Join India Knight and Neris Thomas on their mission to lose weight and to keep it off. Written by real women and not patronising diet gurus, the top ten bestseller Neris and India’s Idiot Proof Diet is a hilariously honest account of a low-carb diet that actually works.

Ever wanted a diet book by and for real people – you know, people who actually have a life? Congratulations! You’ve just picked it up.

We lost ten stone in a year – and if we can do it, then just by following our tips you can do it too. There’s never been a diet book like this – for women, by women, with simple advice that is not hard to follow (plus jokes). And read our new chapter on keeping up the good work.

‘Amazingly frank. . . the honesty of their confessions exceeds anything previously published’ Evening Standard

‘A compulsive read with good advice, whether you want to lose five pounds or five stone. It addresses the emotional issues of eating. Completely delicious and simple-to-make recipes’ Mail on Sunday

‘Crammed with real dieters’ hilarious motivation-boosting tips and anecdotes’ Cosmopolitan

Sunday Times columnist India Knight is the author of three side-splitting novels, Comfort and Joy, My Life on a Plate and Don’t You Want Me?, and The Thrift Book – a guide to spending less, but living just as much. Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook – the cookbook that accompanies Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet – is also available from Penguin. Follow India on Twitter or on her blog at http://indiaknight.tumblr.com.

» Make friends and get inspiring diet tips, visit Neris and India's pig2twig forum here

Editorial Publishing Director Juliet Annan talks about the success of Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet

Over the years I've had reason to be grateful to many of the writers I work with, but never as much as this time. Publishing Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet was a pleasure because it was a top ten bestseller, because the diet works and has been recognized to do so by all the top women's magazines and diet gurus, because the authors' own success stories were so emotional and uplifting, and finally because it's the first time I have published a book that's been so radical for me - I lost 2 1/2 stone in six months following the diet myself.

One of the ways its success has manifested itself is through its hugely popular website, Pig2Twig. Through the website’s forum we discovered a treasure trove of delicious diet cooks, including one in particular, the great Bee Rawlinson. Together with India and Neris she has come up with the most inventive recipes – you will never look back once you have tasted her bhajis, ice cream and muffins, the most unexpected diet food imaginable. All the results are in Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook.

Meanwhile we are also just about to go into paperback with the original diet book: it’s been updated with a new extra chapter that tells you how to keep the weight off – and I can completely vouch for that from personal experience too.