There’s nothing lazy about crashing on the sofa when you get in from work. You do a long day’s stuff, with a sizeable commute at either end, same as me: we deserve our sofa time, dammit!

Honestly, I don’t think the biscuits are what you need to be worrying about, though… I’d cast more of a careful eye over the breakfast, although whether you can get by without those two delicious pancakes and butter every day is entirely up to your metabolism and willpower. I’ve had to wean myself back off regular breakfasts, and now I only weaken very rarely. I take a box of carrots sticks and an apple in to work with me every day, and that normally lasts me through the morning, but then I graze almost continuously.

If you’re still worried about the biscuits, I can recommend Weight Watchers Ginger and Lemon Cookies – they taste good, with nice chunks of stem ginger that are actually quite spicy, and their effect on human body mass should be negligible. Give them a go if you haven’t already.


Oh, and would it be terribly inappropriate of me to object slightly to the word ‘podge’ in this particular context?

Because I see no podge.