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Balancing act

January. New beginnings. Yes, again. A few years ago I said that I would not end a year being heavier than I was the year before. Obviously I had no intention of withering away year by year. As if. But it was my way of keeping myself on track so that I could keep a stable weight.

2020 delivered not only a pandemic but also a family crisis, a personal crisis and menopause. So, of course, I turned to food, my most familiar comfort. My friend and my

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