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Soft polenta with steamed vegetables and herbs (see here)

This is the first day of the rest of your healthy, slim life. It’s an exciting day. There are challenges ahead, but the rewards are huge. At the end of the 14 sections that comprise this book, you will be healthier and slimmer, and you will look and feel better. If you ever feel as though you can’t go on, remember that these first few days are the toughest, but they are worth it. You are changing a lifetime of bad habits in order to hit your ideal weight, and also stay healthy and young-looking. That’s a lot of reward, so of course there has to be some effort – even if it’s minimal.

If you can, try to pick a weekend for the beginning of the diet, so you can prepare yourself and begin eating well on Saturday, and then launch into the body of the diet itself on Sunday.

So here is how you begin. You go shopping. Great start, eh? But sadly not for Louboutin shoes; rather, you’ll be shopping for food that will enhance your health and keep you slim. During the 14 days that this book guides you through, you will be shown what to eat, how to eat it, when to eat it, and how to cook it. At the end of the book we provide recipes for every menu, designed to help you to take on board the focus of that section. So, for Day Three, which is all about chewing, you’ll find a menu, with recipes at the back of the book, to encourage you to chew properly. Today we will look at the sorts of foods you need to stock up on to eat the Viva Mayr way. We will also be looking at how best to prepare yourself in other ways – such as mentally and physically.

If you’re anything like me, the minute you know you’re going on a diet you eat and drink everything you know you shouldn’t. This is a mistake. Starting on a hangover is not a good idea. If you are hungover and tired, your body craves quick fixes like sugar and carbs to boost your energy levels, so starting a diet becomes doubly difficult. The ideal way to start would really be to fast the day before, so you would enjoy the taste and texture of all the healthy new foods. But I know this is not feasible for everyone, and fasting should never done without the supervision of a doctor. So give the fasting a miss and, for now, use this preparation day as a day to eat well (the recipes for today should be easy to make without too much extra shopping and effort), make the famous Viva Mayr spelt bread and think about the task ahead.