Diet prescription: 62-year-old GP loses five stone in a year

Refired not retired, Paula Gilvarry shed five stone in her 60s after finishing work as a GP and she’s written a book about her experience, reports Margaret Jennings

PAULA Gilvarry says she was always incredibly determined: “Even when I wasn’t well I would keep going. I walked my way through two episodes of postnatal depression and other depressive bouts. I literally plodded on — put one foot in front of the other and kept going. I have a lot of drive.”