Good luck. This is a really boring thing to say, but I think the wine is probably doing a lot of the damage, both on its intrinsic calories, which are significant, and its reduction in your will power - even one large glass has a disastrous effect on most people's ability to resist a snack. Cutting back to, say, 4 small units a week, would be very very effective. Fruit/herbal teas are a viable substitute as an evening drink - having 74 flavours to choose from makes them feel less of a deprivation and the ritual and the heat gives them a more substantial feel than most alternatives. Other than that, try fiddling with the timing and content of your evening meal, and perhaps bulk it out with enormous quantities of green veg.
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Date: December 14th, 2006 02:19 pm (UTC)From:This is a really boring thing to say, but I think the wine is probably doing a lot of the damage, both on its intrinsic calories, which are significant, and its reduction in your will power - even one large glass has a disastrous effect on most people's ability to resist a snack. Cutting back to, say, 4 small units a week, would be very very effective. Fruit/herbal teas are a viable substitute as an evening drink - having 74 flavours to choose from makes them feel less of a deprivation and the ritual and the heat gives them a more substantial feel than most alternatives.
Other than that, try fiddling with the timing and content of your evening meal, and perhaps bulk it out with enormous quantities of green veg.