Bearing in mind the sort of foods available now and 60 years ago, during WWII and rationing etc, family photos show that I am the thinnest member for 4 generations, but my doctor still insists I'm obese. Wonder what he'd've said if he ever met my granfer who never touched alcohol or fizzy drinks, ate organic, home produced meat and vegetables, walked over 8 miles a day on the farm, worked hard at manual labour and whose only vice was a peppermint or two of an evening and glace fruits at Christmas. He tipped the scales at 19 stones and was shaped like an orange.

Even my sister, who started out as a size 8 (UK sizes) when she was 20, is now closing in on size 20, without any major change in her diet.

It looks like I'm the low carb, high lean protein variety. I don't have a high fat content in my diet - as proved by some pills the doctor gave me to prevent absorption of fats into my system... they didn't work but they did make me feel very unwell. If they could make a pill that prevents sugar absorption, I'm sure a lot of people would be takers.

LTS