to think the diet industry is utterly evil?

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been watching 'The men that made us thin' and am simply overwhelmed.

So diets don't work....most people end up heavier than if they had not dieted at all...one guy was like "well duh! if they worked we would lose our customers"....another wrote a book aimed at teenage girls including the advice to " buy scales and keep them secret from your parents"

The constant stream of adverts aimed at middle aged women are seen by children who by age 6-7 have self-esteem issues and can quote the number of calories in most foods...

My evil-ometer is broken.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia

Difficulty with multiplication-tables, and subtraction-tables, addition tables, division tables, mental arithmetic, etc

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Difficulty navigating or mentally "turning" the map to face the current direction rather than the common North=Top usage

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Difficulty reading musical notation
Difficulty navigating or mentally "turning" the map to face the current direction rather than the common North=Top usage
Having particular difficulty mentally estimating the measurement of an object or distance (e.g., whether something is 10 or 20 feet (3 or 6 meters) away).

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Often unable to grasp and remember mathematical concepts, rules, formulae, and sequences

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Inability to comprehend financial planning or budgeting, sometimes even at a basic level; for example, estimating the cost of the items in a shopping basket or balancing a checkbook

I CAN do this but it takes AGES standing there trying to work it out and always end up having to use a calculator.

inability to tune out, filtering unwanted information or impressions. Might have a well-developed sense of imagination due to this (possibly as cognitive compensation to mathematical?numeric deficits)

THIS Was told in English at school when writing short stories that i could spin a good yarn.

Whiter to do that i would have to work out the calories in a portion in the first place and thats not always whats on the container. Sometimes whats listed on the container is 100 g.
Division is not easy for someone like me when we cant work out what to put in the calculator in the first place.

I do appreciate that though many products do have calories per portion on them. I just thought it might narrow down the amount of numbers you're looking at. So instead of fat, protein, carbohydrates, fibre etc. You would just have to look at calories % 40.

I think really though you're right it shouldn't be this hard and if it is you're unlikely to stick with it. Most ways of eating involve some form of numbers when you're trying to watch your intake. I've never done low-carb myself but it sounds like it might suit you.

Good luck. I hope you find a way of eating that suits you

Thanks White Dropped Pro Points today and started low carbing and eating more protein.

Marking my place, low carber here.

Have just found out bravissmo have started doing sports bras in a K cup.

Pulled from Red magazines tv picks of the week.

Wednesday 21st August:

Welcome to the World of Weight Loss, BBC2, 9pm

Some women visit slimming clubs religiously. And, often, they inspire cult-like devotion. But just how healthy are the likes of WeightWatchers, Slimming World and co? Filmmaker Vanessa Engle decides to investigate their meetings, as she follows the women battling weight loss ? from the sisters who have lost 16 stone to the students who have been on a diet since primary school.

bumping this thread as this prog is on tonight.

Tomorrow.

Forgive me - you were referring ot the other program! Just responded to what I saw in my discussions1

It's possible to be slim and naturally big boobed, btw.

YY Agree When i was at my lowest weight 10st 12 i was a 34F.

As this thread has been bumped i would just like to say that i have been excersising for over 2 months now and ditched WW for Slimming World five weeks ago and have lost 11 pounds.

UPDATE.

Ive been dieting since last August and have only lost just not quite 2 stone Yet ive followed the SW plan stayed WELL below my syns and only had choc at Xmas. Am actually considering taking diet pills Ive tried excsrsising Ive tried not excesrsising. Makes no difference In 8 months ive had 2 takeaways a Dominos on August 4 last year and fish and chips on NYE.

Short of sticking my fingers down my throat i dont see what else i can do. Id take laxatives but i have IBS so it isnt a good idea I am losing about 2 pounds a month going from 16stone 8 to 14 stone 11 Im fucked off and fed up Have refused cake EVERY TIME when its offered to me at my mums. My DH says something isnt right.

In 2002/2003 i lost ten stone going from 21 down to 10 stone 12. A stone a month for seven months and then a year to lose the last 3. I was 29/30 when i did that and now im almost 41. im fucking fed up with this and i FUCKING WELL DESERVE a better loss than what im getting.

Woah there.

Neither diet pills nor bulimia nor laxative abuse is the answer.

It's clear that SW isn't working as fast as you want it to - although almost 2 stone isn't nothing, is it?

It sounds like you've had issues with your weight for a long time. What are you eating at the moment, in a typical day? What exercise were you doing? And do you post on any of the weight loss threads?

Hi darkest - just a thought, but have you had your thyroid checked?

Darkest - you're supposed to eat all your syns.