The Obesity Thing

[Sundae]

They spend £50 a week on food?
Bollocks.

Oh, well, if their diet is as limited as they say it is, and they shop in Aldi (or Lidl, or Iceland) then maybe they do...

It's typical of newspapers to make benefits sound like living off the fat of the land though. Their family income is £20-odd grand. But that is not a lot to keep four adults on their feet. I know - I'm broke the day after my benefits come through, and I don't have to pay any bills! I do - make a contribution I mean - but I'm never actually asked for it.

All I can hope for them is that a do-gooder takes them under his/ her wing and teaches them to manage their money better/ how to cook & eat healthily. They'd have such an easy time losing weight, given that their current lifestyles are so obviously bad. If they only walked a few more minutes a day and ate a handful of strawberries instead of chips, the weight would fall off! Whereas poor old me... well let's put it this way, I am having to make far more effort.

I suppose I should be more grateful. There but for the grace of FSM go I.