As it happens, I'm also on a diet, and so far I've lost a little over a stone.

Although I am drinking a remarkable amount of water, I am not on a diet, and you really do NOT want to know how much oil there is in a biryani, as taught to me by a nice Iraqi woman. Further investigations of regional cuisine will be undertaken soon.

Here's a cheering thought: when the Allied forces liberated the concentration camps, they found no fat people. Therefore, it is possible.

As symptoms of too much online MC go, I think starting a page of notes with the title "Slap this jammy factor" must count as one of them.

[Raak] Yes, I guess it's all a matter of concentration. Where do you find a Japanese or Nazi prison guard when you need one? (And if I might say so, you speak like the enviably skinny person you are... :op)