Having just returned from a splendid holiday over the christmas and new year, I can definitely say, hand on heart, that when you eat proper food, it makes for much easier slimming afterwards!    I was actually away on a cruise and throughout the couple of weeks, I only had two bread rolls and only two very tiny pieces of cake.  I have dicovered over the last couple of years that I really don’t like things overly sweet and goohey.   This seems to be almost contrary to the rest of the population of this country and our near neighbours.  I saw so many huge wobbly mounts of excess flesh wobbling their way around the ship.  It really affected the way I thoght about my meals and I was carefully perusing the menu each day to select the widest vareity of meats and fish with lots of vetables.  I am no angle by any means but it does worry me that I spend a lot of money and time on gym classes to help reduce the efects of arthritis and seeing these very heavy folk lumbering about like se lions was a tad offputting!  A good cruis line will only serve the fines of fine dining.  All cooked from scratch and no processed food.   It is such a treat!