Some advice please....

Not getting hungry after exercise is one of the good things about having stable blood sugar levels.

I'm going to have a look for that coconut yoghurt!

I went to portion out 100g just before but there was red on the top and i know if you see that with dairy it means mold so i have left it alone. I tagged them in a photo on instagram so hopefully they get back. I know it was reduced but the useby is the 28th so its not out of date.

Yeah I will have to, I will be disappointed if one has been taken back before because of mold and that's why they were all reduced instead of being taken off the shelves.

Supermarkets are not above that sort of thing.

I bought a box of Guylian chocolates about a year pr 2 ago from Woolworth's. They were marked down and it was around Mother's Day or something similar.

I had bought similar boxes in the past for my wife (and eaten most of them myself, of course) so I was happy to get this one marked down from $15 to $10. My wife was waiting for me on a sofa outside the supermarket and we opened the chocolates so we could have one or two before heading home.

The chocolates were discoloured, missshapen, and they were gritty like chalk. Something had gone seriously wrong with the storage of these chocolates (European chocolates are less tolerant of high temperatures than Australian chocolates).

Anyway I took it straight back and they tried to tell me that Guylian chocolates were supposed to look like that. Fortunately it was a box of mixed chocolates and I was able to show them that the photos in the little booklet inside the box and the pictures on the front of the box looked nothing like the chocolates inside.

Pretty sad really, of course being one of those occasions where people give boxes of chocolates as gifts meant that they were far less likely to be returned, so someone at Woolworth s has figured out that that was the best time to unload a pile of spoiled chocolates.

I wouldn't have known that the red colour on yoghurt was mold, so I would probably have scraped it off and eaten it anyway. Or maybe not even have scraped it off.

Yeah I've had it on cream before its not a mold you should eat and in soft foods if there's a sign of mold it's all got to go.

i want to lose weight but i don't know what food to eat or what to do any good advice @Sherrie

Happymomma I would start with low carb and just counting 20g per day without worrying about calories and fat:

Low Carb Diets: Everything you need to know to get you started

Atkins Induction: Phase 1

Low Carb Diets, Be Prepared!

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I agree with Sherrie. Initially find some very low carb foods that you enjoy and focus on keeping your carbs down around 20g daily. As you adapt to low carb you will experience a lower appetite and more stable energy levels and you can then start to think about whether you need to restrict calories.

Also try to stick primarily to whole foods rather than processed foods.

ill check on it @Sherrie thanks

Have just finished reading all the forums....very helpful...have been following The fat revolution diet for 2 weeks and feeling great clothes are fitting better...but not much scale weight loss yet ... any hints?

Do you know how many carbs you're having?

May have been having more than intended....yesterday was no more than 20 as I counted them .... will do the same daily for a while

You might find starting a diary helpful

Yes Thanks Sherrie am writing down my carb intake...be lucky to have had 20 carbs today.... I have found your carb counter is great...

Awesome! If you stick to the lower carb veg for a bit you should do ok. Did you lose the initial water weight in your first few days?

I think maybe was water loss ..then I seemed to gain a kilo overnight..but may have been having to much cream & cheese although it didn't seem to be .very much ..I am a person that used to eat mainly low fat but over the years didn't seem to make any difference unless I starved myself... I haven't had any sugar foods except a small bit of fruit for 3 weeks ... so feel that is a plus...not that I am a big sweet eater ..but like a bit of ice cream... have made the ice cream out of Christine Cronua's book I am only having a small amount is made of egg yolks and cream is yummy

Gaining a kilo overnight means water retention. It could be that you slipped out of ketosis or some other reason such as hormonal cycle.

Ok it but I don't have a monthly cycle if that is what you meant

Yep that's what I meant