A sack of old clothes, stained and worn out things sorted and in the dustbin and another of things to wash waiting at the top of the stairs to be brought down to the machine.

I have decided to lose some weight - I have always been plump, right from being very small, but put on weight when being guided in what I ate by health professionals.

I can't eat lots of carbs and maintain my weight. When I do Atkins my weight drops easily - I feel well and energetic, my joints don't hurt. I do get a lot of negative advice though - but over time the science has been done and the poor Dr has been vindicated. By the time I am geriatric it will probably be compulsory to eat low carb rather than being considered a death sentence.