Have you ever wondered “What am I doing wrong?” when it comes to your health? If you are trying to lose excess fat around your mid section, keep your energy levels up through the work day or improve the appearance of your skin then you need to look at how you can improve your diet.


Follow these four tips below and you will feel happier, healthier and lighter!

Drink Up

Keeping some herbal tea in an insulated flask, or some lemon water in a glass bottle, is an easy and effective way of keeping hydrated.  If we don’t drink enough water it can easily cause dry skin, wrinkles, constipation, immunity issues, digestion problems, urinary tract infections and fatigue. 

We do not expect our car to function without petrol, so why do we allow our body to function without water?

How much should I drink?

For Females

Every 50kg of body weight requires 1.42 litres with sedentary daily activity. 

For Males 

1.72L of water is needed for every 50kg of body weight.:

This means that if you are a 76kg female, you will need a minimum of 2.2 litres a day. 

No matter what your health goal is, whether it be healthy skin, weight loss or more energy, water is a necessity.

Eat Half Your Dinner

We eat too much. Losing weight can be a lot easier than you think with some self control. 

An experiment conducted in a Queensland clinic showed that when a group of people were asked to eat exactly half the amount of dinner they would usually consume on four nights of the week for one month. In that one month, patients lost between 3-7 kilograms! They did not do anything else, no exercise program or tablet, they simply ate less on four nights a week (they were allowed an apple before bed if they really needed it).

Eating this way over one month trained their stomach to be happier with less food at night time. Food is energy, therefore we should eat well during the day, and reduce our intake at night because we don’t need extra energy before going to sleep.

In fact, aiming to stop eating 2-3 hours before going to bed will mean that instead of having to digest food whilst you’re asleep, your body can focus its energy on healing the cells of your body.  

*N.B. Seek medical help if you are diabetic before trying any diet.

Protein At Breakfast And Afternoon Tea

Breakfast is an important meal, but did you know that afternoon tea is just as important? If we do not eat a protein-rich, healthy afternoon tea it can leave us starving at night time.  This may lead to loss of self control and overeating. 

Healthy afternoon tea ideas:

  • hummus (chickpea dip) and rice crackers
  • a boiled egg
  • a can of tuna
  • a handful of almonds and cashews with a banana
  • protein shake

It is important that the snack you pick contains protein so that it takes time to digest and keeps you satisfied until dinner time.

People often forget to add protein to their breakfast. Eating a carbohydrate rich bowl of cornflakes or a piece of toast will digest too quickly. This is because they do not contain protein. To power up your cereal, you could add nuts, seeds and yoghurt which are all protein rich foods. To the toast you could add an egg or almond paste. 

These simple additions create a breakfast that will bring better energy and mental clarity to your day.

Ditch The Sugary Drinks

Are you a tea/coffee drinker?  Do you add sugar? Do the math and work out how many teaspoons of sugar you are consuming (just in your beverage alone) for the week.  Now multiply it for the month.  That is a lot of extra sugar you are consuming.  

When sugar is consumed it is turned into energy.  When we don’t use up all of that energy it is converted and stored in the body as fat for use at a later time.

If you are serious about losing weight or improving your health, sugar must be eliminated. The best way to start is by removing sugar from tea, coffee and substituting soft drink or juice with herbal tea, mineral/spring water or coconut water. 

If you feel like you need the sugar for energy, try following the above 4 tips for one week and see if you notice a difference in your energy levels.

A Little Help

To help you on your health journey, whether your goal is to lose some weight or maintain the shape that you’re in, increase your energy, control cravings, or lower stress then we recommend incorporating Nanolean Support For Stress, Energy and Satiety into the above tips.  

Remember, any day is a good day to start the journey of a healthier life!  You just have to start.