Well, the answer to this really does depend on so many factors. Let’s get the terminology right first. When we say lose ‘weight’, we really mean lose ‘fat’. Our weight changes for reasons which have n

Most of our days are broken up with three meals: breakfast, lunch and dinner. However, the hidden hero of our busy, working lives has to be the humble snack. The perfect grab-and-go option, favoured b

If you’ve ever struggled to lose weight, chances are you’ve blamed your metabolism – that mysterious phenomenon we’re told keeps some people effortlessly slim while making weight loss an unwinnable ba

If like me, you were brought up in the 1970s and 80s, you’ll likely have the constant brain niggle that you’re overweight. Remember the Special K advert that suggested that if you could ‘pinch more th

Have fun and stay in shape…