Stitch

Hey that's better than my put the fork down!

Cheers

Ginny

Naturopath sounds interesting...must look into that a bit more.

asher

Well this is the cheap alternative to gastric banding

personally i found rosemary conley the best!!

Glasgowlass

Do you ladies find it easier to stick to your diet when you're getting weighed in somewhere or are you fine on your own?

chris and farideh

Would super glue do the job, every time I go on diet, I put more weight on, than I started with, no more dieting for me.

asher

yes I think it would work for you, well you definitely can't gain weight if you can't eat, just leave a straw space for water!!

Angela Marie - Cairns

I always do the get weighed somewhere else, then as I know I have cheated never turn up on the first week weigh in, resolving to make a big impression on week 2, then comes week three and I never ever go back from the first outlay of money - bad

chris and farideh

Oh good, I have plenty of straw all different colours too.

Henry Family

Gillian McKeith - love her or hate her - has the right idea. Eat healthily and exercise, and weightloss is the result.

Scubaemma

I would say all the normal things - eat smaller portions, more fruit and veg, less crap, lots of exercise etc... (it's worked for me - I've lost 3 and a half stone in the last year and a bit doing that and gone from a big 16 to a size 10-12).

Some tips that have helped me are to write down everything I eat in a notebook - I still do this every day (makes you justify everything you eat because you have to write it down - can't ignore it).

Also chewing gum - for when I just fancy something in between meals, sometimes having some chewing gum helps because you get that nice minty taste in your mouth and it makes you less likely to want to eat food (same with brushing your teeth). So I always have some chewy in my desk drawer at work.

And exercise has become part of my daily routine - that way it's easier to do it because you don't have that agonising decision about whether you should or not and if you can be bothered or not. You just do it. I cycle to work every day (I know this isn't always possible for some) and go for a run once or twice a week (I couldn't run for toffee when I first started out but I'm not bad now). And just things like long walks at a weekend.

I feel so much better than I used to and have had to buy a whole new wardrobe cos none of my old clothes fit anymore

del k

Get photographed in your undies front, side and back views and pin the evidence somewhere you will be forced to look it on a regular basis.

midwife-mandy

The best diet for me was leaving my husband, lost 2 stone in a 2 months. Granted this is a little bit drastic and was more expensive then weight watchers but it was an added bonus

herrchook

Here's a few tips I got from the Paul McKenna course .....

Before eating always ask "am I actually hungry" If the answer is no then go do something to occupy yourself. If the answer is yes, have a large drink of water as it's often thirst disguised as hunger. If after that you are still hungry then eat sensibly.

Always try to leave a little something on your plate at the end of a meal.

Eat slowly and between mouthfuls, put down your cutlery and chew fod well. Hopefully by doing this, your body will know when it's full before the end of the meal and you won't overeat.

Make a mental note of how you want yourself to look. or an activity you want to do when you get the weight off. Every time you think about eating try to remember that image. For some, a photo of themselves when they were thin on the fridge helps.

Sally Simpson

Far too scary, sorry!

What if you quite like the OH though?

mad city fan

are you sure pickled onions are no points gosh I love them can eat them by the jar if thats the case then ill be pickle breath for weeks uh give us a kiss

Funkey Monkey

Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and have dinner like a pauper...then your body has time to break down the food before you wind down for the night.

Also a nutritionalist friend told me years ago that the body uses more energy when you chew and digest an apple than is actually in the apple.

Shame I don't like apples