A Few Tips To Control Your Weight

My room-mate at the moment is currently starting some freakish new diet, after reading as  many articles as he could find on the internet. Living off soup and bread is not my idea of a balanced diet though here are a few SIMPLE things I do to control my weight

• Big breakfast, small dinner. Most people have a tiny breakfast or no breakfast at all and in the evenings a massive dinner, try flip-flopping this. By having a decent breakfast you are giving your metabolism for the day a huge kickstart. Added benefits include: increased energy levels during the day. My current breakfast is: Porridge with honey and raisins, Banana, Yogurt and a Poached egg on wholemeal bread. The motto: "breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper"
• Green tea, or in my case Rooibos tea (South African red bush tea). Green tea's give your metabolism a huge boost too, drink in the morning for better effect. Added benefits include: extra antioxidants for your body to boost your immune system. 
• Leg weights often. Your legs are the largest groups of muscles in the body, after a heavy weights session all the many tired muscle fibres contained in them will need copious amounts of energy to repair and fuel the recovery. You will be burning extra calories for at least 48 hours after a legs weights session. By often I mean at least once a week (twice in my case). Squats is the be all and end all of leg exercises, master the squat! Added benefits include: stronger legs and increased endurance running and cycling.
• MORE TO COME........