Dieting

I'm pleased you started this thread.

I finally got some new batteries for the scales and found that since December I've gained a stone! :eek:

The simplest way for me to lose weight is to stop eating wheat. It cuts out all the snacks - cake, bread, crackers, biscuits. Also I forgo my breakfast porridge and have fruit and yoghurt instead. I do miss the satisfying tastiness of home made bread, but I also definitely feel much more energetic and alert when I can stay off flour products.

Since the start of this thread, I've lost the stone I gained plus another 4lbs and intend to keep going till I lose another stone, which will bring me to the weight I was in my thirties and about mid-range for my height/age now. One valuable piece of advice I found was - At 1500 calories a day, that divides into 500 calories per meal, or two x 250 cal plus 1 x 1000 cal, so stop calling that slice of cake/ coffee with cream/Danish pastry etc a snack! If it contains more than 200 calories, it's a meal.