The Cottage Smallholder

Thank you for this recommendation of this diet. 

I ordered the book (kindle edition) yesterday and have read through it.  I like the idea (it is easy to follow and therefore should be easy to incorporate into day to day life). 

As a veteran of many go-it-alone diets I also appreciated the fact that her book did not consist of 90% sales pitch and justification before getting to the 10% that is the actual diet principle.  She jumps straight in with the diet and its component parts and keeps the scientific bits to a minimum.  That alone establishes her credentials for me.

In July last year, after a very long battle with weight gain that I was not winning, I went on a diet recommended by my doctor called Pronokal.  Between July 2011 and March 2012 I lost 64kg.  So I brought my weight back into a relatively safe range and also managed to bring my health back to something more normal for a 35 year old male.  I also got off the blood pressure meds which was a huge boon for me. 

Following the conclusion of this programme there has been a little bit of weight gain so something like the Harcombe Diet seems perfect to shift the few recently gained pounds and to manage my weight longer term.

Aly, if you have an i-Pad why not download the Kindle programme to this?  I believe it is possible and it would make sense to just have the one device.  The great advantage of the i-Pad to Kindle would be that you can appreciate the illustrations in those books that have them.  The Kindle is just in black and white and images are invariably very grainy.