Hi
I lost a stone and a half last year and felt really good about the way I looked. Unfortunately a stone has crept back on. I am exercising, try to do 5k a week and I am doing the 30 day shred. I am really good during the day but snack and comfort eat in the evenings. I don't ever seem to feel full. It's starting to get me down as I am just putting on more weight. Any advice welcomed,
Hi Francinea,
i confess that I too am an evening snacker- ha ha, i don't fight it coz I just fail- i track my food on sparkpeople, I have lighter cal meals during the day so I can have something in the evening.
I find the low cal hot choc drinks are good for a choc hit- drink it off a spoon, it makes it last ages!
Or a semi frozen light muller yog- yum! Add some fresh blueberries and Strawbs and think, wow, is this really diet food, Ha ha!
Nuts in shells, they are slow to eat because i have to crack them open, they keep me busy for ages and they are great for good hdl cholesterol.
Oh and have you tried freezing a couple of bananas and whizzing them in a blender- banana ice cream with no added anything 
And then my other distracting evening task is to google such things as 300 cal dinner ideas and plan my meals for the week ahead
Of course this does mean getting rid of the temptations that are in the cupboard that might distract you from your goal 
Don't feel guilty about being an evening snacker, enjoy it!
Have you considered doing the 5:2 diet? I'd heartily recommend it - especially the book by Kate Harrison which is easily available on Amazon. It's great as you can eat pretty much what you like five days a week (up to 2000 calories a day) and restrict your calories to 500 on two days. I lost three stone on it, going from a size 16 to a 10 and the best part about it is that when you've reached your goal weight as I have you only need to fast one day a week to maintain your weight loss. (I used MyFitnessPal to track my calories.)
The diet is based on a brilliant Horizon programme that aired almost a year ago (vimeo.com/54089463) and it's honestly changed my life. I had so much energy that I started running, doing the NHS Couch to 5K podcasts and now run 5K three times a week. I'm 63 and have never been fitter!
Thanks for this, I have started tracking my calories this week and have purchased the 5:2 diet book from amazon.
Hopefully it will start to come off. Wish me luck!
Well done you! If you're on Facebook there are some excellent support groups on there. I find that watching what I eat one or two days a week so much easier than every day!
Do watch that video - this way of eating is about so much more than just losing weight. The health benefits are fantastic.
Watch the programme. It's far from nonsense and has proven health benefits. 500 calories just twice a week is far from starvation!
What you you recommend as a daily food plan? Would it contain some carbohydrates? I agree about the fasting diet. I did watch the TV programme and the view that fasting decreases the risk significantly of some illnesses but I do not know one single person who is doing it for that reason and they have all binged anyway.
Thank you - I will have a good look at the links.
I have read your reply here with interest (after dieting for 50 years) that jacket potatoes, wholemeal bread etc. are high GI... Having hunted through the info on the Net re GI- what sort of bread would one use for a s'wich? I realise you can only give the generic names - but when I checked for bread alternatives to whole-meal, all that came up were packets of ingredients to make one's own! And I have just had delivered to me two 7-seeded wholemeal loaves!! Hmph! Any suggestions please?
Hi how about rye bread its very dark and dense and toasts really well would that work??? suju
healthy eating and exercise 
Interesting link: Eat enough!!!
healthy eating recipes please
