The new year is the perfect time to lose any excess weight gained during the indulgent festive period, and prepare your body for the summer. To have the perfect beach body, it is ideal to start any new diet and fitness plans now, so you can enjoy a slender physique on your summer holiday. Try our great selection to enable the cleansing period to be one of vitality and joy. The products that we have chosen assist one to remain energetic and focused, despite the reduction in calories. We have also brought in two experts to give their tips on getting the figure of your dreams, Paul from Hypnodieting and Dr Rougier from Pharma Laboratories:-
Paul from Hypnodieting includes some tips to assist your journey through weight loss:-
1) Make the changes in your eating habits an evolution, not a revolution. It’s much easier to make small steps and build on them rather than trying to change everything all at once.
2) Never go shopping hungry! Supermarkets thrive on you picking up “unhealthy” food on impulse. So don’t play their game. Shopping when you’ve already eaten will help you make better food choices.
3) Begin to eat consciously. Think about the food that you’re eating; and ask yourself: What does it actually taste like? Can I eat it more slowly? Could I leave some of it on my plate this time, and what would be the worst thing that could happen if I did just that?
4) Befriend yourself when attempting to change your habits. It’s not easy – so think about encouragement not self-criticism. How would you help someone you love if they were trying to do this? How would you speak to them? Use the same tone of voice for yourself, and become your own best friend.
5) End self-sabotage! We are what we think – so instead of thinking about “weight”, begin to focus on what you will feel like when you have reached your goal. It is more natural for us to “go towards” what we actually want; as opposed to “away from” what we don’t want. So dream the dream and imagine yourself living that life right now – and what would that be like? The more intensely you can begin to feel that feeling, the more you will be able to achieve it.
6) Do what works, not what doesn’t work! If you’ve tried all the “usual” ways of weight control before without lasting success, then it’s time for something different. Find a method that helps you understand and change the emotional connection with your eating behaviour instead of just focusing on food intake. Remember – if you keep doing what you do, you’ll keep getting what you’ve got – so make this the year you’ll allow real change into your life!
Paul Levrant HPD DipH DipNLP CertCBT CertSM GQHP MNCH(Reg)
Dr Rougier’s tips for slimming:
- The first one is very important: the more you chew, the more you will lose weight . When the pieces are smaller the digestive enzymes can attack more easily, and you digest better. And the better you digest, the less you store fats.
- My second piece of advice is begin all your meals with a protein . In the morning it can be yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, ham or any sausage, which you can follow with toast or porridge. For the lunch or dinner it can be fish or meat. It’s a common misconception that if you eat only starch or vegetables you will lose weight, which is the opposite – you need proteins.
- Last but not least, adopt a physical activity : this does not necessarily have to be a sport but could be any physical activity. The best is to walk smoothly with nothing in your hands, swinging your arms with a good rhythm for half an hour a day, twice if possible. This will decrease stress and the less stress you have the more pounds you will lose. It will also boost your nervous and digestive systems whilst improving your quality of sleep.
Dr Yann Rougier, Founder of Turboslim and Forte Pharma Laboratoires
Semperey’s handpicked selection of weight loss products for effortless weight release
To retain your interest in diets, superb tasting products assist adherence to the diet. Fortunately diet products have greatly improved over the years, and I recommend some lovely tasting products below:-
Slendefine shakes and bars
The shakes are a lovely creamy consistency, and taste of freshly picked strawberries (chocolate flavour is also available). Contains green tea extracts, L-Carnitine, Protein and whey protein concentrate. Replace 1-2 meals a day with Slendefine Shake £24.99 for 14 days supply. Slendefine Guilt Free bar is less than 100 calories. The meal replacement bars taste as though they have just been baked, and have a delicious yoghurt coating. £14.99 for pack of 12. They taste too good, so try not to consume too many.
Matcha Tea by Tea Pigs
The high levels of amino acid L-theanine found in teapigs matcha are proven to raise energy levels whilst also keeping you calm and focused. Raises energy for 4-6 hours. Winner of best slimming and fitness product 2011.
£32.50 for Modern Matcha Kit
TurboSlim
Calorie Trapper
Indulged and regretted it? Worry no longer, just quickly take Calorie Trapper to minimise the effects! Contains orange and cocoa fibers to capture 50% of the fats, so your body does not store the excess fats eaten. Following consumption of the capsules, the usual lethargy experienced following eating fatty produce is barely noticeable. This product works very well. £9.99 from Superdrug. Also available from other outlets. RRP £14.99
Chronoactiv
Contains capsules to take during the day and the night. £33.74 for 56 tablets, from Boots. Also available from other outlets, including super drug (£19.99 from Superdrug).
Mohdoh Slim
Never underestimate the power of scents to take the edge off your appetite. Mohdoh slim is the new stress ball, when the diet gives rise to tension and irritability, offering you the calming colour therapy of blue, combined with a pleasing aromatherapy blend of fennel, patchouli, geranium and rosemary.
Only £4.99 from Mohdoh
Skinny Sprinkles
Are you so tired on your diet, with your vitality drained from you? Skinny Sprinkles puts your sparkle back, allowing you to get on with your life, as normal.
The powder is mixed with water, and slightly resembles a champagne strawberry cocktail. Skinny Sprinkles provides a full feeling to the stomach, and gives you a boost of much needed energy during your diet. Available in a 42 serving tub at £39.97.
Slim 7 by Thalgo
For extra assistance when desiring to release excess weight, Thalgo come to the rescue with a multi-active product that burns fat, drains excessive fluids and energises. Ingredients include algae, green tea, guarana, meadow sweet and cherry stalk. The added bonus is that it tastes incredibly delicious! I feel a great energy boost upon taking this product, and feel the winter stagnation dissolving.
£24.80
By Sarah Ince
