When you’re in a restaurant the choice is yours, so choose wisely. It is so easy to be seduced by the huge menu, by what the people at the next table are eating, or by the sweet trolley parked close to your left ear. First ask the waiter to remove the bread and rolls and [...]

All those crisps, dips, nuts and hors d’oeuvres can send your calorie-count soaring. Remove yourself from the food corner of any room and keep your hands occupied, with drink and bag, so that you’ll find it more difficult to reach for the nuts.
Self-service buffet parties give you the chance to take what you want. Slices [...]

Remember that wines and alcohol are just as full of calories as food. See the drinks list for choices. You can’t stand around at parties without a drink in your hand, so ask for a white mixed with soda or fizzy mountain spring mineral water.
A long, diluted drink is best, with ice-cubes, because you can [...]

If there’s one thing that’s sure to test any slimmer’s willpower to the limits, it is eating out socially, or having people round for meals in your own home — although that is at least more controllable. ‘Do have another drink,’ says one hostess. ‘You simply must try my new pudding,’ says another, giving your [...]

The best way to choose a diet plan is to determine your tastes in food, your weaknesses (sweetstuff, for instance), whether you dislike making calculations and how much weight you want to lose. If you’re unhappy with the diet you choose and want to change to another, there’s nothing to stop you. Be honest when [...]