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What difference will it make?

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Changedusernamehahaha · 21/02/2021 19:41

A bit unfit, I’ve signed up for 3 one hour sessions with a personal trainer. If I eat well and stick to it, how soon will I see a change in my body?

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Cormoran · 22/02/2021 23:47

I am from Monaco, so French way of eating and I don't know/see a single adult who snacks, it is a different culture.

Careful with even healthy snack, because you are maintaining / encouraging the habit and now you are eating veg and cottage cheese, but one day you will crack, and it will be back to a packet of some sort.
Why not try to free yourself from snacking. Go the French way. We only eat seated at the table, not in lounges, bedrooms, cars, walking, bus, ... A week should suffice to break the habit.

Sauces in jars or sachet, dry or not, are pure rubbish, a combination of cheap fats, sugar of some sorts, and a ton of chemicals.
Here are a couple more tips. Vinaigrette : take an empty jam jar, add a generous tablespoon of dijon mustard, then salt ( a must otherwise it won't emulsify) , and 2 or 3 fingers of extra virgin olive oil , a vinegar you like, close lid and shake (above sink safer) . When doing salads, start with tomatoes first, chop or slice them, put in the bowl, and sprinkle coarse salt and add olive oil. The tomatoes will sweat and make juice. Then prepare and chop the other veggies on top, including some fresh onion.
For a chicken breast, you can again chop a tomatoes, onion and why not black olives , sauté them in a pan wit a bit of oil, salt, clove of garlic, then push everything to a side of pan, add chicken breast sliced, brown it and when almost cooked, mix with he veggies. IF the veggies are stuck to pan, a bit of water will make a lovely juice.

Lemon juice, fresh parsley, fresh rosemary, good quality extra virgin olive oil, and - of course - dijon mustard . Put the tiniest amount of oil, sauté your chicken, when cooked, add a spoon of mustard, squeeze a lemon and if you have it a dash of white wine, high flame, mix done enjoy,. Salt and cracked pepper in all recipes of course,

Treat yourself in the true sense of the verb treat as in heal, instead of treat as a noun which attributes some emotional justification for crap.
Treat yourself to a good quality steak, grass-fed, a small piece, the size of your palm, so aim at quality and not quantity.

Embrace colours and discover new flavours combination. Pick one veggies you have never tried before or a new way of cooking one your knew, so raw cauliflower, shaved with a vinaigrette in which you have crushed some garlic, an artichoke , and so on.

What I am trying to say is to not make this change about restrictions or punishment but freedom and new additions to your diet.

A book I really recommend is " On the side" www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B06XYR6VPX/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1?tag=mumsnetforu03-21 to discover new way of cooking vegetables. Of course, you will have to make some adjustment to reduce butter/oil, but sometimes, just use the real recipe and have half a portion. The celeriac cooked in salt and the okra chips were a revelation.

But careful, when aiming to lose weight, you know you have to eat less quantity, but by having great taste, you won't feel deprived.

ThursdayLastWeek · 23/02/2021 07:33

I don’t want to undermine Cormorons advice because there’s a lot of sense in it, but I also just wanted to say - it’s ok to change things slowly.

These things tend to go hand in hand ie) once you start feeling good from exercise you want to continue that with your eating.

In a perfect world you would have the perfect diet, but we are none of us perfect and this world is messed up! You’re allowed comfort, in the form of food if you choose!

One thing at a time, don’t set yourself up to fail.

Changedusernamehahaha · 28/02/2021 07:36

@Cormoran thank you very much this is great, your French style of eating and tips is something I’ll enjoy trying and I’ll follow them to the letter.

@ThursdayLastWeek thank you yes, I’ve been doing it quite slowly but like you say, it’s come naturally and also exercising really makes me think whether it would be worth ruining all that effort for any crap food, so that’s one plus.

So far I’ve lost no weight but my clothes feel looser, I’ll take my measurements to compare in a few weeks.

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Caneloalvarez · 28/02/2021 08:28

I've just started an exercise programme, not to lose weight but to tone up and to feel healthier. I'm three weeks in and it's been a bit up and down getting my food intake right, especially after doing weights i'd feel starving and knackered! I'm having a healthy snack eg some cottage cheese, spoon of nut butter if I need it after a workout and that's really helped. I would say don't be disheartened if you don't get that energy rush as others have suggested, I don't seem to get this, just use healthy snacks if needed and don't be tempted by the junk on a bad day!

Other than that I've also been doing no snacks (apart from the ones mentioned above) as @Cormoran suggests. It's so hard to break at first because I loved my chocolate on the sofa in the evening but I try to eat three full meals instead and I'm getting used to it! (I would previously "save space" for my naughty snacks lol). Love the suggestions for the vinaigrette and the veggies, I'll be trying these! I'm also v jealous as I love Monaco, please give it a wave from me today 😁

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