"I think I might get an early night, cut the fasting day short"

WEDNESDAY evening, home, and it would seem my husband has just discovered the 5:2 diet. 

“It’s being promoted as the key to sustained weight loss and longevity,” he says, unwrapping two salmon fillets at furious speed.

I look at him hard. His eyes are round with marvel, and his zeal so absolutely fresh, it’s as if he’s forgotten that he’s told me this before — back in 2013, when he discovered the 5:2 diet properly, as in for the first time.