Hey All,
Just thought I'd share some advice i had from my doctor

Firstly he recommended anyone trying to lose weight should have blood tests, including thyroid, just to rule out any health issues (so am going for my blood tests on sat).
Also, he has highly recommended the CSIRO Wellbeing Diet Book - the only diet book he would ever recommend.
Basically it is pretty flexible, but recommendations are:
- High protein, low fat diet
- Red meat 4 nights a week, fish twice and chicken once.
- 2 fruit servings a day
- 1 high fibre cereal serving a day (weetbix, all bran etc)
- 2 wholemeal servings a day (rice/pasta/potato/bread)
- plenty of veg (almost unlimited)
- high fibre lunch (egg/ham/salmon/corned beef etc with salad in wholemeal bread/roll) or veg soup
- plus only 2 units of alcohol a week (ie 2 glasses of wine)
Thats kinda the key points anyways . . . so after a steady loss of 0.7/0.8Kgs per week over the last 3 weeks, i'll see how i go on this
Is anyone else trying a specific weight loss program?
I was surprised by the high protein stuff - i always thought chicken was better for being 'healthy'.
I know a few people who have done Jenny Craig type programs and lost 15-20Kgs in a few months . . . but its not cheap (i think around $100 per week, plus you have to add some stuff to it).
Trace