AnneEngland1958

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  • Roasted butternut squash - sweet and nutty! Creamed butternut squash with a dollop of low-fat creme fraiche/low-fat soured cream Oven-roasted wedges of sweet potato with cajun or spanish spices Roasted carrots with honey and mustard (you only need a teaspoonful of each) Asparagus wrapped in parma ham and grilled Couscous…
    in Any idea for side dishes? Comment by AnneEngland1958 May 2013
  • Hi - I'm really sorry to hear you're having such trouble. It must be miserable. I think you've got a lot of good advice there, and I'd concur with most of it. I too have heard that diet drinks trick your body into an insulin response similar to that caused by sugar. I've found that the sweeteners in diet drinks play havoc…
    in I've Tried Almost Everything For 8 Months Comment by AnneEngland1958 May 2013
  • Hi I'm 5ft 8in and I weigh about eight pounds more than you - and my BMI is at the top of the healthy range! I plan to lose maybe another six pounds if I can. Do you really need to lose that much? Weight can fluctuate day to day. And, as virtually everyone else has said - you're not eating enough!
    in Day 5 of Drastic Calorie Reduction Diet and NO RESULTS! Comment by AnneEngland1958 May 2013
  • Aged person from Portsmouth in the sunny South!
    in Anyone from the UK Comment by AnneEngland1958 April 2013
  • Melba toasts - you can get them at Tesco and ASDA (you're in the UK, right?) and even a pack of six is only about 80 calories. ASDA do a sun-dried tomato and basil version. Nice with hummus or soft cheese.
    in Snack Recipes? Comment by AnneEngland1958 April 2013
  • Hello - checking in from Portsmouth!
    in UK ladies - Where are you all?? Comment by AnneEngland1958 April 2013
  • We do a seven-day menu and order online, so we only buy what we need and there's less opportunity for temptation! You soon get into the habit of doing the menu - we've done it for over 20 years! We do virtually all our recipes from the WeightWatchers magazine (which is available in supermarkets here in the UK; not sure…
    in FOOD... Why Must You Be SOOOO Complicated? Comment by AnneEngland1958 March 2013
  • I saw something the other day about someone who'd invented a pause card. Literally a card with a pause button printed on it. Every time you think you want to eat something unhealthy or something you want to avoid, you take the card out and press 'pause'. It gives you space to think whether you need it. You could print your…
    in hi i an new and had a bad day Comment by AnneEngland1958 March 2013
  • Hi all When we have a 'fall off the wagon' day, should we even call them 'bad' days? Should we define healthy eating as 'good' and not-so-healthy as 'bad'? Because ultimately that's judging ourselves. Sure, healthy food is good for you, unhealthy food is bad for you - but only in the long run AND if you do it day after…
    in I fell of the wagon!!! Comment by AnneEngland1958 February 2013
  • We all fall off the wagon - that's the first thing to say. The second thing is this: being healthy, and being the weight you want to be, is about focusing on YOU. It seems that you spend so much time being busy that you run out of time for you. I'm lucky that I don't have the same super-stressed life that you do and I have…
    in I fell of the wagon!!! Comment by AnneEngland1958 February 2013
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