I have always been one to buck tradition, when I got married, I took my wife's surname, my four children have five letters in their first name (except one, sorry)and so on. Last month I decided that I didnt want to wait until January 1st to kick start the changes I wanted to make in my life. Note: I dont like calling them "New Year Resolutions", in my eye just calling them that dooms them to failure. I mean, why wait until a certain date to make life changes? I started my changes on December 1st, possibly the worst time of year to do this but hey. So, what are these changes? Bit of a story first, for the past six or so month I have been watching what I eat in an effort to loose weight. I havnt been weighing my self every week in the hope of the scales telling me that I have shed a few ounces, in stead I have been using a belt to tell me that. If I have to make another hole in the belt which holds up my trousers then I have lost weight, after cutting three holes in a UK