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I've wanted to lose 10-15kg for as long as I can remember. I am a little bit soft where I should be nice and taut. I think I will try to get down to 70kg this Summer. The problem is that I just feel so hungry all the bloody time and it's a total distraction. Losing weight for me by eating less = feeling deprived of food.
Yesterday, with healthy eating in mind, I went out at lunch and bought a salad and a box of Jaffa cakes. My thinking was that they (the latter) are relatively low fat and I really *need *to eat something sweet between 4 and 5pm every day. One or two a day, I thought. However, I doubt there is much 'low fat' about necking the whole lot (as a promptly did). Oops. I have an insatiable sweet tooth.
I'm not that big on fruit like some people, though I do eat a lot of bananas. They never some to satisfy my hunger though. I could do with a few good low calorie snack options, and not trendy, expensive, formulated 'dieting bars'. Just something filling that allows me to concentrate on other things. When I was studying and at home a lot, I got into the routine of making really delicious smoothies and making big bowls of popcorn for snacking on in the evening when I got peckish. A big bowl of popcorn, popped in a tiny amount of oil and with a very slight sprinkling of salt or sugar of a great high bulk/low calorie treat. At work it's not an option though.
I'm also not in a great position to exercise at the moment: commuting by train from out of town and working long hours, with a broken collarbone. I am working on sorting this situation out.
Luckily, I think I must have a pretty fast metabolism or something. Even when I eat like a horse I don't seem to put loads of weight on. I don't fluctuate wildly, I just seem to be consistently very slightly overweight.