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We lost 110 stone on diet
Between them these hospital workers have shed 110 stones after being inspired by the slimming success of one of their colleagues.IT staff at the James Paget Hospital in Gorleston have lost more than 1,550 pounds (110 stone) using the same diet.Michael Scott, 32, IT manager at the hospital, lost 11.5st in five months and encouraged his workmates to cut out the pies as well. The father-of-two was once 24st 7lbs but now weighs 13st 2lbs. He said he knew he needed to diet while on holiday in the United States, where he could not sit comfortably in the plane seat and, at Disneyworld, was restricted to only a few rides.He started the Cambridge Diet and now Mr Scott, of El Alamein Way, Bradwell, is half the man he was - and a fully qualified Cambridge Diet counsellor.Instead of a diet of daily three or four crumpets with butter, a fried breakfast, white bread rolls with cream cheese, chocolate bars, crisps, coffee, pudding, a ready meal, snacks and a bowl of cereal, he now eats porridge for breakfast, takes his lunch into work, does not snack and has a healthy main meal.Mr Scott said: “Losing weight has completely changed my life and I wanted others to feel as good as I do.
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If you're hungry between meals today, you might find yourself snacking on left over Halloween candy. That may not be the best choice, there are some snacks that are good for you. For years, we've been told to eat three meals a day, but some nutritionists agree one or two healthy snacks are good for energy levels.
Ellie Krieger, a Registered Dietician said, "that means choosing foods that are healthy options and not snacking continuously all day long, but really picking one or two times a day that you're having a planned snack."
Registered dietician Ellie Krieger isn't talking about eating a bag of potato chips or a couple of cookies. She recommends snacking on healthy foods that provide nutrition.
Krieger says, "nuts and dried fruit that you keep in the glove compartment of your car, that you keep in your bag, things that you have that will prevent you from grabbing something a lot less healthy."
Some of her suggestions, like half a sandwich or yogurt or fruit, may sound more like a meal.
Sara sets the healthy eating plan
IT falls to dietician Sara McKittrick to set a healthy eating plan for women diagnosed with gestational diabetes.
She regulates their foods for healthy eating, dividing a pre-determined amount of carbohydrates and calories between several small meals each day.
"Most of them can be controlled by monitoring the amount of food that they eat at any one time," Mrs. McKittrick said. "Most of the women are already having snacks but if they're not, you're trying to split the carbohydrate load of one meal between four to six smaller meals.
"What you don't want is to have a particularly high rise in their blood sugars after one particular meal. Instead of having them eat a bowl of cereal and two slices of toast in the morning, I'd rather they just had their cereal and then had a slice of toast as their snack.
Prescription just the right motivation to lose weight
Jeanette McLaughlin risked getting diabetes unless she changed her ways. To help her in the quest, she turned to the Green Prescription programme. By Kelly Andrew.
On the table in Jeanette McLaughlin's sunny living room are three glass bowls one containing walnuts and dried apricots, one biscuits and one a handful of caramel lollies. It's a deceptively treat-laden selection of snacks laid out for a guest reporter. Jeanette has become an expert in checking food labels. The biscuits are the most low-fat and low-sugar option available and the sweets are low in sugar. She has been rigorously following a healthy diet and exercise regime since joining the Green Prescription programme 12 months ago. A green prescription is a doctor's written advice to a patient to increase his or her physical activity.
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