What about eating at home? Where can you cut here and still feel satisfied? Start with breakfast: do you like cereal? What kind of milk do you put on it? You could save up to 100 calories by changing from whole milk to low- or non-fat milk. Do you let your toast swim in butter? Could you use half the amount, or how about just jam? Butter is 100 calories a tablespoon and jam is 50 calories for the same amount. Peanut butter is the same as butter, so if you use both, double trouble. For lunch, do you make your sandwiches? How much mayonnaise do you use? The calories are almost as much as butter. Light mayo, mustard, and ketchup are at least half the calories. Those tablespoons we add to a sandwich can lead to mega-calories. Read the rest of this entry »

This approach is probably the most popular of the various elimination diets I recommend, because it’s not terribly difficult and it’s usually quite effective. It is very similar to the Limited Elimination Diet, but it’s more strict. Instead of eliminating just wheat, milk, sugar and any food you eat every day, you eliminate all of the Sensitive Seven most commonly reactive foods: wheat, milk, sugar, soya, peanuts, corn, and eggs. You also eliminate any food that you eat every day. Read the rest of this entry »