Eating Habits

Use smaller plates like side plates or small bowls it helped me

I got a gastric band 😂 lol

I've used a smaller bowl too but also had to train my brain that that is enough.

There is a tendency to use a smaller bowl and then think its not enough and have more.

Try to fit in healthier lower calorie foods

I've tried to control the calories too.

You will probably still have days where you eat a lot or nibble through the day (I had loads yesterday) but you put it behind you and carry on.

Sorry if I'm dragging a bit, but I would just say try to cut a little at a time.

Hi Greg,

We could really do with a little more information. e.g. are you overweight and if so by how much? What kind of food constitutes your normal diet? Any exercise routine? Junk food intake? Age and health condition?

If you don't want to give that information then in general these hints may help. 

Big meals are not a problem. If you don't feel full after a meal you are going to snack, usually on the wrong stuff, biscuits, cake, crisps, sweets, alcohol etc. The skill is to eat better, not less. Cut out most red meat and replace with chicken,(not KFC), replace the chips with boiled potatoes, eat more fresh fish, salmon, tuna, eat more pasta, a tuna pasta meal is great. Have a quick and easy meal now and again, eggs and beans on toast. If you must snack, eat fruit, from experience it doesn't seem to matter how much you eat.

Get more exercise. 

As a general rule most diets fail because people make them too hard to live with. You cannot feel hungry, day after day, without cheating on the diet. All diets will work, it's sticking to them that's the problem. Don't go down the road of a severe diet, only to fail and finish up even heavier that you started.

Hope this helps... Alex

Hi I went on a water diet I went from 8st to 6 7st I also end up having an eating disorder because it so please don't try it . Eat a little but often three small meals and three snack

I've started doing that now that I'm booked into a bypass!

I eat 3 mouthfuls then stop and either chat to whoever I'm with or play on my phone ! Then have 3 more and leave the rest!!!!

Would you believe that losing weight is very considerably more difficult than the media likes to suggest. It is difficult to get any really credible advice from the internet because there are so many crooks out there on the web. They sell you anything with lots of promises of miracle "cures" But being overweight is not a disease and it's not just about the metabolic energy equation ( energy in vs energy out) Providing that you do not have an underlying medical condition the best way to lose weight is by changing your diet. I started two years ago by keeping a record of every thing I ate and drank. I used a book called, The Composition of Foods by McCance and Widdowson which gives tables of the amount of macro-nutrients in a wide range of foods. I then was able to calculate the amount of carbohydrate, fats and protein I was consuming and estimate the energy they provided. It is a very time consuming procedure and it does tend to take over your life.  I managed to come up with my own set of rules for my own diet. I now abstain from all alcoholic drinks, all kinds of nuts, all types of biscuits, cakes and pies, chocolate and sweets. I eat mainly fresh fruit and vegetables, sometimes cooked but mainly salads. I eat fish and red meat but nowhere as much as I did previously. I suggest that you study the food you eat and think about your personality. I am reflecting on what I tend to do...open a pack of biscuits and eat them until they are all gone. Just about the same with all those energy dense foods that we all love to treat ourselves with. Sorry, I've gone on a bit but it is a big subject. Have a think about it. There is no easy and painless solution! Good advice about using a smaller plate. That works for me as well.