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I tried the Wine Diet

I tried the Wine Diet
Average rating: 3 out of 5 star rating

I had two stone of post-baby flab to get rid of but couldn't stand the thought of giving up my glass of wine every night. I so looked forward to it when the twins were in bed, so the wine diet seemed the perfect answer!

I got off to a good start. The menu plan was nice, although my food bills were much more expensive than usual and some of the meals took a while to prepare. The worst bit was the red wine. The 'small' glass just left me wanting more. I ended up having two glasses and didn't lose any weight at all.

Eventually, I realised that wine and weight loss don't mix. If I was serious about losing weight I needed to cut out alcohol for a while, which I'm now doing. I'm losing weight at last, but not on the wine diet.
Debbie Hartland, 32, Brighton, East Sussex

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Boni Bromley, about 1 month

Please don't charge me I am just commenting on the above article. Although this lady cut out the the obvious things like sugars fats etc she seemed to "munch" her way through her diet?? Breakfast - A handful of nuts and raisins and a couple of glasses of water? What happened to a good breakfast being to important? I have a thyroid problem and need a sensible diet to lose about one and a half pounds a week (altogether one stone) It is very hard to lose weight even though I am on medication but I don't think "munching" will last for very long, what say you? I would prefer a good routing with a few treats say once a week or so Boni

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jasmin, about 1 year

My Story It was not the end of my life at forty two. ‘‘Am I going to live in this over-sized cage all my life ? ” I asked myself. “ No way” I screamed aloud. It was ending December 2004.So I made a new year resolution: To lose weight in 2005, as much as I could but without deadlines .I had to change my perception of myself . I scanned the sites for healthy living and positive thinking. There were scores of diet regimens and advices but I chose that which was sustainable and available. I made my strategy for the battle with the bulge. My first target were my teenagers. I re-asserted myself and declared the closure of the, ‘take –away joint' “You will have to eat whatever is cooked here or go out to eat ! ” I announced. “But we can’t eat out daily, mum !!” snarled out the younger son. “Then stay hungry, I don’t care !” I said in a matter of fact tone . I was astonished how meekly they both bowed before my tough style and body language. “Oh God! Why didn’t I assert earlier” I thought as I enjoyed my new found confidence. My first battle was won , feeding the teenagers is the biggest nightmare of any mum. Now rest was going to be easy. I re-scheduled my life .I started getting up early, going for walks and doing Yoga. My day started with handful of nuts and raisins gulped down with a few glasses of water. Nutritious breakfast was in again .As a working woman I found that my day at work was not only energetic and efficient but I was much calmer and happier as well .Lunch and dinner were happy hours too with lots of salads and veggies though poultry was out due to the scare of the bird flu .Evenings had us munching fruits and low calorie snacks. Sugars, fats, bakery, beverages and salted snacks were shown the door. But still I was eating more in a day than I had eaten all my life! Paradoxically, I started losing weight steadily. At first I thought, my weighing machine had gone crazy but the inch loss was too obvious But wasn’t it, ‘The more you eat, the more you gain !' Our body has been intelligently designed for survival. The ground rules were laid when we were cave dwellers .Food was scarce then, life style wild and eating times were unpredictable .We ate when we found food! The food was stored as fat in our body and was consumed during the lean period. But during regular supply the food was metabolized fully without fat accumulation. We have come a long way from being cave-dwellers but the body blue print stays. So my dieting was making my body go into starvation mode, making me fat and now that I was eating regular meals, I was losing weight. So simple!

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