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The Online Slimming Club web site has been developed to offer everything that a
local slimming club can provide and much more, but without the time, expense, the
travel and the embarrassing public weigh in.
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Free Diet Newsletter : February 2002
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ISSUE NO. 5
FEBRUARY 2002
We have some really exciting news for our members this month, Zotrim comes to the Online Slimming Club. Zotrim is a herbal remedy which is designed to help you reduce your food intake. Zotrim could work to help you feel fuller faster and for longer and so help you to eat less during meals and avoid snacking between meals. We thought long and hard before introducing this product, but we felt that this is something that can really help those members who are finding it difficult to keep to their diet plans. Zotrim is available to purchase through the site.
February is a difficult month to stick to your diet. Our summer holiday seems a long way off and Christmas is all forgotten. Try and set yourself short-term targets with a reward system like 'I will lose 7Ibs by Easter and treat myself to a massage' Try not to get despondent the weight will come off and you will look great by the summer.
This month we have some great advice from nutritionist Matthew Lidner to keep us motivated.
Ronny
FITNESS AND NUTRITION HELP
Well the New Year is finally underway and hopefully by now the effects of the past holiday season; (the turkey, trimmings and the alcohol) have begun to balance out both on the head and the stomach!
But if it hasn’t yet and you are still worried, don’t panic- because help is at hand.
A lot of people ask me, especially at this time of year, What can I do? Do I have to work out harder and more often? I’ve put on so many pounds over Christmas! If you feel like this and want some of these questions answered, then relax and follow these helpful tips of advice.
Firstly let me offer you some words of encouragement. For most of us the party season is now over therefore any excess weight that you have put on over Christmas will tend to drop off slowly and surely; as long as you do things in moderation and if you don’t celebrate Christmas all year round! Also it is documented that over 75% of us will put on weight over Christmas by a pound or more, so please don’t feel that you are by yourself- because you are not! Even nutritionists can put on weight over Christmas, (speaking from experience here!) So as the saying goes, “If we can-anyone can,” Just thinking about these positive thoughts should make you feel happier, release those important endorphins and increase your mood for healthier living and exercise.
Secondly, let me offer you a golden rule which I try and tell everyone- don’t be tempted to take things to excessive measures; (I.E.) You don’t need to go the gym every day to work weight off and you certainly don’t need to starve yourself to excess to convince yourself that it will help to shed the pounds because it may do more damage than good.
Instead of these drastic measures here are my 7 top tips to make you feel healthier/happier and to look/feel better.
1) If you received a fitness video or anything to do with exercise/fitness for Christmas; then use it! Don’t be tempted to stash it away in a cupboard or on a shelf. Because even doing 10 mins of a video will help.
2) Don’t frustrate yourself that you may have broken your New Year’s resolutions already! (As I write this we are mid way through January and I can guarantee that the majority of people will have broken at least 1 resolution.) Instead focus on what’s good- if you only went to the gym twice last week and not three times, then that’s twice as good as not going at all. If that curry looked just too good to turn down last Friday night then don’t beat yourself up about it! Just say to yourself that it was your treat for trying to do your best; and if you want another curry next week then have one- but try to either make it a dish with less calories, I.E (stay away from Korma & Masala, 282 calories per serving) and try a veggie dish or a Supermarket low fat brand of curry.
3) Use the low fat brands of food that the Supermarkets are offering this time of year, (you’ve all seen the Sainsbury’s advert in which Jamie Oliver goes to his mum’s for a fattening curry and can’t tell that it’s a low fat one,) Although the Supermarkets obviously want you to buy their products they do spend a lot of money on researching what people want; giving them low fat alternatives, which are often CHEAPER. So next time your shopping spend that extra 5-10 mins looking for low fat alternatives; what’s an extra 5-10 mins if it could help you lose a pound or two in the long run? And these days Supermarkets tend to have a tasty low fat alternative to most appetising dishes.
4) Stick with the safe options, that you know work. When you eat bread-try to make it wholemeal, drink and keep those pints of water by your side, keep stocked up on fruit & vet, (and eat it fresh if you can as its much better or you!) Tell yourself that even 1 or 2 pieces of fruit and vet will make a lot of difference. Go for 3 proportional sized meals throughout the day and not just 1 big meal and try to finish your last meal around 8pm or two hours before bedtime, as meals eaten late are often stored as fat.
If you’ve been good then treat yourself- but think about what you are giving yourself. If you still have chocolates or Christmas puddings left over from Christmas then don’t be tempted to scoff them down in one big helping, instead have 1 chocolate bar if you’ve been good and say had jacket potato and pasta for lunch. Or have that Christmas pudding if you’ve come back from shopping with a lot of low fat alternative foods. All nutritionists will tell you that as long as you do things in moderation and think about what you are eating then you are fine to treat yourself.
5) Go to the GYM! A bold statement I know, but you don’t have to go every day or even 3 times a week; even if you go once a week to start with for an hour then think of how many calories you will burn off as opposed to sitting and watching that programme that you’re not really interested in anyway! Also a lot of people are put off by the “fit” people they’ll meet or even the instructors- DON’T BE! Instructors are trained to treat everyone equally whether it’s the guy with the big biceps or the person who has never been before. Also these fit people will not look under their nose at you as the majority are too busy concentrating on getting their own routines right.
6) If you begin to slip away from the good things we have mentioned, just step back and re-assess and ask yourself. Have I lost weight? And, How long have I been trying? If these answers are yes and only for a short time then keep going as you are definitely on the right track. If not then re-assess- don’t panic; there are always new ideas and notions to try out, as not everyone will lose weight the same way. Use the professionals like nutritionists and gym instructors to help you- don’t suffer alone! And remember even thinking about losing weight will help, CRAZY BUT TRUE!
7) BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
By Matthew Lindner, Bsc Hons
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