Wellness Wednesday

Step 1: Keep a food diary for 1 week with your normal eating/drinking/exercise habits - this is when we often see the odd biscuit creeping in! In week 2 try to make the following changes and compare to week 1.

Step 2: Don't skip meals. Try to eat every 3-4 hours (e.g. 3 meals and 2 snacks). Breakfast is often the trickiest meal to eat due to time constraints so consider a yogurt or piece of fruit - just something to stimulate your metabolism and help burn calories.

Step 3: Try to eat at least 5 fruit/veg per day. Simply at least 1 with each meal and 2 snacks. For example; breakfast (berries/banana), snack (apple), lunch (salad), snack (pear/apple/banana), dinner (carrots/beans/peas/broccoli).

Step 4: Keep hydrated. Fill a 1.5L bottle of water each morning and use it as a visual aid throughout the day to gage how much you have drunk. By lunchtime it should be half full - if not have another glass. Also remember often we are not hungry but dehydrated.

Step 5: Learn 1 new recipe each week writing the ingredients down on a shopping list so you dont forget to buy the ingredients. This is a great way to increase your interest and variety of food.

Step 6: Emotional eating? Next time you feel hungry consider if you really are hungry or if it is in response to stress or emotion. This becomes easier the more we practice it. 

Keep to these steps for at least 2 weeks and see & feel the difference :)