Dietiing tips?

[Jules001]

I have found a few things that are really helping me:

If I am making a sandwich, depending on the filling, I use a very low calorie salad cream type dressing and spread that on instead of butter etc.

If I do use butter, it is the reduced fat spread and I use a teaspoon to scoop it up before spreading onto the bread, it is really easy to underestimate how much is actually going on to your bread.

I have changed my bread to either a Danish loaf or wholemeal Nimble (these used to always taste horrible. but seem to have changed)

If I am craving for something sweet, I have found that Jubblys (not as big as when I was a kid) but still take time to eat and are only half a point on my original WW points system.

I have downloaded a WW App for my phone so when out shopping I can work out the points there and then instead of buying the food only to find out later that it is higher than expected.

I generally start my day with a bowl of porridge now and having discovered Splenda, the sugar alternative, I can also have a tsp of this on my daily bowl.

I am also eating a lot more spicy food and have noticed that when relatives were staying and I couldn't cook the spicy foods, my weight loss slowed down.

[boxtops]

Porridge is excellent, I agree, it fills you up for several hours - and the oats are good for you, too. I have switched to wraps and flatbreads rather than bread - that seems to be helping (bread is one of my traditional downfalls!).

[RATTER15]

Arrange a colonoscopy, i must have lost 5 kg in an hour, beat that!!

[boxtops]

Oh dear, ratter - weigh yourself before you leave tomorrow.....

[DaisyNonna]

Ratter, I admire your sense of humour. Keep smiling!

[rowanwitch]

laughing cow lightest cheese triangles are a good very low fat butter substitute too

[tiggerblue10]

My dieting tip is to get some digital scales. I weigh anything that isn't already weighed out like e.g. I'll have a sachet of oats so simple which is around 36g then use the scales to pour out the 180mls milk. the scales can be reset each time you add a different ingredient so you don't have to remove anything. I'm doing my own calories/fat controlled diet rather than WW or SW etc. I've lost 2 stone since January :o)

[4getmenot]

tigger whats your usual meals ?