For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with my weight. I was a chubby baby, a chubby toddler, a chubby teenager . . . and so it has gone on.
Now aged 42, I’ve tried every diet and weight-loss gimmick going, with varied success.
I’ve done Atkins (pretty good, until I fancied bread); WeightWatchers (boring); just consuming Diet Coke and cigarettes (brilliant, but obviously short term).
I’ve tried various medications, from taking what amounted to legal speed doled