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All bingers lie – to themselves and to others. Seventeen-stone clients swear to me that nothing passes their lips except lettuce and cottage cheese. Come on now, you know biscuits make you fat and you also know that one biscuit won’t do that. But taking the view that ‘one biscuit won’t make a difference’ leads to ‘just a few nuts/an ice cream/one slice of pizza/two squares of chocolate—won’t make a difference’. Individually, maybe not—if you are already slim. But collectively, every day, they do. So why are you surprised when this happens?

‘I’ll start again tomorrow.’ Why? What makes you think it will be easier tomorrow, especially if you are planning to activate your sugar-craving with an almighty binge for the rest of the day? Stop kidding yourself. Are you going to wait until you are another stone heavier before you start doing something about it? There is only one life; this is not a dress rehearsal for the slim life you should be living. Only you can bring that about.

As Professor Ben Fletcher of the Framework of Internal Transformation (FIT) says: ‘You get what you expect. If you are not getting what you want, you have to change your thinking slightly. Because we are such habitual creatures, we cocoon ourselves in the world that we had yesterday. We like the comfort of what we know. People have the illusion that they are flexible, and this is especially true of leaders, politicians and chief executives. In fact, many are prisoners of their habits.’

The simple, obvious premise outlined in the following pages will give you the knowledge and tools to change the habits that have kept you fat. It will enable you to live the rest of your life as a slim person. You can choose to use these tools at any time. Sometimes you may disregard them and put on a few pounds, but once this knowledge is firmly implanted in your head, you can use it to get back on track any time you choose.

Whether you believe you can or you believe you can’t, you’re right!