New year, new you
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Want to lose weight?
‘Lose Weight the Better Way’ at our Horley, Banstead and Donyngs leisure centres, by signing up to a free three-month weight loss (or gain) challenge. Open to members and non-members aged 16 and over, this programme supports you towards your goals with personal trainers on hand to provide nutritional advice and fitness programmes. There’s extra help through free workshops on nutrition, body types and training types plus free group exercise classes. Also on offier is plus advice on how to carry on your good work beyond the programme. The overall prize winner is announced on 15 May. Sign-up by 15 February at your local Better Leisure Centre or email laura.mangan@gll.org for more information.
Swap it … don’t stop it Too much sugar means extra calories, causing fat to build up and sometimes triggering ill health. So why not look at ways you and your family can cut out sugar by swapping to other foods? Here are some ideas to get you thinking. Swaps | Swap from: | Swap to: | Breakfast swap | | - Plain porridge
- Plain wholewheat buscuits
- Plain shredded whole grains
| Drinks swap | - Fizzy drinks
- Sugary drinks
- Sugary squash
| - Water
- No-added-sugar drinks
- Sugar-free drinks
- Lower-fat milks
- Diet drinks
| After school snack swap | - Muffins
- Cakes
- Croissants or pastries
- Biscuits
- Chocolate bars
- Cereal bars
- Sugary breakfast cereal
- Puddings
- Sweets
- Fruit, fresh and tinned (in juice, not syrup)
- Cut up vegetables such as carrot or cucumber sticks
- Plain rice cakes
- Toast or bagel with spread such as low fat spreads and reduced fat hummus
- Wholewheat biscuits and shredded whole grain cereals
- Plain unsalted nuts
- Fruited teacake
- Fresh or tinned fruit salad (not in syrup)
| - Fruit, fresh and tinned (in juice, not syrup)
- Cut up vegetables such as carrot or cucumber sticks
- Plain rice cakes
- Toast or bagel with spread such as low fat spreads and reduced fat hummus
- Wholewheat biscuit and shredded whole grain cereals
- Plain unsalted nuts
- Fruited teacake
- Fresh or tinned fruit salad (not in syrup)
| Pudding swap | - Chilled desserts
- Cakes
- Ice cream
- Puddings
| - Fruit, fresh and tinned (in juice, not syrup)
- Fruit, fresh or tinned fruit salad (not in syrup)
- Sugar-free jelly
- Low-fat, lower-sugar yoghurt
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For more ideas on making a Change4Life visit www.nhs.uk/change4life.
Take a break from booze With the Christmas excess gone, why not banish the booze (or at least cut down) and make a healthy start to the New Year? You could find you: - lose a little weight
- save some money
- feel more energetic
- and have better skin.
So think about your drink and prove to yourself you can say no to a tipple or two. For tips on cutting down visit Change4Life.
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