The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane charts her journey to a healthy weight
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane: Some of us have a deep-set, almost subconscious suspicion that to prioritise our health is selfish, self-serving, a faint moral corruption
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane finds that she can still be astonished at her brother's remarkable capacity for food
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane admits that dieting is unsociable and extremely irritating for everyone else
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane happens upon the gym clothes she snapped up on on New Year's Eve
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane looks back on the year to check whether she achieved her diet goals
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane: The trouble is that, as with many aspects of my life, I have embraced imperfection with far too much gusto
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane remembers how difficult it is to diet in the dog days of winter
Why I don't recommend food poisoning as a way of losing weight
I couldn't face the comment that inevitably follows the question: 'was it a dodgy prawn?', confesses Kira Cochrane
I was all for toning up - until I realised pain was involved
Some couples celebrate their anniversary by exchanging gifts. Others read poetry to one another. And then there are those who mark the date in ways much too filthy to describe. For my boyfriend and I, our fifth anniversary started with me wielding a medicine ball (for the uninitiated, that's
The reluctant dieter
Kira Cochrane: There's no mystery or hidden secret, no enigmatic superfood that melts away fat cells. Buckling down is all
The denim dream comes alive again
The reluctant dieter: The reality is that as you get bigger, your clothing options get much, much smaller
As I quit one vice I often start another
Kira Cochrane on giving up some unhealthy habits
As the Olympics closed, I waved goodbye to the bottle
Kira Cochrane: The self-discipline of not drinking seems encouragement not to gorge or poison myself in other ways too
Will my injured ankle set me back?
Kira Cochrane: The day after the accident, with an ankle like a blue bowling ball, I swam 42 lengths
My worst enemy is the office snack
Kira Cochrane finds the chocolate chips are down at work
Photographs show how you really look
Kira Cochrane: Whether I've been 11st or 17st, I've always thought that I looked all right. However high my weight has gone, whenever I've peered in the mirror I've always looked exactly the same as I did when I was at my thinnest
Walking to work brings new dilemmas
Kira Cochrane: I have been walking to work and back every day and have therefore encountered the many issues associated with doing that most sensible thing: integrating exercise into your working day
Don't call me curvy. Or big-boned. Or 'real'
Kira Cochrane: I can honestly say that my attitude to my body became markedly better when I accepted that I was fat
The sun's out - but what to wear?
Kira Cochrane: I finally decided that the cap- sleeved T-shirt would be fine - with a cardigan on top
After a tough time I'm bouncing back
Kira Cochrane: It's official: when it comes to my diet, I've been on the slide
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