HI Billeigh-jo, well done on your loss so far, you have a great motivation to do it for, and you will loose it, its best to do it over time, its taken me 3 nearly 4 years to loose 4.5 stone, and it has stayed off

because I gained recently in turkey, I have 7lbs of holiday weight to get off and then another 4lbs so 11lbs in total before crimbo. Like you, I like stodge, im not a huge bread fan, so I eat Weight watchers brown danish bread, but I love Pasta, rice, potatoes, half pounder cheeseburgers, kebabs, anything bad I like, but the diet I am on (slimming world) is fantastic, as you can have pasta, rice, potatoes every day, as long as you use lean meats (no skin or fat on) or extra Lean mince meat (for spag bol) then its all good. Im not sure what diet your following, so every one is different. Im a bit fussey with Veg, I only eat tinned marrowfat peas ('free' on slimming world) broccoli. since ive been on SW ive grown to absolutely love Leeks, mushrooms,cauliflower, and a few others, I never thought I would beleive me! Its hard to give you recipies if your on a different diet though, so let me know. a favorite recipie of mine is my own carbonara, penne pasta, chicken, ham, mushrooms, extra low fat creme fresh (spelt wrong!) and a splash of mushroom sauce its delicious, quick and low fat. xx