Hats off to all people who can manage to stay on a diet. Like my boyfriend, who’s been on a low fat diet now for months because of high cholesterol. Well, high cholesterol is no joke, but it is still really impressive to totally resist chocolate, chips, cookies –  everything with more than 15% fat - for such a long time. Especially if you live with me.

I sometimes look in the mirror and think thoughts like "ooh, I should really loose a few kilos, am I really that fat, or is it just the mirror?" or other thoughts that girls and women sometimes think when they look in the mirror. Guys probably do the same, they just don't nag about it that much.

And so I go on a little diet, you know, the kind where the only candy you can have is a chocolate bar on Saturday, and the rest of the week you eat with moderation. I'm a  person who likes to eat well.  A lot of well. I think it's a shame to throw out perfectly good food, so I help myself to seconds and thirds in order to prevent such a horror.  So I think a good old fashioned diet would probably not be a bad idea for me.

But I'm weak. My diets hardly ever last longer than two days. I go to the grocery store every second day. You do the maths. Even if I, against all odds, should manage to pass the candy shelves without grabbing a Snickers bar, I'd be shot. Someone’s always coming over for a game of Settlers or a movie. They always bring cookies or other temptations - and there goes my diet.

Everyday food is even worse, maybe. A lot of food tastes perfectly tolerable with less fat, like liver paté or minced meat. Chicken and turkey are always safe, so we eat chicken for dinner four times aweek. Chicken wok, tandoori chicken with the tandoori sauce made with fat free yoghurt, steamed chicken with vegetables and rice, but absolutely no taste. Healthy, but boring.

Then there's the food that isn't the same without fat, like cheese, or milk. Don't anyone dare tell me  they enjoy the taste of cheese with 5% fat. It tastes like shoe sole and is not anywhere near fit food for people. And milk with less than 3% fat tastes like water with a hint of semi-milkish taste.

Beer is probably my biggest problem.  The fact that I consider beer as everyday food should tell you a lot about me, but that’s beside the point. Beer goes with everything.  Sauna, dinner, movie, whatever. The only thing it doesn’t go well with is the diet. Is there even such a thing as a low calorie beer?

I eat healthier now because my boyfriend’s on a diet. I don't stuff my face with chocolate and crisp in front of him when he’s trying to be strong. But I’d be lying if I said I was on a diet. Eating cookies and chips when you're not supposed  to is not being on a diet. So officially I'm not on a diet, and I hereby vow never to be on one again.

But I'm weak, so this promise will probably last until the next time I look in the mirror.