Sunday, December 5, 2010

80/20 Maintanence Plan

Congratulations on your weight loss!
The final instalment of this blog series is about how to maintain your hard work!
If you live by the simply notion of eating 80% healthy food, 20% junk you can't really go wrong.
Go for unprocessed whole foods. Processed foods are magnets for hidden sugar, salt and hydrolised fat and protein, as well as preservatives and other nasty additives.
Choose a good breakfast that is a challenge for the body to breakdown. Drink lots of water upon rising 1-2 glasses! Give up that early morning coffee or tea as it interferes with nutrient absorption.
Morning tea should be a piece of fruit, handful of nut, yoghurt or a maximum of 4 plain sweet or savoury biscuits/crackers.
Lunch will depend on your situation. It might be a sandwich, a salad, lean meat and veg, soup, dip ( like hommous or tatkizki) with veggie sticks and a few crackers.
Afternoon tea is similar to morning tea but only choose the biscuit option once!
Dinner should be lean meat or fish with salad or veggies. Limit pasta and rice to twice a week. Eat a wide variety and try and include some raw food everyday!
Drink 1-2L water and don't eat 2 hours before bedtime as this is growth and repair time not digestion time. 
Try to incorporate the serotonin effect by eating something sweet, can be a piece of fruit or a scoop of ice cream to get those happy chemicals flowing through you body.
Enjoy special occassions, just be sensible, after all a special occassion isn't that special if it happens daily!
Good Luck.
By the way my weight loss at present is 14.5Kg, 9cm off my hips and 6 cm off my waist. I still intend to loose another 7Kg which will be made alot easier now that I have completely stopped breatfeeding and can go full tilt!
I hope this has been helpful and motivating for you.
I'm always reachable via facebook or my website http://www.asnatureintended.com/
All the Best 
Kylie Floate