This tells you all the things you need to know about losing weight – diet and exercise but it also gives you great hints and tips on how to make the most of what you’ve got and how to feel good about yourself even with a few extra pounds. There may not be too much new to learn in here but it reminds you about the important things in life and is written in a very entertaining way.
In this gorgeous, funny, and practical book, style guru Mimi Spencer offers immediate solutions to make the most of what youve got, and teaches you to understand that the woman you are now is just as fabulous as the woman you want to be. In eleven friendly and fun chapters you will find out: How to stop judging and start living How to eat more and weigh less How to dress thin and look gorgeous How to change your mind to change your shape How dieting is the problem, not the solution So skip the depressing self-denial, guilty weigh-ins, and fad diets, and simply release your thinner self.
'A pleasure to read ... her tone is as sweet and light as a sugar substitute. London Lite A thoughtful book for those fed up with structured meal-plan diets and complicated rules.' The Times
'A snacky, fun and encouraging guide to accepting ourselves as we are ... With life-changing advice, laid-back nutritional nuggets and anti-celebrity thinness treatises, this is a multi-vitamin treat for soul and body.' Good Housekeeping
'[A] no-nonsense guide to shifting pounds and looking fantastic.' NOW magazine
Author
About Mimi Spencer
Mimi Spencer is best known for co-authoring the best-selling The Fast Diet with Dr Michael Mosley, which introduced the concept of 5:2 intermittent fasting to the world. The Fast Diet has sold over a million copies worldwide, with translations into more than 30 languages. Mimi went on to write The Fast Diet Recipe Book and Fast Cook.
Mimi's background is in lifestyle and style journalism, with an early career as a fashion writer for Vogue, the Evening Standard and then as editor of ES Magazine. She has been a columnist for You Magazine (Mail on Sunday), Observer Food Monthly and Waitrose Kitchen, while also writing lifestyle, fashion and food features for The Times and many national magazines.
Sam Rice's career has taken her from management consultant and travel business owner, to sommelier, wine columnist and more recently, food writer.
Following the premature death of her youngest brother, who suffered from type 1 diabetes, she decided to overhaul her diet in the interests of living a longer and healthier life. She wrote about the process in her book The Happy Eater, 4 Weeks to a Better Relationship with Food, which was self-published in 2014.
Mimi, 48, lives in Brighton with her husband and two teenage children. Sam, 46, now lives in Bali with her husband and two children. They met at the school gates and have remained firm friends ever since. They have always wanted to work together and The Midlife Kitchen is the perfect collaboration based on their mutual interest in fantastic, healthy food.
