6 eating secrets to help you lose weight at Christmas

  • start with vegetables. To make sure you and your family get all the vitamins, fiber, minerals, and protective compounds that vegetables provide, start a meal with a hearty, hot vegetable soup. This will NOT rack up the calories and you’ll find you’ll eat less for the main course.
  • Stock up on frozen vegetables.Retailers big or small may not want you to know this, but frozen vegetables, which are often cheaper, can be more nutritious than fresh. This is because they are flash frozen within hours of being collected, whereas some ‘fresh’ ones could have traveled hundreds and thousands of miles. Fresh vegetables can also have higher levels of lead, cadmium, and pesticides than frozen varieties.
  • Try making sweet potato chips. If you can’t resist French fries, do what I do and use sweet potatoes. They are richer in many essential vitamins and minerals than ordinary potatoes and have fewer calories. Scrub a large sweet potato, cut into 2cm strips. Place on a baking sheet and sprinkle with a teaspoon or two of olive or rapeseed oil. Bake at 220c (Gas 7) for about 10 minutes. They’re delicious!
  • If you buy bread, make sure it’s whole wheat.. Check the ingredients. Look up the word integral or integral. Otherwise, you could have a range of products that will not only give you the fiber you’d expect in whole grains, but also have a number of other ingredients that add weight.
  • Ignore the salt and sugar. Or put another way, he doesn’t have them. They are the fastest way to gain weight. The food does not need extra from either of these two beasts. Nature has put enough in everything for all of us. If you’re having trouble losing the sugar of your life, try honey. Have you ever seen a fat bee?
  • eat better breakfasts. A good breakfast keeps binges from gaining weight later in the day. Try tomato juice instead of orange. It’s more satisfying, less likely to spike your blood sugar, and provides more nutrients and fiber. Try a shake. Blend a handful of your favorite berries in a blender, add some skim milk and a cup of low-fat yogurt, and blend until smooth. Whatever you choose from these, or even eggs (poached, boiled, or scrambled), sprinkle blueberries over your cereal—it doesn’t matter—make breakfast a major meal, not just a quick cup of coffee.

All of these secrets, and they are just that, secrets, things that some supermarkets keep to themselves can make a world of difference to your vacation and your weight. Have fun and stay fit and slim.

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