Download the NHS weight loss guide - our free 12-week diet and exercise plan. Oftentimes Ramadan traditions and rituals interfered with my recommendations. This is a tricky situation as it is critically important to acknowledge and respect the longstanding culture and traditions, however players were often under consuming food, specifically carbohydrate and protein and fluid at particularly critical times (a few hours prior to training) owing to them opting for laban, qahwah (Arabic coffee) and dates rather than the recommended snacks. This often limited their carbohydrate intake and led to greater intakes of fat (via the laban) prior to training. On reflection and had I of known this was going to be the case I would have modified the menu and provided low fat laban, potentially even flavoured (higher carbohydrate content) and used various date recipes.
It's important to note that fruit juices are not a better option for weight control than sugar-sweetened beverages. Ounce for ounce, fruit juices-even those that are 100 percent fruit juice, with no added sugar- are as high in sugar and calories as sugary sodas. So it's no surprise that a recent Harvard School of Public Health study, which tracked the diet and lifestyle habits of 120,000 men and women for up to 20 years, found that people who increased their intake of fruit juice gained more weight over time than people who did not. ( 9 ) Pediatricians and public health advocates recommend that children and adults limit fruit juice to just a small glass a day, if they consume it at all.
If you have strong associations between certain foods and guilt, there's no time like the present to try to break that bond. While many may believe that associating guilt with certain foods may make you more likely to abstain from them, a study published in Appetite actually reveals that people who associated foods with guilt had less success losing weight over a three-month period than those who considered them celebratory foods.
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