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Sounds great - thanks!

Sorry to be blunt but this isn't true. There is no reasonable scientific basis for the claim that blood type should determine one's diet and no-one has done a controlled study on blood type diets. There is so much written in a pseudo-scientic way by people who claim that science proves one thing or the other but really all…

I don't mean to be a buzzkill or anything and maybe people can cope with this stratgy without going overboard but I don't think it's healthy to substitute one compulsive behaviour for another! I'm not sure that 'Gamble yourself thin' is the best advice even if that's not really what you meant!

I eat a small amount of quite dark chocolate and that *sometimes* does the job. I don't like chocolate much darker than about 70% so I usually have a bar of this in the cupboard. Even when I want to eat loads of sugar I don't want to eat more than two lines (20g). This is still about 100 calories but better than eating a…

Vinegar eh? Sounds interesting... I might combine that idea with an omelette as other people have suggested.

If you like curry, then this recipe is good too - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/paneerwithspinach_86756 (Saag Paneer) I'm vegetarian so paneer is a good way to get low fat protein - it's basically cottage cheese but pressed into blocks that you can chop up and fry or grill.

Also, if you've got the time for it - spinach and ricotta cannelloni is soooo good. We cook it every month or so using Jamie Oliver's recipe and it's very tasty. It's not exactly low calorie I guess... but you can make changes to the recipe to lower the fat content as we do. Worth a look on a cheat day or when you're…

I'm not super keen on the taste of cooked spinach although I'm getting used to. The main way I like to eat it is fresh and in a salad like the one mentioned above (minus the doritos though maybe!). I always make sure that whenever we cook stews that I throw a load of green stuff in because it's a good way to hide green veg…

This worked well for me initially but as with all fad diets it's hard to stick to because it makes you miserable and hungry! If you've got the willpower to stick to the fast on the 2 days and then not overeat on the other days then it might work but I seriously doubt many people have the willpower to stick to this sort of…

Aside from the obvious imbalance in your relationship (you seem to do everything for him!) you really can't let this continue as a source of friction because it will either ruin your relationship with him or start to affect your eating... or both. You definitely shouldn't feel like you need to be the food police for him,…