You also get a pretty good glimpse at Fitzgerald’s dietary philosophy which coincidentally meshes pretty well with mine: eat a diet with lots of fruits, vegetables, and lean proteins as well as a smattering of low fat dairy and healthy fats while avoiding refined carbs, sweets, and fried foods.
That's a pretty good summary of what I'm trying to do.
I do permit myself a modest amount of chocolate or whatever if I'm within my intake limit. And I don't skimp on the olive or other good oil. I rarely use butter; a tub of notbutter lasts me several weeks.
simonp, salt in rice: I sometimes use Tilda cook in the bag wholegrain basmati - only a trace of salt.
A bag gives 180 g cooked which is a useful sized portion. Takes much longer to cook of course (15 minutes for the wholegrain) compared to the microwavable bags of pre-cooked stuff. So no quicker than cooking it normally, but you don't have to wash the rice or anything, just fling the bag in boiling water and cook the rest of your meal while it simmers.
I'm a bit distrustful of these bagged pre-cooked things like rice and soup. I guess they have come about because of some sort of development in packaging, allowing them just to be pasteurised and then bunged with salt in order to keep the bugs at bay.
Edit: 83.3 kg today. Target now revised to 82 kg.
