Lose Weight For Christmas

Whether you have a little weight to lose or a lot, or a lot it's best not to

reduce your calorie intake to less than 1200 calories a day. This level of

intake will help you shed around a couple of pounds a week (a bit more at

first) so you should be around half a stone trimmer by Christmas.

Importantly it won't hamper your weight loss effort by sending your body

into starvation mode.

The food choices you then make to obtain these 1,200 calories is the crucial

factor in how hungry or otherwise you will feel. To beat hunger pangs

completely, try these fail-safe tips:

1Make two thirds of your diet plant-based. Pasta, rice, beans, bread and

fruits and vegetables give maximum fill for minimal calories, and making

them the main rather than secondary part of your meal means you'll always

have plenty to eat.

2Choose high fibre options wherever possible. Fibre doesn't contain any

calories, so it fills without being fattening. It also slows down stomach

emptying so that you feel full for longer. And because you have to chew high

fibre foods so well it forces you to eat them more slowly.

3 Eat high water foods. Water is the ultimate low calorie, high volume food,

so liquid meals such as soups and stews can be particularly satisfying, and

kinder to your waistline. Another trick is to drink a glass of water before

a meal to trick the stomach's stretch receptors into sending 'I'm full'

messages to the brain.

4Don't skimp on low fat sources of protein, such as fish, grilled chicken

and lean meat. Lean protein has an effective blunting effect on your

appetite, and can make you feel full for longer.

5Cut the fat. Apart from the obvious reason - that it has more than twice

the calories than the same weight of protein or starch - fat is also the

least filling food component of all.

If you follow these rules, you'll be able to eat really well (for example

cereal and fruit for breakfast, soup, bread and yoghurt for lunch and a

large veggie curry and rice followed by fruit fool for evening meal) and

still not go over 1200 calories.

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