insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 11 - January 2016 | Page 61

Statistics tell us that for every diet that doesn’t
work (around two thirds of them), the dieter
themselves will gain 11 pounds by the time
they give it up for good. And to make matters
worse, that’s 11 pounds of pure fat. If anything
has been lost, it will be muscle first, and then
fat, so you won’t have done yourself any
favours. To top everything off, a crash diet
actually slows your