Tom Watson, 51, is the Labour party MP that has recently wowed Britons with his incredible weight loss.
The politician has lost 86 pounds since last summer, all down to following one keto diet trick.
The keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat diet, that puts the body into ketosis and burns the body’s stored fat instead of carbohydrates.
Beloved by celebrities and models the world over, the 51-year-old decided to try one method from the plan in particular.
The trick involves adding grass-fed butter to coffee, also known as Bulletpoof coffee.
Talking in his New Statesman column, the Labour MP said: “Since last summer I’ve taken off 86lbs through a regime of cutting out sugar, eating better and exercising.
“This morning started with what the LA set call a “bulletproof coffee”.
“It’s basically butter from grass-fed cows blended with fresh coffee – the idea is to get saturated fats into your diet so that you’re not as hungry during the day.
“Does it taste nice? It tastes like milky coffee, as you’d imagine, when you think about the source of butter.”
Adding butter to coffee is a typical method used by followers of the keto diet, and works to control the appetite and increase energy levels.
As part of his weight-loss journey, Tom also cut out refined sugar and stepped up his exercise regime.
Talking to ITV’s Peston, he revealed: “I basically stopped taking sugar, refined sugar, and then I started walking 10,000 steps a day and walking up staircases and when a bit more weight came off I started to jog and cycle.”
“I kept reading about Labour politicians that died early in their 50s and 60s and I want to get healthy, and actually for me the journey’s been very interesting because what I realise is there’s a lot more we can do in public health to deal with the obesity crisis.
“…We’ve got 10 million of these people heading to diabetes, another 15 million sitting behind them are overweight.”
He also stated that lifts weights, circuit trains and cycles whenever he can.
Diet aside, Tom also keeps himself motivated by using the “nudge theory”.
Nudge theory is a technique of rewarding “good” behaviour with rewards to encourage you to do it again.
In a newsletter last October, Tom revealed he rewards himself for his weight loss by buying himself small gifts.
He said: “Using rudimentary ‘nudge theory’ every time I reach a weight target, I treat myself to a gadget for the bike.
“It’s going well so I purchased a device for the handlebars that allows you to attach your iPhone this week.”
