tips and advice? i dunno, i muddled through and devised my own ways of doing things and getting around stuff.
If i dont buy it i dont eat it - i dont buy junk food now so when i get the munchies theres never any around (xmas and birthdays are a challenge but i try and budget it around).
Never let myself get hungry otherwise i overeat (if i know dinner is miles away and i only have 500 calories left for the day ill eat 100 calories early arvo so im not starved and can live on the 400 left rather than eat 800)
Always eat breakfast, otherwise i find myself at the end of the day with wicked munchies
The occasional day with oats for breaky, and only veg for the rest of the day (tons of it so im not hungry) helps both the guilt of a binge r party the day before and calories. Some days ive done this and eaten as low as 600-800 calories and still been full and its made up for the 3000 i ate the day before

Not a common occurance though and it takes mega will power (learnt this off the sacred heart diet)
Keep note on snacks, they add up - 100 here, 100 there, soon adds up to 600 a day

This means no nibbling when dishing up, less coffees unless its traditional rather than espressos with the milk.
The most important thing ive learnt. Giving food away and throwing it out. Just because we bought a whole cake doesnt mean we have to eat it. Sometimes ive had my calories as have the kids and theres cake left over. THROW IT IN THE BIN!
YES! perfeectly good yummy cake - in the bin! When you count the cost in $ , that cake probably cost $5 . you only threw $2 or so away. Its not *that* big a deal. If there are leftovers from dinner, eat them for lunch the next day ... in fact if you eat half whats on your plate, put the rest away for lunch and then you only ate half as much as you would normally but dont feel denied because you get a better lunch than others as a reward!
Okay, i took some pics with my sister today. yes i did suck it in a bit, but you can see my tummy skin in these pics
View attachment 5496 <- thar be the flab. Not an overly great pic but you get the idea of the amount of hang i have.
And heres me and my sister in the sun in our togs (these were taken deliberatly posed stupid to antagonize her friends in the freezing snow in switzerland!)
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