![]() Avoiding other cheeses gives you a quick win on reducing calorie intake and will help improve cholesterol levels. Accompany with a small chunk of bread or a couple of Ryvita or rice cakes, perhaps with a little cottage cheese for a filling and sustaining lunch with a piece of fruit to follow. Serve a big, warmed bowl of soup with home-made oven baked croutons, (sprinkled with mixed herbs for variation), freshly chopped herbs, low-fat Greek yogurt or sriracha, or any combinations. Alternatively use variations on the minestrone recipe given below for no-fat soup production. If you don’t have this facility you may try gently ‘frying’ off your onions etc., in a little stock or low-fat spread/spray both these methods need a low heat and careful monitoring/stirring. Although I’m not one for kitchen gadgets I heartily recommend an electric soup maker (I got my Morphy Richards a few years ago from e-bay) which will make the most delicious soups without any fat (and with minimal washing up or smell!) You just bung in the ingredients, press the switch and 20 minutes later there’s your healthy, low-fat meal. When we’re looking at weight loss ideas the first thing that comes to mind is to avoid the fats and oils used for the fry starting off many soup recipes. This is the time to turn to hot bowls of nourishment which remain relatively low in calories, and what could fit the bill better than soup. With the wintry weather outside my mind turns to the Mock Turtle’s song in Alice in Wonderland I wonder what variety his “so rich, so green, waiting in a hot tureen” was? My pea soup below? Bake for about 15 minutes they should remove easily from the baking sheet and put on a rack to cool.Press down slightly with a fork – they won’t spread that much, but you may decide to use 2 trays.Cover a baking sheet with non-stick paper and divide the mixture into 8 balls about 2” apart.Mix up these together into a thick batter.Take 1 cup of rolled oats and 1 large overripe banana, mashed well.If you would like a little snack to take with you when walking try making these very simple 2 ingredients cookies: Your metabolic rate remains elevated for a short time after each period of brisk walking so you’ll continue to burn calories even when you stop. Take a warming flask if your circuit doesn’t include a take away coffee opportunity. If possible have a walking buddy otherwise plan out some local walks of differing lengths and plot them out in conjunction with the weather. The cold weather makes us want to huddle indoors, but this is the very time of the year when it helps both our immune systems and our mental health to get outside, see some green space and, within current confines, see other people. Keep a box of carrot and celery sticks in the fridge for those moments of the ‘munchies’.Īnd, of course, if you are able, double up on exercise. Jazz it up with a slice of lemon, a sprig of mint or some squash. Half a pint will make you feel less hungry before you sit down to eat. ![]() The good news is that you can double up on most vegetables in fact, please do!ĭouble up too on the amount of water you drink a cunning trick is to sip at a glass of water whilst you are preparing a meal. And when it comes to following recipes do measure accurately, using kitchen scales and measuring spoons and cups. The easiest and most economical way to lose weight is simply to cut the amount of food on your plate by half so two slices of toast become one, weigh a bowlful of cereal and take half, and a slice of cake is now a half. And whilst January is rather a miserable month to cut back, it is also a time of resolutions and new beginnings my main tip is not to be too hard on yourself if there is the occasional slip up – it’s not the end of everything “brush yourself down, pick yourself up and start all over again”. This series of tips and recipes are to help you now that you have resolved to lose your 5lbs in January to support not only the RNLI but also your own health during January. ![]()
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