Slimming program: conditioning
Starting a diet and sticking to it is not necessarily easy. You have to know how to make arrangements to help yourself. Some conditioning is essential. At home, with friends and at work. Here are some recommendations for preparing your slimming program.
Slimming program: At home
The advantage of thalasso cures is above all the care and conditioning. The first step, explains Yves Toublanc, head of Miramar Crouesty (thalassotherapy center), is to make things easier for yourself. At home, we must eliminate bad temptations. We empty the cupboards of small snack traps and other delicacies reserves. You fill your fridge with slimming allies such as eggs, ham, low-fat dairy products, vegetables, frozen fish fillets and other vegetable preparations and your cupboards of tuna cans for example.
Slimming program: ideas and flavors
In order not to crack and find a balanced diet, you have to avoid monotony and know how to have fun. “During a slimming cure at the Miramar Crouesty Center, the menus are prepared calorie-ready, but are above all varied and tasty.“, explains Yves Toublanc. Indeed, every day, in the dietetic restaurant are displayed menus” starter, main course and dessert “at 400 calories! Enough to lose weight with pleasure. To achieve this level of pleasure at home, it is essential learn how to prepare bases and low-fat sauces and use a slimming recipe book.
Slimming program: light sauces from Yves Toublanc
To give flavor to your slimming recipes, here are some light sauce preparations by Yves Toublanc chef at Miramar Crouesty.
The mayonnaise sauce:
2 lukewarm hard-boiled egg yolks
1 yogurt 0%
Chives
1 teaspoon of sweet mustard
1 pinch of sherry vinegar
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1 pinch of salt and pepper
Beat the yolks and yogurt, pass through a sieve, add the condiments.
Light bearnaise sauce
2 egg yolks
6 tbsp of vinegar
1 shallot, chopped
4 tbsp cold water
2 tablespoons of 0% cottage cheese
1 tablespoon of tarragon
Reduce the shallot in the vinegar and tarragon. Off the heat, add the cold water and the 2 yolks. Whisk and thicken without boiling for 5 minutes. Add the cottage cheese and serve hot.
To prepare your low-fat sauces, eliminate sources of fat, replace with 0% dairy products and brighten it up with condiments.
Slimming program: at the table
Whether at a restaurant, with friends or at home (simpler), eliminate the little things that make the difference. Bread, butter and alcohol are to be banned from your meals. Enjoy each dish, but in small quantities. Eat slowly, you won’t be tempted to refill yourself. Avoid talking about diet, you will always find someone to demotivate you. If you think you have overdone a meal, reduce your next two menus by eliminating all sources of fat, sugars and starches.
Slimming program: physical activities
The slimming program of a thalassotherapy treatment is always punctuated by treatments and physical activities. If it is complicated to reproduce at home, the jets of water and other baths or massages, it is essential to program, even spread over the day 30 minutes of physical activity. More if you think you’ve been binge! A few steps, 5 minutes of walking, or cycling … nothing like it to start gently to get in condition to start a more muscular program.
Thanks to the Miramar Crouesty and to the advice of Yves Toublanc / head chef in charge of the dietetic restaurant of the Thalassotherapy Center.
