Thems is the rules...

So, here is my diet and exercise plan and the rules that I'm going to do my best to follow over the coming months...

Food

Well, it goes without saying really! Lots of fresh fruit and veg, as much colourful food as I can manage and trying to cut down on as much sugar as possible.

Also, loads of water (it helps to flush all the rubbish out of the system) and there are certain foods that I'm going to work extra hard at working into my diet:

- Grapefruits - great for boosting the metabolism and cleaning out the system.

- Pine nuts - a little bit fatty but full of good oils.

- Fish - only when they're on offer as I'm broker than broke! Salmon is a great one though and I've got a very tasty recipe that I'll be putting on here.

They are the main three but I'll generally be aiming to eat good things all day and also eat six small meals instead of three bigger ones. This is good for balancing out the blood sugar and stops you from snacking randomly throughout the day.

Alcohol is something that I'll be cutting out - with the exception of Saturday evenings. No-one can diet 24/7 and so Saturday will be my 'off' day.

Exercise

I work full time (apart from when it's snowing!) as a Nursery Assistant taking care of babies aged three months to two years so that is a pretty good workout on it's own!

However, I also aim to workout for thirty minutes three times a week using the Wii Active as well as running twice a week for thirty minutes and doing yoga everyday for at least fifteen minutes. I find that if I break it down it doesn't seem too much and the Wii Active is great because it never gives you the same workout twice. I don't know about you, but I have the attention span of a small child - particularly when I'm supposed to be exercising!

I think that's it! It can't be that hard...right...? x

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