There’s nothing to say that people following a calorie controlled diet have to live off a monotonous regime of lettuce leaves and carrot juice. A healthy diet is a balanced and varied one and the best kind of weight loss programme is one you can stick to.

We would not describe "Look what we found!" ready meals as slimming foods but most of our delicious, wholesome, all natural ready meals and soups fit perfectly into a healthy eating plan and many are so low in calories that they would be welcome additions to a calorie controlled diet. Teesside Tomato Soup with Cheviot Cheese, Cumbrian Lamb Hotpot, West Highland Wild Venison Stew, Cumbrian Rose Veal Stroganoff are just a few examples.

Take the portion controlled ready to heat and eat ready meal pouches and soup pouches to work, they need no fridge and are ready in minutes.