Advice on my new food lifestyle please - ommitting ultra processed foods

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Also confusing is the 'carbs are evil' debate! I haven't cut all carbs as I still eat potatoes, and of course the carbs in my veggies and bananas? Apparently it's these you need to cut to lose weight, but I really don't want to cause harm as your body needs carbs? I certainly don't want to do some drastic Atkins type diet.

I also want to do some type of exercise, but time is limited and I sit all day ay a desk! Does anyone know if Pilates works?

I read advice from a woman where she says all you have to do when you do your daily cleaning house routines is just push those cleaning moves a little further - incorporate Pilates that way. You must know about chair exercises, they too can help with muscle toning but not really burn off those calories.

Another bit of advice I thought interesting was that all you have to do is sit on the floor and get up without using anything to aid you. Doing this repeatedly supposedly works most of the body's muscles.

As for carbs, I now eat open faced sandwiches, so only one piece of bread, thin and rye bread only.

Potatoes are a weakness of mine so if I am going to eat them it's going to be loaded some way. But I have cut down my consumption of them a lot.

I've heard bananas and dates are fattening, so I avoid eating them on a regular basis.

I guess mixing it up may be a good idea.