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I wouldn't dream of going to a birthday party and not eating cake! This weekend was my parents' ruby wedding anniversary, and I went away with my family to celebrate. I decided I'd have a break and not worry about what I was eating, within reason, rather than spend the weekend being all "no, I can't possibly" about…

I completely agree with the idea that eating might be the way to go, but if you're new to eating healthier foods you might be feeling what I always think of as that sort of 'scoured' feeling you get when youstart eating loads of fruit and veg rather than carbier, fattier foods. You can sometimes end up absolutely stuffed…

Chalk me up as another vote for Enell!

Well, I wouldn't eat *just* before bed purely because it would give me indigestion; otherwise, I say what's important is what you eat, not when you eat it. Apart from anything else, I know that I find it hard not to be eating in the evening, so it's better that I plan to eat my dinner and subsequent sensible dessert later…

I don't think there's anything especially unhealthy about it; I eat it pretty frequently. I wouldn't suggest eating sweetcorn morning noon and night, but I wouldn't suggest eating anything all the time - so long as you're getting a variety of different fruit and veg (different colours is good) then you're doing fine. And…

Given that you shouldn't really be looking to go below 1200 calories a day, I wouldn't be looking to eat less, tbh.

Not so much: http://www.badscience.net/2007/02/ms-gillian-mckeith-banned-from-calling-herself-a-doctor/ The thing that I remember getting really irritated about was when on one of her shows I remember seeing her revisiting someone who'd made massive changes to his diet and was now eating and living very healthily. She went…

This is exactly why measuring yourself is a good idea - it enables you to see evidence, other than on the scales, of your weight loss. You wouldn't necessarily notice it on yourself, but when you see it as a number, it's just a little extra proof that what you're doing is working!

Turmeric, ginger, lemongrass, cumin, coriander, nutmeg, allspice; everything, really!

I'm so sorry for your loss - and I wouldn't worry too much about food at a time like this; just do what's right for you and your family. That said, faced with this situation, rather than try (probably fruitlessly) to explain to people that I'm trying to eat healthily, I would possibly tell a little white lie and say I…

Looks like there's an Asda - 12 Chapel Street, CV21 3EB :-)

When I used to run (which hasn't been for a looong time, but still) I was always fine running without eating first unless it was a long one (10 miles +). I'd always drink something first, and take an energy drink if I was going out for more than half an hour or so, and that worked for me. So, it might be worth…

It's not 'cheating' to eat. Anything. So long as you're within your calorie target for the day, you're technically fine; more realistically, you probably also want to eat in a generally healthy way with other treats worked in, but the idea that things are 'forbidden' is a slippery slope for me. I got to be overweight not…

I've often thought that there might be an advantage to just eating the maintenance calories for my goal weight - it would take longer to get there, but it would avoid that awkward transition from weight loss to maintenance, so it really would be a lifestyle change; you could just adopt new sustainable habits and stick with…

On top of what everyone else has said, avocados and olive oil are both really healthy and will help add some calories. (How about a salad of lettucey stuff with maybe some chicken, avocado and walnuts, and an olive oil and lemon dressing?)

I had a couple of days off (I was feeling generally bleughhh, like I was coming down with something, and though I could probably have dragged myself through a workout it seemed as though it would be counterproductive) but I've had another bash at Level 2 this morning. I still hate all the planks - I just keep having to…

If you want to stock up on some healthy food to snack on, it looks like Rugby has the following: 3 x Sainsburys (31b Clifton Road, CV21 3PY; 385 Dunchurch Road, CV22 6HU; and 339 Hillmorton Road, CV22 5EZ) - supermarket, lots of fruit and veg available plus they do a range of healthier option foods 2 x Tesco (Redpoll Road,…

Here you go - the Bread and Flour Regulations 1998 say: "Regulation 6 restricts the use of the words “wholemeal” and “wheat germ”. The terms may only be used on the labelling or advertising of bread if the bread meets the following criteria: • Wholemeal - all the flour used as an ingredient in the preparation of the bread…

I'm always over my sugar, and I don't care. Better over my sugar but eating generally pretty well (and within my calories) than giving up in despair and eating nothing but junk for days at a time, which would be what would happen if I tried to cut it down too far.

4) Weetabix are wholegrain and contain very little else (ingredients here: http://www.weetabix.co.uk/products/cereals/weetabix#titleIngredients) - they're not my favourite thing personally, but they're pretty healthy. Fruit'n'fibre is also mostly wholegrain and dried fruit…

Have you tried an Enell sports bra? I always used to have to do the two-bras thing (and even that was still not brilliant), but my Enell bra (which is more like a corset, tbh) is great.

1) Not usually, but I don't do massive workouts (only 200 calories or so a day) and I'll happily eat them if e.g. I'm going out. 2) Yes.

Really good tomatoes.

You have a history of very disordered eating, which in itself probably confuses the hell out of your metabolism; and you've had a baby, which is a fantastic thing but a hell of a shock to the system. Is it any wonder that your body isn't sure what to do next? I really think you should go back to your doctor and explain…

I think the reason my grocery shopping is perhaps a teeny bit more expensive while I'm losing weight is that as I'm aiming for a pretty low calorie intake (1200ish), I'm pretty ruthless about not eating the kinds of things I would normally base meals around (like lots of pasta or bread or potatoes). There's nothing at all…

Wraps are a kind of flatbread. I usually make up a lunchbox of some cooked chicken pieces or prawns, a dollop of low-fat coleslaw, and a heap of salady things like tomatoes, maybe some sweetcorn, cucumber, salad from a bag, p'raps grilled peppers (you can get them in a jar, in brine rather than oil), a few olives - those…

Someone else was asking about logging fruit and veg so I added up my diary to see what it would look like if I didn't count them - I'm eating about 1,200 calories a day at the moment and more than a third of those calories are coming from fruit and veg. If you aren't logging them you could be eating a lot more than you…

You're going to drive yourself crazy over this! Your diary looks great; you've eaten lots of fruit and veg and stayed within your calorie goals for the day. Like everyone else has said, it's just the natural sugars from fruit which are putting you a bit over on that one measure. What matters is that you're eating lots of…

If you can't eat first thing in the morning because of your medication, and you aren't eating after 7, there are only so many hours in the day left! Personally, I don't go in for not eating after a certain time; it just makes me grouchy and prone to accidentally stuffing my face with everything in site; and so far as I'm…