[bryony]

Now THAT is real food, although I'd have swapped the granary rolls for a couple of fried eggs !

I had 2/3 of a steak 'n ale pie with chips and beans last night, myself. ( my wife had the other 1/3)

I have just made an apple pie this morning and some home-baked rolls which the kids have eaten hot from the oven with lashings of butter. Half the pie has vanished as well



Beverley

The trick for me was cutting out unnecessary carbs. I've managed to lose nearly 2 stone by cutting out bread, potatoes, pasta rice etc.

Some people, like me, are carbohydrate-sensitive. Any cereal-based food puts weight on instantly, and plays havoc with my IBS.

Since starting PM weight loss is increasing due to a lesser dependence on alcohol! (It was a kind of crutch) Of course, beer has carbs, and alcohol provides energy which, while not convertible to fat, makes fat burn slower.

It's kind of the Atkins diet but without the intensity - and once I got used to not eating those things, I wonder why I ever did... High carb foods are a drug..