your own dressing by mixing up a teaspoon of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, a few drops of vinegar, a knife point of mustard and a knife point of honey with some salt, pepper and herbs and voila!
Go fat free with dairy
Get used to skim milk, fat free yoghurt and fat free cottage cheese. It’s very good for you and ridiculously easy to substitute.
Cauliflower mash is awesome
We all tend to eat too much carbs. Substitute your starch one night with a yummy cauliflower mash. Just steam it until cooked through, and chuck it in a blender with a
Take a tip from the French
We know they eat butter and cream and wine and chocolate, but what we don’t know is that they indulge in moderation. That is, small servings. The trick is to eat a salad, or a non-creamy vegetable soup as a starter, about 30 minutes before your main course. This will take the edge off your hunger, help you to reach your 6 veg a day target, extend the eating process so your stomach can register the food, making you feel all fancy because you’re now eating starters and mains on a normal Tuesday night.
Drink champagne
This is all the rage in the diet world at the moment. Dry champagne has very few calories compared to most other alcohol beverages. And if you don’t love it yet, I promise you’ll develop a taste for it soon enough.
Follow Women24 on Twitter and Lili on Twitter.
