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Ten years ago I was a 5'7", 29-year-old heavy smoker, weighing maybe nine or nine and a half stone. I was a reasonably active young mum. Like many smokers, I often substituted fags for food. I paid little attention to my weight, and though it was slowly creeping on from my post-baby low of eight and a half stone, it wasn't really a worry. It's now ten years later, and I'm ten years older. My young daughter is now a teenager, and I am now a non-smoker. I'll be 40 this year (but I don't look a day over 39). I am also (at the moment, but read on) around two stone heavier than I was one paragraph ... more

I have had problems controlling my weight all of my adult life, and must have tried every sort of diet there is. My battle of the bulge is not helped by my career choice – I am a chef. I do have a BSc degree in Food and Consumer studies, and studied nutrition as part of this so I can’t plead ignorance as an excuse for being overweight. It was sheer apathy and laziness. ~~ My dieting history ~~ I don’t want to appear too self-absorbed at this point, however I do think many people will have made similar errors trying to lose weight. So I would just like to briefly examine some ... more

Having already done at least 5 different diets, I have always thought that the best way to lose weight is really the scientific way: reduce your calorie intake, increase your exercise. I've lost weight counting calories, but then put it on because I've never known how to maintain my weight after losing it. Now I believe I have the answer to all of my problems - www.weightlossresources.co.uk I came up across the website whilst searching for 'calories needed to lose weight' and when I clicked on it, I found reams of information to help me lose weight and then to maintain my weight loss. Certain ... more

****************************************​***** ******** UPDATE 22/8/02 - everything I said below about the usefulness of this site still stands, BUT when you unsubscribe remember to tell your bank to stop the payment - I didn't, trusting to them to stop collecting it. Only 7 pounds a month so it didn't leap out (amongst the hundred other items on my Visa statement over the summer pretty small fry LOL), but it all adds up. I'm sure this is sloppy admin rather than fraud but a star has gotta go - sorry WLR! ****************************************​*** ********** Regular readers may remember that ... more

Weight Loss Resources I joined Weight Loss Resources (WLR) about two years ago after putting on a stone through comfort eating. I tried the 3 day free trial but knew that I would need the full subscription to get my eating under control so signed up for 3 months. Along with access to all areas of the internet I also received a booklet, and several small notebooks to use as food diaries, although I never used them as I'm on the internet more often than not. To begin with, the good points, and there are a lot of them. The food diary and exercise diary are easy to access, and it's easy to get to ... more