MY DAY ON A PLATE.

(From Stella Magazine)

Byline: Amy Bryant

5am

Get up quietly so I don't wake my husband. Mix two tablespoons of oat-bran porridge with hot water and an artificial sweetener, topped with a dollop of no-fat plain yogurt.

5.15am

Eat breakfast with a cup of English breakfast tea in the office of my Manhattan apartment. Start editing what I wrote yesterday, with a large glass of sparkling water.

7am

Boil some eggs for Bob and get back to writing by hand.

11am

A two-egg omelette fried in half a teaspoon of oil, and lots of still water.

12.30pm

Have a big stretch before lunch - a salad …