I've just gone back onto my old eating plan and even without exercise over the past week I've already lost weight and my son is sleeping better so it must be good for him too.

I have cut out caffiene, chocolate and sweets (their not good for us anyway). 

I eat protein and complex carbs at every meal (the combo of carbs + protein is easier for your body to break down, harder to be stored as fat and boosts your metabolism and energy levels).  I eat as much fruit and veges as I can (fills me up so I don't get hungry plus lots of fibre to help everything move through my body) and I try to eat 3 meals + 3 snacks everyday although often I'm too full to eat morning tea because I always have a decent breakfast.

The other thing which is really important is to drink heaps of water.  Firstly because that way you don't fill up on caffeine or sugar rich fluids but also because if the kidneys are water deprived then the liver needs to pick up their slack meaning it can't do one of it's main jobs which is to convert stored fat to energy.  I have 2 glasses of water as soon as I wake up every morning and try to drink 1-2 glasses every hour until about 4pm.

So I don't feel like I'm completely depriving myself I have a treat day every Sunday.  Today I had a coffee, a muffin and a scoop of low-fat icecream.

It definitely helps that I have a pre-schooler who I won't let eat junk so I'm preparing healthy food for her anyway and I want to set her a good example plus I have a picture in my mind of what I know I can look like and that's my goal.