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Green Thickies I just adore this strawberry and pineapple smoothie recipe. Although it's a green smoothie, you can't taste the greens at all. It's lovely and sweet and fresh tasting and it's very filling as got oats and seeds in it. It also breaks down the calories too. It is a Strawberry...

That's excellent that you are going to give them a try. I find them so quick to drink, filling and sweet that I rarely have any other breakfast. With a baby to look after I need all the spare time I can get! How did you get on with making the green thickies?

Thanks so much Micci, that's so lovely of you to post that recipe. It looks lovely. Tofu gets boring sometimes so it's great to have a way to change it a bit. I'm going to give that a try with my next weekly shop. I think my husband would appreciate it too. He's not a vegan but I do all the...

Hi Okker, many thanks for your suggestions. Don't worry. Yes I am a vegan but I can usually think of vegan alternatives to most food. I could substitute feta for tofu and that would work just as well. Thanks I'll give that a try. I do love museli too so that would work with some soya...

Yes I totally agree. I've been on enough diets in my time and seen my weight go up and down like a yo yo. I decided when I had my baby as I was breastfeeding I wanted to be really healthy and have enough energy to look after her. So I've just focused on healthy eating and have lost 1.5 stones...

I have found a very filling breakfast. I have green thickies and they keep me going until lunch. My lunch is quite filling too but I find after dinner, I get quite hungry a couple of hours later. Has anyone got any suggestions for either really filling but healthy snacks or meals that have...

If you make a green thickie, It will definitely fill you up until your next meal. Take a fruit smoothie and add leafy greens for energy and as many oats as you would put in a bowl of porridge. This is more filling that a bowl of porridge.

Also I forgot to add that it takes a few days to get used to fewer calories so after starting to reduce portion sizes, your stomach will need to shrink so you might feel hungry for a few days. Then you will get used to it provided you don't have any binges.

As I learned in the EatToLive books, he explains that if we don't get the right number of nutrients, no matter how many calories we eat we will always feel hungry as the body is sending you a signal to eat more. In hope that you will eat more nutrients. That is the true source of hunger. Eat...

It is so addictive and so bad for us. I believe it causes so many health problems, simple things that people aren't even aware of. If you give it up for a long time, your taste buds change and it smells different and doesn't appeal after a while.

As I am a vegan, I really miss most sweet things as can't eat very much processed sweet treats now. I miss maltesers, milk chocolate, naan bread, halloumi cheese, feta cheese - but wouldn't actually be able to stomach it anymore anyway.

If you eat a completely unprocessed diet there is pretty much protein in everything. You can get enough protein by just eating fruit and greens with a few nuts and seeds. People eat far too much protein anyway and are obsessed by it. What about all the other nutrients?

I can't be bothered with all the calculations in weight watchers. I actually put weight on with slimming world as if someone tells me I can eat all I want of a certain food I go over the top, I love food too much. I lose 4 stone with a raw food diet and never felt better but came off it when I...

I was at my fittest, slimmest and strongest when I was on a low fat raw vegan diet for 6 months. I was at the lighter end of my healthy range but never looked skinny, just toned. I put on some weight again during pregnancy so really want to get back to that again.

There are so many, and we can overeat whatever we fancy and gain weight. The key is portion control but some foods are more addictive than others. I find that if I start eating bread or anything with sugar in it, I'll overeat, but if I eat mainly unprocessed foods I feel satisfied. I try and...

Yes I agree, vegan food is cheap. Make a big batch of food such as as stew with potatoes, vegetables and chickpeas and freeze individual portions. It saves any food going to waste. Do the same with soup, and I also make big batches of Green Thickies (Smoothies containing fruit, leafy greens...