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We do a lot of stir fries and use the bags of free flow fried tofu you buy in the Asian food shops. I work on two cups of veggies per person plus tofu plus either rice or noodles if you want them. My favourite is Thai red or green curry with a little bit of lite coconut milk. You can buy teriyaki sauce, Korean/Kimchi etc…

I usually lose a little weight when travelling with all the walking. The key it to drink a ton of water, avoid snacks unless it’s fruit, and aim for the healthier choices when eating out.

Poach in wine and add to a salad. Use in wraps or soft tacos with salad and either spicy sauces or season the chicken.

We have an orange tree that produces hundreds of juicy oranges that are impossible to peel or even cut into wedges. Therefore my overnight oats are half a cup of oats, juice and sometimes zest of one orange, either pumpkin or sunflower seeds, dried fruit (usually raise a or craisens), and frozen berries. In the morning I…

Either salads or a filled roll or a ready made curry and rice. Sometimes I add fruit or yogurt.

Equal quantities of sugar and custard powder mixed with trim milk. Track the ingredients. If you want less calories again, use an artificial sweetener. If you get Fresh and Fruity in NZ they have a rhubarb and custard flavoured yogurt which is delicious.

If you replace the almond milk with apple juice you pretty much have Bircher Muesli. When you think of overnight oats as a muesli the taste and texture is a lot easier to comprehend.

Pack an insulated lunchbox with healthy sandwiches or wraps, yogurt, fruit, nuts, vege sticks, low fat cheese slices, small cans of tuna, hard boiled eggs etc. Look for a small freezer pad that will help keep your food cooler longer (or just eat the food that needs to keep cool first. Also, reduce caffeinated and sugary…

Have a big salad before you go out so you aren't too hungry, drink water, skip the starters, naan bread and poppodoms, order a vindaloo or sagwaala rather than a creamy korma or butter tikka dish, have a little bit of rice not a lot, and focus on enjoying the company rather than the food.

If you are losing weight now and your body is feeling better you are on the right track. I wouldn't change a thing.

Shake it up a bit. Your body is designed to avoid prolonged weight loss which is why you enter plateaus when you have been losing weight for a longer period of time. Change your exercise regime so you are doing something quite different. Do the same to your meals. For example, if you are having cereal and milk for…

The best way to stick with it is to slowly change the family to a healthy eating and lifestyle. Otherwise you achieve your goal, go back to your old ways, and put it all back on. Adjust your cooking style of existing recipes to contain less fat, more veg, replace carbs with wholegrain versions (serve curries with brown…

Lunch - sandwiches, wraps, salads, soup, fruit, yogurt Dinner - stews and casseroles (freeze leftovers), main course salads topped with lean meat, egg, tuna, leftover chicken, shrimp, prawn, feta etc, grill a beef, pork or lamb steak, piece of fish or boneless skinless chicken breast and serve with steamed veg or salad,…

* Use a slow cooker and put the leftover in meal size containers in the freezer to heat and eat on other nights. Cook a different recipe each week so in time you will have a selection of frozen meals. * Make stir fries. To save time buy diced meat and either chop the veges in the morning or buy stir fry mixes. When you get…

Oatmeal (made with water) and fruit on work days Two poached eggs on (dry) multigrain toast on weekends Always served with green tea

If you are just trying to cut down and want a topping for pizza or pasta I would suggest substituting a big pile of grated cheese for a few slices of fresh parmesan or similar. It's stronger so gives you the taste and because its shaved it looks more than it is. And looks fantastic on a pizza.

I buy premium mince, shape into patties, put them in the pan and sprinkle salt and pepper on top to season. We serve them on an open ciabatta bun topped with loads of salad on both sides of the bun. They take about five minutes to throw together including cooking the patties.

Use canned beans (drained and rinsed), veges, canned tomatoes, herbs and spices to make spaghetti bolognese, vegetarian curries/chillis. Chilli con carne - with or without meat, ground turkey is leaner than ground beef Chicken, pumpkin, chickpea and morrocan seasoning (Morocan hotpot) Butterbeans, potato, canned tomatoes,…

Do you need snacks? I take a can of coke zero in and don't worry about snacks. It's only a couple of hours. You aren't eating because you are hungry, it's just mindless snacking.

I would say sedentary but count all that exercise as exercise.

You need to work out whether you are eating out of hunger, boredom or habit then address it. If it's hunger I would suggest more protein for your evening meal. If it's boredom get busy doing stuff in the evenings so you don't snack, and if it's habit then develop a new evening wind down routine, which will probably include…