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07/01/2025

Hello New Year 👋

This January I'm all about small steps for big change. Let's be honest new year's resolutions and unrealistic goals don't work.

Small changes built into habits do!

Small steps this week could be looking at your carbohydrate intake- 3 things to think about.

🍌The type
This week with my diabetic and prediabetic clients we are talking about types of carbohydrate, if you need to balance your blood sugars (craving sugar all the time ?) or if recent test results showed high fasting glucose then it's time to look at all the carbohydrate in your day.
It's not just the sweet stuff we need to watch but the grains ie bread, pasta and rice, fruit and veg too.
Reducing these will help with weight loss, bloating and energy.

🍽Portion size
This can make all the difference, get used to weighing out portions of pasta and rice- for weight loss I usually suggest 40g dry weight (roughly half a cup). Brown bread 1-2 slices. Grapes 10-15 not the whole bunch. Small apple.

🍓The swaps
I'm all about making swaps and not taking everything out. This is a lifestyle change not a quick fix diet.
Lets swap bananas for berries, toast for brown bread, root veg for leafy greens. That's a big change in itself.

This graphic gives us an idea of what 50g of carbs looks like from oats, fruit, rice and pasta. Its very easy with large portions and too many snacks to hit 150-200g of carbs a day.
In my low carb approach with clients we aim towards 100g and build in more protein but it does depend on their goal and medical conditions etc.

I'm online with clients if you would like a new approach to your eating habits this January.

www.cathrionhodgins.com
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