Eating healthy food is the first step you need to take in becoming fit and losing weight. You can use the tips below to plan your diet. Buying healthy food may seem more expensive at first, but once you have made the necessary changes to your monthly menu you will reap the benefits such as weight loss, increased energy, proper functioning digestive system, and reduced chances of cardiovascular diseases.

Healthy food and Herbalife

We need a moderate portion of omegas and balanced nutrition in your diet every day. If you are concerned about putting on weight, you should note that moderate quantities will benefit your effort. Herbalife makes it easier to get the nutrients contained in healthy food through our supplements. Our Herbalife supplements contains all the fatty acids required, and thus makes it easy to get your daily dose of omega and nutrients as part of a balanced eating plan.

Green tea

Looking for a nutritious fluid to go with your new eating plan? Green tea is the answer. The fluid is known for its anti-oxidant properties and helps to keep blood pressure under control. It is also known for its fat burning properties and should form part of your daily meal plan. Herbalife provides the Thermojetics Herbal Tea to make it possible for you to get the value of green tea on a daily basis.

Visit our products page on www.shapelife.co.za for more supplements that contain the goodness of healthy food and read our tips on dieting plans for optimal weight management.

Following a healthy eating plan will not only enhance your overall health, but will also improve your weight management abilities, sport performance, and life quality. A healthy eating plan is not about the purchasing of no-sugar and no-fat foods, but about adequate nutrition on a regular basis.

Skipping meals

The worst mistake you can make is to skip meals. It causes havoc in your body. Not only will your metabolism slow down, but your blood sugar levels will drop. Your body goes into starvation mode and thus slows down. It will store everything it gets as fat rather than burning it as fuel.

Overeating

The second mistake is that of overeating. If you only eat two or three meals a day, it is easy to overeat because you are hungry. The problem is that with a two meal plan the blood sugar levels cannot be controlled adequately, more food is taken in at one meal than can be burned as energy, and you get a feeling of over fullness. This in turn results in sleepiness instead of providing energy. To ensure endurance, vitality, high metabolism, and alertness, you need four to six smaller meals daily. A healthy eating plan thus starts with the correct amount of calories, adequate nutrition, and proper meal planning.

With a hectic lifestyle, you may not get the opportunity to eat six times a day. Herbalife provides several protein bars, energy drinks, and protein shakes to ensure that you can supplement your meals without having to do extra cooking. In addition we also provide a healthy eating plan to make the menu planning easier. Follow our advice and make use of Herbalife’s supplements to ensure adequate nutrition without adding fat, and enjoy a healthy eating plan.

For more information on a healthy eating plan and Herbalife nutrition visit www.shapelife.co.za or e-mail me on danita.shapelife@gmail.com

Do you also have the experience of rushing out the door in the morning and rather having a longer sleep than spending time preparing breakfast?  Or maybe you just struggle to eat that early in the morning?

Skipping breakfast can have a negative impact on your body.  This is because your body tries to draw on its reserves for nutrients and water; but these have become depleted overnight.

By not eating breakfast, you are likely to feel tired and hungry later in the day, crave caffeine or sweets as your body desires energy to raise your blood sugar levels.  This destabilises your blood sugar and can affect your weight loss and wellbeing in the long term.

A good breakfast wakes up your metabolism in order to have brain power and energy to function optimally.  Your chances of following a healthy eating plan, with regular meals throughout the day are also increased if you start your day with breakfast.

As much as eating breakfast is important, it is also very important to eat the RIGHT breakfast.  Your breakfast needs to contain key nutrients such as fibre, protein, complex carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.  Therefore, be wary of the quick piece of white toast or refined cereals, as they give you a quick burst of energy, but leave you hungry again shortly.

Try the Herbalife healthy breakfast:
Have a Herbalife shake for breakfast.  It is quick to prepare and can be enjoyed on the run – even in the car on your way to work!  With less than 850 kilojoules, the shake is low in kilojoules, but does not sacrifice on being healthy and nutritionally balanced.  The Herbalife Formula 1 Nutritional Shake Mix has been scientifically proven to be an effective means of controlling and managing weight when combined with an active lifestyle.  Complement your healthy breakfast further with Thermojetics Herbal Beverage for extra energy and fat-burning properties.  The Herbal Aloe Concentrate, mixed in with your shake, offers digestive soothing and helps your system function optimally.

For more information on Herbalife products or to buy Herbalife:
Contact: Marieta (Independent Herbalife Distributor)
E-mail: marieta@shapelife.co.za
www.shapelife.co.za

Maximize your health with exercise and balanced nutrition.  Herbalife (herbal life, shapeworks) range of Core Nutrition products aims to provide the elements every body needs each day to support and maintain optimal health . Herbalife support you in weight loss, weight gain, , energy and fitness and with our skin care range and hair care products. Contact me today for assistance.

You might be doing everything right – eating a healthy, balanced diet, 3 meals a day.  You might even be doing your moderate exercise 3-5 times per week.  But still you are not losing weight and can’t understand why!

My question is, what are you having between the meals?  Have you ever calculated this?  My mom once said that it is the food that you don’t ask grace for that makes you fat.  For my young mind this didn’t make sense and I wondered how prayer changed the content of the food!  There is however truth in what she said – it is all those things that you eat that do not form part of your meals that is actually what is causing the weight loss problems.  Especially if you have a tendency to eat these after 10pm!

When planning your healthy eating plan, it is important to calculate in your snacks as part of this.  This includes determining the portion of your snack and also counting it as part of your daily calories.

Another important thing about snacks is that you always combine a protein and carbohydrate as a snack.  I.e. an apple (carbohydrate) combined with a teaspoon of peanut butter (protein).  Or a provita (carbohydrate) and a slice of cheese (protein).  A tub of yoghurt provides both.  A Herbalife protein bar is also a great in-between snack.

If you are trying to lose excess weight, you can also use the Herbalife Thermocomplete tablets at tea times as ‘snack’.  This great product has appetite suppressing and mood-lifting qualities and helps you through that midmorning or afternoon time where you want to reach for snacks.
For more information or to buy Herbalife, contact:
Contact: Marieta (Independent Herbalife Distributor)
E-mail: marieta@shapelife.co.za
Mobile :  +2…
www.shapelife.co.za

Maximize your health with exercise and balanced nutrition.  Herbalife (herbal life, shapeworks) range of Core Nutrition products aims to provide the elements every body needs each day to support and maintain optimal health . Herbalife support you in weight loss, weight gain, , energy and fitness and with our skin care range and hair care products. Contact me today for assistance.

Has your life been a constant struggle in getting to that illusive normal weight range?  Arriving at a healthy body weight is not easy.  Knowing what exactly that is for you, might be even harder.  The textbook method to calculate your BMI (Body Mass Index) is your weight in kilos, divided by the square of your height in metres.  A healthy BMI would thus be between 18.5 and 25.  If below 18.5 you would be classified as underweight and over 25, would be overweight.  Over 28-30 would be obese.

This could therefore be construed as the normal weight range.  But there is a vast range difference between a BMI of 19 and 24.5!  This alludes to a clue – your target weight and what is normal weight for you, is highly personal.  Where you are at your healthiest and best is not just a number, but also a general state of wellbeing.  For instance, you could be very lean and feel fantastic, even if your BMI is under 18; and not experience any of the typical symptoms of being underweight.  If you are feeling dizzy or fatigued, even when on diet, you are not eating enough and your body is undernourished.

Another, equally complicated, measure is to restrict yourself to a certain calorie intake.  The amount of calories you need depend on a number of factors, including your age, activity level and lean body mass.  Allthough a rough weekly calorie intake can serve as a great guideline, following it to the letter could also not be what is best for you.

I think to a large extent many of us have started to follow this ‘presciption’ of what would be normal for our bodies and have unlearnt your body’s voice of when it is doing well and when not.

Many people have found the Herbalife weight management programme to work well for them.  It allows you to enjoy delicious shakes as meal replacement, ensuring that you get a balanced meal at every breakfast, lunch and suppertime.  As an added bonus, all my satisfied clients testify that they have more energy and feel great and healthy.

It is all possible.  Herbalife products can help with convenient and nutritional diet shakes to help lose weight fast.  For more information or to buy Herbalife, contact:
Contact: Marieta
E-mail: marieta@shapelife.co.za
Mobile : 0842409513
www.shapelife.co.za

A healthy eating plan supported by  (herbal life, shapeworks) involves eating a variety of foods but all in moderation.  Herbalife supports you in weight loss, weight gain, energy and fitness ,  outer nutrition with our skin care range and hair care products. Contact me today for assistance.