How pitifully self-pitying

'I am not neurotic or fat, so why this endless dissatisfaction with my body?'

But you are neurotic, dear,

one stone lighter, my confidence is restored...The sad truth is that despite being slim my confidence is affected by my weight

And wrong.

the average woman today is considerably flabbier than a stick - and actually a size 16. Forget the hour-glass or even the stick. Today's woman is closer to today's man - in other words, shaped like a phone box.

I shall continue repeating this until I am blue in the face. Very many women who are size 16 and above are hourglasses - boobs and hips being bigger than waists.

It's often the stick-insects that are androgynous.

Cristina Odone is away

Not for long, I hope. Stupid Observer, replacing the thoughtful, outward-looking and intelligent Cristina Odone - not that I always agree with her - with some IQ-challenged empty-headed bimbo narcissus