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[quote=Anonymous]I love carbs and wine too but I have a couple tips. First is PORTION CONTROL. My DH is overweight too and serves up huge portions, and then goes for seconds. Like he's wasting away or something. I have stopped having seconds as a general rule. Also, while eating at the family table, try the trick where you put your fork down in between each bite. It slows you way down and gives your full signals a chance to catch up. Even better if you take a sip of seltzer or regular water in between bites too. And set your plate up to be at least 2/3 veggies or salad.

Second is try to reset your taste buds. I have a huge sweet tooth that I indulge when I'm pregnant (in place of wine!) and then it always takes me a couple months to rein it back in after the baby is born. Try cutting sweets and dessert for a week and slowly reintroduce small portions of richer, less sweet stuff. Dark chocolate instead of milk, full fat ice cream instead of froyo, etc. It really does work, I swear. I go from craving cookies to the point of finishing the bag, to being able to have one and then stopping. My DH has recalibrated his taste for salt over the years too because I like a much less salty meal and because we eat less takeout than we used to.

And then finally I try to avoid alcohol during the week. I'm a moderately heavy casual drinker, so it's no biggie for DH and I to split a bottle of wine with dinner. Lots of extra calories right there, but even cutting a regular glass will help.

GL to all of you! I'm 5 lbs from pre-pregnancy weight on my most recent pregnancy and it has been stubborn! [/quote]

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