As I was growing up, it was made clear that the fat me wasn't welcome, that a thin person was expected and awaited, and impatiently so.
Arabella WeirIf no one saw - it didn't count. It's only when you eat in front of strangers or people that make you feel guilty that food is really fattening.
Arabella WeirDoes everyone turn into a truculent thirteen-year-old when they go home, or is it just me?
Arabella WeirWhy has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what's more, they weren't expected to.
Arabella WeirIf, however, you have richer pursuits in mind and know that no woman should be judged by how she looks - that everything she brings to the party is more important than the size of her arse - then refuse to be sucked into the never ending whirligig of self-doubting, self-hating madness that is stop-start dieting and crazy new exercise regimes.
Arabella Weir