6 cardinal rules of a sustained weight loss

If youre hungry, find something healthy and EAT. Starving to lose weight always backfires cos you cant cheat nature. No one got obese cos they ate a banana or sweet potato when hungry.

It is the overeating and eating junk that does us in. Eat at least three moderate meals and you can have 2-3 snacks of small pieces of vegetables and fruits if you want.

2. Watch your portion sizes

I will post videos on it today. Buy cups and measure. Learn about serving sizes of all foods and calories. If you can't measure remember: at any meal, each portion on your plate shouldn't be bigger than your fist. Carbohydrates (rice, yam, fufu) should be fist sized.

Same with meat or fish or beans. So if you struggle with your weight like I do, you should not be eating an entire Kenkey at a meal or a plateful of rice, or more than a piece of fish/ chicken, a handful of nuts or a bread roll bigger than your fist.

3. Don't eat anything nasty just cos it's "healthy"

I've seen people in Ghana drink bitter unsweetened dark chocolate/ cocoa powder from Golden tree. My sister why? Blend some of that cocoa with a ripe banana, ginger and almond milk or plain yogurt & see how yummy that tastes! Spice your food well, use a little oil, salt, garlic!

My brother why the hell are you chewing dry lettuce leaves are you a goat? Lol. Learn how to use boiled egg, tuna, onion, olive oil and lemons to make this same lettuce taste amazing. See that fried rice I made in the pic below? It was so delicious I wanted to die and come back hahaha but less than 400 calories and made with less than a cup of rice but so many vegetables that it became a heap on the plate! All the yummy meals I made are less than 400 calories and yummy.

4. Thou shall not rush

That wedding, reunion etc. isn't a reason to starve or go on a bogus liquid diet only to gain all back cos it will happen. The best way to lose weight is slowly- just half a pound to a pound a week.