10 Quick Diet Tips

Hey Guys,
I thought that I would do a quick blog this week on some handy diet tips. Give them a read and feel free to add your own!

1. Be dedicated. I know this is a boring tip but it's still the most vital. Be consistent with a nutrition plan is more than half the battle. You can have the best nutrition plan that was ever created, nut if you don't follow it then you're going to lose out.
2. Eat lots of green veg. Unless your plan states that you should only have a certain amount, eat as much green veg as you like. This will help keep you full and won't add much calories. Eat 1kg of broccoli, then tell me how much you want to eat a sandwich :)
3. On the same topic, if you feel yourself caving and reaching for something sweet, drink 500ml of water with some sugar free dilute added. This quenches most sweet tooths.
4. Sugar free jelly is only 10 cals and can be incorporated into just about any meal plan to help relive a sweet tooth if you still have to eat something.
5. I always like to keep protein between 1-1.25g per pound of body weight for most clients. This stays pretty much the same all the way through the plan. However it sometimes changes with female clients.
6. Women are known to hold more water weight than men (even more so at a certain time of the month). If a female clients weight shoots up or doesn't drop as expected, then one of the first things I look at is water intake. Chances are they aren't measuring their intake and just guessing. 
7. Fat keeps you fuller for longer and helps good hormone production, so I like to keep it relatively high in clients plans. A great way to do this is some sort of nut butter. Mainly because its easy and it feels like a dessert. 
8. Pre cook your meals. i know this is in every tips article ever, but I don't know anyone who is successful with their nutrition that doesn't do this. make time to get it done.
9. Educate yourself. Knowledge really is power. Plus the more you learn and like this kind of stuff, the more likely you are to succeed. 
10. Hire ME. Sorry, had to be done :)

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Stay healthy,


Mike