angiew321 Member

I did actually point that out - please see my second paragraph. ;)

I don't eat fish but I presumed it was low in calories.....it's that "healthy" tag confusing the issue again I think. Hummus......oh I could eat a whole tub!

I think with wraps it's because they're so thin - we think they look like they have a lot less calories than normal bread. But it's just the air that's missing, not ingredients, we forget that!

I enjoy cooking, and I'm very much a "let's throw some of that in and throw some of this in" kind of cook. I rarely follow a recipe, they are just used as a guide. Now I'm measuring everything I use, it makes me realise that some of the (often healthy) stuff I was throwing in with abandon was quite high in calories.

Dried fruit is terrible, it's so easy to chomp down a couple of hundred calories in a minute. My partner used to eat granola, a big bowlful. I used to tell him that it was high in calories and that he was eating too much of it (he was overweight at the time, but thought he ate healthily and well and couldn't understand it)…

Cherries are my weakness, I can eat a punnet (or two) easily in cherry season. I'm not going to stop eating them, but my plan is to put a smaller amount in a ramekin to eat, rather than carry the whole punnet to the table and pick at them until they're gone! Have you tried freezing your grapes? That slows your consumption…

I love peanut butter but now I always measure it before I use it. The same with olive oil, I used to measure a tablespoon by eye, but when I realised that my version of a tablespoon was closer to two real tablespoons, I began to see how easy it is to add extra calories without any awareness.

Yes, it's easy to think that something is low or reasonable in calories, until you go to the trouble of actually weighing their suggested serving size. I've fallen for that one before!

Okay, I'm from the UK, I had no idea what these were - I had to google it. Our closest equivalent is a "cream cracker" which is also high in calories for it's size!

Yes, me too. If something was classed as "healthy" I presumed that part of the equation was low or reasonable calories, as well as containing important vitamins, minerals and fibre. I've always tried to eat mainly healthy, unprocessed, home made food, and I'm shocked when I start to add up the calories in my home made…

Been there, done that too. So frustrating. But counting calories and logging everything I eat and drink is making a huge difference - partly due to awareness of how many calories are in the food I'm eating, and also because I often can't be bothered to get myself a snack, because I know I have to go to the trouble of…

Thanks, I didn't notice that!

So glad it worked for you. :) My take on dieting is that the best diet is the one that works for you. My best diet is to eat exactly what I want, just smaller portions. It works for me!

Thanks, that's exactly what I thought! She seems to think that you can eat as much "free" food as you want - or why else would it be called "free"? I think that's the confusion. I know people who have been on it and lost loads of weight, so now I know you still have to control your portion size it makes sense.

I'd love to know how it works. I have a friend who is interested in giving it a go, and the attraction for her is that you can eat as much pasta as you like + lots of "syns", which as you say, includes chocolate and crisps. She has heard that she can stuff herself with pasta and still lose weight. There must be a catch…