5 Quick Weight Loss Tips After A Summer Of Indulgence

5 Quick Weight Loss Tips After A Summer Of Indulgence

Let’s be real for a moment shall we? Everyone falls off the health wagon at times. With this beautiful summer weather we have been having, I have heard from so many who are indulging a little too much with food or drink.

The key here is to indulge, enjoy and then….yes, you must get back on the health wagon. If your treats and indulgences turn into continual eating patterns well then we have a bit of fixing to do. Why? Because it just won’t make you feel good. And, healthy eating tastes SO good and becomes a nutritional habit you literally will not want to give it up. So in short –follow the 80-20 rule as best as you can (80 percent eating healthy, 20 percent some treats).

If you do need a nutritional clean up, here are my quick 5 tips to get you back on track.

5 Steps To Get Back On The Healthy Eating Wagon:

1. Take a step back and acknowledge that you have fallen off the wagon – Trust me, we all fall off the health wagon. Get on a scale, be aware of the amount you have gained and get started. The key is to dust off your knees and get back on. Most importantly – be kind to yourself.
2. Get back on the wagon – but do not go extreme. Discussion re healthy eating habits vs. doing cleanses, caloric restriction etc. Follow the 80/20 rule…eat healthy 80% of the time and enjoy treats 20%.  This helps to avoid the all or nothing approach to eating which inevitably is not sustainable.
3. Say good bye to take out and processed foods – a little weekly meal prep goes a long way to defaulting to take out and frozen foods.  Make larger batches of everything.  We even batch bbq…throw on corn, peppers, pineapple etc on to the  grill along with the 2 or 3 extra homemade turkey burgers to have later in the week.
4. Understand your cravings – 1-2 squares dark chocolate (85% dark).  Brown rice crackers make a great crunchy base for avocado toast or to drizzle dark chocolate on.  Add 1 tbsp pumpkin seeds and 1 tbsp dried blueberries or cranberries…wow!  The look of indulgence without the extra calories!
5. Fall back on fats – avocados with veggies grilled in extra virgin olive oil, olives (think tapas).  Nuts and seeds or hemp seeds with fruit, full fat yogurt or ricotta.  All within the healthy portion sizes ie. 2 tbsp dried fruit with 2 tbsp seeds or nuts added to 1/2 cup plain full fat yogurt (Greek yogurt or Skyr for more protein!) makes a great part of breakfast, snack or dessert!