How to lose weight now!

By LUCY ATKINS 

For slimmers, says Denise Bates, publishing director at Collins, it will be “all lifestyle and having fun”.``The forthcoming diet books are about avoiding guilt, not following a regime,” she explains. In How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, for instance, glamorous authors Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent will offer tips on which cocktails are less calorific than others and why we should avoid anything with “Frap” or “Mocha” at Starbucks.