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This week, I have had many questions about weight loss! Women are always asking how to lose weight quickly and every week I see so many people getting frustrated with the scales. Weight Loss is complicated and so is the body. If you have been on a diet recently and weigh yourself too much you can seriously sabotage your results by getting frustrated with the scales. Initially, when you start a weight loss programme, the first weeks weight loss results on the scales are normally high and alot of women then expect to pull big numbers continuously. This is not the case for your second week, where your weight loss result will be less. So set a realistic expectation when you weigh yourself. Half a kilo to a kilo a week is healthy when you are dieting. Weighing yourself every day is a total no no. Weigh yourself once a week on the same day as soon as you get out of bed to see your results.
Now if you are working out with weights, well muscle weighs more than fat so you are going to lose more in centimeters or inches rather than pounds or kilos. So again, be realistic about what to expect on the scales and take into consideration how much exercise you have done that week.
Also, listen to your body. Often when you are due your period, you can retain fluid and this shows on the scales even when you have been very focused with your weight loss programme.
If it is that Time of the month and you are feeling bloated and heavy, yet you have been very committed with healthy eating and exercise, well give your self a break and skip the weighing in until the following week. You may show a result on the scales that is fluid retention and that could derail your focus and make you feel like your weight loss programme is not working.
Be kind to yourself. Set realistic goals and listen to your body and use a tape measure rather than scales for a more accurate result.
Stay healthy
Joanne McMahon
http://www.weightlosssecret.info
Friday, October 9, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Hi from Joanne McMahon
Alot of my clients ask about snacking. Should they have six small meals a day, should they have snacks, how often should they eat?
It has got quite confusing for the public with the many diets and weight loss advice on the market.
Six small meals a day really suits people who are doing intense physical exercise. So you really need to be working out in the gym alot to make this work for you! Also, it is SIX SMALL MEALS. Not six medium size meals! It is quite hard to keep this in balance and the meals small. This way of eating suits people who are training intensely daily.
If you do perhaps 30 minutes of walking a day, you really should be having three well balanced meals a day and one small healthy snack if you find that perhaps late in the afternoon you are feeling weak. A snack equates to about a palm size of a healthy option eg almonds, yoghurt, strawberries, blueberries, celery, carrots.
If you are not exercising, simply three meals a day, and no snacks should be achievable.
If you are a snacker, start today by cleaning out your pantry! Get rid of all the high fat, sugary, salty snacks and soft drinks that are making you overweight.
Start taking little steps daily to achieve your goals.
Take it one day at a time!
Replace sugary soda's with water!
Replace unhealthy snacks with a healthy snack!
These two steps are a great way to change bad habits. Start with these two tips and work towards setting yourself some bigger goals. I can assure you that if you start with these two steps, you will feel the difference and see the difference!
Have a fantastic day and here is a quick question for you....
Have you had any water today? If not, go get a glass...
Water is your weight loss and beauty elixir
Take care
Joanne
http://www.weightlosssecret.info
Alot of my clients ask about snacking. Should they have six small meals a day, should they have snacks, how often should they eat?
It has got quite confusing for the public with the many diets and weight loss advice on the market.
Six small meals a day really suits people who are doing intense physical exercise. So you really need to be working out in the gym alot to make this work for you! Also, it is SIX SMALL MEALS. Not six medium size meals! It is quite hard to keep this in balance and the meals small. This way of eating suits people who are training intensely daily.
If you do perhaps 30 minutes of walking a day, you really should be having three well balanced meals a day and one small healthy snack if you find that perhaps late in the afternoon you are feeling weak. A snack equates to about a palm size of a healthy option eg almonds, yoghurt, strawberries, blueberries, celery, carrots.
If you are not exercising, simply three meals a day, and no snacks should be achievable.
If you are a snacker, start today by cleaning out your pantry! Get rid of all the high fat, sugary, salty snacks and soft drinks that are making you overweight.
Start taking little steps daily to achieve your goals.
Take it one day at a time!
Replace sugary soda's with water!
Replace unhealthy snacks with a healthy snack!
These two steps are a great way to change bad habits. Start with these two tips and work towards setting yourself some bigger goals. I can assure you that if you start with these two steps, you will feel the difference and see the difference!
Have a fantastic day and here is a quick question for you....
Have you had any water today? If not, go get a glass...
Water is your weight loss and beauty elixir
Take care
Joanne
http://www.weightlosssecret.info
Friday, September 25, 2009
Hi from Joanne McMahon, Weight Management Specialist and Head of the Team at Weight Loss Secret
I have been personally motivating women to lose weight and take charge of their health for the last three years. I know the difficulties faced when trying to stay in control of your health especially when you are a working mum and have kids to take care of as well but I can assure you, with discipline, will power and a MASSIVE dose of organization of your week, you CAN achieve your goals.
My biggest tip to you when you are trying to lose weight is to remove the foods that cause the problems. It is this simple. When you have high carbohydrate foods daily and lots of sugar, you naturally want more of these foods. The excess insulin released into your blood stream creates cravings. If you think about this example, when you have a coffee and a sweet biscuit for morning tea, next day around the same time, you are looking for it again! If you drink soft drink, it is full of sugar and you really find it hard to stop drinking it daily.
You need to give up the high carbs, white rice, white pasta, white bread, white potato and sugar and replace these foods with healthy low G.I foods, whole grains and lean proteins. For every soda or coffee or juice you consume, replace it with water and watch your waist line and health change.
Be organized. I do a weekly grocery shop and have every thing I need for breakfast,lunch and dinner for my whole family available. I then have to take a quick trip mid week to top up our fresh fruit supplies. I make every ones lunch the night before for the next day while I am preparing dinner. We all partake in planning our weekly dinner menu as well. We work a week in advance. This extra effort helps us all as a family to stay focused and healthy and I do not purchase soft drinks, cakes or sweets etc so there is no temptation for me or any one else in the family!
Organization and planning is a great way to help achieve your goals!
Yours in good health and happiness
Joanne McMahon
Weight Loss Secret
http://www.weightlosssecret.info
I have been personally motivating women to lose weight and take charge of their health for the last three years. I know the difficulties faced when trying to stay in control of your health especially when you are a working mum and have kids to take care of as well but I can assure you, with discipline, will power and a MASSIVE dose of organization of your week, you CAN achieve your goals.
My biggest tip to you when you are trying to lose weight is to remove the foods that cause the problems. It is this simple. When you have high carbohydrate foods daily and lots of sugar, you naturally want more of these foods. The excess insulin released into your blood stream creates cravings. If you think about this example, when you have a coffee and a sweet biscuit for morning tea, next day around the same time, you are looking for it again! If you drink soft drink, it is full of sugar and you really find it hard to stop drinking it daily.
You need to give up the high carbs, white rice, white pasta, white bread, white potato and sugar and replace these foods with healthy low G.I foods, whole grains and lean proteins. For every soda or coffee or juice you consume, replace it with water and watch your waist line and health change.
Be organized. I do a weekly grocery shop and have every thing I need for breakfast,lunch and dinner for my whole family available. I then have to take a quick trip mid week to top up our fresh fruit supplies. I make every ones lunch the night before for the next day while I am preparing dinner. We all partake in planning our weekly dinner menu as well. We work a week in advance. This extra effort helps us all as a family to stay focused and healthy and I do not purchase soft drinks, cakes or sweets etc so there is no temptation for me or any one else in the family!
Organization and planning is a great way to help achieve your goals!
Yours in good health and happiness
Joanne McMahon
Weight Loss Secret
http://www.weightlosssecret.info
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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