Tired of yo-yo dieting?

Summer is here and with it comes lazy days by the beach, barbeques and Christmas parties... and a plethora of advice on how to slim down.

"Oh no! Not another diet!" you groan, anticipating a couple of months of radically restricting your food intake, limiting your diet to only a couple of foods, or inflicting some other unreasonable demand on your mind and body.  Too many people think of a 'diet' as something temporary.  Sooner or later failure is inevitable.  Studies show most dieters regain the weight they have lost once their goal weight has been achieved.  In fact, many people become heavier than they were before the diet.

But there is another way.  There is a solution to weight gain that makes you feel fantastic, nourished and energetic.  The key to losing weight and keeping it off is to make gradual, lifestyle changes you can stick to forever.  Habits, good or bad, are formed by repetition and eating habits are no exception.

The Celebrity Slim Weight Management programme helps people adopt essential habits and set them up for long term success.  Some of these include:

Have a plan of attack
The single most important thing you can do when eating healthy is being prepared.  That means having healthy foods on hand so you're not tempted by quick, unhealthy options.

Eating 3 meals a day plus 2 snacks
This provides structure to a daily eating plan, even when schedules are erratic.  Eating smaller meals more often throughout the day boosts your metabolism and helps appetite control by preventing overeating at meals.

Work treats into your diet
Allowing yourself a small treat each day can help achieve long term success.  Completely depriving yourself is not sustainable.

Combintation of high protein and low GI carbs
Studies have shown that people who follow a high-protein, low-GI diet are more successful at keeping weight off.

Exercise
Exercise can help burn off the excess calories you can't cut through diet alone.  Studies show that people who maintain their weight loss over the long term get regular physical activity.

Don't strive for perfection
There will come a day when you eat too much cake or have that extra piece of pizza.  We all overindulge at times but many of us use that as an excuse to quit and go back to old, unhealthy habits.  One mistake isn't the end of the world, simply move on with your plan.

On the Celebrity Slim Program, you simply replace 2 meals each day with one of the delicious Celebrity Slim shakes, soups or bars, eat one 'normal' balanced meal each day and snack on a variety of allowable foods between meals.  Once you reach your goal weight you can substitute the Celebrity Slim meal replacements with healthy meal options, which you will learn all about throughout the program.  And you need never go on a summer diet again!

"I lack a lot of motivation, so for someone like me to be able to stick to this is a huge thing, and a lot of that has to do with the simplicity of the Celebrity Slim program and support available.  Within the first week of starting Celebrity Slim I could feel the difference.  I have more energy, am happier in myself and have started wearing clothing for my size rather than things that hang off me like a potato sack!  When people notice that you are losing weight and comment on it makes it all worth it and spurs me on to keep going.  I am starting to wear clothes to show off my emerging new shape rather than clothes to cover it up which is a massive thing for me."  Kirsty