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By Becky Taylor

If you're fed up with your muffin top/saddleback thighs/bingo wings, a quick-fix diet which promises to shed half a stone in a week might seem like the obvious solution but the fact is that 90 per cent of people who go on crash diets end up regaining some or even more of the weight they lost. So, forget everything you've ever read about fad diets and read our top 10 effective tips for slow and steady weight loss so you can look trim and feel great for summer without the misery of a senseless diet...