If you are truly convinced that you are sticking to your diet, but you are not losing weight or centimetres, you may be suffering from ‘unconscious eating’!  Research shows that the average dieter often ‘forgets’ about up to 400 calories that they eat per day.  This might slow your weight loss per week with a quarter!

Often we think that we have only 3 meals per day.  What about the small things between meals?  A cup of coffee with full cream milk and two sugars – are you counting this as a meal?  It might not be a full meal, but it does have calories.  The best way to find the hidden 400 calories in your diet is to keep a food diary: recording everything that you eat (this also helps you think twice about what you put in your mouth!).

Here are a few tips:
- Keep a food journal, write down everything that you eat
- Cathy Nonas (author of Outwit your Weight), suggests tying a red ribbon around your wrist.  When you see this ribbon, think twice about what you are putting in your mouth.
- Pre-prepare your lunch daily or have a meal replacement.  This saves on average 300 calories rather than opting for the cafeteria / fast food or convenience foods.
- Know your portions.  A protein portion is the size of your palm, and as think as your hand on the pinkie side when you turn it sideways.  Carbohydrates (i.e. pasta, potato, rice, etc) are the size of your fist and fruit and vegetables should fit into your cupped hands.  This is the correct portion size and allocation per balanced meal.

Why Herbalife can help:
A meal replacement plan helps you to restrict those extra calories.  With Herbalife you are able to choose from diet shakes, healthy meal bars, protein bars and further weight loss enhancers.  The programme also helps you to stay full and satisfied from one meal to the next.  Contact your Herbalife agent and wellness coach for products best suited to your needs.

Contact: Marieta (Independent Herbalife Distributor)
E-mail: marieta@shapelife.co.za
Mobile :  084 240 9513 
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