Two new mantras....

Although I haven't started the diet yet, after stuffing myself with pizza tonight I realized i need to at least attempt to cut down on food first (my good friend Dan suggested this)

I must remember!! :

"Eat to live, don't live to eat"

and

(this isn't so much a mantra, more just a fact) "Your stomach is the size of a fist, so it only needs that much food to fill it"

ahhhhhh the power of the mind!

Welcome one and all...

Well, this is it. My Big Fat Diet!

For the majority of my life I have been overweight. Simple fact. Apart from the years of dancing I did in between when I actually had some muscle and didn't quite wobble as much, either side of those few years I have been fat.

I mean, i'm not morbidly obese...but i'm not healthy either, my weight is in the very verge of average/overweight as is my BMI but my waist-size isn't.

I have spent the majority of my bonus this month on a personal trainer and here are the rules of my weight loss programme:

1. Train 2-3 times per week
2. follow diet plan to the letter
3. Be honest and don't cheat!

Three simple rules. The honesty part is really why I have created this blog, it's a way of sharing my ups and most probably downs with you guys and also a way of me being able to keep a record of how I am doing more easily.

So here we go, enjoy reading this and I appreciate any mail, hints, tips or even insults you may throw at me!

One thing I need to point out now is that I start my workouts tomorrow, but due to a holiday, Mr Personal Trainer told me not to start diet plan until after that (thank god!)

Andy x