There was an Easter weekend a couple of years ago where my family were all together. We had spent the weekend playing games, lazing about, eating way too much and just being generally lazy. At a stage, my cousin looked down at her distended belly and said something that makes me laugh to this very day:
“I would do or try absolutely ANYTHING to lose weight. Except eat less or do exercise.”
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