I'm still on the haemmorrhaging out my life-blood diet, so may be in no position to comment, however these are my dietary tips -- some are mine, some belong to friends:
1. Take a walk outside, in the cold, at lunch time. Eat on the move if you can. It's a bit bleak up where you work as I understand it, but you could turn it into a daily task, e.g. walk to x and back again.
2. Switch to using the toilets furthest from your desk. Extra credit if they're on a different floor. Drink black tea, no sugar. Go to the farthest away kitchen to make it.
3. Get out of the house in the evening. Films and plays are gigs are good, keep you distracted, but make sure the booze is white wine or neat vodka (no mixers, sorry!).
4. One big meal a day. Big lunch, small supper, and vice versa.
5. Keep a fairly empty kitchen -- Adrian's personal tip was "nothing in the fridge except pickle and milk", but you don't have to be that extreme to get results.
6. Shag like a mink. Especially when you're feeling hungry.
7. Make those cats work! Grab one and stoke it while you're watching telly.
8. Develop a food sensitivity. The process: exclude foods you eat a lot of for a week, to see if going without any one particular one makes you feel more energetic and healthy. It's win-win, because either way you end up eating less.
9. Supplements, nutrients. Wanting to eat all the time can be a result of missing key things in your diet. Take a vitamin and mineral supplement and research a bit to see if you're avoiding anything crucial.
10. Junk the diet and low-fat foods. They're full of additives designed to make them harder to digest, which makes you want to eat more.
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Date: December 14th, 2006 05:05 pm (UTC)From:1. Take a walk outside, in the cold, at lunch time. Eat on the move if you can. It's a bit bleak up where you work as I understand it, but you could turn it into a daily task, e.g. walk to x and back again.
2. Switch to using the toilets furthest from your desk. Extra credit if they're on a different floor. Drink black tea, no sugar. Go to the farthest away kitchen to make it.
3. Get out of the house in the evening. Films and plays are gigs are good, keep you distracted, but make sure the booze is white wine or neat vodka (no mixers, sorry!).
4. One big meal a day. Big lunch, small supper, and vice versa.
5. Keep a fairly empty kitchen -- Adrian's personal tip was "nothing in the fridge except pickle and milk", but you don't have to be that extreme to get results.
6. Shag like a mink. Especially when you're feeling hungry.
7. Make those cats work! Grab one and stoke it while you're watching telly.
8. Develop a food sensitivity. The process: exclude foods you eat a lot of for a week, to see if going without any one particular one makes you feel more energetic and healthy. It's win-win, because either way you end up eating less.
9. Supplements, nutrients. Wanting to eat all the time can be a result of missing key things in your diet. Take a vitamin and mineral supplement and research a bit to see if you're avoiding anything crucial.
10. Junk the diet and low-fat foods. They're full of additives designed to make them harder to digest, which makes you want to eat more.