Reasons not to diet

I hate the popularisation of the word diet. Diet, it's just a way of eating, but of course these days we associate it with losing weight. I like to think that diet is a way of eating that will make me feel better.

I know when I muck my diet up, I feel tired and lethargic and my tummy swells. Nice!

But of course if you do want to lose weight or get healthy there are a million and one reasons why you don't isn't there???

Heres some.....

• I can’t give up bread, roast potatoes, pizza, alcohol
Nobody’s asking you too, just eat them less often and in smaller quantities. Change the way you make them, don’t add great blobs of butter to the bread, try dry roasting the potatoes.

• I have to ask my husband/partner
I love this one, please don’t be offended but, did you ask your husband to let you get fat or unhealthly?

• Dieting is too hard. I can't stick with it
What’s hard about eating food that will help to increase your energy, increase your metabolism and reduce your appetite. It takes 3 weeks to form a good habit. Try to change your eating habits for that long.

• It’s too expensive to change my habits
How can anything which is going to make you feel fantastic be too expensive. There is no price on great health. If you smoke, how much do you spend each day to ruin your health? If you overeat, how much do you spend each day on chocolates, crisps, chips etc? Its a matter of balance.

• I will only gain the weight back when I stop
The only reason you will gain any weight back is because you will revert back to old habits, this is just lazy.

• I have to think about it
What’s to think about, you either want to lose weight or get healthy or you don’t.

• All of my family are the same
So break the mould, show them that you are an individual. It all about breaking childhood eating patterns and behaviour.

• What's the use, I am big-boned
Even accounting for ‘big bones’ you can still remove the excess fat from your frame, and show off your great figure.

• I don't have the time to count calories
No nor me, I have just learned to control what I eat. I eat sensible healthy meals. I read labels and cook without too much fat (actually I don't cook but my partner does). It’s easy once you know how.

Over the years my diet has got better and better, but I like you have self sobotage days, so what so I do, well I eat and drink what I like, feel ill and then get back to what makes me feel good again.