I only want two things ... to eat and lose weight

It's day 3 of the diet. You wake up with one thing on your mind ... FOOD! Then you look at your allowance.

• Some water and cider vinegar to beat the bloat (if it's good enough for JLo then it's good enough for me)
• Followed by some eggs ... but no toast. I heard carbs are bad
• But it's OK ... you still have another 600 calories in your allowance to last you through the day

Panic. Disappointment. What's the point? I will never stick to this.

Fad diets set you up for a fall

You begin to think these crazy diets are the definition of a healthy life. But it's not. 

When someone says to you they eat healthy, there's no need to feel sorry for them. They are probably eating twice the calories you are, suffer from half the remorse, and absolutely love the energy and health benefits they get from finding the balance. 

My dream diet

There is a solution. Everything in moderation and adding in exercise was all I needed to do to maintain a healthy weight. Super simple.

So what's the basics that you need to know.

Calories 
Your target should sit at:

• 2,550 calories per day for males 
• 1950 calories per day for females 

Drop your targets by 500 calories for weight loss. 

General rules 

1. Base your meals on starchy foods
2. Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg per day 
3. Eat 2 portions of fish a week, 1 oily 
4. Cut down on saturated fat and sugar 
5. Try to eat less salt, no more than 6g a day 
6. Drink 6-8 glasses of water per day 
7. Don't skip breakfast 
8. Get active 

How to split your food 

There's so much negative press around carbs and fats, but it is so important to have a healthy lifestyle:

• Minimum of 50% total calories from Carbohydrates
• Maximum of 35% total carbs from fats 
• Maximum of 55G of protein per day (9-12% of total calories)

Now you may still be looking at this thinking it's gobbledygook ... I have studied it and it still takes me a while. 

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Love, 

Stacey 

xx