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I like vegetable curries with vegetables such as swedes. You can cram them full with all kinds of veg, and make it quite economical and healthy.

Yes, I always tell people to go for Indonesian. Good point! Actually, the Indonesian cuisine in the Netherlands has adapted a bit to local taste, and the "rijsttafel" (rice table, which is a collection of many small dishes with rice) is from the colonial time.

I eat everything myself, but I do think vegans have a few major sources for karma points: they contribute less to global warming (apparently farting cows emit a huge chunk of the greenhouse gases), and they don't directly cause animals to suffer (although loss of habitat is not taken into account). Perhaps some people can…

But if all her fries are tied up in property, she can steal his fries to eat.

Thigh gaps remind me of WW2 pictures I've seen :-(

You can use herbs to infuse water. The standard choice is mint, but basil might make for an interesting change.

A classic Dutch street food that is quite healthy is herring: you have it as a filet, with raw chopped onions if you like, and often with gherkins. If you have a choice between "bitterballen" and "kroketten", the latter are the best choice. Both are ragout with a bread crust that is deep fried, but a kroket is bigger, so…

In Japan, the konjac root is used to make shirataki noodles. They're extremely low in energy, and can be used as a replacement of noodles or pasta. Just make sure you coat them in flavourful sauce, because they are tasteless.

Hear, hear. I never throw anything out, so I still have plenty of clothes that haven't fitted me for a while waiting for me. However, if I buy something I like and then lose weight, I'll try to take it in. This might be a good idea anyway, since off-the-shelf clothes often don't fit perfectly anyway. I also agree with the…

Eating very little for just a few days at a time is no problem at all. Just make sure that in any given week the average calorie intake is higher, so the idea of eating nuts sounds good. I find that on days after a heavy workout I am more hungry. For me it works well to then listen to my body and eat more than my calorie…

I'm not an expert, but perhaps the difference is just that the process of gaining weight and that of losing weight are different. For instance, you lose weight partly by reducing muscle tissue, which then makes it harder to keep losing weight, because your muscles were using up a lot of energy and you now have less of…

Don't beat yourself up over it, at least you can go back to your ways when you're not with them. However, you can definitely experiment with different ways to refuse. What might help is simply not taking the ice cream and checking your emotions when you get negative reactions from them. Try to tell yourself that they're…

Have you been measuring only your weight? Because if you're training a lot, it is possible that you have been burning fat, but gaining in muscle, keeping your overall weight constant. Measuring your waistline might give more info. And of course water retention is always a plausible reason. My personal experience with…

Or: he's someone who does not appreciate the fact that he is made to swallow some insults before he gets something meant to be a compliment that he didn't ask for in the first place. Or: (and this is the actual truth) he is someone who read the original post and put himself in the shoes of the person who was being…

The BBC documentary "what is the right diet for you" has a nice illustration of this effect: some test subjects who are losing weight have to eat some cake, but half of them is told that the cake only has 200kcal, and the other half is told the truth, that it has 700kcal per slice. After that, their behaviour is compared.…

I cook them in broth. This can make them a bit salty if you use too much. A few days ago I made my own stock (got lamb bones for free from the butcher, boiled for almost two days, added carrot, onion, celery, herbs and spices). This proved to be brilliant, because I can then add salt at the end of cooking. I used this to…

Haha, sounds like a compliment I received after losing weight: a middle aged lady with platinum blonde hair was walking her miniature dog, stopped dead in front of me and said (with a heavy Amsterdam accent): "You look like a beautiful yellow pineapple!" (I was wearing a very yellow coat). On a less complimentary note,…

I second the fat comment: you're likely to not eat enough fat when you're dieting. Also, I once read that lots of fibers can bulk up and make you more constipated, so perhaps adding fibers to your diet prevents constipation, but it might not work as a "cure" when it's already happened. Some people swear by coffee, plums or…

Me: 0 LNS: 1* Had an excellent couple of weeks, but I'm starting my count with yesterday's massive failure :-( Luckily, it was partially a planned failure, since I like to give myself more room to be naughty some days in the week, and no room at all during others.

Hmmm... chocolate, lots of chocolate. Oh, damn, not allowed to do that anymore :s Well, warm things seems to soothe the pain, so perhaps make sure you carry a thermos with relaxing tea (camomile or something) with you all the time. You can also fill a water bottle with warm water and use it as a warm compress. Also, if…

If your husband wants to cook and decides on an unhealthy option, you can offer to be "sous-chef" and be responsible for part of the meal. For instance, you can make a healthy starter such as a filling vegetable soup that has to be eaten before the meal. If you make sure he fills up before dinner on vegetables and water,…

A Backstreet Boy! But seriously, because this is a very serious topic. I'm trying to lose 100 packs of IKEA's SÖTSAK SKUMTOPPs, although part of my brain is trying to convince me that the best way to get rid of those is to eat them all.

Ooh, very clever idea of the frozen water bottle! I'm going to make an insulated lunch tote soon, because my boyfriend has some clothes to get rid of. I'll make sure to leave room for a frozen water bottle as well :-)

Hello! I've been drooling over all those pretty lunches as well. I used to make bentos about 4 years ago when I was losing weight and in one of my Japanese cooking phases, and it worked brilliantly, so I've picked it up again. Sadly the lid of my bento box melted a bit due to being too close to a hot frying pan, but if I…

As a follow-up on what 999tigger said, you should try to cut back on foods that digest quickly, like potatoes and sugary things, and eat more things that take a while to digest, and therefore end up lower in the gut. The reasoning behind this is that lower in the gut is where the "I'm full" hormones are produced, so if…

1 week SW 80.5 kg CW 79.8 kg GW 65 kg Also, my bicycle broke down so I'm walking to work: a bit over an hour each way at a brisk pace :-)

One thing confuses me a bit: the main message seems to be that the type of foods eaten don't really matter, but surely it does matter whether you're eating lots of cupcakes or lots of broccoli? For instance, some foods are packed full of salt, and might do bad things to your blood pressure.

@zahid222 Wouldn't it be very entertaining to see your husband struggle in the kitchen on a fast day? At least you'll have company, because he might end up fasting as well :-)

haha, Marmitegeoff, I hate it when that happens.

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