IN THE FAST LANE

Four weeks ago, if you’d asked me whether I’d prefer root canal surgery or to survive on 800 calories a day I’d have fallen off the chair laughing. Root canal, no contest! But fast-forward a month and I’ve not only consumed a fraction of my normal food intake, I’ve lost a stone in the process. And, surprisingly, I was rarely hungry.

Losing a stone). And, until relatively recently, the general consensus was they should be gradual, as well.