The Classic 1,000 Low Fat Recipes by Carolyn Humphries (£6.99)

CHRISTMAS is but a fading memory and such a pity that our only reminder is the spare tyre spilling out over the waistline of one's slacks.

So be honest. These days, you undo a couple of buttons while slobbed out on the sofa after the evening meal, right? And the shirt that used to be tucked in is now hanging out and concealing a middle that is more mid than riff - correct?

Honesty is always the best policy when it comes to slimming down. Admit it, we all want to prepare for shoehorning into that cossie on the beach in Ibiza this summer.

Hey - who wants to be a porker on parade?

The Classic 1,000 Low Fat Recipes is your passport to getting in trim. It's filled with exciting ideas for meals and lots of useful eating tips, for you can eat gourmet food and still lose weight. It's a dream come true!

There are hundreds of imaginative recipe creations for meals, snacks and nibbles that will greatly lower your consumption of fat and, more importantly, will provide an all-year-round healthy diet.

A weekly menu plan will put you in the mood for your new lifestyle and all being well, you'll feel the difference in just seven days. Remember - you having nothing to lose but that flab.

Patience Mansell-Read