People of my generation grew up on the thought that to make a New Year’s Resolution was a way to improve oneself. The week between Christmas and New Year’s was often spent reading tales of the human spirit; Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol,’ ‘Bleak House’or ‘Great Expectations’ comes to mind. Some vow to lose that ten pounds, exercise more, be (...)
Most who know me are keenly aware that I have been fit most of my life. I was blessed with a metabolism from hell and could eat whatever and whenever I wanted and struggled to gain weight.
When I was nine months pregnant with my son Matthew I got up to a whopping 121 pounds. His birth weight was 7 lbs 5.5 ounces. Respectable even though all (...)
