Article: A body like this? No sweat. Just discover the power of positive shrinking; After years of cutting calories and pounding the pavements, experts have decided that our weight-loss problems are not in our fridges after all, but in our heads. The solution, apparently, is to think ourselves thin. Sara Regan gave it a try.(Features)

Byline: Sara Regan

Fitness and I have never been friends.

Actually, that's an understatement.

The sum total of my daily exercise is to get out of bed in the morning (stomach muscles), run for the bus occasionally (cardiovascular) and elbow my way to the bar (biceps). I used to comfort myself with the knowledge that I was having lots of sex, which -- let's face it -- is the only time getting out of breath can be fun.

But even that doesn't get my heart rate up any more because, thanks to two children under three, I have a sudden desire to pretend I'm unconscious the minute my husband enters the bedroom. It's not that I haven't tried ...

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