I know its not the sensible way to diet but for some it seems to work ...is there a version of this here in Switzerland .....I have contacted the company they are using but they only operate in the UK ..not sure if I am allowed to mention the name here ?
Thanks
Gerlinea does pre-made shakes and the caramel is yummy. Unfortunately, you have to order it online since Coop no longer stocks it. I lost 8 kgs in around 3 months with Gerlinea skakes for breakfast and noodle soups or rice for lunch, with a small dinner. I still crave it now
These diets are great for convenience but there is not much variety in the products.
Is this an 18 calories whisky?
It's still not as good as a sensible, reduced fat, balanced diet, but I'm a fat *******, so it's no good taking my advice!
Same ingredients as bread, just using a larger amount of water during the manufacturing. As Water does not contain calories, and ca. 100 liter is used for 1 bottle of whisky, Just compare how many calories you get, if you eat the amount of bread, made by 100 liters of water. In addition Bread may have been made by other additonal ingredients like Eggs, Milk, Sesame Seeds etc. which all contain additonal calories, so Dougals' Breakfast is indeed on the right track
Regards,
Doc.
Basically when you subscribe to one of these programmes what you are paying for is for them to count calories for you. Why not just count them yourself. Get a little scale and weigh stuff before you eat it. Figure out how many calories is in each thing you are going to eat before you eat it, and then decide whether it fits your diet or not.
There are plenty of online calculators to help you figure out what your daily target should be. I use this one:
http://gcms.weightwatchers.com/WWI_C...x?Page=1064412
If you follow Dougal's excellent régime you may need another support group:
Soup is my nightly meal Fruit for breakfast and hot meal for lunch.
Vege soup does make you fart though, so not recommended for work lunches, plus it always spills on the way for me.
Good luck!
You need to train your body and mind to be healthier.
I go for a home made fruit smoothie for breakfast, moderate lunch (normally sandwich and small salad) and a healthy dinner (like steamed chicken and veg, or soup).
Make sure your portion is not too big. If its not on your plate you cant eat it!!
Exercise if vital. For most people, staying trim is hard work so dont expect there to be a miracle cure!!
Oh I almost forgot - once you reach your target weight/shape/size, allow yourself one 'naughty' day a week. This helps keep your motabolism going fast.
Be careful of yo-yo dieting! Every time we loose weight and then re-gain it, we end up having a higher % fat tissue and a lower % muscle mass than before the diet period. That is, for the same weight, we are < Therefore: it is better, as mentioned by others here, not to diet but change habits ...
Your body needs to adjust to reduced food intake, including your stomach contracting. If you lose a lot of weight quickly, you will always be feeling hungry, and therefore risk over eating and putting the weight back on.
A very serious warning for anyone tempted to purchase slimming pills or the like over the internet. DON'T.
You could easily end up with banned drugs or some very nasty products. I saw an investigation on BBC the other day. Some products included Amphetamines, brick dust or rats droppings.
vegetable soups. baked potatoes etc) all filling stuff so you don't get hunger pangs. Keep off sweets, biccies, too much extra fat (butter, salami) and go for a brisk walk every afternoon to keep the metabolism ticking over.
Simple and it works.
It is generally accepted that, of the 2300 calories we need in a day, we use 60% of the energy for the basic metabolism (heart beat, respiration, keeping the body temperature), 30% for activities (moving, working, thinking) and 10% for digestion of the foodstuff. The excess above 2300 is stored as fat. This opens for a few interesting observations:
Increased physical activity will work only on the 30% of the daily expenditure. One hour at the gym will do very little for you on the overall daily energy expenditure (as it works only on the 30% of the total). Just as well to park oneself in front of the TV...honest, I'm not kidding!
Why not look for a strategy that addresses the 60% of the basic metabolism? Now, much of the basic metabolism aims at keeping us warm (I know, I’m just trying to keep it simple!). The metabolic reactions that help regulate body temperature will increase if we are in a cold environment, jut to keep us warm, or decrease if the environment is warm. On the other hand, we will also radiate heat if absolutely still, this is heat generated by chemical reactions in the body that aim at keeping us alive. Laboratory experiments have shown that in a warm environment (hot room or hot bath etc, no physical activity) we loose around 20 calories/hour as heat in order to avoid overheating. In a somewhat colder environment we will loose about 80 calories/hour (no physical activity).
Now, think of the situation hot bedroom and thick, Swiss style duvet.
In the one case (hot bedroom and duvet), the body uses up 20 Calories per hour for the 8 hours of sleep, or a total of around 160 Calories during the night. In the other case (thin covers, cool room) the body uses up the more natural 80 Calories per hour of sleep for those 8 hours or 640 Calories during the night. The difference of these two situations appears to be 480 Calories per night.
A pound of fat contains 3500 calories. Simple maths will tell you that you can loose a pound of fat every week if you put that duvet away, open the bedroom window and go to sleep!
Have a good night's sleep!