The Office Diet launched on 1st January and has been going strong since then. Many thanks to all those who’ve emailed me so far with feedback – it’s great to know what you like (or don’t!) about the site.
If you’re a new reader, you might like to browse:

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Today’s excuse is “I’ve been fat all my life. How can I expect that to change now?”
Don’t try to dismiss this one lightly. It lies at the root of many serial dieters’ failed attempts to lose weight.
It can be incredibly difficult to change your life if you can’t envisage yourself in the new life which [...]

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It’s great to cook from scratch – fun, healthy, and the meals you produce are likely to be much more nutrient-packed than ready meals or takeaways. Unless you’ve got a recipe book with calorie counts, though, you may have no idea how many calories or grams of fat are in your meal.
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Today, I was having a great morning. I got up early, had plenty of time for breakfast, made a healthy lunch, remembered my cereal bars, grabbed my gym bag and cycled into work.
Then I realised that whilst I had my gym bag, my gym kit was sitting on the floor of my bedroom. This ruled [...]

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Today, we’ll tackle that popular excuse: “I can’t eat a healthy diet because I’m too busy to faff around preparing complicated meals.”
There’s a huge range of calorie-counted products available in shops, from sandwiches to ready-meals. These can be very useful if you’re in a real rush, but no-one needs to live on them to lose [...]

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I’m great at coming up with ways to wriggle out of commitments that I’ve made to myself. There’s a lot of popular excuses around, especially while the days are still short and dark and Christmas cheer and New Year resolve seems long banished.
Do any of these sound familiar?
“I can’t eat a healthier diet because …”

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