The 24 Hour Diet: Lose up to 4lbs in a Day

You need to take your measurements three times: the night before you start; first thing on the morning of the diet; and first thing the morning after.

The measurements I suggest you take are:

• your weight

• your waist: the smallest part of your middle

• your belly button: the measurement around your middle level with your belly button. For some people this can be the same point as their waist measurement while others may have a Lower or higher belly button measurement.

• your hips: standing with your feet together, measure a level circumference at the top of your buttock cheeks

• your thighs: standing with your feet together, take a circumference measurement 20cm (8 inches) up from the top of your kneecap

Record these measurements in the following table.

SHOPPING LIST (#ulink_f452b4f4-9428-5a35-aa13-da830e820903)

All these items can be bought from an organic shop such as Fresh and Wild (www.freshandwild.com) or Planet Organic (www.planetorganic.com). Dry goods can be found in Holland and Barrett or any good high-street health-food shop.

FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Ideally, try to buy organic or local produce – see the ‘Eat Ethically’ rule on page 130 for more information.

• 2 lemons or bottled lemon juice

• 2 apples

• 1 pear

• 1 banana

• 200ml carton of orange juice

• 1 avocado

• 1 small red onion

• Garlic clove or garlic purée

• 1 small red pepper

• Small cucumber

• 1 fresh chilli or Tabasco sauce

• 1 small bulb of fennel

• Fresh ginger

• 1 packet each of fresh basil, parsley and mint

NUTS, SEEDS, DRIED FRUIT

• Small packet of walnut halves or almonds

• Flaxseeds or linseeds (grind with a pestle and mortar or in a coffee grinder for speed)

• Small packet of dried figs

• Small packet of dried dates

• Small packet of semi-dried pitted prunes

• Small packet of pumpkin seeds

DRY GOODS (BOTTLES AND JARS)

• Jar of almond butter (white almond butter is my favourite)

• Small container of pure fruit spread (I use Sunwheel pear and prune)

• Small packet of organic 70 per cent cocoa powder (I use Green and Blacks)

• Small tin of lecithin granules (I use Optima brand)

• 1 large tin of chopped organic tomatoes

• Olive oil

• Sugar

• Ground black pepper

• Porridge oats

• Small packet of wheat germ

• Whole or powdered nutmeg

• 1 bottle of living green food (I used Pure Synergy brand – expensive but worth it!)

• Honey

• Neem tinture

• Detox tea

• Lax tea (I use the Dr Stuart’s brand)