I'm eating salad while my tastebuds are crying out for mashed potatoes
With gravy. And onions. I don't remember how long ago I started on this latest attempt to lose a few kilos, but I'm sticking with it, (sort of, there's been a lapse or three), and the weight is coming off. Very slowly, to be truthful, but that was my plan. I'm too old to be crash dieting, and I certainly don't want metres of empty skin hanging like drapes from my body. So slow is the way to go and hopefully the skin will adjust and not look too baggy. I stepped on the scales on Sunday morning and for the first time in a long, long time, the needle stopped below the 70kg mark. Below! Woo-Hoo!! Progress! It helps that summer fruits are now in the shops. Yes, I know they have been in the shops for a while, but first pickings are usually a little too unripe (sour) for my taste. I always wait a couple of months and get the riper, therefore sweeter, second and third pickings. Nectarines now are nicer than they were six weeks ago, when they were mor...