Hell is other people.

You have planned to start a diet, you have bought everything necessary, maybe you have even thrown away everything not helpful for a diet. And then- there they are:

• The partner, who can't stand the new muck.
• The children, who only want fries with ketchup and mayonnaise.
• Friends dropping in for a drink.
• Relatives picking you up for a barbecue.
• Sales people in the store pressing the newest salad cream on you.
• The five ice-cream seller standing on the way to your gym.

If you know a patent remedy how to fight them back, please drop me a line. I'd be diplomatic. To hook your thumbs in your belt and to say "Hey - I'm on a diet! So what?!" is risky for your social live.

Don't make the favorite dish of your family every day, but make it a special event once a week - and you should hold off a bit.

Friends won't be angry, if you drink water - maybe with a twist of lemon - and pass on bear and wine. It's a matter of willpower. And you won't believe it: you can have fun without alcohol.

There are some diets which you wouldn't call a diet when you look at the recipes. The success of the Hay diet or the method of Montignac - also called the French diet - does not depend on the quantity or quality of your food, but it depends on the combination of your meal. By the way: these diets work great and you can switch your complete nutrition to these systems forever and you can still have your barbecue - just be careful with the side dish.

You don't have to starve but you have to pull yourself together and - sometimes - you have to say: No thanks!