I used to eat loads of oatcakes & fruit & then I read that it's best to limit fruit to a couple of pieces a day and have them after meals. So now I tend to have one for lunch & one for dinner. It's been really hard as I used to eat tonnes of fruit
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I used to have a piece of cake once a week when I met up with a friend, and a small amount of chocolate on Friday nights. Now I try to have either one or the other, and sometimes have an extra piece of fruit instead.
I also read that it's better to up the protein and lower the carbs at this stage. I'm trying that now. Don't think I've gone down yet, but at least I'm not still going up. I hate it sooooo much. Most of my close friends have little kids & a couple are still breastfeeding - they are so slim, I feel like a whale next to them
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I don't think I'll ever get back to how I was pre-peri, but I'm hoping I can come down a little. It's grim, but there doesn't seem to be any way round it - practically no treats, be hungry all the time and exercise like mad and you might, just, stop getting TOO fat.