You have to eat enough food if you want to lose weight. Sounds exactly the opposite of what it should be, but believe me – that’s how it is. If you cut calories drastically and skip meals, your body will hang onto all your fat stores and burn muscle tissue instead. You really, really don’t want this to happen! Muscle is your body’s fat-burning furnace; the more muscle you have, the more calories you burn – even when you’re sitting watching TV.

Before we start let me ask you a question. Why do you want to lose weight fast?

Is it because you've been asked to a wedding and you want to shed 40 lbs to get into that slinky dress? Or have you woken up, looked in the mirror and suddenly realised you’re slightly more – er – cuddly, shall we say? – than you ought to be?

“How can I lose this fat?” is the question I’m asked time after time by both regular and prospective clients. Some say it in an interested, conversational tone, some with utter despair in their voices. And I tell them that the “How” isn’t the issue. I can teach them how to eat and exercise to lose fat. And when to eat and exercise; and even what to eat and exercise with!