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5/ Try and reduce your sugar addiction- avoid sodas, ice cream, cookies. 6/ Avoid chips. I know its easier said then done. It's a slow process but well worth it!

Possible strategies when visiting friends- 1/ Always carry an apple and eat before you arrive. 2/ Drink a glass of water before. 3/ Serve small plate of food that you think is reasonable and don't go back for seconds. 4/ Eat real slow. Put your fork down between mouthfuls or put the cookie back on the plate.

Looking at your diary i feel you need a lot more vegetables. Make sure your get a good colour range for variety ie red, green, purple etc for micronutrients. Maybe add some berries as well. Doesnt have to every meal-just mix iy up.

It would make it way easier for comment if you could please leave your food diary open. I assume that you have been using you diary.

Since Kale with Benefits is a little short on magnesium an alternative to supplements I would suggest perpitas

Try and change gradually the underlying desire for very sweet things as it could become your Achilles heel. For exsmple move from white chocolate to milk to small quantities of low sugar dark chocolate. Transistion from ice cream to yogurt. Sugar was once a luxury item at the begining of the 18th century and only 4lbs/year…

I had the same trouble with iron also. I made chichen liver pate but it wasn't that high and contained a lot of saturated fat. The best was home made pesto much heathier imo. If you conbine with vitamin c absorption eg tomato is higher.

Fantastic! "2 years of countng calories." Did you also change the type of calories?

Ingredients that stand out for me are parsley in say tabolli, lentils in salad or soup, walnuts any time, chick peas in humus as a spead or dip, oat bran (instead of oat meal) for porridge or muesli Pomegranate juice is very high antoxidant but limit to a small glass or fresh pomegranate. I could go on. Anyway food for…

Sounds good. Lentils are cheap and very nutritious. Excellent choice.

This man Michael Mosley is very inspiration and might give you a better insight/understanding. http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/03/04/4418884.htm Published quite a few books also.

I can see over a long time you lost a lot weight-fantastic. Just a bit of fine tuning can make all the difference. I notice from your diary that you do plenty of exercise and have a varied diet. As a suggestion just reduce the size of your sugary drinks, fries and alcohol. this could make a big difference as it seems to…

Oat meal seems to be very popular in the above post. Its also my favorite also but I substitute 50% oat bran. I add 3x water and let it soak overnight. Microwave for 3 minutes. Oat bran is higher in protein and other nutrients. Its obsorbs a lot more water and therefore a fuller feeling. I need a lot less oat bran then oat…

I also fell obsessed but its working. Its been educational as I've learned about macro and micro nutrients and to plan my meals better with more self control. Its got easier as i pick heathier options (better nutrition/lower kj) and some exercise. Hope this helps.

See todays Blog on MFP why sugar is bad for weight loss should put things in prospective. Does distinguish between fruits and sugar. My basic observation is typically an overweight person chopping on apple more likely a soda in hand.

I love fish also. Maybe consider fresh water fish as a balance.

Keen to try Ghiardelli now! My fav is Moser Roth Dominican Republic 75% from Aldi ( Australia ) 24% sugar. I have 1/4 square for me 40 calories.

I'm constantly reducing my sugar addiction by reducing portion size and type of sweet eg like dark chocolate with 23% sugar. Homemade fruit sorbet with yogurt etc. Your taste adapts over time and I find all you sometimes is sugar and not the fruit or chocolate flavour. It's one of the keys to good health to reduce sugar…

I'm with BusyBee rowing machine I love. Very time effective and does most of your body. I just do 8x30 second sprints 10 sdconds rest. No matter what your choice can only benifit. Nice to mix it up!

Ive been on 5 2 in the past and I had the same dilemma. Generally I concluded that adding calories for exercise is a good thing as you are rewarded 4 exercise. Better to be a fit fatty then a unfit skinny!

Make sure you eat slowly as it takes time for your brain to realize your are full. Put your knife and fork down between mouthfuls.

... just be careful with the rice- do not reheat again and put back in the fridge as this can be dangerous. keep in a sealed container and below 4 degrees celsius.

Have cooked brown rice in the fridge ready to go. On the day I just add a few finely chopped veggies like carrot, celery, asian greens like buk cho or whatever. Add say teaspoon of soy sauce and a squeeze of lemon. Microwave for a 1 minute. Add a poached egg or a small piece of cooked salmon or thinely sliced meat. Taste…

I've been making a sorbet from frozen berries, mango by using a Oscar Neo 1000 cold press juicing machine. so easy just fruit no sugar dairy or anything else. I just top with a scoop of natural yogurt. Every one in the family loves it. There are other ways to do I'm sure but i don't know how.

One idea is to put the fries on the top shelf and the fish on a much lower shelf.