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Basmati has the lowest GI of all rice. Brown rice has more nutrients and fibre than white. I eat brown basmati as it keeps you full longer, has more fibre and is more nutritious, plus it it tasty!

Any green veg or salad

I have been thinking more about your post and realised that one of the things that helped me shift to eating more was a change in how I counted my calories. I too am a bit anal about it so I switched from weighing out a set portion to a pre-determined weight to serving what I thought I would like to eat and then weighing…

I'm the same height as you and 48 years old. When I started to try to maintain my weight kept dropping even though I was eating what seemed like quite a bit more than when I was trying to lose weight. People started asking if I was ill so I was working hard to get back up to a comfortable weight. I made little changes like…

Pace yourself. Drink water. Plan ahead and be conscious of what you are eating and drinking. Enjoy what you do have but don't just mindlessly shove stuff in your mouth. Take control of your intake - it's OK so say no thanks and you don't have to just eat crap because everyone around you is. Look for healthier options on…

Another thought, if you are using spoons or cups for measurements ensure that it is a level spoon/cup full - a rounded or heaped spoon/cup will be considerably more! I try to use grams for everything as its more accurate.

This is how I weigh things from jars or tubes. Put the jar on the scale, zero it and then take out however much you need.

Buy a good set of digital scales (they don't have to cost a lot) and use them. There really is no point in logging your food if you don't weigh accurately so you're wasting your time and fooling yourself if you think you can 'eyeball' things and get accurate results. After you have been weighing things properly for some…

Online or telephone banking - wear what you want. Going into a branch, I don't care if you're handing out cash to onlookers, keep your clothes on.

Actually I sometimes weigh cooked rice, for example when using left-over rice to make fried rice or I also often cook a big batch and freeze it, then microwave portions as needed. If I'm cooking for just for one portion I'll weigh the dry rice, if I'm weighing my own portion when I've cooked for a lot of people I'll weigh…

Exactly! The real value of scales is in tracking changes in your weight so as long as you use the same set of scales each time you weight the actual number doesn't really matter. It's not like the number on the scales is going to affect your health or appearance, or is somehow carried around with you all day for others to…

Wow. What an amazing transformation. You must feel fantastic. I can't believe you made such a change is just 15 weeks. Well done and keep up the good work.

As above, but also try adding other greens when sautéing - sliced zuchinni, shredded cabbage, a handful of frozen peas - whatever you have to hand. I use a tiny amount of oil and sometimes add a sprinkle of vegetable stock powder and/or a splash of white wine. I'm not too keen on plain boiled or steamed leeks but they are…

Looking at your profile I should say that Garcinia Cambogia is about as genuine as you and should 'cure' your obesity and help you achieve your goal of being more attractive to women.

My son went veggie about 6 months ago for ethical reasons and he has certainly lost weight as a side-effect. As other have said you need to be careful about your food choices as lots of things that are not meat based are also unhealthy! We cook lots of things based on lentils and chickpeas which are cheap, easy and…

Wrap a thin scarf over your nose so you can still breathe but it keeps the cold air off. Use tissues. And don't worry - when it gets really cold you won't have a problem with a runny nose, just a couple of icicles.

What a lovely post and such a shame that someone has made you feel bad like that! I share your sentiments exactly and you mustn't carry the guilt for another "friend's" petulant act. We have busy lives and the amount of time I can spend on MFP varies greatly (I have spent the last 2 weeks dealing with a house move and some…

When I'm busy preparing meals etc I scribble things down on a notepad (e.g. 20 toms for 20 grams of tomatoes etc) and then enter it all when I get a moment. As others have said, once you enter stuff a lot it becomes quick as it's in your favourites. The good thing about logging being annoying is sometimes I won't eat…

Such a lovely man! I'm so glad he's home safely and wish him well for a speedy recovery. I'm sure you and Bailey will take great care of him. Congratulations to you too for your continued progress - I love reading your inspirational posts, especially when there are so many negative, selfish and nasty things being said on…

Amazing and what a cool way to share your success! Well done.

I find I can go for 2 hours without eating and the sound of everyone else in the cinema crunching and slurping is enough of a soundtrack to the movie. If I want to eat out I'll go to a restaurant rather than sitting in the dark stuffing my face with overpriced junk.

I make a version of this using raw beetroot and it's not only really yummy but it's a gorgeous hot pink colour - fab for a girls' party!

Listen to your body and eat what appeals. You ate a load of rich stuff yesterday so keep things simple today and definitely stay off anything fatty. Toast, apples, grilled chicken, steamed veg, natural yoghurt ... whatever you can face. Drink lots of water and tea. Hope you feel better soon.

A definite difference! Your tummy is much smaller. Well done and keep it up. You should be pleased with your progress.:flowerforyou:

Snacking in itself isn't bad, the problem is what you eat and how much. I try to keep a variety of healthy snacks around and just don't buy unhealthy ones that will tempt me. It's good to have a choice of sweet and savoury to suit the mood - I like cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks, red peppers or sliced apple, raspberries or…

Have you been tested for celiac? If you are going to be tested then you mustn't exclude gluten before the tests as you need to have the antigen in your blood for the tests to work and once you have cut out gluten your body will probably react even more strongly to it which is hell! (Voice of experience here) Once all that…

Cuddly :wink:

This is so true. It's also a recent phenomenon that there are different foods for children. I was brought up in a house where food was food no matter how old you were and that's the approach I take with my children. There is no need for kids to eat things coated in sugar and heavy in fat - if it's not good for us as…

Finally!!! I guess our parents are such constants our lives that we just see them without really looking, and at Christmas there is so much going on that it doesn't help matters. I don't know how much my mum weighs, she's just always mum (I'd say pretty much the same about my sisters too). The good thing is that she…

It's not easy as so much of the school and media nutritional education is about weight. We have 2 sons, one of whom is as thin as a rake and eats like a horse, and the other is more inclined to put on weight but has never been very overweight. I don't want the 'thin' one to think he can eat anything he likes and end up…