Drop a Size in Two Weeks Flat!
The kick-start fat loss programme from This Morning’s Diet and Fitness presenter. How to lose fat quickly and, more importantly, how to keep it off using Joanna’s own starch curfew plan and special exercisesEveryone has those times when they want to lose their love handles quickly- to get back in their jeans, lose weight put on over Christmas, or look fantastic for a special occasion or a holiday. Joanna Hall, the UK’s hottest fitness presenter, shows people how to achieve this and, more importantly, how to make sure the weight doesn’t go straight back on!Tried and tested on 12 volunteers, Drop A Size In 2 Weeks Flat! includes:• A 14 day ‘Get a Grip’ plan• A great ‘maintenance’ system: how to keep your body trim in the long term using a simple points system, so you can eat the foods you want while following Joanna’s no carbs after 5pm rule• ‘Damage Limitation’ tips: how to minimize the harm when away on business trips, cooking for a family, entertaining or eating out.
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JOANNA HALL
with Sam Murphy
FOLLOW JOANNA’S
STARCH CURFEW>® PLAN AND LOSE FAT FAST
DROP A SIZE IN
TWO WEEKS FLAT!
CONTENTS
Introduction
Section One – Get a Grip
The 14-day Get a Grip Plan
Get a Grip Lunches
Get a Grip Starch Curfew Dinners
Section Two – Habit Building
Section Three – Damage Limitation
Recipes and Resources
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
How many times have you been on a diet? Less than five times? Ten times? More than 10? Or are you always on a diet? If dieting is a routine part of your life, you’re not alone – 6 out of 10 women are actively trying to lose weight at any one time, and there are literally hundreds of different diet plans, pills, and potions out there, all promising stunning weight loss results with minimum fuss and effort. The sad truth is that 95 percent of these weight loss efforts are unsuccessful in the long term. Yet despite all the previous failed attempts, you read about the latest quick-fix approach and think to yourself “yes, this time it’s going to work” – only to find it’s just another, albeit heavily disguised, version of the “No Air” diet.
The No Air diet! Well, think what happens when you hold your breath for as long as possible. As soon as you can’t hold it any longer, you gasp in as much air as possible to make up for what you’ve been deprived of. It’s exactly the same with dieting and getting fit – I have seen it so many times with clients. Instead of taking moderate, steady action, we dive in headfirst and embrace a totally unrealistic lifestyle, only to find we go off the rails a week later. Quite simply, the No Air diet doesn’t work because it is unsustainable.
Here’s a typical example …
MONDAY 136lb – v. bad. But not for long – I’m on my fab new diet!
Felt really psyched up when I woke up. Had black coffee for breakfast, a low cal soup for lunch and a low-calorie pre-packed slim meal in the evening. Didn’t go out after work, what’s the point if I can’t have a few drinks? Went to bed stomach rumbling, but feeling incredibly virtuous.
TUESDAY 135lb – better. Had 1 cigarette (bad – but didn’t inhale).
I was exhausted today – hardly slept thanks to my rumbling tummy. Black coffee for breakfast again, a plum mid-morning, and a low cal soup with a rice cake for lunch – tasted like styrofoam. Succumbed to a cigarette at lunchtime just to stop myself pigging out. Feeling pretty irritable by the afternoon. Had a couple of lettuce leaves for dinner and went to bed feeling curiously close to murdering someone.
WEDNESDAY 133lb – good. Succumbed to 8 cigarettes, 1 bottle of wine, 2 chocolate bars, a burger and fries – disastrous. Oh dear! It was all going so well. I got through the morning on a couple of cigarettes with several large mugs of black coffee. Felt slightly spaced out and people at work were giving me a wide berth – I thought it was because I was a little irritable, but then Kate told me my breath reeked of coffee, yuck! Treated myself to two rice cakes with my low cal soup today, seeing as the weight seems to be falling off but then, about 4pm, I heard the candy machine calling me. Before I knew it I’d scoffed two chocolate bars. So disillusioned was I that I stopped off at the burger joint on the way home from work (well, I’d blown it for today, so I thought I might as well start again tomorrow). And since the liquor store was next door, I bought a bottle of Chardonnay to wash it down.
THURSDAY 135lb – v. bad. No cigarettes – good.
I feel so guilty – can’t believe I did that. Today I made up for the damage. Again, black coffee for breakfast, a slim shake for lunch and low cal soup for dinner (no rice cake). Went to bed feeling back in control but still annoyed with myself for yesterday’s pig out.
FRIDAY 135lb – v. bad. Had 25 cigarettes, 6 gin and tonics and a pizza – v.v.bad.
Can’t believe the pounds haven’t dropped off after I was so good yesterday – life’s so unfair. Went out after work and meant to ask for mineral water but it came out as G and T, and since I’d got through the day on rice cakes and diet coke, the alcohol hit an empty stomach and had me reeling. I felt better after the second one, but then, well, I don’t remember much after that.
SATURDAY 136lb – v. bad.
Woke up clutching a half-eaten cold slice of pizza. Ow, my head hurts, but I’m meeting friends for lunch today – no chance of dieting there, and I’m going to the movies tonight, and can’t possibly get through the movie without a large popcorn and a bag of chocolate-covered raisins. Ah well, Monday is less than 48 hours away and that’s always a good day to start …
Depressingly familiar, huh? Well, the good news is that this book is about helping you break free from the weight loss spiral and achieving a slimmer, healthier body that you can maintain for life. While the 14-day plan is low in calories, it is not a No Air diet. It’s nutritionally sound, it’s varied and it won’t leave you hungry. But best of all it does work – as our volunteers found out when they took part in our trials. Follow the 14-day
