Hi thenry,

Yes, Pippa has given you some great advice.

What you are doing is definitely slowing your metabolism, thus making it much more difficult to lose any "flab." You are technically not overweight at all - so your weight loss will in any event be slow. Slow is actually good, because it is more likely to stay off.

However, eating one meal a day will certainly "mess you up," making it almost impossible to lose anything at all.

So please, do as Pippa suggests, reread your book, and follow it to a "T." Don't worry if you initally gain a little - it will probably be muscle. Do measure yourself, you may lose inches before you lose pounds. And isn't losing inches, and therefore flab, what you really want?

All the best.

Rosebud