Woman's Weekly Living Series

Cheat yourself SLIM!

Fed up with diets that leave you feeling bored and frustrated after only a few days? ‘If a diet saps the joy out of eating, it becomes very hard to sustain,’ says Rob Hobson, registered nutritionist and co-author of Cheats & Eats (£9.99, Healthspan Ltd). ‘Diets that are too restrictive permanently make you feel deprived. They also trigger mood swings, headaches, and physical and mental fatigue. You might lose weight in the short-term, but sticking to them in the long-term is unrealistic.’

But dieting doesn’t have to be like this. ‘The

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