Cut out one treat for Lent and your waistline could reap the benefits
GIVING up your favourite sweet snacks could be the key to tackling a stubborn spare tyre
Think you’re eating healthily yet still struggling to shift that spare tyre or get your blood pressure under control? It could simply be that all those “innocent” little treats (that you hardly even register) are adding excess calories, fat, sugar and salt – but few nutrients – to your daily diet.
So why not use the 40 days of Lent (starting tomorrow) to ditch one or two of those diet destroyers? You could lose up to 5lb in 40 days by making one small change.
Once you see the benefits to your health and waistline, chances are you won’t want to go back to bad habits when Easter arrives.
Ditch A daily TREAT and in 40 days you could lose...
Two chocolate digestive biscuits – 2lb
Small (50g) bar of chocolate – 3lb
Large (250ml) glass of dry white wine – 2lb
Medium (250ml) full-fat coffee shop latte – 2lb
Coffee shop croissant – 3lb
Can of cola (330ml) – 1.5lb
Large packet of crisps (50g) – 3lb
Two slices of toast with butter and jam – 4.5lb
Cupcake – 4.5lb
Large glass of orange juice – 1lb
Packet of fruit sweets (40g) – 1.5lb
Two scoops of ice cream – 2.5lb
One tsp sugar in tea (five cups per day) –1lb
Portion of fried chips – 5lb
Large chunk of cheddar (50g)– 2.5 lb
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