Forget Fat Fighters: climb a mountain to lose weight
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Forget fat farms or speed dieting, I’ve (re) discovered that the quickest way of losing weight is to go on a trekking holiday. I’m just back from walking in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco and managed to lose 5 llb over 5 day’s walking. OK, I did have to hike for 5+ hours a day, eat only vegetables, cous cous and the odd bit of tinned fish, and give up alcohol for the duration, but it seemed to do the trick. The tummy bug in Marrakesh afterwards finished off any lingering doubts of putting it back on (although I have made up for lost time since).
It must have worked because when I was in Marrakesh and popped out for some bottled water, a local chap cheerily hailed, “Bonjour Sportif!”. Jo thought that he was cruising for some action, but I reassured her that he wasn’t wearing tight white jeans – as is the fashion amongst that fraternity according to Time-Out – so I must have been ok.
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Bonjour Sportif!
You beat me on the weight loss – I managed 4 pounds. That’ll be because I had the tummy bug before you, and was already making up for lost calories by the time we got back…
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