So today is the end of January, it's a month since all those New Years resolution were made.
So how did yours go ?
Do you remember what you resolutions were and are they still being adhered to ?
I set a New Year's resolution of cutting back on caffeine as I drink a lot of coffee because I have a coffee machine near my desk and got into a routine of grabbing a coffee when I went to a meeting.
The more meetings I had the more coffee I drank but I noticed last year that on Saturday's I was getting headaches from the lack of caffeine so decided in January to cut back on the coffee instead.
So anyway job done ! Didn't have any caffeine in January and didn't miss it at all, instead of not having coffee and depriving myself I simply cut to decaf tea and coffee and haven't missed the caffeine at all.
I get asked a lot about how I sometimes am so determined and how do you find the 'willpower' to do things like lose weight, stop smoking, stop gambling etc.
The answer is I don't need willpower to do any of it because I am happy to do it ! And that's the key with weight and dieting, as soon as you are happy to not overeat anymore then you will be slim for years without having to diet and try.
If you dread dieting then you'll never be slim long term, as soon as you love dieting as it means you get slim and healthy then you'll get the results you want.
The secret is there is no secret...
I haven't dieted now for over 6 years in anyway, shape or form. I don't eat diet bars or shakes or soups or count points or anything like that, I just eat like a slim person and don't need food anymore to cheer myself up, celebrate, commiserate or get myself over a bad day at work.
Break the emotional link you have with food and the results are astonishing.
