The Christmas period is a synonym for delicious food and BIG portions. It’s the time we tend to put on the most weight during the year. So when Christmas is over, our waist bands and bathroom mirrors might start motivating us to do something about our eating habits. Because we’re nice people, we bring you a couple of tips to improve your post-Christmas eating:

1. Eat slowly – according to studies, people who eat slowly consume fewer calories
2. Don’t skip your breakfast – it is an important start of the day and reduces the likelihood of significant fluctuations in your blood sugar through the day, which tend to drive you to sugary snacks and simple carbohydrates. A healthy breakfast does much better job in controlling your weight than no breakfast.
3. Eat more fish – aim for two portions a week. Fish is good source of good fats, vitamins, minerals and proteins.
4. Remember your (at least!) 5 a day – snack on fresh fruit such as apples, oranges, pears and berries and vegetable sticks instead of your usual snacks. Grapes, bananas and mangoes contain a lot of calories and sugars so watch your intake of these if you’re watching your weight.
5. Drink regularly – to prevent dehydration our body needs approximately 1.2 litres of fluid a day. The healthiest choices for weight-watching are water with a squeeze of lemon or touch of sugar-free squash, herbal teas with no sugar or honey and vegetable juices. Fruit juices contain vitamins and antioxidants but also a lot of calories – a single glass of orange juice has around 200 calories in it.  Don’t forget that you need to drink more when working out or when the weather gets warm.