I think I'm with Lenora and Jana on the moisturising, and I'd probably choose hands, except my lips seem to be really dry recently, so more lip balms for me! We have moisturiser in the car Lenora because the air-con gets to hands, face and lips quite badly.

Jana - don't aim too high. Morning and evening without specifying a body part is asking for trouble. Keep it small and specific to start with. We're all heading into busy summers so we need things we can stick with.

I think we can boast all our little triumphs too. Autumn/Fall is the time for big evaluation and planning, or January perhaps.

For me I was stuck to the computer doing heaps of frantic research yesterday afternoon, so I had the good sense to stay hydrated not with cold water which would bloat my stomach, but with green tea. It was quite successful for me.

Becky did you make that appointment?? The appointment itself isn't a small thing, but making it is a relatively tiny (and one-ff) act that can be done without overwhelming. I think we need to take a leaf out of the Flybabies, and go with really tiny babysteps. Think about the direction you want to be heading in, and see what tiny step you can take towards getting there.

Actually I got DD on this too a bit. I've had her commit to drinking chocolate milk every morning whie she has exams. She's been told she needs a high protein diet because of her minimal growth (!), and I particularly want her to have some protein in the morning. Chocolate milk isn't my ideal, but it's a compromise that works, and for the duration of her exams at least she needs a little boost. At the end of last year she started the same, but then it tailed off even before the end of the exams. She could live on plain carbs that girl - she'll eat plain, pasta, plain potatoes, plain bread, even plain rice quite happily. But proteins often involve chewing - she's not keen on milk, doesn't like even a tiny piece of fruit (or sometimes even fruit flavour) in yoghurt, rarely eats beancurd and cannot live entirely on eggs! DS could happily eat an egg sandwich every day for lunch if I let him but boiled is the one format of egg DD really can't stand. She's improved to reach that level even.

As if my own diet wasn't problem enough... good job one of my kids eats pretty well! And my cousins were impressed with their eating (quantity and range) when they visited recently, compared to their own grandchildren of similar ages. Of course I chose wisely where we would eat, but yes, compared to an ordinary British kid's diet they probably eat remarkably well!

Kerri.