I lost 30kg in 12 months after DD2 was born. Granted, some was the weight of being pregnant with her and breast feeding has helped, but I did some things to help (I lost 5kg when bf DD1).

I didn't watch the scales religiously. It meant no pressure on myself and it didn't put me into a negative headspace if I didn't get results. On average, I probably weighed myself once a month.

I ate smaller dinners but are more during the day. Big bowl of cereal for breakfast, sandwich or roll for lunch. Snacks in the afternoon like fruit, crackers or kabana. A couple of cruskets with butter and cheese for supper.

I didn't eat anything that was low fat. I drink full cream milk. I didn't eliminate anything. I ate chocolate and chips. I've never been one to gorge on them though so probably only had chocolate a few times a week or chips once or twice a fortnight.

I didn't have soft drink often. No alcohol because I was bf. Had a glass of juice each day.

Walking twice a week. All up, my walking time was six hours. Would cover between 15-20kms overall, so a good pace. I've slacked off this winter and put a few kgs back on, but getting back into it now the weather is nicer.

I wanted to lose weight but I didn't want to stress or agonise over everything that went into my mouth and I didn't want to worry about the kgs. I want to be able to eat what I want, I just make sure I don't eat a bucketload of it. We don't have takeaway very much, maybe 4-5 times a year, so I'm in control of the cooking and food shopping and make sure we have a variety of meals.

Good luck!