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If you'd asked me 6 weeks ago when I started dieting, there would have been quite a few - chocolate, crisps [I believe people in the colonies call them "potato chips" ;-)], peanut butter, fizzy drinks, takeaways etc. I was interested to discover that I didn't have cravings for any of these things once I stopped eating them…

I hear that getting pregnant can do wonders for clothes that are too big ;-) But, seriously, for me, being able to get into a pair of suit trousers that I couldn't 6 weeks ago for my sister's wedding, and now being at the stage of having to consider buying some new clothes as my current ones are starting to look a bit…

BMI is a rather blunt instrument presumably because it doesn't take body fat and muscle mass into account. I do track it because I want the warm, fuzzy feeling of Obese turning into Overweight ;-) Mid 70s may be an unachievable goal - 73kg is roughly the weight I was before I started putting weight on, but I'm 20 years…

Congratulations! I find this particularly motivational as your 'journey' is practically identical to mine - I am 45, started at 110kg 5 weeks ago, with the eventual target of mid-70s kg. 6.5 kg down, another 30-ish to go. Seeing your transformation adds another reason to continue. Thank you.

If you mean that the hardness of raw carrots prevents you from eating them, try boiled carrots. Opinion seems divided on whether or not cooked carrots are better for you anyway. As long as you don't boil them to death so that nothing is left, they are much easier to eat, and, in my opinion, much nicer - they become…