Make sure you write down what they are. I know most people don’t stick to them but that’s where you need to combat the stereotype of ‘resolutions are useless’.

Mine:

1. Lost weight to my optimum size which is somewhere between 60 - 65kg (got a while to go)

2. Exercise 3-4 times a week for 40 - 60 minutes to maintain it

3. Eat healthily and if a naughty meal is needed for social purposes (like for instance a ‘Curry Night’ at a friends place.. something I go to where we order curry from a local indian restaurant and we all sit down for a night of gaming, cards and laughter), make sure you have an extra exercise day scheduled for the next day. You won’t see ‘results’ for a few weeks if you’ve been non-stop exercising and eating healthily for over a month.. so it’s best to avoid seeing results by preventing the fat from settling as far as I see it haha.

Ok so Xmas has come and gone.. all the gorging’s finished and we’re all feeling a little guilty about all the food we’ve eaten lol.

So, here’s the thing. I had something come over me that made me realise the key to starting weightloss if you’re in a position like mine (I LOVE food and lots of yummy food!!). It’s not necessarily how much you eat but WHAT you eat. You may like to, say, have a salad. And on that salad you feel like adding creamy dressing because you know it will make the salad taste awesome. BUT! Think about what you’re doing. If you’ve already started losing weight or started a weightloss scheme.. even if it’s low in fat - look at the sugar content too! Refined sugar’s not good for you. You know that if you have that extra bit of creamy salad dressing, you’re going to mess up your diet. And although it’ll taste good, once you’ve finished your salad, it’s done… now you have the next few days to work it all off! Was it really worth all the work you’ll have to do to burn off the calories you just ate? Try some balsamic vinegar with your salad instead - or add some fruit and nuts to it to make it tastier and less bitter-lettuce tastes.
Another analogy. For instance, what I got faced with tonight. Everyone in my household tonight had ice cream. Delicious English Toffee (like Hokey Pokey with the crunchy toffee pieces but with more toffee ice cream in it.. not just vanilla) ice cream that claims to be ‘light’ fat-wise and it is… compared to every other ice cream of its sort. Sugar’s high though.. something like 25g/100g. ANYWAY… As my partner spooned scoops of ice cream into his bowl, I looked at it and thought ‘yum’ but then realised that if i had a bowl of ice cream, it would be seriously setting me back on my plans for weight loss. Just one bowl, I said. No matter how small, you need to look at how long you think it’ll take to burn it off. So, to conquer my desperate sugar cravings, I went to the fridge and pulled out a nectarine, peach and a handful of seedless white grapes. I sat down and started munching down my fruit. Now, after 3 hours, I feel much better for doing so and I know that my diet’s still on track.
You have to make sure you really do like the fruits you eat if you’re actually going to try to combat your cravings for naughty sugary foods like ice cream, chocolate, cake and whatnot. I love grapes. Not too fond on peaches and nectarines but ate them in between grapes to make sure it helped fill my stomach.

20 minutes is all you need really from starting to eat to finished. Your stomach will be full.

Drink lots of water - it flushes out toxins and waste and helps you pass faeces. I can’t emphasise enough the importance of water

Damn Xmas food! Something about it.. the whole spirit of Xmas and the holidays surrounding it had me wanting to eat like everyone else.. So I did… and it’s not xmas yet! Wasn’t the best of ideas because I did this for about 3 weeks and I’m paying for it now as I have packed on a few kilos. A little ice-cream here, a little Indian curry there.. it adds up.. especially if you’re hungry and eat later as well. I have something that clicked in my head but I’m going to write that in another post… so that it’s not skipped or skimmed.