Mojácar 2005

[El Gordo]

I´m looking forward to reading your ideas on nutrition.

Like you Antonio, I've had a bad summer when it comes to eating and, I'm sorry to say, drinking. I've started the long process of getting back to fitness.

I avoid 'diets', but am just trying to eat more sensibly. The one thing I've incorporated is The Antonio Plan, which consists of eating just fruit in the mornings. I bought a juicer a couple of weeks ago, and am getting into the habit of starting the day with some nice home-made fruit juice. Usually an apple and carrot base, with whatever else might be in the fridge - celery, melon, perhaps cucumber. Lemon, ginger or fennel in small quantites. Surprisingly filling. A big glass of that (say 400 or 500 ml), will last me till lunchtime. If I do still feel hungry, an apple does the job. For lunch I usually have a baked potato with tuna. Evenings we eat salads or a lot of vegetables, sometimes with chicken or bacon or mackerel. That's all very healthy, but like you, the problem is the sweet things. It's hard to resist chocolate and cakes, not to mention wine. The good thing is that when I get in the habit of eating well, I tend not to want these other things so much. I've been on this new regime for about a week now, and am definitely feeling better.