Something about today...well the past week...has got me hovering over diet websites. I know damn well that diets are the devil's spawn and Weight Watchers are to blame for women (and men) weeing until they've wrung out the last drop on weigh-in days then scoffing a zillion calories in junk food as soon as they've been on the scales. So I tried to analyse why it was that I was feeling so crap when my mantra is supposed to be so positive.

And it's obvious really. Another week of open season on fat people, it's not hard to tell where my sapped self esteem has disappeared to, is it? I'll bet I'm not the only person who's felt a creeping sense of unease after seeing that now the government are going to write to parents of fat kids and tell them off (that was this morning's effort anyway). It's enough to make even the most strident love-thyself proponent feel...well..bloody miserable. That's going to be great for kids isn't it? I can hear it now, "Have you had your fat kid letter yet?" in the playground. Well I suppose it's more original than 'speccy four-eyes' or 'ginger nut'

What do the Nanny State actually think they will get from all this anti-fat propaganda? Contrary to popular media stereotyping, we are NOT all greedy, lazy or stupid. I've been up since seven working on a freelance project, I'm supposed to do four hours for them but I finished at 2:30. That'll be a full day's work, then. I had a late lunch break in which I walked about a mile into the city, did some shopping and walked back. Then I did some more work, did a few blog entries, and now here I am. Must be time for dinner soon - Do the Mary Poppins food police want to know what this greedy pig has eaten today?

Breakfast: One small slice of toast with Marmite
Lunch: About half a Food Doctor bagel with cheese, mug of tomato soup
Snacks: Packet of Sun Bite crackers, one ginger biscuit
About three cups of coffee
Lots of water

No pies or lard in sight! OK, some days I eat more, but I don't need to be lectured by the government about my food intake!  I honestly really dislike a lot of fast food too. I do like pizza and the occasional Indian takeaway but KFC is too salty and I hate it, and I can't remember the last time I had McDonalds or Burger King as I think they are minging. So why am I fat?

Well, dieting for twenty years probably screwed up my eating patterns good & proper. I don't get as much exercise as I could because I'm always sat on my bum working at the moment. And I ate a lot in the past. But demonising fat people, making us feel horrible about the way we look, frightening us into thinking we are all going to die horribly and poking fun at anyone who puts on an ounce in the media is ot going to make us thinner...is it?