My Miniature guide on how to lose weight and keep it off for the rest of your life.

Weightwatchers, lighter life, low fat, fitness gurus, the NHS and the government tell you all sorts of conflicting information.  Your told to count points, count calories, eat low fat ready meals, 'healthy chocolate snacks', eat less fat and eat less! You're told different types of information with no real backing to why and this only leads to confuse you and in the long run to give up all together.  What if losing weight was more simple! It is..

The only real long term solution to weight loss and health is to eat the foods that we are meant to eat and have been eating since we were full time cave dwellers.  Packet and convenience food is only a recent invention and is quite clearly linked to society's dramatic increase in obesity. So what do we eat and what do we avoid?

Try to mimic what Mr Caveman used to eat: Meat, Fish ,Nuts, Seeds, Vegetables and some fruit. It is as simple as that! No low fat diets or midday hunger pangs, just eat healthy, fresh and clean foods. Eat FAT! Having a few bits of dodgy modern food now again really wont set you back as long as you don't eat it day in day out!

To maximise health and your fat loss potential you also want to avoid certain foods: Refined/ processed and packaged foods. In particular sugar, wheat products, excessive dairy and alcohol. Eating these foods can elevate insulin to high levels and cause you to store more fat.

Thats it! No 10 page essay or weekly weigh ins, just focus on eating clean and you will not only lose excess weight but keep it off for life!

Paul
Personal Trainer and Weight Loss Consultant

www.paulraynerfitness.co.uk

Lemon and thyme Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatouille

Roast Chicken

Place a half a chopped onion, 3 garlic cloves, 1 bay leaf thyme s+p on a baking tray.
Stuff a pricked lemon inside the whole chicken- place on top of onions
Rub a small amount of olive oil over chicken and season with s+p
Place in a pre-heated oven - 180 degrees, and cook as per instructions.

Sweet Potatouille

Fry half an onion in a large pan, add 1 clove of garlic, 1/2 chopped-cubed sweet potato, a few chopped mushrooms, 1/2 a chopped red pepper (+ any other veg you fancy). Cook until soft.
Pour in 1 tin of tomatoes, 400ml of veg stock, 1tbsp of tomato paste, sprinkle of thyme, few tbsp of red wine vinegar.

When chicken is ready-take out of pan and leave to rest under some foil and a tea towel
Add the roasted onions+bay leaf and some of the thick meat juices (not the greasy fat) to the sweet potatouille mix.

season to taste- serve and enjoy : )

Fajita Frittata

Im a regular reader of Mark's Daily Apple, as not only does he talk sense on exercise and nutrition, he also posts some of the best Paleo-esque recipes around.

Here's one I havn't tried yet, but as soon as I do I'll post it!

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/fajita-frittata-with-avocado-salsa/#axzz1jv3up9Uk