We're beginning to get into the rhythm on this diet. It's only taken about seventy days, but we're finally starting to be good during the...

March 8th is a big day in the Balkans. A day to celebrate mothers and women. And for the men in these women's life, a treacherous...

As I've mentioned before, my partner goes out a lot more than I do. She's clearly a terrible mother as a result. But putting all that...

There's usually about an hour or two between the moment Iulia conks out on the couch and the time when I'm ready for bed. I'm a bit like...

I'm incredibly jealous when Iulia goes out in the evening for one of her fancy gigs. It's not my fear of her finding another bloke and...

Not a bad weigh-in today. Almost getting to the stage where my portrait in selfies doesn't look like I'm wearing a latex mask on top of...

Weigh in day tomorrow will be interesting. I feel like I've lost a bit of weight but I'm not sure whether it's just the impact of...

Trying to find a decent film to watch when you're a middle aged couple is a battle of wills between your inner complacency and the...

Finn had some essays due in this week, which means for a brief period he learns something about the degree he's enrolled in. The length...

Old wives tales they call them. Received wisdom that underpins some natural remedy or non-medically approved treatment. Or some secret...

When I lived in Pimlico over a decade ago, I had an absolutely awful GP. He was a pompous little fat man with slicked back straight hair,...

At some point during all this sweating, passing out, feeling at death's door, etc, it seemed appropriate to see a doctor or two. Most...

I had no idea how much sweating I've been doing these last few days. Jesus I can sweat. I've lost over 3 kilos of myself in water into my...

This flat is a place of mourning. We are all afflicted with this bug. The big question is whether it's helpful for weigh in tomorrow. Now...

Been very sick today - passed out three times during the course of the day - the most dramatic one being the last where I prevented any...

For a long time I've avoided looking at myself in mirrors. I particularly hate going into flashy shops with extravagant reflective...

Last of the ski posts today. All the other stories from the skiing trip are less diet related and will end up in New Dad at 50. Looking...

I used to be good with names. Not of people I knew, but of people I don't know, like Timothy Spall. Or Clint Eastwood. Or a truck load of...

There are signs that you're getting bigger. They pop up all over the place. On this ski trip one of the most obvious signals was revealed...

My secretary asked me today 'are you back in one piece from the skiing?' to which I can only reply after standing on the scales...