Best diet meals for a healthy start to 2024
The term ‘diet’ has become almost a dirty word.
Say it, and thoughts of starvation, limp salad leaves and meal-time misery instantly spring to mind. It feels almost antifeminist in its whole idea. We are told we should love our bodies and not compare ourselves to others, but that's impossible with 'perfect' models splashed across social media and the pages of magazines.
Yet, the idea of dieting need not be so restrictive. Brands like personalised nutrition plan Zoe are changing it for the better. Dieting 2.0 is about being healthier, feeling better and forming better eating habits to combat the toxic starve-binge cycle that comes with extreme fasting.
Losing weight is not easy, nor is keeping the pounds off once you have reached your target. According to research on the ‘Maintenance of lost weight and long-term management of obesity’, which analysed 29 long-term weight loss studies, 'more than half of the lost weight was regained within two years, and by five years more than 80 per cent of lost weight was regained'. Frustrating and discouraging. There has to be a more successful way.
Kickstart good practices by switching up what's on your plate. To encourage healthy weight loss, it is important to feel like you are not depriving yourself. The rise in recipe box services means you can learn to create nutritionally rich,
