The fun of experimentation

I've been having problems with weight gain for a couple of years and no matter how hard I have tried to diet, nothing has shifted the extra pounds. Some of the gain is down to some of the medication that I have to take and having a metabolic disorder hasn't helped either.
Anyway, a couple of years ago my daughter Sarah gave me a book the she got when she attended Slimming World and she did lose a stone when she followed it so I had a read and thought I'd give it a go. I'm certainly not off to any weekly meetings because I don't want to be weighed in front of everyone and I can't afford it either so I'm going it alone at home.
I have found that this way of eating does actually work and I haven't felt hungry at all. It is called 'food optimising' and you have either 'red' or 'green' days. On a red day you can eat as much lean meat, chicken or fish as you want and you have to have what are called 'healthy extras'. On green days, you can eat as much pasta or rice as you want and as much fruit and vegetables or vegetarian dishes as you need to fill yourself up.
Eating this way, I have found that I eat less bread and fats but I can still have a varied and satisfying diet without the need to weigh or measure or count calories. As I love fruit and vegetables and enjoy vegetarian dishes anyway it really suits me. There are odd days when I mix things around but I have found that sticking to the main principles the diet is really working and I have already lost a stone. There's still a long way to go but browsing through cookery books I have come up with lots of inexpensive and tasty new dishes to try and I'm also experimenting with 'quorn' and TVP (textured vegetable protein made from de-fatted soya).
Of course summer is easy with a plentiful supply of vegetables and fruits but I will have to come up with some good alternatives for the winter. I'll let you know how it goes.