SOME MORE BRILLIANT WEIGHT LOSS TIPS...

Drink two glasses of milk a day + a vitamin D supplement for a weight loss boost

Buy yourself The Diet Plate from www.slimmingplate.co.uk which marks out how much carbs, proteins, veg and sauxes you should eat.

Swap a Mint Aero bar for a Naked Cocoa Mint Bar – The Aero is 256 cals and the Naked bar is 135 calories.

ENJOY CHRISTMAS CAKE - IT'S THE LOWEST IN FAT...

A slice of Christmas cake is the lowest in fat, which keeps the calories down. A small slice will only give you 185 calories and 4.3g fat. And as it is packed with dried fruit and nuts, Christmas cake also contains more fibre than most of the other treats – around 1.3g a slice (an apple provides 3.3g and the recommended daily amount is 24g) Mince pies are 255 calories each due to the fat in the pastry .

The lowest in calories is the chocolate yule log which is because the lightness of the sponge cake means the typical slice of 35g is only 155 calories.

COCONUT MILK TO SPEED METABOLISM....

Another diet tip for you which sounds brilliant to me. Add coconut milk to home-made curries as new studies suggest the fats it contains can speed up your metabolism. Turkey curry here I come..........

VINEGAR FOR WEIGHT LOSS...

Apparently two tablespoons of vinegar before meals could help you to lose weight. The effect means that fewer calories from carbohydrates enter the system.

Vingegar has also been shown to stabilise blood sugar spikes after a meal by up to 81% lowering the chance of hunger pangs.

A STOLL BEFORE DINNER TO HELP YOU FEEL FULL...

Brazilian researchers have found that if you go for a stroll before dinner the exercise helps to restore the sensitivity of brain cless involved in controlling our feelings of fullness,so we eat less.