Slimmercook

The cabbage soup diet has been doing the rounds for decades, in various versions. Some are ascribed to famous hospitals which however deny any connexion. This is a crash diet and must not be undertaken by people with serious health problems. If in doubt, consult your doctor. After one week maintain [...]

I know that this blog is titled Slimmer Cook, but since I’m not dieting strictly yet I thought I’d use this month to share some favourite non-slimming recipes. I believe no food should be “illegal” (to use a very old Weight Watchers term) because this can lead to wanting it so much that one [...]

Views on weighing frequency vary, from not weighing at all, instead measuring loss by looseness of clothing or a tape measure, through (most commonly) weekly weigh-ins, to daily. Many dieticians argue against daily weigh-ins, and their reasons make sense: it can lead to obsessing about weight, even eating disorders, and natural fluctuations in weight [...]

When I diet I weigh myself daily. When I don’t diet I don’t weigh myself at all. That’s why I’ve let myself go so terribly and had such a shock last Saturday. We went to a wedding out of town and I had packed a long dress I had worn only once [...]