Firstly, look after your wellbeing as well as your weight control by maximising your muscles. Start lifting weights by investing in a set of dumbbells or a gym membership as strength training will be well worth the time and money.
Secondly, burn off the beer belly by joining a weight-loss programme and see how much more energy you have.
While we’re on diet, here’s tip three. Getting your 5-a-day is vital to getting the antioxidants you need to fight some diseases, and a third of your daily intake of food should be fruits and vegetables.
Fourthly, the easiest way to improve your physical performance is with enough fluids. If you want any chance of building up those muscles, they need fluid to work properly. You need at least 8 glasses of mostly water a day, and even more if it’s hot outside or your job is physical, as this makes it easier to become dehydrated and fatigued.
Tip five is beverages. Ditch the fizzy drinks. Sugar is addictive and all it does is add on the calories. Instead of indulging in fizzy drinks, mixed alcoholic drinks, cakes, biscuits and sweets, substitute a piece of fruit when you need to satisfy your sweet tooth.
Fuelling up on fibre is tip number six. You need the fibre, vitamins and minerals you get from wholegrains, oatmeal, brown rice and wholemeal bread. Fibre fuels your day as it fills you up so you eat less and certain fibres help reduce blood cholesterol levels. You don’t get the fibre you need from simple, refined carbohydrates, such as white bread, white pasta and white rice.
Seven is simple; watch those bulky portions because size does matter!
Research shows that men get less that half their calcium requirement from dairy foods, so tip number 8 is to get 3 servings of skimmed or low-fat dairy products a day. Without it, you’ll experience weak bones and weight gain.
Tip nine: Research shows that you gain a pound over the Christmas period, which is a pound you never lose so work on weight loss during the summer months to counteract that upcoming festive flab.
Finally, eat eggs regularly as they are a nutrition powerhouse, containing 13 essential vitamins and minerals and high biological protein. Even better, they’re cheap, adapt to any meal, and most men know how to cook eggs!