http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.html times health forum thread - Is fruit juice good for you? Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:49:55 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlI know this might sound perverse, but are you sure you are actually eating enough? Depending on portion sizes and your activity levels, it doesn't sound an awful lot for a man to eat... I would keep an accurate food diary, weighing EVERYTHING you eat and drink for a few days, to get an indication of the actual calories you eat, then work out how many you need according to your weight, activity levels etc. You should not drop below 85% of the result, otherwise your body will just go int...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 07 Apr 2008 08:49:55 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlQuoting: treehuggerLOL! I have taken up diet coke instead of beer hi tree hugger, have apint of speckled hen instead of coke, better any day. lots of nasty stuff in most fizzy drinks real ale far safer. my motto , bubbles means troubleshttp://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 31 Mar 2008 14:31:45 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlDavid, why don't you try a jacket sweet potato instead? They are delicious and are supposed to be so much better for you than ordinary ones. Secondly, why don't you have porridge in the mornings made with water? Look for the porridge thread and you'll get loads of ideas. Have you lost any more weight from when you last posted? Jaki...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:40 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlhi everyone firstly a jacket potato is bad anyway no matter what you have on it. I was told that the starch in the potato turns to sugar and i think if not burnt off or digested properly adds to the calories? and as for the can of coke don't bother its full of sugar and will leave you wanting more! maybe you can have it as a treat like a beer on a friday night! I hope that coke was diet and caffine free or that will add to the sleepless nights and probably leave you grumpy and irri...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 31 Mar 2008 12:23:54 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlLOL! I have taken up diet coke instead of beer, I hope I don't get addicted to it. Seriously David, you can only do so much with your diet. If you factor in some daily exercise too, the weight will start to shift. Almost everyone has time for a fifteen minute walk somewhere in the day. Good luck...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlSun, 24 Feb 2008 09:17:53 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlWow - 2 litres of coke a day, doesn't matter if full sugar or low cal apparently there is around 6 spoonfuls of sugar in each glass of whatever coke etc. you have, if you cut this out you would lose some weight quickly. On Paul McKenna's TV programme there was a girl who drunk 2 litres of coke a day he weaned her off it and she lost weight straight away. Give it a go and let us know how you get on. I am addicted to Pepsi Max so feel a little hypocritical - maybe i have also realis...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlSat, 23 Feb 2008 20:56:48 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlWell done on the progress David! Are you exercising as well as dieting? Weight will move quicker and you will feel better... Keep up with the water, flushes all the rubbish out your system....I saw on the Jamie Oliver channel 4 'Fit for Life' (still available on replay channel 4)that 2 litres of coke contains 40 teaspoons of sugar!!! Doesn't that make you feel better........http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 18 Feb 2008 23:50:33 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlDavid, does this mean you've given up pizza? Well done! http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 18 Feb 2008 22:46:16 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlI cut out the full fat coke and shifted to diet for the cola fix, the orange is down to a small glass each morning with the cereal and United Utilities' finest pours forth from the tap. The weight has begun to shift again and I'm getting towards 14-and-a-half. Plus the sugar lows seems to have stopped too....http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlMon, 18 Feb 2008 14:16:59 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlFirstly, well done on doing so well. That's really impressive! I've been on a 'diet' (aim: weight loss) since 2008 began and what I've found keeps me going is varying it as much as possible. For breakfast I tend to have muesli and lunch a sandwich a bit like you, but I vary dinner as much as I can, using as many different textures and vegetables otherwise I get bored and hungry. Does your dinner vary much? I try to fill myself up on different salad vegetables, that usual...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlThu, 07 Feb 2008 20:28:27 +0000http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlI started a diet a few weeks ago and, in the first 10 days, I managed to lose a stone and a half from my 16st 6lbs body. My typical diet was this: an apple in the morning, a sandwich at lunch (usually egg and cress on wholemeal) and a square meal for dinner (chicken, jacket potato, cauliflower, carrots, peas, sweetcorn perhaps). I would have two or three office machine coffees and, my only vice, coke (around two pints) but absolutely no snacking. After the 10 days, I made a few changes. I ...http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/1_486_0.htmlThu, 07 Feb 2008 09:19:45 +0000