It takes a lot of willpower to ignore the biscuits in the biscuit tin. It takes determination to pick a chicken salad over a nice big burger and chips. It takes control to avoid picking up a bar of chocolate over an apple in the store. It’s hard to watch other people enjoying a custard filled, sugar glazed doughnut. I know, I’ve been there so many times…
It’s so challenging to see the bright side of missing out all these things you love to eat. You know you need to lose weight. You know these things will put on weight. You know that if you just say no to some of these things more often it’ll help you reach your goal….but even then it’s not as easy as that.

Weight loss isn’t easy, and for those who do lose weight easily, they normally put it back on easily too. But you don’t have to torture yourself. You can have chocolate, you can have cake, you can have burgers and deep fried chicken….but you can’t have loads of it. During weight loss, you need to be happy with what you eat otherwise you feel like you’re on a diet which makes you feel like reaching for the take away menu even more!

Things you can do to keep you and your diet happy;

* Choose a day when you can have whatever lunch or dinner you want. The rest of the week, stick with as much vegetables and lean meats and fish as possible. But that one day is yours to have chicken nuggets and chips for lunch or pizza for dinner if you want to. I do this on a Saturday as it’s nice to do what I want on the weekend.

* Either say no completely or control your portions. Some people find it easier to have the”out of sight out of mind” approach and not buy or even look at temptation foods in store. That way when you get home, you have only healthy foods and you get into the habbit cooking and eating these foods. If you can do that, great! But if you love your temptation foods too much to completely go without them, then you need to remember you can have them as long as you keep your portions sensible. Now I know how hard that can be….you cut yourself a piece of cake and decide to go back for one more piece, or you cut yourself a slightly larger piece than you really need. Trust me, I could eat a whole cake in one sitting! But why do that to yourself? Why not have a little piece each day to keep your sweet tooth under control? Keep at the smaller portions and it’ll become second nature

* Swap high sugar and fat to low sugar and fat. There are so many varieties out there that are helping you make a healthier choice and still you can eat the foods you want! There are so many low fat and low sugar sauces, treats, desserts and drinks out there that DO taste nice, you just need to give them a try!

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It takes a lot of willpower to ignore the biscuits in the biscuit tin. It takes determination to pick a chicken salad over a nice big burger and chips. It takes control to avoid picking up a bar of chocolate over an apple in the store. It’s hard to watch other people enjoying a custard filled, sugar glazed doughnut. I know, I’ve been there so many times…
It’s so challenging to see the bright side of missing out all these things you love to eat. You know you need to lose weight. You know these things will put on weight. You know that if you just say no to some of these things more often it’ll help you reach your goal….but even then it’s not as easy as that.

Weight loss isn’t easy, and for those who do lose weight easily, they normally put it back on easily too. But you don’t have to torture yourself. You can have chocolate, you can have cake, you can have burgers and deep fried chicken….but you can’t have loads of it. During weight loss, you need to be happy with what you eat otherwise you feel like you’re on a diet which makes you feel like reaching for the take away menu even more!

Things you can do to keep you and your diet happy;

* Choose a day when you can have whatever lunch or dinner you want. The rest of the week, stick with as much vegetables and lean meats and fish as possible. But that one day is yours to have chicken nuggets and chips for lunch or pizza for dinner if you want to. I do this on a Saturday as it’s nice to do what I want on the weekend.

* Either say no completely or control your portions. Some people find it easier to have the”out of sight out of mind” approach and not buy or even look at temptation foods in store. That way when you get home, you have only healthy foods and you get into the habbit cooking and eating these foods. If you can do that, great! But if you love your temptation foods too much to completely go without them, then you need to remember you can have them as long as you keep your portions sensible. Now I know how hard that can be….you cut yourself a piece of cake and decide to go back for one more piece, or you cut yourself a slightly larger piece than you really need. Trust me, I could eat a whole cake in one sitting! But why do that to yourself? Why not have a little piece each day to keep your sweet tooth under control? Keep at the smaller portions and it’ll become second nature

* Swap high sugar and fat to low sugar and fat. There are so many varieties out there that are helping you make a healthier choice and still you can eat the foods you want! There are so many low fat and low sugar sauces, treats, desserts and drinks out there that DO taste nice, you just need to give them a try!

Well, my last blog was pretty bold! So thought I would update where I’ve got to so far.

This week has been a real heavy week of work and some personal issues have cropped up too. So unfortunately things haven’t gone quite to plan. No surprise there! But I’ve still stayed positive!

This weekend I’m going to start a fresh and weigh myself on Sunday so I can get back into the routine of weighing myself every other Sunday in the month. I’m also going to do some food shopping at the weekend and get some more fresh fruit and vegetables. Great thing is both me and my husband have got into the habbit of buying and eating fresh fruit and vegetables with all meals.

I’ve started walking to and from work more often which is good! I still get the bus every now and again, but that’s when I’m carrying loads of stuff that I can’t carry (like the 8 pints of milk the other day!)

I’ll be going to the gym next Monday now and I’ll be chatting to one of the trainers there to help me with a new regime. My injured wrist still isn’t completely right, but it’s healed enough to start exercising it more which is great news!

Replacing pasta and rice with more veg has been very easy and very satisfying indeed! Also having healthier puddings is moving back in the right direction too! Having more low fat and low sugar yogurts to have with fruit is very nice and great to have in the hotter weather as it’s much more fresh!

Sugar in tea is getting there, slowly! I’m going to take some green tea into work so that I can start having that instead of normal tea and have a little bit of honey instead of sugar if it needs something to take that little bitter edge off.

As for being more headstrong against my health issues, it’s a very hard progress. I know it’s not going to happen overnight, not matter how hard I try and the physical symptoms are always there. But I’m feeling positive and I’m managing to get through each day with a bit more hope.

Nothing much else to report for the time being. But I’ve made an ok start and feel positive!

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Well, my last blog was pretty bold! So thought I would update where I’ve got to so far.

This week has been a real heavy week of work and some personal issues have cropped up too. So unfortunately things haven’t gone quite to plan. No surprise there! But I’ve still stayed positive!

This weekend I’m going to start a fresh and weigh myself on Sunday so I can get back into the routine of weighing myself every other Sunday in the month. I’m also going to do some food shopping at the weekend and get some more fresh fruit and vegetables. Great thing is both me and my husband have got into the habbit of buying and eating fresh fruit and vegetables with all meals.

I’ve started walking to and from work more often which is good! I still get the bus every now and again, but that’s when I’m carrying loads of stuff that I can’t carry (like the 8 pints of milk the other day!)

I’ll be going to the gym next Monday now and I’ll be chatting to one of the trainers there to help me with a new regime. My injured wrist still isn’t completely right, but it’s healed enough to start exercising it more which is great news!

Replacing pasta and rice with more veg has been very easy and very satisfying indeed! Also having healthier puddings is moving back in the right direction too! Having more low fat and low sugar yogurts to have with fruit is very nice and great to have in the hotter weather as it’s much more fresh!

Sugar in tea is getting there, slowly! I’m going to take some green tea into work so that I can start having that instead of normal tea and have a little bit of honey instead of sugar if it needs something to take that little bitter edge off.

As for being more headstrong against my health issues, it’s a very hard progress. I know it’s not going to happen overnight, not matter how hard I try and the physical symptoms are always there. But I’m feeling positive and I’m managing to get through each day with a bit more hope.

Nothing much else to report for the time being. But I’ve made an ok start and feel positive!