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Thank you All. Very helpful ideas.

Wellington, New Zealand.

Can I. Use fresh spinach? How much would it be then. Thanks

Soaking oats overnight sounds easy and yammy and cheap. I do not like prices on our cereals. I will try this idea tomorrow. I do not have breakfast routine, but I often eat Tararua lite cottage cheese half of a container ( 125 grs) with 1-2tea spoon of home made apricot jam my mum made with low sugar for me, can do with…

Cut down my food portions, and bread. I didn't realised how big my portions were

Hello and welcome. The motivation is the main thing, you can do what ever you want to do if you know why you are doing it and if you still want it. I never was that big but my body was struggle with extra 20kgs I got over few years. I do not like diet. Diet makes me feel miserable like I deprive myself from something…

Oh, in addition, people who are " hunters" and eat a lot of meat not balanced with vegetables often develop condition called "Gaut" . It's very painfull condition with no treatment, just a pain relief and some unti inflammatory med, which is hard for the stomach. Ppl struggle to walk, it can be developed as soon as 35-40…

I agree with others who advise you to cook for yourself, because not everyone has snooper high metabolism. I want to share some new to me information, more like shocking news to my family. My mother in her mid 60th now, she always had high metabolism, loved her yammy fat food, and she is a smallest person in our family. We…

I am not doing much at the moment, as I feel weak. Iam new and my body still adjusting to less food I used to eat. I swim 2- 3 times a week, increasing my laps slowly, and I do back / core stretching, strengthening excessive every 2, 3rd day. Walking slowly before bed as well if I was not too busy at work, some days I ran…

I have similar cravings after dinner. I used to munch a chocolate and cookies. I use honey now. It's very sweet and I slowly eat it from a tea spoon. 2 teaspoons of hone has very little calories. Works for me

Hello, yes I use self hypnosis and self psychotherapy. I loved my food very much. I used to feel always hungry and my stomach always demanded food. That's how I got 15 + kg in few years. Well I convinced myself that I am not hungry, that feeling a little hunger is good and healthy and I have to do it to make my body happy.…

Hello. I am not skinny yet but I will get there. Honestly girls, why would you put up with "friends" like that. They are not friends. Your changes really make them show their true color. Everyone knows that being fat is a consequence of being lazy and eating too much. I definitely in my huge stage now because of it. And…

Hello. I am Victoria. I am registered midwife. I work in NZ as an independent midwife, i am on call 24/7and sometimes has to stay 18-24 hrs with my women. So problem is high coffee consumption with sugar to keep brain working, no system in eating, Brocken sleeping pattern, as a result 15 kg extra weight for the last 6…

Hello. Oh please please read a topic "injured - eating like a pig" That gentleman injured his back doing insanity. Please read

I can share other wee trick I help myself dealing with "munching" problem. It's not for everyone, but see yourself if you keen to try. I love and eat raw crunchy vegetables like coliflower, capsicum, carrots, cucumber, fresh thin sliced cabbage, no dressing. I can crunch them all day. It keeps my mouth and teeth busy, as…

Hello. I would recommend to try swimming or paddling or aqua jogging. It's very common that patients with back and spine injury have physio rehabilitation in the pool, as a water relieve the pressure on the spine. So you will help your back, it will keep you moving and will keep you busy from eating bad feeling guilty. You…

Hello.This is great result. this is a desirable effect from physiology point of view. Less appetite - less food -less fat. there is no other formulae to loose weight. We all get used to "feed the bag" ( our pharmacology professor used the term when give us a lecture about weight loss). it was inspiring and simple to…