The latest scandal in slimming medication made us all aware of how terribly exposed we are when most vulnerable – desperately wanting to lose weight.

So, what to do?

Here is a quick check list to keep you safe:

1. The ordinary person will not know from the packaging whether the ingredients are safe. Go to your medical doctor or pharmacist and aske them to interpret the ingredients. Easy as that!
2. What to do if the manufacturer does not list all the ingredients? Well then we all have a problem. However, here the same golden rule applies as when you want to invest your hard earned money. If the promise is too good to be true, it is too good to be true! If the advertising is too positive, you need to be very careful. Remember there is no silver bullet that will wisk all your excess weight away in a jiffy. Expert marketers can usually judge by advertising and packaging alone whether a product is sailing too close to the shore.
3. There are basically two ways in which slimming medication works. The low road is by suppressing your appetite and dehydrating you, which addresses symptoms but not the underlying cause of your weight problem. The second way is by addressing your insulin resistance. More and more the medical profession recognises that the role our metabolism plays in our weight problems has to do with insulin. So ask your doctor or pharmacist whether the medication you want to buy is taking the low road or the high road of insulin control?

Knowledge of basic nutrition and of weight gain and loss is essential for the successful implementation of your weight-loss programme.
Lifestyle habits are the foundation to wellness. All successful lifestyle changes towards better health will require research and information.
This research on how to and when to and what is the correct Strategy to use, will make it easier for you to achieve your lifestyle changes and weigh loss.

Remember to take small and regular steps towards better health this will ensure better long term results.

You need to arm yourself with information.  You need to be Slim!
By Understanding basic lifestyle changing concepts and weightless Strategies you will find that you start seeing opportunities that you can use to control your weightloss without feeling deprived.
The lighthouse System encourages you to gain knowledge and provides you with the correct information to achieve your realistic goals.

What is your weight loss Strategy?

What does Low GI mean?

Let us start by breaking up the phrase”glycemic index”.  “gly” in medical terms stands for glucose. “emic” in medical terms stands for blood. “index” means an indicator of sorts.   
The glycemic index is a “blood glucose indicator” – It gives us an indication of the rate at which carbohydrate – rich foods affect blood glucose levels, after they have been eaten.

When choosing food always try to give preference to Lower GI breads and cereals and remember to always make up the bulk of your meal with low GI vegetables so that it fills half of your plate.

So your thinking hey man this is complicated.  So I say here is a solution!  Get yourseld a Glycemic Index guide – this way you can begin to educate yourself on the better choices you can make.  You can get really clever, for example you will know things like: Low GI Albany Blue ribbon Bread is a better choice than Pita Bread. Pronutro Wholewheat is a better choice than Corn Flakes.

Did you know that Doughnuts and Waffles are NOT Low GI foods.  Bet you did know that!  

Educate yourself, arm yourself with a Glycemic Index Guide and live LOW!

PS: The Lighthouse programme covers GI – another reason why you should JOIN THE PROGRAMME!!

Do you have a lunch box?

Take control of your lunch!

We would not dream of sending our children to school without a healthy lunch box.  Not for fear of the child welfare getting their hands on us but for fear that our children are not eating a balanced lunch at school every day.  They need the good, wholesome lunch for energy.  They need the nutrients for mental vitality – heaven forbid your child is not one of the cleverest in the class.  My child comes home everyday and tells me what healthy and interesting snack “Johnny” had in his lunch box.  I make sure I have it for him the next day in his lunch box, what if “Johnny’s” mom knows something about this snack that I do not. I want the best for my child, I control his or her lunchbox.

But what do I do for myself? Nothing? Deliver myelf to the mercy of the fast food indusry?

We also need a wholesome lunch for energy at work.  Mental Vitality?  If we do not feed our brain the correct nutrients how can we be the most successful person in out department.         

Please make sure that you are not just “ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL.”

SO…. WHAT'S IN YOUR LUNCH BOX?