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The Hairy Dieters Eat for Life: How to Love Food, Lose Weight and Keep it Off for Good!
Following on from their No. 1 bestselling diet book, THE HAIRY DIETERS, the Hairy Bikers share more delicious low-calorie recipes and easy-to-follow advice.
Si King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, have been entertaining and feeding Britain with their unique blend of tasty recipes, cheeky humour and motorbike enthusiasm for years now. THE HAIRY DIETERS has sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK and this, their second diet book, delivers even more low-cal family favourites. Packed with 80 delicious low-calorie recipes, tips, and techniques to learn, this collection of diet recipes is the Hairy Bikers at their best.
Si King and Dave Myers are the nation's favourite food heroes. The stars of numerous TV cookery series, they represent all that is good-hearted and loved about food.
Si King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, have been entertaining and feeding Britain with their unique blend of tasty recipes, cheeky humour and motorbike enthusiasm for years now. THE HAIRY DIETERS has sold over 1.2 million copies in the UK and this, their second diet book, delivers even more low-cal family favourites. Packed with 80 delicious low-calorie recipes, tips, and techniques to learn, this collection of diet recipes is the Hairy Bikers at their best.
Si King and Dave Myers are the nation's favourite food heroes. The stars of numerous TV cookery series, they represent all that is good-hearted and loved about food.
287 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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April 14, 2014
Another fantastic book added to my collection... I truly don't know where I'd be without these men!!!
January 16, 2019
Great book
Fab fab so love the hairy bikers so easy to follow and and make for family meals and friends fab
Fab fab so love the hairy bikers so easy to follow and and make for family meals and friends fab
November 19, 2022
it says “ stop eating fast food” yea i’m not sure what that means can somebody translate?? makes no sense 😆😝🤪🍔🌭🍟🍕🌮🌯
January 6, 2019
Decent amount and selection of recipes
February 21, 2019
Fab recipes and inspiration from the hairy bikers. This is a useful and well thought out cookery book.
June 14, 2020
Reliable recipes, a good variety and again, with the nutritional values worked out, which is always helpful.
December 26, 2020
Always do entertaining to watch and their recipes are so tasty.
February 8, 2025
We love the Hairy Bikers/Dieters. They especially know how to create flavourful/global recipes. It's easy to limit your calorie intake when the dishes have lots of flavours!
May 14, 2025
Another brilliant book, this and the first are so dog-earred from their constant use. I think that is a good sign!
October 1, 2013
Although hardly a bible for the vegetarian on the road to a healthy weight, being heavy on the dead stuff, this was a worthwhile and enjoyable read. It did read like a book produced by men who had loved too much... food.... and who had genuinely had to put in the work to lose weight and more importantly improve their health, without losing their raison d'etre. It is not a 'celebrity diet' book... or a diet book at all... and although I am sure some would argue it is just milking the 'Hairy Biker' Brand for all it is worth (and I've not read the first Hairy Dieter book) I rather like a follow up along the lines of 'a year on we've not put the weight back on but we do still need to keep an eye on it"
I particularly liked the page at the back "What You Get For 100 Calories" and I'm going back into the book to commit some of the nifty techniques to memory. I wasn't overly impressed with the appearance of 'half fat cheese' and such like 1) in my experience you end up using twice as much and you don't get a choice of really good quality local or organic cheeses and 2) well, duh! However, it is interesting that they don't use it throughout and sometimes specify parmesan or extra-mature cheddar or double cream, so maybe they know exactly what they are about with the flavour combinations. There was an interesting strategy for making Cornish pasties using a bread mix instead of pastry but 'lots of carrots' as per the description? Nope, no carrots in the ingredient list, no carrots in the method. Maybe 'lots of swede' doesn't sound quite appealing enough? It has quite a 'blokey' slant to it with many 'fakeaway' recipes.
I can see myself making quite a few of these recipes (and given how many others are out for vegetarians and not all that adaptable that's quite a high proportion of the possibles) Not many fiddly ones. There's an apple cake recipe that has inspired me to get up the garden and get picking and the suggestion born of experience that you quarter the resultant cake and get three-quarters in the freezer to stop yourself being tempted to eat far too much at once.
I particularly liked the page at the back "What You Get For 100 Calories" and I'm going back into the book to commit some of the nifty techniques to memory. I wasn't overly impressed with the appearance of 'half fat cheese' and such like 1) in my experience you end up using twice as much and you don't get a choice of really good quality local or organic cheeses and 2) well, duh! However, it is interesting that they don't use it throughout and sometimes specify parmesan or extra-mature cheddar or double cream, so maybe they know exactly what they are about with the flavour combinations. There was an interesting strategy for making Cornish pasties using a bread mix instead of pastry but 'lots of carrots' as per the description? Nope, no carrots in the ingredient list, no carrots in the method. Maybe 'lots of swede' doesn't sound quite appealing enough? It has quite a 'blokey' slant to it with many 'fakeaway' recipes.
I can see myself making quite a few of these recipes (and given how many others are out for vegetarians and not all that adaptable that's quite a high proportion of the possibles) Not many fiddly ones. There's an apple cake recipe that has inspired me to get up the garden and get picking and the suggestion born of experience that you quarter the resultant cake and get three-quarters in the freezer to stop yourself being tempted to eat far too much at once.
April 26, 2014
All the recipes I've prepared from this cookbook work and taste great. And having seen that the Bikers are keeping the weight off with their new principles, it's very encouraging. However, I found the same problem as with the Bikers curry cookbook: a lot of steps, a lot of time. Fortunately, as a very experienced cook I know how to "tweak" methods in ways that save hassle and don't change the final result, but for novice cooks, some of the recipes could take a lot of time to prepare.
As for the book itself, I found the organisation less than wonderful. Whatever happened to sections for soups, mains, desserts etc? "Meals with Mates" and "Fab Fakeaways" may sound TV cool to some, but they don't help when you're looking for the soup recipe that was tucked in among completely different dishes. And the back index is often no help. They have entries for some of the ingredients, but not all, so if you want to find the fish recipes, you either have to remember the exact name, or page through until you run across them. No Fish category in a cookbook index, and yet "Mayonnaise" and "Onions" get categories to themselves? What is the "logic" behind this? Probably the same "logic" that deemed that categories should be printed in lower case, making them even harder to find.
Poor editorial planning makes this book much harder to use than it needs to be. Too much gloss, too little practicality for 5 stars. Also, I realise that since I bought it I haven't used it much (for the reasons explained above). For me, an unused cookbook was a waste of money, and since I have little money to waste, that removes another star.
As for the book itself, I found the organisation less than wonderful. Whatever happened to sections for soups, mains, desserts etc? "Meals with Mates" and "Fab Fakeaways" may sound TV cool to some, but they don't help when you're looking for the soup recipe that was tucked in among completely different dishes. And the back index is often no help. They have entries for some of the ingredients, but not all, so if you want to find the fish recipes, you either have to remember the exact name, or page through until you run across them. No Fish category in a cookbook index, and yet "Mayonnaise" and "Onions" get categories to themselves? What is the "logic" behind this? Probably the same "logic" that deemed that categories should be printed in lower case, making them even harder to find.
Poor editorial planning makes this book much harder to use than it needs to be. Too much gloss, too little practicality for 5 stars. Also, I realise that since I bought it I haven't used it much (for the reasons explained above). For me, an unused cookbook was a waste of money, and since I have little money to waste, that removes another star.
February 21, 2014
The photos make the food reasonably appealing and they are generally quite sensible.
My only caution is that the serving sizes are quite small (at least to me). I usually have 60g of oats as a standard portion (also unlike what most books/articles seem to say I don't find that it keeps me full for that long - not compared to say eggs for instance). The book has 60g of oats to serve two people, even with half a small banana each (and three pecan halves), I would say that is still a very small portion.
Still, in general the calorie count is relatively low for most of the recipes so having a double portion is not so much of a problem as long as one admits that it's not as low calorie as it's made out to be.
In any case I approve of their sensible approach to weight loss and a healthier lifestyle.
My only caution is that the serving sizes are quite small (at least to me). I usually have 60g of oats as a standard portion (also unlike what most books/articles seem to say I don't find that it keeps me full for that long - not compared to say eggs for instance). The book has 60g of oats to serve two people, even with half a small banana each (and three pecan halves), I would say that is still a very small portion.
Still, in general the calorie count is relatively low for most of the recipes so having a double portion is not so much of a problem as long as one admits that it's not as low calorie as it's made out to be.
In any case I approve of their sensible approach to weight loss and a healthier lifestyle.
April 16, 2015
Published: 2013
Author: Hairy Bikers
Recommended for: people who are wanting to eat good food but lose weight
A really great diet book to help loose weight and still eating amazing meals! The recipes are easy to follow and they taste amazing, I have made many of the recipes and have come out with great results. Its a good book for people who have cooked for years and who are just starting off cooking. None of the recipes have failed for me, they are pretty easy to do with quite simple ingredients but ones that work very well and bring out different great flavours.
Author: Hairy Bikers
Recommended for: people who are wanting to eat good food but lose weight
A really great diet book to help loose weight and still eating amazing meals! The recipes are easy to follow and they taste amazing, I have made many of the recipes and have come out with great results. Its a good book for people who have cooked for years and who are just starting off cooking. None of the recipes have failed for me, they are pretty easy to do with quite simple ingredients but ones that work very well and bring out different great flavours.
November 9, 2013
Every recipe I've tried out of this and the earlier diet book has been superb. Even the ones I went "hmm not sure I'll like that". Even the ones the other half and the kids have gone "hmm not sure I'll like that." Always clean plates without a scrap left. Always requests for seconds. Can't ask for better than that.
December 5, 2013
Love Si and Dave, and this is another great collection of their diet recipes. Have tried one out already and it's a hit, so am keen to give some of the others a go. Especially the low-fat chocolate mousse - looks yummy!
January 26, 2014
This is the first recipe book I've read in a long time that is actually realistic. I like their common sense approach to dieting. Yes, most of us love food and many over indulge every now and then. But it's not a crime and a few days of eating with awareness again will soon get us back on track!
October 17, 2014
I absolutely worship this range of books. Healthy eating yet fun to cook and absolutely delicious.
Even on the busiest of days, you can cook up a storm and have a delicious, healthy tea in no time.
A must have for any cook's collection.
Even on the busiest of days, you can cook up a storm and have a delicious, healthy tea in no time.
A must have for any cook's collection.
August 27, 2016
Another great cookbook from Si King and Dave Myers. Delicious recipes that are simple to make and give super results every time. Recommended for dieters and non-dieters alike.
April 27, 2014
Great recipes from a name I trust whilst cooking healthily.
June 23, 2014
marking it as a three until I've tried more of the recipes. Looking (tasting) good so far though
March 24, 2015
Some great recipes, particularly good on takeaway recipes.
November 15, 2022
Some good recipes
November 21, 2014
This is a good book with some great ideas for healthy food without too many calories.
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December 15, 2018Fab book loads of family friendly recipes.
Loved the recipes in this book. Helped me to fall back in love with cooking again. Would defo recommend buying this.
Loved the recipes in this book. Helped me to fall back in love with cooking again. Would defo recommend buying this.
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