Dr. Christian Jessen is a British physician and television presenter. He received his medical degree in 2000 from University College London, specializing in: general medicine, infectious disease, travel medicine, and sexual health/HIV. He works as a member of Doctorcall, located on Harley Street.
In addition to his medical practice, Dr. Jessen hosts a slew
of medically oriented television programs in the UK including Supersize vs. Superskinny and Embarrasing Bodies. Dr. Jessen is a
strong advocate for healthy living and endeavors to help individuals who are
underweight and individuals who are morbidly obese.
Dr.
Jessen's Five-Point Plan
1) Always eat
breakfast, even just a bowl of cereal and a drink.
Skipping a meal at this time of day is not a way to lose weight. Quite the opposite. It's a way to make yourself easy prey to a fatty sugary snack-attack mid-morning. If you can't face eating first thing, at least have a cup of tea or glass of hot water, with lemon and a teaspoon of honey, then pack a light sandwich or have a hot milky coffee and a banana when you get to work.
Skipping a meal at this time of day is not a way to lose weight. Quite the opposite. It's a way to make yourself easy prey to a fatty sugary snack-attack mid-morning. If you can't face eating first thing, at least have a cup of tea or glass of hot water, with lemon and a teaspoon of honey, then pack a light sandwich or have a hot milky coffee and a banana when you get to work.
2) Plan your
mealtimes and check your food stocks.
That means organizing your shopping ahead so you don't run out of essentials such as cereal, milk, juice or bread for toast.
That means organizing your shopping ahead so you don't run out of essentials such as cereal, milk, juice or bread for toast.
3) Plan a small light
snack to have midway between your meals (if you want it).
A piece of fruit or home-made muffin is ideal. A high-fat croissant or doughnut in your coffee break will spoil with appetite for lunch and put your routine out of synch, and you'll find yourself grabbing a bag of high-fat chips or scoffing another cake in the afternoon.
A piece of fruit or home-made muffin is ideal. A high-fat croissant or doughnut in your coffee break will spoil with appetite for lunch and put your routine out of synch, and you'll find yourself grabbing a bag of high-fat chips or scoffing another cake in the afternoon.
4) Never get in a
situation where you feel ravenously hungry --- aim to feel peckish.
That way you can look forward to lunch or your evening meal and will enjoy preparing it. It could even improve your culinary skills.
That way you can look forward to lunch or your evening meal and will enjoy preparing it. It could even improve your culinary skills.
5) And finally, the
golden rule, always leave the table feeling you could have eaten just a little
bit more.
Don't stagger away feeling uncomfortably full, especially at night when you need to wind down for a good sleep. (Bonus: people who have regularized their mealtimes report a great improvement in the quality of their sleep. There is nothing quite so blissful as waking up refreshed after a good night's sleep. And you're more likely to wake up ready for that all-important first thing: breakfast, which ensures a great start to the following day.)
Don't stagger away feeling uncomfortably full, especially at night when you need to wind down for a good sleep. (Bonus: people who have regularized their mealtimes report a great improvement in the quality of their sleep. There is nothing quite so blissful as waking up refreshed after a good night's sleep. And you're more likely to wake up ready for that all-important first thing: breakfast, which ensures a great start to the following day.)
Two tips: Eating slowly is one way to help you become aware
when you are pleasantly satisfied, not overfull; so don't load up your fork for
the next mouthful until you've finished chewing and swallowing the one you've
already got. And don't feel you have to eat everything on your plate (or anyone
else's) once you've had enough; you are not a human-waste disposal unit.
(Taken from Supersize
vs. Superskinny by Dr. Christian Jessen)
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