And She's Back

...although a day which began with half a bag of Tyrell's Sweet Chilli and Red Pepper crisps and a lemon sultana Danish pastry is hardly auspicious.

But I said I'd be here, and I am. In one week and one day's time I will resume correct habits of exercise and will restart the campaign. But until Notsosmall returns to school I'm onto a loser.

Possibly having Mireille Johnston's French Cookery Course in the bathroom is not a good idea. Or maybe it is. She is much more plausible than Julia Child for actual cooking; I am starting to think that maybe if I do proper cooking again then I will eat less - not least because after spending hours faffing about in the kitchen, the last thing I want to do is eat!

Drink Water, Lose Weight

Interesting short article in this week's edition of The Economist. According to research by Brenda Davy of Virginia Tech, a randomised study showed that people who drank a liter of water before a meal lost far more weight, and kept the weight off over the following 12 months, in comparison with people who did not (in conjunction with a calorie controlled diet). The water drinking group lost 7kg (over 15 lbs) in three months compared to 5kg in the dry group.

I thought that it was received wisdom that drinking water helped people lose weight, but it seems that this is the first study to try to prove it. Well, good news. Water is accessible, cheap, and easy to use. Maybe we should try it, OEM.

To read the whole article, visit The Economist website at http://www.economist.com/node/16881791.