i have been thinking for a while i should try to get rid of the belly. i had thought it was a beer belly but have (after extensive research following a world cup watching food and booze blow out) found out it is a bread belly. i love fresh bread almost as much as i love good beer but have found it easier to cut out the bread and have painlessly lost about a stone (i'm only a bit overweight, just the belly) i eat plenty of fish, pasta, rice and veg with just a coffee and a Galaxy bar for breakfast. i can eat early then go to the pub for 4/5 pints and a game of scrabble and lose a pound or 2. if i eat later and stop in i usually put on a pound or 2. absolute proof that beer -as well as all it's other advantages-is a slimming aid.