When people come to AdMac Fitness and they want to lose weight, one of the most important aspects we address with them is their diet.
When it comes to weight loss, there’s absolutely no way around the fact that we have to watch the calorie intake. In order to lose weight, we have to create a calorie deficit. Regardless of the approach we take, this is a non-negotiable for weight loss.
There’s two ways we create a calorie deficit…
We consume fewer calories than our body needs
We burn additional calories through exercise
Fundamentally, most people understand this. It’s nothing new or groundbreaking in of itself. Here’s the thing though, although dieting may be simple, it isn’t easy. Knowing how to do it is one thing, having the skills, the motivation, the principles and the behaviours in place to manage it are another.
In this article we’re going to share a few little tips to help you stay on track nutritionally. They’ll make your dieting life so much easier, helping you to lose weight like so many of our AdMac Fitness success stories…
So here’s a few simple, practical tips to help you get ahead nutritionally, making dieting and weight loss easier for you to stick to…
Use counter top digital weighing scales for portion control
One of the most common reasons diet fail for people is because they don’t have a good grip over portion control. If you’re going to be counting calories, you have to take the guesswork out of it in order to be accurate. This one cheap, simple introduction into your food prep life is huge. It takes just a few seconds to accurately weigh your food, allowing you to add the calories into your tracker.
I like MyFitnessPal as a calorie tracker and these are the weighing scales I use…
They cost me £13.99 from Amazon and have been an absolute godsend when I’ve been tracking calories. They’re really simple to use, they’re accurate and they take a few seconds to give you the information you need. Without them, tracking calories is so much more difficult.
Stock up on food containers
Taking your own food to places is a way of being in control of what you’re eating. If you’re relying on the options of a canteen, or you don’t know if you are going to have access to good food, you need to be prepared. The best way for that is to meal-prep in advance and take a tuppaware container with you.
Here’s an example of the kind of thing I take to places with me when I’m not sure what I’ll be able to eat when I’m out and about…
It means I know I’ll be able to eat something healthy, and I can control the amount of calories I’ll be consuming when I need to eat.
This approach keeps you consistent, stops you from relying on poor quality options and it means you’ll always have something to hand. If you have enough food containers, you can get ahead and prep a few meals for the week, so you save cooking time throughout days ahead.
Batch cook when possible
One of the best time hacks you can enjoy when it comes to food is batch cooking. This entails cooking a lot more than you need, then dividing it into equal portions of food to use at a later date. Not only does this make your life more convenient, it also allows you to do the calorie counting once, then you don’t need to keep doing it every time you have a meal!
Batch cooking saves so much time, which is important - when you’re in that ‘I can’t be bothered to cook, I’ll just get a takeaway’ mindset you can veer off track quite severely, so by having a healthy option already pre-cooked and all you need to do is heat it up, you can save yourself plenty of money and even more calories!
I tend to roast a lot of vegetables in one go and cook a lot of protein ahead of time. That way you can quickly cook your carbs and within a few minutes, you have a meal ready to go.
Invest in an air fryer
I know it feels as if everyone in the world is banging on about air fryers at the moment, but hear me out. They’re absolutely fantastic - they work quickly and efficiently. They save a bunch of calories and they’re really cheap to run.
This isn’t a case of style over substance at all - they can back up their claims. You can cook meat and vegetables with barely any additional fat, just seasoning. It makes them taste great, and you can cook a whole load of food in one go. Here’s a batch os chicken with salt and pepper seasoning I did. I can then mix this with vegetables, rice or noodles and I’ve got a dish cooked quickly, without any additional fat.
Keep all of the good stuff in your food, without adding much of there bad stuff!
Making dieting easier
There’s no point suggesting that dieting is easy. It’s really not, and no amount of pretending otherwise is going to change that.
However, with a few simple steps, a bit of help and a the discipline to follow these tips, you can make it easier. With the help of the expert personal trainers at AdMac Fitness, you can go the whole way, successfully losing weight in a safe and healthy manner. Our personal trainers in Bow, and our personal trainers in South Woodford are experts at helping guide clients through a weight loss journey.
We’ve successfully done it for years!
If you want help with your health, AdMac Fitness is the place to go!
We help people using tried and tested fitness approaches. Our expert team of personal trainers, based in both Bow and South Woodford can help you get a grip of your health and fitness. With our guidance you can see your health and fitness reach new levels!
For more information on who we are, what we do and how we can help you achieve your health and fitness goals, contact us on… 07921465108 or email us at admacfitness@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Our locations are…
AdMac Fitness Bow: Arch 457 Robeson St, London E3 4JA
AdMac Fitness South Woodford: Unit 4 Marlborough Business Centre, 96 George Lane, South Woodford, London, E18 1AD.