This is my hardest challenge with slimming world, not sure i'm on the right plan, my mother who is my strictest critic feels I should go on a calorie controlled diet!
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Bear this in mind: whatever you choose to do, it must be something you can stick with for the rest of your life. There is absolutely no point going through purgatory to shift 6kg if you then run out of steam and put it all back on again.
Losing weight is not the goal. Maintaining a healthy weight, without endlessly worrying about what you're putting in your stomach, is. If you're eating healthy meals, your bodyfat will inevitably reduce to a sensible level, but the unfortunate fact is that most "diet" meals aren't healthy - for example, they often include over-processed rubbish like "wholewheat" bread (which is just sliced white bread wearing lipstick) and restrict important macronutrients like fat to dangerously low levels.
A good place to start might be the '30 vegetables in a month' challenge. Make a concerted effort to broaden your dietary horizons and learn to enjoy proper, wholesome food. Put vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy on your plate and make sure you're eating less of the stodge (potatoes, pasta, rice and the like). Get rid of sugary drinks and fruit juices (if you haven't already). Avoid anything in a plastic packet that says "low fat" on it and has a dubious list of chemical ingredients. You'll discover that what you eat has a far greater impact on your weight and health than how much.
All sound advice and I just love your bread description !!!! 😗
Drives me nuts how almost all healthy-eating guidelines suggest wholewheat bread as being "healthy" and good for weight loss. Even real bread has a high GI that will halt weight loss if you eat it regularly, but that's not really my objection.
The stuff labelled as "wholewheat bread" in supermarkets is the same old Chorleywood Process pap, full of preservatives, texture enhancers, and who-knows-what else. It isn't even bread; it's more like cake. And yet it magically becomes good for you because the manufacturers cynically add a few grams of "whole grains" and some caramel colouring.
I rarely eat bread, but I do occasionally make a wholewheat loaf - a proper one, left in the fridge to prove for 24 hours - just for the fun of it. When I'm in the UK I sometimes buy spelt bread from the farmer's market. Bread like this is filling and flavorful; a little goes a long way. Very nice toasted with butter and a fried egg. But the sad fact is that the general public doesn't have access to actual bread anymore, unless they make it at home.
I'm sure you're right . As a child in the 50s we had "brown" bread from our local village baker, until supermarkets came along and the likes of "mothers pride" etc . Suddenly my meat & veg school dinners got swapped for a white bread packed lunch ...presumably as it was cheaper.
I was lucky (in a way) in that my mum refused to buy Mother's Pride (she referred to it as "Mother's Shame") and baked her own bread. I think I inherited my reactionary, curmudgeonly personality from her...
On the downside, she wasn't very good at baking bread 
Omg ive just ran to the freezer where I have white bread buns for him and brown ones for me (as im being good) and mine has more salt and SUGAR in than his !!! Omg !!! Im flabbergasted??? In shock!!!
Don’t tell people you’re in shock or they say what you need is a cup of sweet tea :)) Yes it is shocking once you start looking at labels. Even more so when you realise that ingredients are listed in order of volume, there are over 50 different categories of sugar so if can be split out and then appear lower down the list as agave, fructose, dextrose, sucrose, dextrin, carob syrup, caramel........
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Question about this - organic sourdough always feels like it’s better? Also in france the artisanal baguettes are made with sourdough and are crunchy with very little uncooked dough, this never seems as bad either. Why are there not more « boulangeries » in UK? Everything is processed!!
Look out for the Bertinet range of breads , made by french boulanger Richard Bertinet , and as far as I know sold nationally .
Me too 
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Never thought of bread like that it's made my day I'm at that stage now not much weight to lose. I'm happy to go along with what I've been doing so far thanks for your advice. Paul
AutumnleavingMaintainer1st 7lbs
Hello - all interesting stuff about bread. But I would start by asking your mother to be your strongest support rather than your strictest critic. The impressions left by a critical mother can last a long time.
If you have lost weight without counting calories - then you should be able to lose more weight counting calories - if you need to.
BMI is a rough guide which advises old, tall and muscular people to lose too much weight.
Are you too fat?
Would you be better of maintaining at your current weight, for a month or two if not permanently?
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