Singer Robbie Williams says he he starves to shed weight. He also likes to busy himself making albums as it distracts him from eating.

The `Candy` hitmaker stayed away from the calorific treats over the Christmas period in a bid to stop the festive bulge, and his new low-calorie diet has stuck with him through to this year as well.

"My secret is not eating. Christmas was just a vast array of chocolate and cake and sugar and carbohydrates,` contactmusic.com quoted William as saying.

"I knew I was doing promo in Australia and I did a rather unhealthy thing of not eating. My regime so far year is to have a big breakfast and then two protein shakes for the rest of the day,` he added.

The 40-year-old singer admits gorging on tasty snacks is his downfall and he finds that he tends to reach for unhealthy foods when his mind isn't occupied with making music.