Changing your food routine.

Due to business needs I have had to put up with changes many times; but I've never stinted on breakfast and do not now. My wife fitted in with me and then with school time demands so our life pre-retirement was never settled.

Now we both have a good breakfast and then go through to evening dinner without any snacking in between. As I am trialling a Fodmap diet that has meant the family also eats some of my foods - and why not as I have lost a stone and a half without feeling any different!

Whatever changes you make my recommendation is always to start the day right - have a good breakfast.

Yes, it is a good recommendation. I do always have a good breakfast - porridge wins the day in our house.

After 5 days of a good meal at lunchtime, today ww were back to the usual routine of dinner at 6 - felt too much! I am growing to like eating well earlier.

I have my main meal at lunch time and have done so since I worked at my last job. It suits me better - as a morning person I like to get it organised first thing and then, that's it, all done and I can sit down in the evening to watch telly.
It sounds very boring but I have fruit, cereal with Yakult for brekkers, salad for lunch and then fruit, cereal and yoghurt for tea. I've lost 7 lbs in the last year which is very gratifying but I have another 2 stone to go. It's hard not to celebrate with a cream cake or a bacon buttie but I have to steel myself. I try to go out for a brisk ten minute walk maybe 4/5 times a week and it has helped.

What is the 18:6 regime? I tried googling it but all that came up was discussions about how to grow canabis . Is 18:6 a version of 5:2?

chickenlegs, 18:6 is when you fast for 18 hours a day (every day) and only eat between, say 12noon and 6pm or whichever six hours best suit your needs.