Happy new year folks! It's that time of year again where I rave on about new years resolutions and all that jazz. Or it normally would. However, this year is going to be different. Along with my friend, Sarah, I'm going to lose some weight. I've started on the healthy eating regime, cooking recipes from the Hairy Bikers book - How To Love Food And Lose Weight. It's a GODSEND!!! I've already cooked the golden vegetable soup (which will be finished later), the paprika chicken which I just had for my lunch (yumm!) and also made the chicken and mushroom risotto last night. It was amazingly creamy, light and certainly filled a hole! I might even have to reduce the quantity I make for myself and put some veg on the side or something like that. Just to be a bit different.
I don't know why, but I feel this attempt at losing weight will work. Sarah and I will be going to the gym regularly, I'll still be walking the dog but I might manage to start running with her, and I have the power of healthy food that really fills me up and is super tasty! I think that's a major downfall for me - food. I like rich flavours and textures, and without them, I was simply craving them all the time meaning that eventually I'd lose the will power battle and end up binge-eating and making things worse. I also need to look at the fluids I drink. At work, I'm going to start drinking more water as it's bottled and ice cold. At home, it will be diluted sugar-free juice as I hate the tap water and I'm not about to pay for bottles of water. So little steps and I'll get there.
I even have a zumba game to tackle on the Xbox. Ooft! As well as a few light dumbbells to increase my resistance when I'm doing the game. It might even help build my joints up again since my elbow has now stopped working properly. Trust me!
So yes, happy new year.
THIS IS MY YEAR.
