Succeed at Weight Loss

Bad news - Obesity is on rise!

Highest level since 2010! It is a double digit growth!

Definitely not a pretty picture

This covid period has sometimes been called Pandemic of the Obese.

Obese patients suffer more serious outcomes and deaths

What other health issues come with obesity

Heart problems

High blood pressure

High cholesterol, and other harmful fats

Type 2 diabetes

Stroke

Gall stones

Painful knees and joint pain

Sleep apnea (Dangerous breathing problems)

Some cancers

Target for body shaming leading to low self esteem

Why is Weight Loss So Difficult

You are not serious

You are not motivated

You don’t care

Try give yourself a month to try out the Glow with the 4 Pillars of Health

Check out my food tips and plan your own menu

Start with easy to prepare and cheap home cooked meals (COMFORT FOODs)

Mixed vegetable cashew nut oats with fried tempeh, bean sprouts and tau pok

Bittergourd omelette

Glass noodle with hairy gourd and dried prawns

White cabbage rice with dried prawns and crispy rice crust

Diced long beans, mushroom,tau kwa and preserved Szechuan vegetables

Curry chickpeas

Steamed vegetables with bean curd and wheat gluten roll

A bit like clay pot rice without pork

Pita bread fish fingers

Hari Raya treats from my neighbour’s carer

EATING OUT - You can still have treats in moderation

Fried Spring Rolls

Korean Set lunch

Soft shell crabs

Maine Lobster

Slipper lobster

Lontong

Satay bee hoon

English high tea

Fish moolie

Fish lor mee

Mee rebus

Indian rojak

MORE TIPS TO BALANCE YOUR CRAVINGS

Cherries and potato crisps

Family Dinner for a birthday celebration - a good variety

What can you deduce from my favourite selection?

I can eat almost anything I want in moderation and not too frequently

Notice too there are no sweet stodgy foods in my list

Removing the sweet foods can help you reduce weight more successfully

And most important of all EXERCISE

Manage your stress and have adequate sleep (lack of sleep can make you put on weight)

Other tips for weight loss

Try to eat your dinner before 7 pm

Use small plates to help you reduce your serving portions

Think hard and decide where you are and where you want to get to

Set up a diary of your regime

Once you have set a goal start making small changes

Recruit your family and friends to support you

Give yourself a month to see how it goes

Plan your home cooked meals and your treats and maybe even indulgences. Let this plan be sustainable.

Set an easy to achieve goal for starters

Louisaz says weight loss is never easy. Only you yourself can make it or break it