Welcome. This is a blog on a real life plan to shift 24lb by August. I hope to inject my own brand of humour into the blog but it will also act as a support mechanism to the task. Read on as an act of solidarity for all dieters. Plus I will write up some tips and recipes for things I find successful. Good luck!
Its January. Every magazine and television channel are filled with diet plans and tips to get rid of the Christmas over indulgence bulge. I'm no exception to following that festive tradition. Somehow I have managed to over eat myself into the heaviest weight I've ever recorded. I had received a set of scales from my Nan for Christmas. She takes interest in my eating and figure and we agreed the gift beforehand. I finally plucked up the courage to weigh in on January 7th. 13th day of Christmas - ha ha! It wasn't as bad as I thought, but as I took in the reality of it, it dawned on me what a task I have ahead.
So, as I feel sick to my stomach about how out of hand its all got (but still not sick enough to put me off reaching for the cheese board) I realise its got be done. Another bloody diet!
I've dieted many times before. Every time I put my mind to it, I achieve success. However, whatever I achieve, never seems to be enough. I haven't quite learned to be satisfied with a healthy weight and balance my lifestyle. So this time, I have designed my own diet and named it Success. Well, a bit lame but you have to start somewhere. The thought of going back to Weight Watchers and paying £5 a week to have someone weigh you, which you can do in Boots for 20p, was also sickening (but not sickening enough to put me off a large glass of red).
I designed Success just before New Year's Eve. Week one has been a mixed result. Some habits die hard. The most valuable skill you need for dieting is to be able to pick yourself up and start again if you fall off the wagon. Before things get out of control that is!
Read on if you don't want to feel alone in your quest for shifting pounds.
