OMG!! I feel positively fit and healthy...that's a lie of course but compared to the above I have decided to be grateful for what I have got! I have problems with my sacroilliac joints which never really 'firmed up' again after multiple whopping babies. I have developed immaculate posture to try to keep everything balanced in place - well I try - cos it helps! Nevertheless I occasionally I get sciatica really badly which isn't funny. Pilates has helped and so does a daily brisk walk.

......And I think the 4 and a half stone is essential baggage for the 'mature' woman...as we all seem to have acquired it! Watch out girls...married life and motherhood takes its toll!!
Barbara