Practical tips for weight balance!
One health goal of almost every client I see is either weight loss or weight gain. Surprisingly enough the answers to both challenges are similar. My initial approach to weight balance is to create homeostasis, the maintenance of a constant internal environment within the body, it is the optimum situation for our body’s intelligent and highly tuned processes to create balance in all areas of our health. The following tips are based on that principle & will help your body create the conditions where weight balance can happen gradually and safely.
1. Nutrients: Your body needs them! Eat three good meals a day, breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince & dinner like a pauper. Include protein at every meal plus wholegrains, fresh vegetables, especially greens & raw cold pressed oils to give your body plenty of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids & amino acids for metabolism. Eat organic where possible.
2. Relaxation! Being stressed on a regular basis encourages the body to deposit fat around the middle, waist & hips. If this is your tendency take action to de-stress using deep relaxation, yoga and walking. For more details see ‘Fat Around The Middle’ by Dr Marylin Glenville
3. Stablise blood sugar levels: Reduce cravings by taking meals & snacks that are high in proteins & good oils to provide slow release (GL) energy. Avoid refined carbs, especially white bread & sugar, do not eat carbs alone. Always read labels on packet or processed food & DO NOT shop when you are hungry!
4. Thyroid balance: Include foods high in iodine in your diet, fish, shell fish or sea vegetables. Oily fish or marine fish oil are high in EPA an easily absorbable form of omega 3 that is essential for the whole endocrine system & is especially good to support adrenal stress & thyroid function.
5. Reduce toxicity: Give your liver & colon a daily detox with a ‘Green Smoothie’ 1/2 cup fresh raw greens chopped eg spinach/kale/cabbage etc , ½ -1 tsp barley grass, 1 lrg apple or other fruit, chopped , 2 + cups water - add water to your preferred consistency , 1 tsp lecithin granules -optional, whizz in a blender - serves 2.
6. Exercise: Daily exercise will increase your metabolism as well as circulation, nutrient absorption & elimination. Your body is built to MOVE! Use it or lose it! Find something to suit you however gentle!
7. Believe in yourself! Many scientists including Candace Pert & Bruce Lipton, are now discovering the power of the mind. Emotional balance reflects in physical balance. Make it a priority to be relaxed and stress free – you are worth it!
1. Nutrients: Your body needs them! Eat three good meals a day, breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince & dinner like a pauper. Include protein at every meal plus wholegrains, fresh vegetables, especially greens & raw cold pressed oils to give your body plenty of vitamins, minerals, essential fatty acids & amino acids for metabolism. Eat organic where possible.
2. Relaxation! Being stressed on a regular basis encourages the body to deposit fat around the middle, waist & hips. If this is your tendency take action to de-stress using deep relaxation, yoga and walking. For more details see ‘Fat Around The Middle’ by Dr Marylin Glenville
3. Stablise blood sugar levels: Reduce cravings by taking meals & snacks that are high in proteins & good oils to provide slow release (GL) energy. Avoid refined carbs, especially white bread & sugar, do not eat carbs alone. Always read labels on packet or processed food & DO NOT shop when you are hungry!
4. Thyroid balance: Include foods high in iodine in your diet, fish, shell fish or sea vegetables. Oily fish or marine fish oil are high in EPA an easily absorbable form of omega 3 that is essential for the whole endocrine system & is especially good to support adrenal stress & thyroid function.
5. Reduce toxicity: Give your liver & colon a daily detox with a ‘Green Smoothie’ 1/2 cup fresh raw greens chopped eg spinach/kale/cabbage etc , ½ -1 tsp barley grass, 1 lrg apple or other fruit, chopped , 2 + cups water - add water to your preferred consistency , 1 tsp lecithin granules -optional, whizz in a blender - serves 2.
6. Exercise: Daily exercise will increase your metabolism as well as circulation, nutrient absorption & elimination. Your body is built to MOVE! Use it or lose it! Find something to suit you however gentle!
7. Believe in yourself! Many scientists including Candace Pert & Bruce Lipton, are now discovering the power of the mind. Emotional balance reflects in physical balance. Make it a priority to be relaxed and stress free – you are worth it!
