I don't know how many weight loss blogs there are in operation, but it looks like an interesting one is about to be added. This page on the BBC web site tells how two Vice-ministers in the Japanese government have pledged to shed at least 5kg and their results are going to be published in a blog on the ministry website over the next six months. One of these ministers has the Health portfolio, so you can see how he ought to be setting a good example.

He says that he will walk for 10 minutes every day and stop using elevators. Hmm, it might take a bit more than that, I'm afraid. Is Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle available in Japanese? Perhaps it ought to be.

But, anyway, good luck to them. Can we expect our government to follow suit, perhaps with John Prescott taking the lead? Somehow I won't hold my breath waiting for that to happen.