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The start of a New Year is the perfect time to turn a new page, which is probably why so many of us create New Year's Resolutions. A New Year often feels like a fresh start, a great opportunity to eliminate bad habits and establish new routines. Of course, resolutions are much easier to make than to keep, and by the end of January many of us have abandoned our resolve and settled back into our old patterns.
Here at Simming247 we've put together some tips to help you stick to your New Year's Resolutions and achieve your goals.
1. Choose a Specific, Realistic Goal
Every year millions of us resolve to lose weight or get in shape during the year, Instead of selecting such an ambiguous goal, focus on something more concrete that you can realistically set your sights on. Commit to losing five pounds or running a marathon. Choosing a concrete, achievable goal gives you the opportunity to plan exactly how you are going to achieve your goal over the course of the year.
2. Pick Just One Resolution
While all of us have a long list of goals, pick just one and focus your energies on it - that way you avoid spreading yourself two thin.
3. Start With Small Steps
Taking on too much means your New Year's Resolutions are more likely to fail. Dramatically slashing calories or over-doing it at the gym are surefire ways of ensuring you binge or burn out. Want to run a marathon? Work with a personal trainer to develop a fitness plan and slowly increase your training. Want to lose weight? Cut out junk food and introduce more nutritious foods into your diet. Although it may seem like a slow start, these small changes make it easier to develop new habits and stick to your goals.
4. Remember That Change Is Progress
Unhealthy habits can take years to develop, so how can you expect to change them in a matter of days or weeks? It may take longer than you would like to achieve your goals, ut remember this is not a race to the finish.
5. Don't Let Small Stumbles Bring You Down
Don't beat yourself up for missing a gym session or succumbing to a slice of cake. We all encounter setbacks, the most important thing is to acknowledge it and move on.
6. Get Support From Your Friends and Family
Having a support system in friends and family can help you stay motivated. Better still, join an exercise group or swap diet tips with a friend.
7. Renew Your Motivation
During January you probably felt confident and highly motivated to reach your goal. After dealing with the reality of dragging yourself to the gym on a cold February morning or resisting warming comfort food you may find your resolve weakening. When you face such moments remind yourself exactly why you are doing this, and what you have to gain by achieving your goal.
8. Use Diet Aids To Support
Sometimes we all need a little help to stay on track. Here at Slimming247 we have a range of diet aids to help you reach your weightloss goals. Appetite suppressants can kick start a diet, and T5 fat burners can give you the energy you need to get through those 6am gym sessions.
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Slimming247 has just launched Forza T5 Super Strength with Acai Berry, which builds on the success of T5 Super Strength, but also contains Acai Berry Extract to promote overall health.
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This well blended compound of ingredients can tone and tighten your body by burning excess fat and giving that important boost to help you push through any workout, plus cleanse your whole body of toxins and impurities at the same time. Combined with a healthy diet, plenty of water consumption and regular exercise, this can help you to achieve your ultimate weight loss goals.
Forza T5 Super Strength with Acai Berry contains the perfect blend of natural ingredients for fat burning, weight loss and maintenance. It attacks fat by increasing metabolism, heightening energy levels and suppressing appetite.
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Posted on July 11th 2011 at 03:49pm0 Comments
Here at Slimming247 we have stumbled across a new product which acts as a nutritional supplement called Moringa. Your probably wondering what makes it different from any other supplement you see in your local supermarket or pharmacy. Firstly, it is often referred to as ‘The Miracle Tree’ as it is the world’s richest natural source of vitamins and minerals as it contains more vitamin A, vitamin C, Iron, Calcium, Protein and Potassium than many common foods. It is also estimated to contain 46 antioxidants, combining these with vitamins and minerals, allows the body to absorb the nutrients more easily than single vitamin capsules. Thirdly, it has been used for thousands of years as a medicinal herb by the likes of the Ancient Greeks, Ancient Egyptians and Romans.
The nutritional content of Moringa helps increase energy levels, stamina and metabolism, build strong bones, build strengthen and maintain immune system, increase natural defences of the body, aid digestion and circulatory system, improve functionality of the liver and kidney and improve your general well being. This can be particularly beneficial to those who exercise regularly, are working professionals, depression sufferers, diabetics, lactating mothers, senior citizens and middle aged women.
Most of us often feel bad about not exercising or eating enough of the ‘right’ kind of foods. However a multi-vitamin supplement such as Moringa can act as a convenient way of increasing your intake of vital vitamins, improving your health without feeling guilty about the takeaway you ate last night or forgetting to eat all of your ‘five a day’.
At slimming247 we are really excited to have 60 Moringa capsules on offer for £14.99! I definitely know at this price and with so many benefits we at Slimming247 will definitely be trying Moringa out!
- It is not only a matter of what you eat but also how much you eat. In addition, daily cardio exercise is excellent for weight loss. Do not eat past 8 pm or 2-3 hours before bedtime. Use portion control. Measure high carbohydrate foods like pasta and rice to get no more than half a cup. Eliminate sweets, desserts, or anything with sugar and all refined (processed) carbohydrates.
- Avoid getting fruit servings from juice; juice is loaded with calories and carbohydrates. Eat a low carbohydrate, quality protein, breakfast; this will stop you overeating later in the day. Eliminate sandwiches and burgers. Use mustard or no sauce at all, instead of mayonnaise. When eating out, look for color in sauces. Red tomato based sauces will have almost no fat; white creamy sauces are loaded with fat. Use grains very sparingly; they are very high in carbohydrates. Drink at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of water a day. If you are able, do cardio exercise daily.
- Eat five or six small meals per day. Keep a food dairy to track what you are eating. Drink lots of water. The benefits of water are tremendous. Cut out fizzy drinks they are loaded with sugars. Cut out even diet soda. Diet drinks can cause water retention. In addition, look out for 'hidden sugar.' For example, many protein bars are loaded with sugar. Eat turkey, fish, lean ground beef, lean steak, grilled chicken, and load up with veggies or salad. Avoid the "no fat or low fat" dressings. They are loaded with sugar. Use low fat sour cream instead of mayo. Any weight loss diet is not an overnight diet but if you are consistent, you will establish good habits. In addition, you need to add exercise.
- If you want to lose body fat and keep it off, eliminate processed (refined) carbohydrates from your diet. Processed (refined) carbohydrates have negative effects on health; they also slow down metabolism. When digested all carbohydrates turn into sugar, and sugar becomes fat. Therefore, think of eating carbohydrates as eating sugar and think of eating refined (processed) carbohydrates as eating concentrated sugar. To increase your metabolism, allow yourself 20 to 60 grams of carbohydrates daily. Get those carbohydrates from natural sources such as (preferably organic) fresh vegetables and fresh low carbohydrate fruits such as berries. There is no minimum daily requirement for carbohydrates, but they do have beneficial phytochemicals and fiber so eating some is fine as long as they are unprocessed.
- Eat a meal about every three waking hours (5 or 6 meals per day). You will not be eating more food; you will simply be spreading it throughout the day. Each of those five or six feedings should contain at least 15 grams of unprocessed protein (from natural sources) for a female or at least 20 grams per feeding for a male. This one change alone will speed up your metabolism and help to curb any food cravings.
- You can do more to boost your metabolism besides eating well. For example, weight training will increase muscle. Muscle is your metabolic furnace that will burn extra energy (calories) 24 hours a day. Similarly, brisk walking (cardio exercise) for several miles daily will burn extra calories during and immediately after walks. If you are too heavy to exercise, begin with the correct eating frequency for fat burning and the correct fat burning foods. When you have lost enough weight to exercise comfortably, then add exercise to your weight loss program. (Before changing your physical habits, you may wish to obtain the blessing of your physician.)
