Biggest tip for weight loss - start with the shopping

 If you are finding losing weight an issue the best tip I ever got was:

If it's not in the house you can't eat it!

So losing weight is about making sensible decisions from the moment you step into the supermarket and start your shopping. Try to shop without including treats in the trolley if you are starting the weight loss program. 

Treats will only lengthen the diet process and initially if you want to see results then don't buy them. 

Swop from high calorie to low calorie or cut the items off the list entirely. 

If you can't live without bread then go for low-calorie brown bread in preference to high-calorie white.  

If you are buying yoghurts switch to low calorie rather than full-fat

Swop the full-fat cheddar for low-fat cheese triangles and try and make the triangle spread onto two crackers or bread slices. Add a salad or tomatoes to make up for the lack of cheese.

Don't buy at all:

Juices Orange, apple, any kind of fruit. All contain natural sugar and /or sweeteners. 

Flavoured drinks full stop - zero, none 

Treats - worth repeating - nothing - be hard on yourself because no one else cares enough to be. You are an adult. Take responsibility for your body. Cut out the treats. If they aren't bought then at 10:00 pm this evening you cannot weaken and find them hidden in the kitchen waiting to be eaten.

Finally - can I plant a thought? Limit your shopping to one shop and once a week? The less visits to temptation the better. It will save you money which you can spend after you have dropped the pounds!