Weight Loss by Gina Livy

Weight Loss

by Gina

by Gina Livy Health & Welllness

Coach www.ginalivy.com

It seems like every time you turn around there is something to throw you off track. Between birthdays, holidays, special events and occasions, even if you have the best intentions it seems like there is always something to test your willpower. Here are 5 tips that will help you navigate your way through those days so you not only look and feel your best for the occasion but you also stay on track with your weight loss goals.

1: Drink more water In the days leading up to the event or special occasion, try to increase your water intake to the min 3.5 litres that is required for basic body function. Not drinking enough water can quickly lead to dehydration and dehydration leads to the body feeling a need to retain water, causing you to feel bloated. You may be inclined to think drinking more water will just make the bloating worse. Not true, in fact drinking more water will help reduce the need for the body to retain water.

2: Don’t NOT eat all day in anticipation of eating a bigger meal later This is very typical of people trying to save up their calories for a bigger meal later. It just doesn’t work. In fact, it only leads to under stimulating your digestive system so that when you do finally eat, you instantly feel overly full and bloated. Skipping meals and snacks also leads to over eating, making it harder to regulate portion sizes.

3: Start your day higher in protein Starting your day higher in protein gets your body working harder and burning more calories from the get go. Higher protein will also give your more sustaining energy, which will help you feel more satisfied. When you are satisfied with the foods you are eating, you can keep the portions smaller.

4: Eat small meals and snacks through out the day After eating a high protein breakfast it is beneficial to continue to eat small meals and snacks throughout the day, even if you are not that hungry. This will keep your digestive system working so when you do eat, you won’t be as inclined to over eat. And the food you do eat is digested easier, so you end up feeling satisfied on less.

5: Balance it out the next day After indulging in a big meal the night before, you might feel inclined to keep things light the next day. This again under stimulates your digestive system and actually takes longer to get your body back on track. The day after, focus on the water. After eating a higher protein breakfast, eat small meals and snacks all day to stimulate your digestive system, which will signal food in and food out and help to clear the backlog of food from the night before.

Indulging is no big deal as long as you are mindful how to balance things out. So enjoy the meal. If you follow these few steps, the impact will be minimal. And before you know it, you can get back to losing weight!

About Gina - “It was in my own weight loss journey that I started to look into why traditional diets were not working for me. I was teaching aerobics and exercising a lot and working as a personal trainer, but found even though I was eating super low calories. I just couldn’t lose the weight. Everything I had been taught about weight loss wasn’t working for me so I set out on a mission to figure out why. From food history to how foods break down in the body along with the affects of additives and preservatives, biology, evolution ... you name it, I looked into it and though my findings managed to come up with a plan that helped me lose 80 pounds in 6 months and the rest within the year. After having lost 120 lbs the first time, I repeated the process 4 more times after the birth of each of my children, and have easily maintained my weight since. My approach to weight loss is based on that same program which I have continued to fine tune and perfect over the years as new research comes out and studies are done. The diet industry isn’t designed to actually help people...there is a lot of hype, misinformation and half truths that are preventing people from reaching their weight loss goals and improving their health ... so I am on a mission to change that.” Gina Livy