Today is the 21st of January. According to the newspapers this morning today is the day by which almost all New Year's Resolution dieters will have given up. This year, for a change, I decided not to put myself in that category.
I thought I'd wait until all the Christmas chocolates have been polished off, especially we we had a special trip to the chocolate city of Bruges before Christmas to buy the good stuff. While we were "doing the continent" we also managed to pick up a couple of gorgeous French cheesesand some of the miriad of delicious pate that the French do so well.
I love to eat. I'm very lucky in that where I live has a number of very good gastropubs nearby which serve brilliant food. And I can cook, when I have time, so dieting has never been top of my list of fun activities.
So as you can imagine, although I was dismayed when I had to undo my trousers in order to lean over far enough to lace my boots, I wasn't entirely suprised.
I've been putting off this moment, but now I have some important meetings scheduled and it's either slim down or buy a new wardrobe. and it's pretty difficult to find fat peoples' clothes that don't look like tents. Not all fat people are 6 foot tall, and some of us would appreciate clothes which didnt need to be shortened by a foot before they can be worn stylishly.
And of course, if you want to exercise (which I don't, but my doctor tells me I must) then finding clothes to fit is an absolute nightmare. And then there's the blood pressure, and the danger of diabetes. So all in all I have to just get on with it
I read about the Deliciously Ella blog at the weekend which really made me think that I need to use this as an opportunity to make a diet as tasty as possible.
I read that you should never start a diet on Monday - because you get to the weekend and then the change from not working means that you;re more likely to break it. So I'm planning to start on Tuesday. I have a day working from home, so I can organise myself and make sure I get off to a good start.
I thought I'd wait until all the Christmas chocolates have been polished off, especially we we had a special trip to the chocolate city of Bruges before Christmas to buy the good stuff. While we were "doing the continent" we also managed to pick up a couple of gorgeous French cheesesand some of the miriad of delicious pate that the French do so well.
I love to eat. I'm very lucky in that where I live has a number of very good gastropubs nearby which serve brilliant food. And I can cook, when I have time, so dieting has never been top of my list of fun activities.
So as you can imagine, although I was dismayed when I had to undo my trousers in order to lean over far enough to lace my boots, I wasn't entirely suprised.
I've been putting off this moment, but now I have some important meetings scheduled and it's either slim down or buy a new wardrobe. and it's pretty difficult to find fat peoples' clothes that don't look like tents. Not all fat people are 6 foot tall, and some of us would appreciate clothes which didnt need to be shortened by a foot before they can be worn stylishly.
And of course, if you want to exercise (which I don't, but my doctor tells me I must) then finding clothes to fit is an absolute nightmare. And then there's the blood pressure, and the danger of diabetes. So all in all I have to just get on with it
I read about the Deliciously Ella blog at the weekend which really made me think that I need to use this as an opportunity to make a diet as tasty as possible.
I read that you should never start a diet on Monday - because you get to the weekend and then the change from not working means that you;re more likely to break it. So I'm planning to start on Tuesday. I have a day working from home, so I can organise myself and make sure I get off to a good start.