I know there are lowly people who are fat and then become thin who go on to write a successful "diet" book. Nigel Lawson, one time miserable failure of a Chancellor of the Exchequor, was very blubbery, like his daughter, that ridiculously pseudo poetic cook Nigella.
Lawson lost his blubber and now looks more like a Rhinocerous than a person, illustrating just how fat he really was.
So, Lawson wrote a book that I believe became a best seller. It is doubtless just a collection of recipes and doubtless the recipes are interspersed with crappy motivational thoughts ...
Let me tell you the secret of losing weight, having lost over a stone (more than 14 pounds, more than 7 kg) myeslf recently.
Eat less. There you are, that's the secret; but there's more
Cut down on the fat: much more important than cutting out the carbohydrates.
Eat fewer sweets, chocolates and puddings.
There you are: simple
If you are a moderate to heavy drinker of alcoholic and/or high calorific soft drinks, drink less,
It's that simple and if you cannot do any of this then you are going to be or stay fat.
Exercise is important for general health and the more you do the better. In my own experience, especially as I get older, exercise is not such a weight controller. However, good quality exercise gets the heart pumping and the lungs shifting the oxygen around. So take more exercise, especially if you are a slouch and an idle Jack or idle Jenny.
Finally, sleep well: you don;t need to sleep more than 7 or 8 hours a night once you are an adult. You don't.
Get out of bed, take some exercise and eat and drink less.
If you want to pay me some money for that advise, just let me know and I will tell you where to send it!!
DW
