WE'VE all piled on the pounds during the December period, but there was a time, after Christmas, that the next thing we'd see on the shelves in January would be Easter eggs.

But not any more, the shelves are now dominated by celebrity fitness videos! There is just one slight problem with the £12.99 videos -- they don't include the £2000 per week personal fitness trainers celebrities hire to enable them to make the videos in the first place!

May I remind the media that Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe was a curvy size 14. Her posters and calendars are still sold to this day in shops nationwide!

Some people benefit from these videos. Me -- I'll save my £12.99 and buy something for my two young sons.

Alison Henderson

Bentley Court

Farnworth, Bolton