Last month I posted about the shock I had when my Mother, who had previously been taking the weight-loss drug Zenical, was advised by the nurse who had been monitoring her to consider going on the Atkins diet instead.

I downloaded lots of information from the Atkins site for her, and at the beginning of September she started on induction. Two weeks in, she's lost 7 pounds and around 5 years The nurse's reaction yesterday? "Well done, keep going"

Sometimes I envy my Mother ...