I could really do with losing about 8lbs in the next month, what is the best way to do it?

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I normally go with the long term diet and excercise, but I have SIL wedding at the beginning of june, i have bought the dress and it is gorgeous, bought on my measurements but it is a bit tight, now I really need it to fit right because I have spent more on this dress than I have ever spent on an item of clothing.
so what would be the best way to make sure I lose the weight? If I am very sensible with my diet will i do it, or would I be better doing slimfast or something?

excercise wise, I already walk an hour in total on school runs plus take the dog out for at least an hour a day. I started doing the shred last week but somehow havent had time to fit it in all weekend, would it be worth starting it again today?
I deally think I need to lose about an inch from my waist, which I reckon is about half a stone or just over.

www.allaboutyou.com/health/the-harcombe-diet-eating-plan-49590 This is the one for you if you don't have much time - just do phase one for as long as you need.

It's based on healthy eating and will give you great results quickly if you stick to it and you shouldn't feel hungry. (it's low carb but not stupidly so like Atkins).

The full website is here if you wanted to do it officially via Zoe Harcombe herself: theharcombediet.com/

Good luck!

Some good tips on here, especially the one about eating off a 7 inch plate.

Some good stuff on here too. I especially like the tip about using a teaspoon as a serving spoon and am going to try eating off a 6 inch plate now to see if that staves off hunger for 4 hours (if it does it means the portion size was a good one for me)

A blog which is useful to follow

I can also recommend the book Mindless Eating. It taught me to switch to smaller plates and tall, thin glasses amongst other brilliant facts.

I have recently started drinking 4 litres of ice cold water a day. The theory is your body uses up extra calories cos it has to heat itself up. 100 calories a day = 1lb a month/12 lb a year.