Charming friends,

Stand by for the most Life-Changing Miracle Solution Evah!

• How can you eat what you want to, when you want to?
• Regain your health and vitality for life?
• Feel great about being out there exercising and enjoying your life?
• Look in the mirror and see the wonderful person you always knew you could be?
• And best of all, reclaim your wardrobe in up to six weeks*?

You've seen all the ads for miracle solutions that offer the world and somehow, after all that time and money and hassle, are ultimately disappointing. Well, brace for the big one! This one actually works! Follow the Darling Miracle Solution and get your life back right now!!!

All you have to do is:

• Listen to your body. Eat food (you know, food) whenever you are hungry and make sure you enjoy it. Love your food and take your sweet time eating it. And if you want chocolate, for heavens sake eat the chocolate. It's not evil, it's just chocolate. And if other people make jealous comments, you can offer them a piece too. It's nice to share.
• Worried about your health? Find yourself a trusted doctor who treats you as an intelligent being, and get regular health checks. If your doctor advises you to do/not do something, ask them why and then follow up their responses if you want more information. If you know you are healthy, then you can ignore all those people who try to infer that you aren't, right?
• Get out there and exercise and enjoy your life. Most of us can find some type of exercise that our bodies will allow us to do, and that we enjoy. We don't all have to look like fashion models to be out there exercising in public. in fact, isn't it much better if we don't? That way we prove that anybody of any size, shape or ability level has the right to move their body and love what it can do - and not agonise about what it can't. Oh, and even though Blossom doesn't recommend sneakers as daywear, she very much approves of wearing them to protect your feet if your preferred form of exercise puts strain on them. Also, if you like swimming, get a comfy swimsuit that supports you in all the right places and try not to worry about what other people think about you when you wear it. You have the right to wear a swimsuit! Chances are you'll look just like a person who is wearing a swimsuit to swim in.
• Look in the mirror. Right now. There we go - the fabulous person you always knew you could be is looking right back at you. You won't be any more or less yourself by changing, you know. Who you are is who you are right now - and that's absolutely wonderful. We're very glad you are!
• Look in your wardrobe. Pull out all the clothes. If they fit you well and you like them, put them back in. If they don't fit you and don't suit you, give them away (or sell them on eBay). If they don't fit you and you LOVE them, take them to a reputable tailor** and get them altered to fit you. You will be amazed how effectively a good tailor can adjust a garment to fit you, whether it is being reshaped or resized. Once they fit you again, put them back in your wardrobe.

  There. Isn't that better?

  Charmingly yours,
  Blossom Darling

  *Up to six weeks is an estimate based on the capacity of a talented tailor to alter a wardrobe full of clothes. It may take longer or shorter depending on the business of the tailor and the capacity of your wallet.

  ** If you can't afford a good tailor right now, you can put things aside until you can, or else ask a friend or family member who is talented to help you in exchange for you doing their gardening or shopping for a while, or have a go yourself. Even if you can't sew you'd be amazed what a bit of creativity can achieve: not to mention some fabric paint, a needle and thread, darling little buttons, safety pins, sequins and a pair of scissors.