Do you? I dare say, if you're a parent, you probably don't. "Eat your carrots, then we'll see about pudding", says she who had a flapjack for lunch. "If you don't get to bed you won't be ready for school in the morning". Pah! From she who regularly has a laptop on her person 2 hours past the headlines being read which she promised to go up after. As for, "too much chocolate will spoil your teeth" - don't get me started, and sharing - moi?? Forget it!
Then there's my job, which definitely gives me a wholly unfair disadvantage, as I end up preaching rather a lot. "Phoebe Doyle finds out about surfing, eating for vitality, running back- to-back marathons, being a goddamn saint!!" go the strap-lines. Yeah, she does. Largely from the comfort of her desk, getting tired at the very prospect!
So do you practise what you preach?
Nope. Afraid I don't. When we got our new sofas I told the boys "no eating in the living room". This went well, until one of them came out of their bedroom late in the evening to find me and hubby scoffing a Chinese takeaway in front of the telly!
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