"Top UK psychologist Professor Ben Fletcher published research into the link between habits and weight in 2004. Dubbed the 'no diet diet', his revolutionary slimming programme caused a sensation and a year and a half on, the principles have been put into a book. The 28-day programme in The No Diet Diet (£9.99, Orion) doesn't ask you to count a single calorie or follow an exercise regime. It's simply based on breaking the bad habits that keep you overweight and focuses on the reasons why slim people are slim.
Professor Fletcher's theories have been scientifically tested and are founded on real psychological principles. He says: 'The book guides you through breaking negative habits and developing the behavioural flexibility of slim people by doing something different each day – and this can be as simple as getting up 30 minutes earlier than usual, taking a different route to work or switching off the TV to call a friend.'
It's a lot harder than it sounds, but if you do manage to follow the requirements of the book Professor Fletcher's confident that you'll lose 2lb per week." by Ali MacArthur, courtesy of Now Magazine