Not really a dieter myself - my preferred weight control method is exercise to balance intake vs consumption - but I take an interest in health stuff. My main sacrifice to a sedentary job has been potatoes - I eat more of other fresh/frozen veg instead, so my carb intake is lower. I'm still trying to give up peanut butter to cut my fat intake, but it's too damn nice! ;-)

Musicmic, any weight loss like that will be almost entirely water. Change your diet radically, and your body goes into prepare-for-the-worst mode. That's the problem with "crash" diets, they look impressive temporarily but you've not actually made a long-term impact on the problem, and 90% of crash dieters (I do not make this statistic up) do not keep the improvements they've made.

Graham.