D Day

Right. This is it. The moment of humiliation. The moment I admit to weighing as much as two (slender) well-nourished women, never mind how many times more than a person living in extreme poverty.

A well-built friend of mine was horrified when he heard I was going to post my weight on the internet. "For a fat person, that's like publishing a photograph of your genitals!", he gasped. Well, perhaps for him... But it's just a number, isn't it? So I'm going to say it very quickly and I'm going to say it only once - 18 stone exactly - because it's going down from now on, with the help of your generous support.

And - as promised - here's a photo of me now. In all my glory...