Often people can over complicate nutrition with fad diets, eating X amount of calories per day, or weighing their food portions. It is this over complicated approach that many people find difficult to stick to, and end up falling back into bad habits.
It is important when deciding to lose weight you accept that there has to be lifestyle changes. Many people who are overweight are energy depleted from lack of good and proper nutrition.
As a basic start to losing weight you should avoid the following:
• All Caffeine containing products – Coffee, Tea, Hot chocolate, fizzy drink
• Sugar – Including sucrose, glucose or fructose
• Processed Food – The list is almost endless but pretty much anything tinned, baked or pre-packed or if it has numbers or unpronounceable words on the packet
• Wheat Products – Bread, biscuits, cakes, pies and breakfast cereals
• Dairy – Milk and cheese
• Alcohol – All of it
And as a start you can stock up on:
• Dairy - Eggs, Butter (Good quality non spreadable, unsalted, organic)
• Meat - Beef, Chicken, Turkey, Lamb, Haddock, Sardines, Mackerel
• Vegetables - Asparagus, Aubergine, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Celery, Green Beans, Mushrooms, Onions, Peppers, Tomatoes
• Fruit - Apple, Avocado, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Grapefruit, Berries (All kinds)
• Miscellaneous - Black Pepper, Olive Oil
In addition:
• Drink – AT LEAST 1 litre of clean, filtered water for every 50lbs of bodyweight. This will help flush out the toxins as they’re released from your fat stores and reduce the negative effect of toxin release.
• Eat Protein – At every meal. This will help your body to create lean tissue and increase your metabolism and offset the insulin fluctuations created by carbohydrate only meals.
• Eat Regularly - Try to maintain an eating frequency that has you eating again no sooner than two hours but no longer than four (3 is ideal). This will ensure a steady supply of nutrients and calories to your body as it goes through the elimination phase.
Follow these basic rules and you will be on your way to a healthier self.
(N.B When purchasing Personal Training nutrition will be more in depth and guided)