My new book
06 February 2009
I have been writing about dieting and body shape for more years than I care to count. I have - in the intetests of research and in the pursuit of smaller jeans - reported on every trend in the book (and tried most of them). I have eaten nothing but grapefruit, nothing but cabbage soup, nothing but protein. I have tried combining, GI, Perricone, Lighter Life, Slimasoup, you name it. And nothing, but nothing, worked. Nothing shifted those extra pounds, nothing made me feel good about being me.
And so, armed with two decades of experience in fashion and lifestyle journalism, I went about finding things that would do both. The investigation took me to unexpected places: to corstieres and hormone doctors, to chocolate shops and psychologists, to the jeans department at Selfridges and way, way beyond. The result is 101 Things to do Before You Diet - a manifesto for us women to change the way we think about our bodies, and a set of simple, sure-fire, sassy tips to help us get to a place of body-happy bliss. It worked for me. I lost a stone while I was writing the book.
The tips, as readers will see, cover a great deal of ground, and not just the usual "bun-in-gob" equation of conventional diet strategies. And that's the point: this is not a diet. It's a live-it. I know that there are countless ways to look great without the deprivaton and restriction of fad dieting. I know that confidence and consciousness are more important than calorie-counting. The book includes 101 of these things, but there are tons more out there, waiting to be celebrated. I'd love to hear your tips too - join in the discussion here and share your hard-won wisdom on diet-free weight-loss with the world.
1 comment
Written by Ursula, 51, Germany on 09 June 2010 at 21:35:00
Thank you so much for "101 Things..."! It gave myself back to me.