One lb of fat

They say one lb of fat equals 3,500 calories. So if you want to lose one lb in a week you should try and create a calorie deficit of 500 for seven days. At the end of the day, weight management is about calories in versus calories out. If you eat more calories than you burn off, you will gain weight. Every bite of food we consume has calories, even the healthy food (which we sometimes forget!) It is easy to fall into the trap of thinking because it is healthy, we think it will not lead to weight gain. Sadly, that is not the case.

If the whole weight management thing is about cutting calories, then why not try these few swaps and see if it helps with the battle of the bulge.

1. Swop fizzy drinks for sparkling water.
2. Swop white bread, pasta, rice for the brown variety.
3. Swop crisps for wholegrain popcorn popped in coconut oil.
4. Swop milk chocolate for at least 85% dark chocolate.
5. Swop your sugary breakfast cereal for porridge made with water.
6. Swop your morning fry up for eggs and low fat bacon.
7. Swop your creamy take away curry for homemade curry with coconut milk as your thickener.
8. Swop chips for homemade sweet potato chips.
9. Swop biscuits for oatcakes and nut butter.
10. Swop pick n mix sweets for nuts.


They are just some ideas I can think of, feel free to add more ideas in the comments section.

Of course, if you want to lose weight and tone up, then daily exercise is a crucial part of the picture. If you have a healthy, balanced diet and regular exercise, this formula should help keep those pesky lbs away :)