I was wondering what it was that made me lose 2 kg in two weeks and started to analyse how my eating patterns had changed over the past couple of weeks.

OK, I’ve been extra careful as Christmas is coming and I know I’ll have to fight off attempts by my mother and grandmother to make me stuff my face, but I’m convinced that I’ve lost those two little babies by stopping to eat… Dorset cereals.

Dorset cereals are possibly the finest range of cereals out there, and they taste lovely. Their range of mueslis include: berries and cherries; super cranberry; fruit, nuts and seeds; really nutty; simply delicious; and a couple of others.  God they are wholesome, but gorgeous. Personal favourites are “really nutty” and “fruit, nuts and seeds”, which make my mouth water as I’m writing this.

But now I’m convinced that the reason I’ve shed 2 kg is that they’re no longer part of my diet. Part of it is because they taste and look so healthy that you feel you can have more of it. Part of it is because their variety packs are 100g each rather than 50g for Kellogs fruit and fiber for example, meaning that a pack contains roughly 360 Cals, and the Kellogs ones, well, half of this.

The reason is that nuts and dry fruit, even though they’re supposed to be really good for you, are also really high in calories. They are also really high in fat, although arguably these are “good fats”. Look at the table below:

One single almond can give you 7 calories. But they are good for the heart, so worth having as a snack, just be careful not to overdo it!

Meanwhile, I’ll give dorset cereals a miss, as for all their lovely goodness, their suppression from my diet means that I’m 2 kg lighter!