The Ready Meal Diet - A Journey into Obesity
25 years ago I was smiling as I looked into a mirror of me fitting into a long purple dress that was a size 14. Weight loss had been a battle for me as since 11 years old I had ballooned in weight. I wasn't the only one, my father had developed a pot belly too. One would've assumed that whatever we were both eating was responsible, however my mother was doing all the late night and weekend cooking which often involved healthy stews and salads and she too was on the large size so it baffled her that we were all putting on so much weight. She attributed his weight gain to him drinking beers and as for me she couldn't figure it out at all. So what had changed in the course of a year that I suddenly shot from a healthy 5.6 stone girl to an 8 stone marshmallow? From the early years my mother provided me with my own school lunches which were often sandwiches, a small yogurt and a bag of crisps or a piece of fruit with a bottle of vimto or orange juice. Afte...