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you want this season’s weight loss programme to be a
smooth glide through calm waters or a turbulent ride through
choppy seas? Before you dive full tilt into your slimming
schedule, check up on the areas that might catch you out.
Faddy
Diets
Sometimes a quirky
diet plan is what’s needed to keep you interested, but
if it’s too faddy then you’ll find it hard to
stick to as the weeks wear on – if you’re only
allowed to eat red foods on Fridays or foods from China at
weekends, or even if you’re just trying to stick to
organic foods, what do you eat when you’re out with
friends or at a business lunch?
• Pick a plan that interests
and inspires you.
• Be aware that you may not be able to stick to it 100%
of the time.
• Allow yourself some leeway so that you don’t
give up the plan the first time you can’t manage to
keep to the letter of the law – it’s better to
do most of it most of the time than none of it none of the
time…
• Beware of fads that are very restrictive or involve
buying extremely expensive speciality foods.
Hunger Pangs
Feeling hungry and
deprived is the best route back into a chocolate-fuelled feeding
frenzy… The idea is to keep your blood sugar stable
so that you don’t crave an instant sugar fix.
• Don’t go for
long periods of time without eating.
• If you experience dizziness, palpitations or light-headedness
after a few hours of abstinence, you need to eat more often.
It doesn’t have to be a gourmet meal: some fruit or
a handful of nuts or seeds eaten in time will prevent you
devouring a whole packet of biscuits because you’re
starving!
• Take Helix Slim tincture or tablets, made from fresh
Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), to help metabolise
your food more effectively, so that you can wait for your
next meal without feeling hungry.
Cravings
These are linked to
the hunger pangs because the body demands caffeine, nicotine,
alcohol or sugar in order to push the blood sugar back up
if it’s dropped too low.
• Don’t go for
long periods of time without eating (are you noticing a theme
here?)
• Make sure that what you eat isn’t full of refined
carbohydrates (white flour and sugar, or heavily processed
foods) as these will cause your blood sugar levels to drop
again quickly.
• Take a Chromium supplement to help to keep your blood
sugar stable.
• Take Craving Essence from the Jan de Vries flower
essence range as it will help to reduce emotional dependence
on substances such as sugar!
Follow these simple guidelines and
watch the scales respond positively.
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