All my friends talk about the fat side effect of Covid 19 but up till now I seem to have avoided the big (literally) problem. Sure my day was a chronicle of tea, tea, zoom coffee, tea, coffee, sherry and an evening glass of wine - what else was there to d

All my friends talk about the fat side effect of Covid 19 but up till now I seem to have avoided the big (literally) problem. Sure my day was a chronicle of tea, tea, zoom coffee, tea, coffee, sherry and an evening glass of wine - what else was there to do to mark the day's progress after 6 weeks in voluntary lock down. So, after the first reduction in lock down restrictions, why was I suddenly craving double servings of most foods? Comfort eating or a delayed anxiety eating symptom? Maybe the anxiety due to the pandemic was the cause of a loss of weight in my case so perhaps this was a rebound.

My other theory is boredom - I have now mastered turban tying to indulge a fantasy and cover my overlong hair; I have had so many zoom chats and read so many books that my eyes are tired; every leaf in my garden is in place and most cupboards and shelves have been cleaned. I even washed the door-stops!

Hmmm, boredom eating does sound like a corona lock down side effect and I think it will probably affect the whole global population except for essential workers, of course. I hope we have enough Diabetes 2 test kits.