Why wait until the New Year for a new you?

Why wait until the New Year for a new you?

Ask any woman what their New Year resolution is and they will instantly tell you that it is to ‘lose weight’. But why wait until the New Year to begin your ambitions of reaching your ideal weight?

Despite many misconceptions that everyone puts on weight during Christmas - making diet plans useless - there is no actual rule stating that you have to wait until the holiday season is over before you put your weight management programme into action. You can even begin today.

Weight Loss Tips

Diet and exercise will always be the safest and most efficient way to lose weight. Providing your body with a healthy and nutritional diet will ensure your metabolism has got the energy stores it needs to keep your body functioning.

However, introduce a combination of weight training, cardio and aerobics into your diet plan and you can confidently experience natural, quick weight loss.

• Make sure you eat a balanced diet. Many dieticians may tell you to follow high protein low fat diets, but recent research has found eating a balanced diet of 40% carbohydrates, 30% proteins and 30% fats (good fats) can help you to burn fats and maintain a strong nutrient intake.

• Drink 6-8 glasses of water. Our bodies are made of 70% water so it is essential that you keep your body hydrated. Drink too little and your body will naturally create a reserve of water which can contribute to water weight gain.

• Go for a walk. If you find it hard to make time for the gym try going for a walk during your lunch break and build up your stamina. By steadily increasing your walks from 30 minutes to 45 minutes a day you can increase your calorie burn by 60 calories a day.

• Workout your entire body. The biggest mistake we make when it comes to exercise is only exercising a specific part of our bodies. Instead by creating a balance of 30 minutes weight training (3 times a week) and 45 minutes of cardio/aerobics you can improve your stomach toning and muscle definition as well as lose weight.

If however you find that despite your best efforts you still struggle to lose body fat, weight loss aids such as slimming pills can offer your body the jump start it needs to begin shifting those excess lbs and losing weight quickly.

There are a number of different weight loss pills you can choose from and all can offer you a variety of different benefits:
• Appetite suppressants – designed to manipulate the production of hormones within your body, appetite suppressants work by making your brain believe you are full when you are not
• Fat burners – clinically proven to help speed up your metabolic processes: the faster your metabolism, the faster your calorie burn
• Carbohydrate blockers – believed to stop the digestive enzyme Alpha Amylase from breaking down starch into glucose, carbohydrate blockers work by preventing a build up of fat stores and ensuring all glucose is efficiently used
• Fat blockers – clinically proven to make up to 28% of your dietary fat intake indigestible, fat blockers bind with fat molecules to form a viscous solution in your stomach which is too thick to be absorbed into your body