Staying Power

With always one of us in the office - and quite often me - somewhere between being committed to healthy eating or falling off the wagon, conversation quite often comes round to dieting. And on one such occasion Judy told us about a resolute lady she'd met at the Mercato coffee morning. Julia slowly but surely shed an amazing 19 kilos and even better, has kept it off for over two years. Here is Julia's story : http://www.expatwoman.com/Dubai/monthly_sub_1658.aspx

On a less positive note, Judy returned to Toronto a couple of months ago where she is throwing herself into her new lifestyle but missing EW of course - when you return to your home country there are rarely the same kind of networks offering support. Re-pats do settle of course, but it takes a bit longer. Anyway, we miss Judy, but Helga is keeping the coffee morning going and we have found a couple more local writers, in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar, who will be interviewing people who live in the region - always interesting for potential newcomers to hear the stories of others ;-)