Since I have started this blog, and the instagram account to run with it, I have had some realisation. I have always thought I eat well, and what I mean by that is that I eat good food. I eat too much but I don’t eat lots of chocolate,crisps, processed food or junk food in general. I sound so self righteous saying that but it is true. I just eat too much of everything.

Looking back through my instagram posts, and hearing from friends about the food envy, I realise that I eat way way way too much! A horrid thing to realise but I feel as though I have pushed through the denial now and I hope I will get myself back into shape.

Exercise is key, I know, and the fittest and most toned I have even been was when I was doing tug of war. Id hoped to get back to it this year, but my work means I travel a lot so I cannot commit to a team as I will miss too much training. To resolve this I am now app happy! I have downloaded the beachbody app (I have high aspirations😂) from the insanity website. I have even done a few work outs and enjoyed them 👏💪.

Food, I need to eat less energy than I use. Easy?? It sounds it but I really do love food….as I may have mentioned before!

I am quite laid back, I need a motivating factor, and often struggle to have this in mind, so I am open to suggestions, cmon, send ideas my way! I don’t aim to look like anybody famous, and I am a true believer of the person on the inside being more important than the skin/bodies we are in- but I think this is part of the problem, I am too accepting. I know I am too fat for me now, but I know how much amazing food got me here, so I almost accept the weight gain because I had such an amazing time getting here!

So the challenge is set, I need an end goal to accompany it….I am 40 in two years (minus a couple of weeks) and a girls get away is on the cards so that is a long term goal. Short term I’m not sure of yet.

I have tried a good few weight loss programmes in the past, weight watchers (worked the first time round and then I got bored), slimming world (made me fatter), herbal life (worst thing I ever did, convinced it gave me a sugar addiction) and Joe Wicks. Joe Wicks worked for better fitness and shape but no weight loss at all, which I know isn’t everything but it is something and it counts to me.

Zoe Harcombe has written a couple of books about better eating, and I am going to just try that. It isn’t rocket science, in fact it is common sense so why don’t we do it? Temptations!!!

Wish me luck, I will let you know how it goes but am loathe to become a diet obsessed person (highly unlikely mind🙈😂).

Thanks for reading, catch up again soon xxx