Artichoke And Other Foods Said To Aid Weight Loss

Don't buy or eat biscuits, crisps or snacks any more.

Cutting back on UPFs.
Put simply, a UPF is a food that contains ingredients you wouldn't use in home cooking. Like hydrogenated fats, preservatives like nitrates or nitrites (watch your bacon and ham), high-fructose corn syrup.

I have cut back on cheese.
I'm eating more beans, lentils, salads, home made soups and stews, home baked bread, but not too much.
Eating oats to keep cholesterol down.

I don't drink alcohol, tea or coffee anyway. I drink mostly water, 2 litres a day. Sometimes as a treat I have an occasional hot chocolate.
I like peppermint tea, green tea.
If I eat chocolate it's the 100% Montezuma stuff.
 
securespark said:
Don't buy or eat biscuits, crisps or snacks any more.

Cutting back on UPFs.
Put simply, a UPF is a food that contains ingredients you wouldn't use in home cooking. Like hydrogenated fats, preservatives like nitrates or nitrites (watch your bacon and ham), high-fructose corn syrup.

I have cut back on cheese.
I'm eating more beans, lentils, salads, home made soups and stews, home baked bread, but not too much.
Eating oats to keep cholesterol down.

I don't drink alcohol, tea or coffee anyway. I drink mostly water, 2 litres a day. Sometimes as a treat I have an occasional hot chocolate.
I like peppermint tea, green tea.
If I eat chocolate it's the 100% Montezuma stuff.
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So you must have a healthy BMI or is this a strategy to get there?
 
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securespark said:
Don't buy or eat biscuits, crisps or snacks any more.

Cutting back on UPFs.
Put simply, a UPF is a food that contains ingredients you wouldn't use in home cooking. Like hydrogenated fats, preservatives like nitrates or nitrites (watch your bacon and ham), high-fructose corn syrup.

I have cut back on cheese.
I'm eating more beans, lentils, salads, home made soups and stews, home baked bread, but not too much.
Eating oats to keep cholesterol down.

I don't drink alcohol, tea or coffee anyway. I drink mostly water, 2 litres a day. Sometimes as a treat I have an occasional hot chocolate.
I like peppermint tea, green tea.
If I eat chocolate it's the 100% Montezuma stuff.
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Even if you don't live longer, it will feel like it :giggle:
 
motorbiking said:
So you must have a healthy BMI or is this a strategy to get there?
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BMI is getting better...

from an initial 51.5 to 42.3. I know I'm still well overweight, but...

fixitflav said:
Even if you don't live longer, it will feel like it :giggle:
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I know I've got a long way to go, but having lost just under 5 stone, I'm feeling fantastic.
 
Going to be very brave now.

Below is a picture of me in NZ in April/ May 2024.

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And here's one of me in the same clothes (minus hat) now.

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When I see the difference now, it's quite incredible, especially looking at the face.
I've lost at least 6 chins...

But as I said earlier, losing the weight around the middle is much harder.
 
I have found that artichokes do help me loose weight - because every time I am offered them I refuse. They have to be the most inedible tasteless vegetable on the planet.
 
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