COULD A SLIM, HEALTHIER YOU, BE Simply A TICK AWAY ? ? ?

As your holiday approaches do you hear yourself language "I actually must lose several weight before I go on holiday", or during your holiday as you over indulge (and why not? After all, you are on holiday) do you hear yourself language once once more "I actually must go on a diet after my holiday".

Yes, we have all been there! We mean to diet before holidays, after holidays, before Christmas, after Christmas, and so on ... and isn't it funny how we are so full of nice intentions at the time once we are so full after finishing off that box of chocolates we couldn't resist opening. It's always the same old story, we only mean to eat simply one chocolate, our favourite, and then, as if by magic, the whole box is suddenly empty. And that is once we are filled with (not simply chocolates) but the desire to embark on yet another slimming diet. Usually, of course, the solution to slim disappears even as quicker than the chocolates.

Well, do not despair - DO NOT TRY TO SLIM. Yes, you did not misread it, I'll say it once more - "DO NOT TRY TO SLIM". Simply PUT TICKS IN THE APPROPRIATE COLUMNS AND IF THE 1st COLUMNS ARE FULL OF TICKS AND THE COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT ARE PRETTY WELL Absent OF TICKS, THEN YOU Wish HAVE LOST WEIGHT WITHOUT EFFORT AND WITH THE Additional BONUS THAT YOU Wish BE Consumption HEATHILY, AND YOUR ENERGY AND SKIN TONE Wish As well PERK UP.

Print off the following form -

AND THEN EVERY TIME YOU EAT A PORTION OF FOOD PUT A TICK IN THE APPROPRIATE COLUMN

(1)

Fresh fruit, vegetables, (pref. green/orange/red (eg broccoli, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes etc) salads, nuts, seeds, pulses, etc.

(2) Fish, lean meat, eg chicken, turkey, (red meat no more than once a week) yoghurts, glycine max milk, etc.

(3)

Potatoes, bread, pasta, rice, etc.

(4)

All sugary, fatty treats, eg chocolates, sweets, crisps, cakes, biscuits, buns, sausage rolls, pies, etc. Beers, effervescent drinks, etc.

Day of Week Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Remember, the majority of the ticks should appear in column (1)a lesser number in column (2) a more lesser number in (3) and hopefully column (4) is empty

(1) Remember once I gave you my favourite and biological process breakfast? - Put into a microwaveable dish - tablespoon of oats, half-tablespoon flower seeds, pumpkin seeds, raisins, a sprinkling of oilseed and benni seeds, and any or all of the following - cut apple/apricots/nuts. Add a containerful of malt extract or honey, if desired. Mix with water, glycine max milk or fat-free milk and microwave for approx. 5 mins. Top with food or prunes, if desired.

(2) Remember the government's health proposal - eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day. For your main meal, as a guideline, and served on a SMALL dinner plate - half of it should be fresh vegetables/salad, quarter of it should be white meat/fish (preferably oily fish such as sardines, salmon etc) up to a quarter should be potatoes/rice(preferably brown)/pasta.

(3) Remember, drink plenty of fluids, particularly water. For every cup of your usual beverage, why not equal it by drinking the same figure of water? This wish result in you drinking less of your usual drinkable and more water, which means less association and improved skin tone. If you fancy a glass of wine with your meal, then choose red.

Columns l, 2 & 3 provide vitamins & minerals, nutrients and fuel for the body. (Avoid ‘fast-food' and ‘processed food', as most of the goodness is lost in the manufacturing process) Column 4 = delicious, but for our healthy consumption we'll think of them as ‘rubbish' foods -

REMEMBER, IT MAY BE AN OLD Language BUT IT STILL RINGS TRUE Now - "a moment of pleasure on the lips, a lifespan of misery on the hips.

HOWEVER, IF, AT THE END OF THE WEEK, COLUMN (1) IS Jam-pawncked WITH TICKS, THEN YOU CAN TREAT YOURSELF TO Simply ONE ‘MOMENT OF PLEASURE' FROM COLUMN 4.

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