Author(s): India Knight

Food & Drink

"Before we began our diet, Neris and I weighed 31 stone between us. Two months in, I am down two dress sizes already. By the end of the diet, I will have shed 5 stone. The goal, which will be achieved, is to go from a size 20 to a size 12. That means losing 10 stone between us in 12 months. We are doing this in a way that is entirely manageable, exciting, delicious, and as fun as a diet can be. We are never hungry. We are full of energy: I leap out of bed at 7am feeling enthusiastic, which has never happened before in my life. We have clear skin and shiny hair. We feel fantastic. All those niggly little aches and pains have gone. We no longer think we're naturally 'big-boned'. Quite frankly, if two unusually greedy (Neris is married to a restaurant critic, I'm an occasional restaurant critic myself), cocktail-loving thirty-something mums can do it, so can anyone.'