Ten Top Tips Final Update

Our keen volunteers have now been following the Ten Top Tips programme for 10 weeks. They have all done a fantastic job at incorporating the tips into their lifestyle and helping them to become healthy habits. They have all lost weight over the 10 weeks, walked 1000’s of steps and developed healthier eating habits. Here’s a final summary of their success:

4 out of 4 positive experiences reported!

• Feeling healthier and increased energy levels
• General improvement in well-being - mind and body
• Total weight loss of 23lbs (1½ stones or 10.5kg)
• Clearer skin
• Brighter moods, fewer ups and downs
• Feeling fitter

Tips achieved most often by all

• No.6 Caution with your portions
• No.5 Look at the labels
• No.1 Keep to a meal routine

Most challenging tip for all

• No.8 Think about your drinks

Number of tips achieved each week

• Average of 7 / week
• Most successful was week 7 with 9 out of 10 achieved

Our volunteers tips for maintaining healthy habits

• Add the tips into your lifestyle at your own pace
• Ditch using public transport and walk wherever you can
• Go low fat - carry the shopping card around with you
• Take a walk at lunch time
• Use the tick sheet to help you increase your own awareness of your eating and activity habits

Overall successes of our participants

• Mike for his commitment in achieving the greatest weight loss of 14lbs
• Liz for the biggest improvement in her step count over the 10 weeks
• Emma for making massive changes to improve her shopping, cooking and eating habits
• Stacey for keeping up an amazingly high daily step count with an average of 15000+

How do you keep going until the tips become automatic?

• Perform a habits check-up (see week 8’s group feedback)
• Keep using the tick sheet to monitor yourself on the tips that you find the hardest
• Remind yourself this is a programme to help you develop life-long healthy habits
• Note down how good and super healthy it makes you feel following the tips