I was picking up a few bits in WHSmith (the home of snack food!) the other day. And no, I wasn’t Christmas shopping. I’m not that organised in that side of my life.
And even at the self service checkout, I get a pop up asking me if I want to add a £1 chocolate bar (which are conveniently placed right in front of me with a load of sweets).
The reason I’m telling you this is because a recent study came out showing that the countries with the LOWEST levels of obesity were:
Japan, Korea, and Italy…
Who, as you know, are pretty renowned for eating WHITE RICE, PASTA and BREAD.
Now, what this does tell us is that these so-called “bad foods” are obviously NOT the cause of all evil themselves
^^^ despite what they tell you…although if you have intolerances / allergies / IBS…that’s another issue and something I will go into in a bit more detail
BUT…what this does tell us is that there is MORE to this.
To name a few: sleep, stress, snacking / eating habits, where and who you eat with, whether you eat out of a packet or serve it into a bowl, whether you eat on the go or sat down with your family or friends…
So when people say to me:
“I can’t give up carbs”
“But I have to give up carbs to lose weight”
The one thing I say?
It doesn’t have to be that extreme..
For example: Let’s say you want a simple way to cut calories without cutting calories without being hungry:
Option 1: Choose a set number of meals where you don’t eat starchy carbs e.g. on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I will have lower carb days by making my evening meals: A chicken and veg soup, beef stir fry and a chicken salad / omelette etc. On the other days, I will allow myself carbs in the evening meals.
Option 2: Let’s say at the moment you have porridge with some greek yoghurt for breakfast, but you feel you want carbs in the evening, instead of having porridge in AM, you just have Greek yoghurt and then enjoy your carbs / pasta in the evening. That is still one carb portion.
Option 3: You track your calories, be mindful of getting enough protein (every meal or 1.2g – 1.6g per KG of bodyweight) and you use the rest of your calories as you like, be it focusing on carbs or fats…
Key part?
Choose the option that is most simple to do and easiest for you to implement.
This is what we help you do inside our 28 Day Kickstart, specifically for women 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+ and beyond who pretty much know what to do but need the plan, direction and accountability to actually do it!
Message me with ‘kickstart’ for more info
Matt