How was week 4 of your “6 Sneaky steps to slim your tummy”?

• Did you swap some cardio for resistance training?
• Did you try a yoga or pilates class?
• Did you tummy feel a bit better?

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Week 5:

Bin the bloat:

I once did a talk on health and exercise at the St. Pancras Spa in London. I suggested to the women present they stay away from foods that bloat them. One woman raised her hand and said, “But I don’t know what foods bloat me.”

This is where mindfulness of your body comes in.

Start recognising how you feel “body-wise” after meals. We will get to practices below in a moment.

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“You may not actually have extra tissue on your belly but in fact be bloated in your gut. There is a big difference.”

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When the gut is unhappy it doesn’t function well which has knock on effects all through the body on:

• Weight maintenance
• Skin health
• Energy
• Moods (depression now linked to bacteria in our guts)

For a little insight into what is now being called the Gut-Brain Axis watch this interesting Ted Talk with Heribert Watzke.

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Insights:

Let’s make this about you!

• Be mindful of how you feel after a meal or snack. Sometimes symptoms of bloating can kick in within minutes or even hours later.
  • If keeping a diary is your thing, do this for a week after each main meal writing a few words about how your belly/gut feels.
• Have you been to a nutritionist, had some testing done and been told you have an intolerance or allergy to a certain food?
  • Best to stay away from these items.
  • Want to delve into this in more depth with a nutritionist? See my recommended list below. Some will do skype and/or phone sessions.

Practices for this week:

• Keep a food diary
  • Take note of how your body feels, moods and energy.
• Already know a food bloats you? – Stay away from it this week.

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Need some help planning your weekly food and becoming more mindful?

Check out my EBOOK – “Simple Healthy Living – A Guide for Busy People”

You will find lots of tools and tricks to guide you!

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Remember each week keep the practices from the previous week going.

So, sugar will be taken out for all six weeks…..

Alcohol is being decreased.

Implement stress strategies.

Start using a variety of exercises for effective work.

Bin the bloat – stay away from foods you know bloat you!

Press any of the above points to review that week.

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Recommended Nutritional Therapists:

All will deal with gut health if needed as this is a foundation for any nutritionist.

Liz Butler – Richmond/London & Skype – General & cancer

Charlotte Watts – Brighton/London, Skype & Phone – General & stress focus

Angelique Panagos – London – General & PCOS

Charlotte Stirling-Reid – Skype & Phone – General & Children

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