Need dieting tips ( Archived) (90)

Hi sweetowen, I commiserate. Lots of good advice given already.

Just want to add that bread and pasta as yummy as it is, I should know, being Italian, is only starch which converts to suger.

So eating a large bowl of pasta = 1 cup of sugar (approx).

So just by cutting out all above, or at least only have 1/3 usual portion will make the fat drip off you.

There is something you can take to stop the starch to sugar conversion. It's called 'Phase2', made from white kidney beans. The CSIRO here in Australia recently did studies to confirm what the ancients already knew. So you have about 4 or 5 capsules 1/2 hr before a pasta/pizza meal, and the pasta doesn't end up on your hips or waistline.

You might also look up 'Syndrome X', which explains much more. Dr. Snadra Cabot, originally from Adelaide, Australia, has written much about this, and how to deal with it.

The other very important thing to do is to hang up an item of clothing, the size you want to fit into, so you see it every day. Then keep trying it on...until it fits. The brain works wonders.

Oh, keep relaxed, and get to bed before midnight whenever you can. That's where I've been screwed lately, but back on track. Coz the body otherwise produces lots of stress hormones, plus excess cortisol, which cause a waman to have nasty physical effects, including pains, and bloating, and poor metabolism. Men get off scot free, doesn't happen with them.

All the best, and yes, buy a set of good digital scales for regular 'feedback'. I have about 12lbs to lose in the next 6 weeks before I get to my skinny cousins in Tuscany!

Of all the words to misspell!

Do you have a rice steamer? Sam's Club has big burlap bags of Basmati rice. You can steam it and put it in the fridge and then mix it with other things later on. (curry, spanish rice, red beans, Chinese food, fried rice) Also, giant salads for lunch every day did not make me much thinner, but it did flush out my skin like crazy. Every time I went on salad, my face broke out like mad, but it's probably a good thing.

Forgot this, sweetowen. I have 2 of these belly dance dvd's. I love using them, now quite furiously. Joining a class is great fun, too. I did that a few years ago. And the costumes are so sensual. I took some bellydance music/gear along on my work trip to Maryland, U.S. in '99. The doctor and his P.A. and I had a crazy time on my last night there! He wore his sheik's outfit he'd bought in Dubai. His wife was out that night so he felt safe to take it out of the closet!

Update: I've lost 9 lbs so far & am still working on it. I feel great! I want to thank everyone here who gave me tips & pointers. I feel great!!

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I'm now 13 lbs lighter & feel great. I only have 5-7 lbs to go to be where I want to be.