My advice is to incorporate diet into your social life. I look forward to my weekly slimming club meeting! It's great to talk to other people with the same problems and desires, and swap advice

Also join a sports team or fitness class: then if you miss a session, your new friends will ask you where you were

Find an activity that you love: you might hate running, but maybe you would enjoy a daily walk, or dancing to the radio?
I advise against very strict diets - they are good to detox, but will make you very miserable after the first few weeks! If you succeed, you risk having heart, metabolic and digestive disorders, and you may be left with folds of excess skin

Try instead to acheive a weight loss of 1-2lb per week by making long-term changes to your lifestyle.
It is good to identify your weakness. Some people are overweight because they have are hypoglycaemic or unstable blood sugar, others eat large amounts of complex carbohydrate because they like to feel full, others crave too much fat, or gain their calories from drinks. Take the time to analyse your diet.
Instead, you can make simple changes to your food. Like:
Use an oil spray instead of oil or fat. Experiment with grilling / steaming food instead of frying.
Use low calorie products e.g. skim milk, sweeteners.
Find low-fat protein sources: lean meats, soy protein (e.g. tofu) and mycoprotein (e.g. Quorn)
Limit intake of foods that you eat excessively - DON'T cut out the bread or pasta (sorry Laurentine!) especially if you are doing exercise, but do bulk them out with low calorie vegetables.
Eat tomato-based sauces instead of cream, cheese or coconut based sauces.
Don't be afraid to eat until you are full. If you don't eat enough your body will enter a starvation mode - you will feel miserable and your body will resist losing weight!
Finally, be very cautious when buying low-calorie products. Many products are advertised as low-fat but are full of sugar! If you make time to cook, you will always know what is in your food
